石油价格、公职人员待遇.doc

哈 尔 滨 志 远 英 语 学 校Harbin Zhiyuan English School Test for applicant translators and InterpretersChinese Name:吴训路 English Name: Major:英语翻译 Tel: E-mail:Date: Score: Recommendation of examiners: Translate the following two pieces of news into English/Chinese with easily-recognised handwriting.Gasoline prices: up, and rising(CNN) - Gas prices rose more than eight cents in the past two weeks to a national average of $2.87 per gallon of self-serve regular - and are expected to further rise - according to a national survey released on Sunday.石油价格上升并会持续上涨【美国有线电视新闻网报道】根据周日的一项国家调查数据显示，在过去两周石油价格上升了八美分，全国加油站汽油价格的平均水平达到每加仑2.87美元。预计上升趋势还会继续。That marks a rise of 69 cents at the pump since late January, Trilby Lundberg, publisher of Lundberg Survey, said. The Lundberg Survey tallies gas prices every two to three weeks at about 5,000 gas stations.伦德伯格调查（Lundberg Survey）发行人特里尔比伦德伯格（Trilby Lundberg）说，这表示从一月下旬以来，加油站汽油价格总体上升水平达到69美分。伦德伯格调查公司每隔两三周对大约5000个加油站的汽油价格进行比较记录。The latest survey was conducted Friday.The current price is about four cents lower than a year ago, Lundberg said, and it is about 15 cents less than the all-time peak in August.星期五进行了最新的一次调查。伦德伯格说，目前的汽油价格比一年前低大概4美分，同创纪录的八月份相比只差15美分。Lundberg attributed the slight rise in gas prices to the current prices of refinery repairs, which are keeping the market tight, she said.伦德伯格把这次汽油价格的轻微上扬归因于受了炼油厂维修价格的影响。她说：“这使得市场供不应求。”Several refineries have had recent problems. Valero Energy Corp. shut its refinery in McKee, Texas, after a fire on Feb. 16, and company officials did not expect full resumption until late in the year. And earlier this month, the western hemispheres second-largest refinery - the Hovensa Refinery on the island of St. Croix, the Virgin Islands - shut for 10 days of maintenance, Lundberg had told CNN earlier.Lundberg said gas prices are expected to peak and then fall over the next few days, as refining operations return to normal, and as the influx of gasoline imports continue to bolster the gasoline supply in the United States.近日好几家炼油厂遭遇问题。2月16日发生火灾之后，瓦莱罗能源公司关闭了它在德克萨斯州麦基市（McKee）的炼油厂，公司负责人表示最早也是年末炼油厂才会恢复运营。早些时候伦德伯格告诉本新闻网，这月的前一阵，号称西半球第二大的炼油厂维尔京群岛圣克罗伊岛上的霍芬萨大炼油厂（Hovensa Refinery）因为维修原因停止营业10天。伦德伯格说，在接下来几天，随着各炼油厂恢复正常生产和进口石油的继续涌入以满足美国的石油供应，汽油价格有望继续攀升然后回落。瞭望：公职人员待遇终身制泛滥造成社会不公日前本刊记者收到北京某机关一位工作人员的名片，没有任何领导职务，但名字后却标着“享受副局级待遇”字样。据知情人透露，这位工作人员原是该单位副局长，因某种原因被撤了，但仍然享受在位时的级别待遇。瞭望新闻周刊调查发现，在我国不少地方，一些公职人员，特别是领导干部在待遇方面“能上不能下”的情况仍然相当普遍，享受这种“待遇终身制”的公职人员级别在放低，人数在增加，已渐渐成为一种令民众与官员疏离的特殊待遇，制造了新的社会不公。有关专家认为，要警惕公职人员待遇终身制的危害，国家除给新中国建国前参加革命工作的老同志特殊待遇外，应尽快深化公职人员人事制度改革，把有关资金从这类“待遇”中转移，去解决更多百姓的民生问题。Outlook Weekly: Life Tenure of Terms of Employment for Public Officials Triggers Social Injustice Recently the reporter with Outlook Weekly has received a business card from a government clerk in Beijing. There was no administrative position in it, but behind the owners name words like “assistant bureau-level treatment” were attached. According to insiders, the clerk is a former deputy chief in the organ, who was discharged owing to some reason but still enjoys the same terms of employment as when he was in the position. Through investigations, Outlook Weekly discovered that it is common in many places in China that some public officials, especially leading cadres, enjoy terms of employment which can be higher but not lower. What is more, the rank level with which public servants can have the privilege of “life tenure of labor remuneration” is getting lower and the number of such privileged officials is increasing. Therefore, the special treatment of officials is increasingly becoming a gap between public servants and the people they serve, creating new injustice in the society. Experts warn that it is necessary to beware of the danger that life tenure of terms of employment for public officials entails. Except that senior citizens who have taken part in revolutionary work before the founding of the country can receive special treatments, the government of the nation should deepen the innovation of personnel system for public servants, diverting relevant capitals from such special treatment to resolve bread-and-butter issues which will benefit more people.地址：黑龙江省哈尔滨市南岗区西大直街161号金工电子大厦8楼 邮编：150006 Address: