2.Passage Translation

Passage One

I am here tonight to wish your club a happy birthday. Now, I myself have reached that stage in life where I would like to have my birthdays remembered but not my age. I suppose I am what is called middle-aged, which is when you start eating what is good for you and not what you like. I am proud of your club because it is set up for our senior citizens. This is a place you can come to for peace and quiet, where you have tea and chat with people of your own age group.

Passage Two

Researchers have found that daily walking may improve sleep quality. They have also noticed that only those who exercise in the morning have the beneficial effects on sleep. Those who exercised in the evening actually had more trouble falling asleep. One possible explanation is that morning versus evening exercise may affect sleep quality. Morning exercise may get the body clock in good order, and evening exercise may upset it. However, more research is needed to confirm this theory.

Section 2: Study Skills

1. D the rope was the symbol of law and order

2. B it changes the human characters

3. B it is rare

4. A the trading nations adopted the gold standard

5. D one could place more faith in gold than in politicians

6. B it is thin in proportion to the earth’s mass

7. C the outer layer is made of rock

8. D still in use

9. C there are active volcanic regions at the centre

10. B the Under world

11. A after consulting someone about her problems

12. C are not to be performed strenuously

13. B can be difficult to change

14. D recovered his vocal powers

15. C to suggest that back problems can be remedied.

16. B waste disposal

17. A their wastes were covered over by nature

18. C shipping them as scrap to a steel mill for ne vehicles.

19. C building more sewage disposal plants

20. D sludge

21. A sadness is a normal human emotion that serves a specific purpose

22. A the drug did not treat illnesses as it should

23. B grief over death

24. B loss of one’s mind

25. C reasonable

26. C stretched

27. D to suggest an anti-ageing approach that will reproduce itself

28. D death is the reality in nature people should come to terms with

29. A general readers

30. D reproduction is a useful alternative to longer life

Section 3: Translation Test(1)

美国经济发展速度日益减缓，工作机遇日益凸显不稳定性。身为一所小型高校的校长，我时刻关注今年毕业生面临的就业市场。最新消息报道了贝尔斯登公司撤销了为商学院毕业生提供的数百个职位，这正是公司裁员的通常做法。而全美的大学也随之降低招生规模。但即使经济前景惨淡，今年的毕业生还是有望找到工作。诚然，众多公司纷纷裁员，但其中许多也正寻求新的人才，尤其是低端职位。

超过百万的职场新人像潮水般涌入劳动力市场，学生们应该认识到，在全球市场环境下，语言技巧至关重要，灵活性也同样不可或缺。如果毕业生愿意接受起点低的工作，就工作要求做出一些让步，如果公司要求也不介意搬至其他城市工作，那么他就有可能得到一份工作。因此，即使失业情况日益严重，毕业生还是可以将找工作视作一份长远职业的第一次挑战。

Section 4: Translation Test(2)

据消息灵通人士透露，今年春节前，家乐福才与新大新发生“第一次亲密接触”，其中广州市政府无疑起了“红娘”的作用。短短几个月时间，双方“情投意合”。外界关心的是：家乐福到底看中新大新什么地方？

对此，新大新总经理何先生没有作出正面的回应，只是笼统地陈述在广州的百货业中新大新有自己独特的一面。据何先生透露，这次新大新出资持有新组建的公司35%的股份，家乐福占65%:“这是按照国家有关部门政策，即中方持股不得少于35%的规定厘定的”。

As disclosed by a well-informed source, the “first intimate contact” between Carrefour and Xindaxin(XDX) was not conducted until the dawn of this year’s Spring Festival, with Guangzhou municipal government, not surprisingly, serving as the “matchmaker”. The contact quickly developed into “affinity” between the two parties within a short period of a few months. What is XDX’s appeal to Carrefour? This question is now the concern of the public.

Mr. He, general manager of XDX, did not elaborate on direct response to this question. He stressed XDX’s “uniqueness” in Guangzhou’s retailing industry but with no specific details. As disclosed by Mr. He, XDX will hold 35% of the new joint venture’s shares, while Carrefour holding the rest 65%, which, is “in compliance with the policies decreed by state authorities concerned, i.e. Chinese companies should hold no less than 35% shares of a JV”.

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