2008 年湖北武汉科技大学写作与翻译考研真题
Part One Translation 50% 75 points)
1.Translate the following into Chinese.(35 points)
1) Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays (by T.H.Huxley)
2)The Security Council has been seized of the question since then.
3) Ignorance is the mother of fear as well s of admiration.
4) Histories make men wise; poetry witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy
deep; moral grave;logie and rhetoric able to contend.
5) An individual human existence should be like a river--small at first,
narrowly contained within its banks,and rushing passionately past boulders and over
waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider,the banks recede, the waters fow more
quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become
merged in the sea,and painlessly lose their individual being. The man, who,in old
age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since
the things he cares for will continue,
6) Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Leam to labor and to wait. ”
2.Translate the following into English.(40 points)
1) 良机难再。
2)春眠不觉晓,处处闻啼鸟。
3)那个地方是块肥肉,谁都想吃。
4)子曰∶"三人行,必有我师焉。择其善而从之,其不善者而改之。"
5)五年过去了,五个夏天,加上长长的五个冬天!我终于又听见这水声,这从高山滚流而下
的泉水,带着温和的内河的潺潺。
6)清晨往松林里去散步。我在林萌路畔发见了一束被人遗弃了的蔷薇。蔷薇的花色还是鲜
艳的,一朵紫红,一朵嫩红,一朵是病黄的象牙色中带着几分血 晕。我把蔷薇拾在手里了。
青翠的叶上已经凝集着细密的露珠,这显然是昨夜 被人遣弃了的。
Part Two Writing 50(75 points)
1. State briefly three essential points in writing a letter of application for a
job or a position.(about 100 words)(25 points)
2.Write an argumentative essay on the topic "Olympic Champions Make More
Contributions to the Motherland than Scientists". Do you agree or disagree? Give
your reasons on the statement.(about 300 words)
(50points)