英语考试题库

英语考试题库

一．翻译题英译汉

Unit one

1.Man has subdued and disciplined electricity and compelled it to serve the int

erests of society.

人类降服并控制了电，迫使它为人类社会的利益服务。

2. However, despite their imperfect tools, they worked together stubbornly , co

llectively, and were able to attain results .

然而，尽管工具不甚完备，他们却能同心协力，顽强工作，并总是有所收获

3.At present the previous dynamic balance between man and nature and betw

een nature and society as a whole, has shown ominous signs of breaking dow n.

目前，人与自然以及自然与社会整体之间过去存在的动态平衡，已呈现崩溃的迹象。

4.Modern technology is distinguished by an ever increasing abundance of prod

uced and used synthetic goods.

现代技术的特征是生产和使用日益丰富的人工合成产品。

5.As time goes on the synthetic output of production turns into waste, and the

n substances that in their original form were not very toxic are transformed i

n the cycle of natural processes into aggressive agents .

久而久之，这些合成物质转变成废弃物，那些原本毒性不大的物质在自然循环中变为极其有害的物质。

6.One of the ways to deal with the crisis situation in the "man-nature" system i

s to use such resources as solar energy, the power of winds, the riches of the seas and oceans and other, as yet unknown natural forces of the universe.

解决人与大自然关系危机的方法之一，就是使用太阳能、风能、海洋能等资源，以及其他尚不为人所知的宇宙中的自然能。

Unit two

1.By most standards, then, you would have to say that Americans are bette

r off now than they were in the middle of the last century.

那么，根据大多数标准衡量，你会说，现在的美国人比上个世纪中叶

富裕多了。

2.But it's been left largely unexamined by economists and social scientists .

然而，基本上还没有受到经济学家和社会学家们的关注。

3.In fact, one of happiness scholars' most important insights is that people

adapt very quickly to good news .

实际上，研究幸福的学者们最重要的观点之一是：人们对好消息很快

便习以为常。

4.One famous study showed that although winners were very, very happy

when they won, their extreme excitement quickly evaporated , and after

a while their moods and sense of well-being were indistinguishable from

what they had been before the victory.

一项重要的研究表明，尽管买彩票中奖的人中奖时会感到非常非常幸福，可这种兴奋很快就消逝了。一段时间之后，他们的心情和幸福感与中奖之前没有什么两样。

5.Does our fast assimilation of technological progress mean, then, that tech

nology makes no difference ?

那么，我们对技术进步的快速吸收是否意味着技术没有发挥什么作用呢？

6.Telemarketing , traffic jams, and identity theft all come to mind .

譬如，我们马上会想到电话推销、交通阻塞以及身份资料失窃等情况

7.But for the most part, modern critiques of technology have focused not s

o much on specific, bad technologies as the impact of technology on our human relationships.

可是，现代的技术评论文章多半都没有把焦点集中在具体的、有害的技术上，而是集中在了技术对人际关系的影响上。

8.The notion that technology disrupts relationships and fractures communi

ty gained mainstream prominence as an attack on television.

人们对电视的攻击主要集中在以下方面：技术扰乱了人际关系、破坏了社区交往.

9.you're going to be stuck with the old one

而你却还得使用旧款式的产品.

10.It's as if disappointment were built into acquisition from the very beginni

ng.

这种失望感仿佛从开始购买这件产品时就已经存在了。

11.The point is obvious: the vast majority of people are happy to be alive, an

d th

e more time they get on earth, the better of

f they feel they'll be

道理很清楚：绝大多数人很乐意活下去，他们在地球上生活的时间越长，感觉就越好。

12. it's also worth remembering how valuable for our spirits as well as our b

odies are the benefits that medical technology has brought us.

也应该记住，医疗技术带给我们身体上和精神上的好处是多么有价值13.On a deeper level, what the technological improvement of our health and

our longevity emphasizes is a paradox of any discussion of happiness on

a national or a global level :

从更深的层次上说，我们在健康和长寿方面所取得的进步却强调了在国