歷年英語專業(yè)八級考試翻譯真題

歷年英語專業(yè)八級考試翻譯真題1997年E-C原文:Operaisexpensive:thatmuchisinevitable.Butexpensivethingsareinevitablythe范圍）oftherichunlessweabdicate（退位、放棄）society’spowerofchoice.Wecanchoosetomakeoperaandotherexpensiveformsofculture,accessible（易接近的，可達到的） tothosewhocannotindividuallypayforit.Thequestionis:whyshouldwe?Nobodydeniesthe必要的food,shelter,defence,healthandeducation.Buteveninaprehistoriccave,man-kindstretchedoutahandofnotjusttoeat,drinkorfight,butalsotodraw.Theimpulse（沖動）towardsculture,thedesiretoexpressandexploretheworldthroughimaginationandrepresentation（表述、陳述）isfundamental.InEurope,thisdesirehasfound完成、成就）inthemasterpiecesofourmusic,art,literatureandtheatre.Thesemasterpiecesarethe標(biāo)準試金石）forallourefforts;theyare1thetouchstonesforthepossibilitiestowhichhumanthoughtandimaginationmaytheycarryemost（messagestnefromonehumantoanother.參考譯文：欣賞歌劇是一種奢侈：你必須為此支付昂貴的票價。然而，享用昂貴的東西并不完全是富人的特權(quán)，除非我們放棄社會選擇的權(quán)1997C-E原文：來美國求學(xué)的中國學(xué)生與其他亞裔學(xué)生一樣，大多非?？炭嗲?其余5位均是亞裔學(xué)生。他干脆在實驗室的門上貼一醒目招牌71012時，工作時間必須全力3共有1451990參考譯文：LikestudentsfromotherAsiancountriesandregions,mostChinesestudentswhocometopursuetheirfurthereducationintheUnitedStatesworkontheirstudiesmostdiligentlyandassiduously.Evenonweekends,theywouldfrequentlyspendoneday,oreventwodays,toworkovertimeintheirlaboratories.Therefore,comparedwiththeirAmericancounterparts,theyaremoreacademicallyfruitful.MysupervisorisofAsianorigin.Heisaddictedtoalcoholsandcigarettes,withasharp/irritabletemper.Nevertheless,hehighlyappreciatestheindustryandthesolidfoundationalknowledgeofAsianstudentsandhasaparticularlykeeninsightintowhatAsianstudentshaveontheirmind.Hence,ofallthestudentsrecruitedintohislaboratory,exceptforone3German,theotherfivewereallfromAsia.Heevenputangenerfs,h,lresearchassistantsofthislaboratoryarerequiredtowork7daysaweek,from10:00a.m.to12:00p.m..Nothingbutworkduringtheworkinghours.”Thissupervisorisreputedontheentirecampusforhisseverityandharshness.Duringthe3andahalfyearsthatIstayedthere,atotalof14studentswererecruitedintohislaboratoryandonly5ofthemstayeduntiltheygraduatedwiththeirPh.D.degrees.Inthesummerof1990,ignoringth