江西省首屆英語翻譯大賽

1、江西省首屆英語翻譯大賽決賽試題(2009-9-26)一、將下列短文譯成漢語（50分）:Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant SpiritAlthough she was never an ardent follower of any formal religion, my mothers own faith endured throughout her life: her faith in love, her faith in the miracle of nature, and her faith in the goodness of life. She honored th

2、is second chance at life at every opportunity that presented itself and most of all at the end of her life, through her work for UNICEF. Sometimes a near-death experience can free us of the shackles that life slowly trains us to wear. We come to realize whats worth the sweat and what isnt. Although

3、she had no memory of her childhood near-death experience, the knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effacing nature, were the roots of the humility that graced her entire life. I never heard her say, “I did this,” or “Ive done that.” Toward the end of her life, througho

4、ut the UNICEF years, I would hear her say regularly, as the world listened to her, “I can do very little.” I never heard her say that she liked any of her performances. When people complimented her, she would always shy away and ultimately explain how those who surrounded her were the reason for her

5、 success. Bessie Anderson Stanley wrote, “To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit bette

6、r whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.”  By Ms. Stanleys standards, my mothers life was a success: She was graced with good choices. The first choice she made was h

7、er career. Then she chose her family. And when we, her children, were grown and had started our lives, she chose the less fortunate children of the world. She chose to give back. In that important choice lay the key to healing and understanding something that had affected her throughout her entire l

8、ife: the sadness that had always been there. Her choices healed the sadness of a little girl who didnt know her father for most of her life and yet who yearned and longed for that warm embrace, that reassurance that you are loved and that you matter. When I look back, that is just what she gave to L

9、uca and me: the reassurance that we were loved and that we mattered. This was the most valuable essence, the roots that live and grow forever inside you. She truly was a wonderful mother and friend. 二、將下列短文譯成英語（50分）:2008年5月12日14時(shí)28分，我國發(fā)生了震驚世界的四川汶川特大地震，受災(zāi)地區(qū)人民生命財(cái)產(chǎn)和經(jīng)濟(jì)社會發(fā)展蒙受巨大損失。面對空前慘烈的災(zāi)難，在黨中央、國務(wù)院和中央軍委堅(jiān)強(qiáng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，全黨全軍全國各族人民眾志成城、迎難而上，以驚人的意志、勇氣、力量，組織開展了我國歷史上救援速度最快、動員范圍最廣、投入力量最大的抗震救災(zāi)斗爭，最大限度地挽救了受災(zāi)群眾生命，最大限度地減低了災(zāi)害造成的損失，奪取了抗震救災(zāi)斗爭重大勝利，表現(xiàn)出泰山壓頂不彎腰的大無畏氣概，譜寫了感天動地的英雄凱歌。我們按照以人為本、尊重自然、統(tǒng)籌兼顧、科學(xué)重建的原則，科學(xué)制定災(zāi)后恢復(fù)重建規(guī)劃，迅速出臺一系列支援災(zāi)區(qū)的政策措施，積極開展對口支援，迅速組織開展災(zāi)后恢復(fù)重建工作。在中央大力支持、災(zāi)區(qū)廣大干部群眾艱苦奮斗、全國人民大力支援下，城鄉(xiāng)居民住