2015 年 5 月翻译资格考试三级英语笔译真题及答案 Section1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points) Forgenerations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch ofeastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiledunderground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above the road that windstoward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with theslogan “Coal =Jobs.” 犹他州东部有一个矿产丰富的小镇，那里的人们祖祖辈辈都以采煤为生。一提起在地下辛苦 采煤时的情景，每个家庭总是倍感骄傲。街道两旁的煤炭供应公司一个挨着一个。在通往矿 井的蜿蜒小路上方的广告牌上，一个满脸炭灰的矿工凝视着远方，旁边的标语写着“煤炭= 工作”。 Butrecently, fear has settled in. The state’s oldest coal-fired power plant,tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricterfederal pollution regulations. 但是最近，小镇的人们心里充满了恐惧。联邦政府新颁布了一套更为严格的污染管理条例， 这使得小镇附近峡谷之中的一家美国最古老的燃煤电厂频临倒闭。 As energycompanies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people herehave grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens ofworkers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they mustretire early or seek other jobs. Local trucking and equipment outfits are preparingto take business elsewhere. 由于能源公司纷纷弃用煤炭，转而使用更清洁、更廉价的天然气，小镇的人们越来越害怕， 他们的家园可能很快就会人去楼空。卡本电厂的几十名工人早就意识到，他们要么提前退休， 要么另谋职业。当地的货运和装配人员正准备开发外地的业务。 “Thereare a lot of people worried,” said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at theplant since he was 18. 凯尔戴维斯从 18 岁起，一直在卡本电厂工作。他说：“很多人都在担忧。 ”Mr. Davis, 56,worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant,whose furnaces have been burning since 1954. 戴维斯先生今年 56 岁，从清洁工人一直做到电厂的经营主管。卡本电厂的高炉从 1954 年开 工，一直燃烧至今。 “I wouldhave liked to be here for another five years,” he said. “I’m too young 

toretire.” 他说：“如果可能，我还想再工作五年。毕竟我还很年轻，没到退休年龄。” But RockyMountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that itwould be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federalstandards on mercury emissions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by April2015. 公共事业公司落基山电力公司是卡本电厂的经营者，公司已经决定，要达到联邦政府最新规 定的水银排放标准，就必须改造日趋老化的电厂，而改造费用实在是太贵了，并不可行。电 厂计划在 2015 年 4 月关闭。 for the working hadbeen “ We testing compliancestrategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility. “None of theones we investigated really would produce the results that would meet the requirements.” better years, part of three 大卫艾斯凯尔森是电力公司的发言人。他说：“三年来，我们一直在不断地努力改善，尝试 各种合规策略。经过调查，这些策略都不能满足政府的要求。” For thelast several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country,driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand anda move by utilities toward natural gas. 近年来，政府的环境保护条例愈加苛刻，人们用电的需求量逐渐下滑，加之公共事业公司打 算向天然气转型，美国境内已经有数家燃煤电厂被迫关闭。 Thismonth, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the country’slargest public power utility, voted to shut eight coal-powered plants inAlabama and Kentucky and partly replace them with gas-fired power. Since 2010,more than150 coal plants have been closed or scheduled for retirement. 田纳西河流域管理局是美国最大的公共电力公司。本月，其董事会投票表决，关闭位于阿拉 巴马州和肯塔基州的八家燃煤电厂，部分电厂转成天然气电厂。2010 年起，150 多家燃煤电 厂有的已经关闭，有的即将关闭。 TheEnvironmental stricter emissionsregulations for the plants will result in billions of dollars in related healthsavings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality. Protection estimates Agency that the 美国环保局估计，这些针对燃煤电厂制定的更为严格的排放管理条例将节省数十亿美元的健 康储蓄金，明显改善空气质量。 In recentweeks, the agency held 11 “listening sessions” around the country in 

advance ofproposing additional rules for carbon dioxide emissions. 二氧化碳排放的补充条款颁布之前，美国环保局近几周来在全国范围内召开了 11 场“听证 会”。 “ Coalplants are the single largest source of dangerous carbon pollution in theUnited States, and we have ready alternatives like wind and solar to replacethem,” said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign,which wants to shut all of the nation’s coal plants. 布鲁斯尼尔斯是塞拉俱乐部“超越煤炭”活动的负责人，该行动旨在关闭美国所有的燃煤电 厂。他说“燃煤电厂是美国危险性最大的碳污染源，我们已经采取其他能源代替煤炭，比如 风力发电和太阳能发电。” For manyhere, coal jobs are all they know. The industry united the area during hardtimes, too, especially during the dark days after nine men died in a 2007mining accident some 35 miles down the highway. Virtually everyone around Priceknew the men, six of whom remain entombed in the mountainside. 对于这里的许多人来说，采煤对他们再熟悉不过了。卡本的煤炭工业在困难时间也能把人们 团结起来，尤其是 2007 年矿难发生后的黑暗时期。那次矿难发生在距离公路南 35 英里的矿 区，矿难造成九人死亡，普里斯附近每一个人几乎都认识遇难者，有六名遇难者至今还埋在 山里。 But thereis quiet acknowledgment that Carbon County will have to change — if not now, soon. 尽管如此，人们心里还是默默地承认，卡本县必须改变，现在不变，不久也会变。 DavidPalacios’s father, Pete, who worked in the mines for 43 years, has seen coalroar and fade here. Now 86, his eyes grew cloudy as he recalled his firstmining job. He was12, and earned $1 a day. 大卫帕拉西奥斯的父亲名叫皮特，在矿区工作了 43 年，见证了卡本煤炭工业的兴衰。皮特 今年 86 岁，当回忆第一次采煤的情景，他双眼湿润了。那年他才 12 岁，每天挣 1 美元。 “I’mretired, so I’ll be fine. But these young guys?” Pete Palacios said, his voicetrailing off. “我退休了，日子会好过一些。可是这样年轻人呢”皮特帕拉西奥斯说，声音低不可闻。 Section2:Chinese-EnglishTranslation (50 points) 天柱县位于贵州省东部，是川渝黔通两广、江浙的重要门户，素有“黔东第一关”、“中国重 

晶石之乡”、“贵州高原黄金城”之称。 Locatedeast of Guizhou, Tianzhu County is an important gateway from Sichuan, Chongqingand Guizhou to Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It has long been knownas the “FirstPass in East Guizhou”, the “home of Barite in China” and the “Gold City on the Guizhou Plateau”. 天柱县总面积 2201 平方公里，辖 16 个乡镇，326 个行政村，总人口 41 万余人，以侗、苗 族为主的少数民族人口占 98.3%。是贵州省少数民族比例最多的县份之一。 With atotal area of 2,201 square kilometers, Tianzhu County is composed of 16townships and 326 administrative villages. Ethnic minorities, predominantlyDong and Miao, constitute 98.3% of the local population of more than 410thousand. It is one of the counties with the highest concentration of ethnicminorities in Guizhou. 天柱蕴藏着丰富的自然资源。气候温和，土壤肥沃，是贵州重要粮食生产基地，享有“黔东 粮仓”的美誉。当地年产烟叶 2.6 万担（一担=50 公斤），是中国烟叶主产区。这里林业资 源丰富，森林面积达 185 万亩（一亩=1/15 公顷），覆盖率达 56%，是贵州十大林业基地县之 一。重晶石、黄金、煤等矿产资源也十分丰富。 Tianzhuboasts abundant natural resources. Endowed with moderate climate and fertilesoil, it is a major grain production base in Guizhou and is reputed as the “Breadbasket in EastGuizhou”. It isalso a major tobacco leaf producer in China with an annual output of 26thousand dans (one dan=50 kilograms). Furthermore, the extensive forests in thecounty cover an area of 1.85 million mus (one mu=1/15 hectare), 56% of thecounty’s total area. Besides being one of the ten largest county-level bases offorest resources in Guizhou, it also abounds in barite, gold, coal and othermineral resources. 天柱乘西部大开发的东风，迅速崛起。全县国民经济稳步发展，综合实力日益增长，人民生 活水平在不断提高，产业结构调整日趋优化，基础设施建设得以加强，城镇面貌日新月异。 “生态环境优美，文化教育优越，综合服务优化，人居条件优良，经济充满活力”的新天柱 呈现在世人面前。 in Tianzhu: steady of Benefitingfrom the country’s “go west” campaign, Tianzhu County has entered into a fast track ofdevelopment. Many encouraging changes in comprehensive strengths have takenplace the people’slivelihood, adjustment and optimization of the industrial structure, as well asinfrastructure improvement. And today Tianzhu is presenting a new imagefeaturing and education,improved comprehensive services and habitat conditions, as well as a morevibrant economy to the world. environment, improvement developed a sound ecological economic growth, culture