高等院校英語專業(yè)八級考試樣題III(翻譯及譯文)

1、高等院校英語專業(yè)八級考試樣題Section A: Translate the following underlined part of the Chinese text into English(原文1997年2月24日我們代表團下榻日月潭中信大飯店,送走了最后一批客人,已是次日凌晨3點了。我躺在床上久久不能入睡,披衣走到窗前,往外看去,只見四周峰巒疊翠,湖面波光粼粼。望著臺灣這僅有的景色如畫的天然湖泊,我想了許多,許多這次到臺灣訪問交流,雖然行程匆匆,但是,看了不少地方,訪了舊友,交了新知,大家走到一起,談論的一個重要話題就是中華民族在21世紀的強盛。雖然祖國大陸、臺灣的青年生活在不同的社會

2、環(huán)境中,有著各自不同的生活經歷,但大家的內心都深深銘刻著中華文化優(yōu)秀傳統的印記,都擁有著振興中華民族的共同理想。在世紀之交的偉大時代,我們的祖國正在走向繁榮富強,海峽兩岸人民也將加強交流,共同推進祖國統一大業(yè)的早日完成。世紀之交的寶貴機遇和巨大挑戰(zhàn)將青年推到了歷史前臺?？缡兰o青年一代應該用什么樣的姿態(tài)迎接充滿希望的新世紀,這是我們必須回答的問題。日月潭水波不興,仿佛與我一同在思索(參考譯文On February 2, 1997, our delegation checked into the ZhongXin Hotel by the side of the Riyuetai Lake. It

3、 was already 3 o'clock early the next morning by the time I saw off the last group of guests. For a long time, I could not fall asleep, even though I was comfortably lying in the bed. Putting on my clothes again, I got off the bed and walked to the window. Extending my eyes into the distance thr

4、ough the window, I was greeted by the view of the surrounding mountains and hills shrouded in layered greenness and the silvery flickering of waves scuttling across the surface of the Pool. Looking at the solenaturally-formed picturesque lake in Taiwan, I felt an infinite train of thoughts passing t

5、hrough my mind The current visit to Taiwan for exchange, brief and cursory as it is, hasenabled us to see many places, to visit old friends while making new acquaintances. Whenever people gather together, an important topic of discussion has been how the Chinese nation can become prosperous and powe

6、rful in the 21st century. Although the young people on the Mainland and in Taiwan live in different social contexts (environments / milieus, with their individually different experiences of life, in the innermost recesses of their hearts are wrought an indelible mark by the fine traditions of the Ch

7、inese culture. They all cherish the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation (They share the same ideal to rejuvenate the Chinese nation. In this great epoch at the turn of the century, our motherland is developing toward greater prosperity and powerfulness. People across the Taiwan Straits are b

8、ound to strengthen their exchanges and will mutually promote the earliest possible achievement of the great cause of reunification of the motherland. The precious opportunities and the tremendous challenges at the turn of the century have pushed the young people to the foreground (forefront of the h

9、istorical arena (stage. At this transitional phase between the two millennia, in what way the young generation should embrace the forthcoming new century replete with hopes is a question to which we have to seek an answer.In the Riyuetai Lake, the waves across the lake surface have by now all vanish

10、ed. Enveloped in utter tranquility, the Lake has joined me in deep thoughts Section B: Translate the following underlined part of the English text into Chinese(原文I agree to some extent with my imaginary English reader. American literary historians are perhaps prone to view their own national scene t

11、oo narrowly, mistaking prominence for uniqueness. They do over-phrase their own literature, or certainly its minor figures. And Americans do swing from aggressive over phrase of their literature to an equally unfortunate, imitative deference. But then, the English themselves are somewhat insular in

12、theirliterary appraisals. Moreover, in fields where they are not pre-eminent - e. g. in painting and music -they too alternate between boasting of native products and copying those of the Continent. How many English paintings try to look as though they were done in Paris; how many times have we read

13、 in articles that they really represent an "English tradition" after all.To speak of American literature, then, is not to assert that it is completely unlike that of Europe. Broadly speaking, America and Europe have kept step. At any given moment the traveler could find examples in both of

14、 the same architecture, the same styles in dress, the same books on the shelves. Ideas have crossed the Atlantic as freely as men and merchandise, though sometimes more slowly. When I refer to American habit, thoughts, etc., I intend some sort of qualification to precede the word, for frequently the

15、 difference between America and Europe (especially England will be one of degree, sometimes only of a small degree. The amount of divergence is a subtle affair, liable to perplex the Englishman when he looks at America. He is looking at a country which in important senses grew out of his own, which

16、in several ways still resembles his own - and which is yet a foreign country. There are odd overlappings and abrupt unfamiliarities; kinship yields to a sudden alienation, as when we hail a person across the street, only to discover from his blank response that we have mistaken a stranger for a frie

17、nd.(參考譯文在某種程度上,我贊同我那假想中的英國讀者的觀點。美國文學史家或許慣于過分狹隘地看待其本國文壇,誤將卓著當作獨特。他們確實會用過多的筆墨來渲染其本國文學,至少,對其次要作家他們肯定會這樣做。此外,美國人確實會走極端,要么咄咄逼人地大肆渲染其文學,要么進行著同樣不幸的亦步亦趨式的頂禮膜拜。但反過來說,英國人自己在其文學鑒賞中也顯得有些狹隘愚陋。此外,在他們并無上乘表現的領域-例如繪畫與音樂,他們也會走極端,不是吹噓他們本國的作品,就是大肆模仿歐洲大陸的作品。有多少幅英國繪畫試圖看上去仿佛是在巴黎完成的;但我們又有多少次曾在文章中讀到它們真正代表著一種"英國式的傳統"呢?那么,要談論美國文學,倒并非意欲斷言,它與歐洲文學全然大相徑庭。廣而言之,美國與歐洲一直同步發(fā)展,協調一致。在任何一個特定的時刻,旅行者在兩地均能目睹同一樣式的建筑實例,相同款式的服飾,書架上相同的書籍。在大西洋兩岸,思想如同人員與貨物往來一樣自由交流,盡管有時會略顯遲緩。當我提及美國式的習慣、思想等概念時,我意欲在"美國式的&q