2016年下半年最新CATTI二级笔译实务真题

2016年11月CATTI二级笔译实务真题Passage 1Everyone knows that weddingsthe most elaborate and costly form of old school pageantry still acceptable in modern societyare stupid expensive. But it turns out Americans are now blowing even more money than ever before on whats supposed to be the most magical day of any couples life together. Money that, to be honest, could be spent on much, much cooler stuff.The Knot released its annual wedding survey this week, with findings showing that couples are spending a mind-numbing average of $32,641 on matrimonial celebrations. The study includes data from nearly 18,000 pairs across the country. While the cost of a wedding varied greatly from city to cityreaching a nauseating high of $82,300 in Manhattanthe price was steep no matter where couples chose to get hitched. All this despite the fact that weddings (and marriages in general, honestly) can be a fairly impractical thing to invest in. Seriously, even 50 Cent doesnt spend as much in a day as youre spending on a reception band alone. Think about that.So rather than buying into the Marriage Industrial Complex on a union that may or may not work out, wouldnt it make more sense to save your hard-earned money by forgoing the big ceremony for the major expenses youre likely to face in married life? You know, like a mortgage. Or braces for your wallet-draining children-to-be. And if your fiance is dead set on a fairytale wedding? You could always just blow your financial load on a plenty fulfilling single life.With nearly $33,000 to spend in the life of a singledom, you could get pretty far when it comes to amenities and entertainment. Perhaps the best part of being free from the shackles of wedding planning is the opportunity to treat yourself. Like, why drop $1,400 on a frilly dress youll wear once before it turns to moth food when you can rock the most expensive shoes of the season and look great doing it?And while weddings are supposed to be all about the happy couple, everyone knows thats bull, because you have to feed your guests and provide them entertainment and put a roof over their heads for a couple of hours and likely go into debt doing it.In addition to simply having fun, there are some more practical ways to spend your wedding purse as well. For instance, purchasing and providing for a nice house cat rather than dropping major dough on finger bling intended for fending off hotties for the rest of your life. Fluffy wont care if you bring home someone new every weekendhell just hate everyone indiscriminately.每个人都清楚婚礼贵的荒唐至极，这种形式繁琐且花费高昂的老掉牙庆典方式仍然为现代社会所接受 。本应该是夫妻婚姻生活中最为美妙的一天却让美国人挥霍掉比以往任何时候都要多的银子。老实讲，那些银钱本来可以用来干许多更酷的事情。本周，爱结网发布了年度婚庆行业调查报告，调查发现，时下每对夫妇在婚礼上的平均花费达到令人震惊的32,641美金。研究涵盖了来自全美各地将近18,000夫妇 的数据。尽管婚庆的花消因不同城市而有很大的差异-在曼哈顿这个数字甚至达到了令人厌恶的82,300美金-无论新人选择哪里喜结连理，始终无法回避不合乎情理价格。 所有这些无视这样一个事实，那就是：婚礼本身就是一件相当不靠谱的投资项目（老实讲，婚姻本身大体也是这样一回事）。说真的，歌手“50分”一天的花费也不及你在婚礼庆典上迎宾乐队一项上的开支。想想看，不是么？与其为了一个未必有好结果的结合而“投资”给婚庆产业公司，倒不如放弃这样的大阵仗，将节省下来的辛苦钱用到将来婚姻生活中更重要的支出上面，这样不是更有意义？ 你懂的，比如，房贷，再如，为那“榨干你钱包”的孩子们戴上牙箍。如果你的女友坚持要拥有一个童话般的婚礼呢？你总是可以将“经济负担”挥霍在那相当令人满意的单身生 活上。在单身生活中有了可供支配的33,000美金，当谈到舒适和消遣的事情，你总可以应付自如。远离婚礼策划的桎梏，这事最美的之处在于，你有机会犒赏自己。比如，当你可以脚踏本季最贵的鞋子而且看起来神采奕奕，何必还要去花费1,400美金去买一件只穿一次而后就被蛀掉的裙装?婚礼的主角理应是快乐的夫妻，每个人都知道这是胡说，因为在婚礼的这几个小时中，你要为宾客供给食物，娱乐消遣并且提供其身之所并且因此而负债累累。算了，不说这 些了。给你一个小小的建议，与其花费将近600美金在那为来宾准备的丑陋的多层婚礼蛋糕上面，不如将它挥霍在足够使用一年的巴西比基尼蜡上面。还是那句名言，任由他们去吃蛋糕吧！除了直截了当的拥有欢乐，同时还有一些更有效方式使用你的婚礼资金。比如，购买并豢养一只家猫，而不是花大价钱购置豪华戒指-这只能使你在未来，将那些性感女孩拒之于外 。小猫才不在乎你是否会在每个周末带回陌生人- 他就是那样不加区分地讨厌每个人。再有，去买一副棺材，以此节省昂贵的庆典场地费用。当然，你不会籍此而步入婚礼殿堂，但是当我们孤独的老去时，婚礼又价值几何？Passage 2My teenage son recently informed me that there is an Internet quiz to test oneself for narcissism. His friend had just taken it. “How did it turn out?” I asked. “He says he did great!” my son responded. “He got the maximum score!”When I was a child, no one outside the mental health profession talked about narcissism. People were more concerned by inadequate self-esteem, which at the time was thought to lurk behind nearly every issue. Like so many excesses of the 1970s, the self-love cult spun out of control and is now rampaging through our culture like Godzilla through Tokyo.A 2010 study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that the proportion of college students exhibiting narcissistic personality traits based on their scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, a widely used diagnostic test has increased by more than half since the early 1980s, to 30 per cent.In their book, The Narcissism Epidemic, psychology professors show that narcissism has increased as quickly as obesity has since the 1980s. Even our egos are getting fat. This is a costly problem. While full-blown narcissists often report high levels of personal satisfaction, they create havoc and misery around them. There is overwhelming evidence linking narcissism with reduced honesty and increased aggression. Its notable for occasions like Valentines Day that narcissists struggle to stay committed to romantic partners, in no small part because they find themselves superior.The full-blown narcissist might reply, “So what?” But narcissism isnt an either-or characteristic. Its more of a set of progressive symptoms (like alcoholism) than an identifiable state (like diabetes). Millions of Americans exhibit symptoms, but still have a conscience and a hunger for moral improvement. At the very least, they really do not want to be terrible people.A healthy self-love that leads to true happiness builds up ones intrinsic well-being, as opposed to feeding shallow cravings to be admired. Cultivating amour de soi requires being fully alive at this moment, as opposed to being virtually alive while wondering what others think. The soulful connection with another person, the enjoyment of a beautiful hike alone, or a prayer of thanks over your sleeping child could be considered expressions of self-love.Passage 1浙江杭州是风景秀美之地，也是创新活力之城。G20杭州峰会的会标，就是用20根线条，勾勒出一个桥型轮廓，同时辅以“2016年G20”的英文和篆隶“中国”印章。桥，在G20独具含义。曾几何时，全球经济治理为发达国家所垄断。G20是第一个发达国家和发展中国家平等参与全球经济治理的机制，是历史的进步。在这个意义上，G20本身就是一座桥，一座连接历史与未来、发达国家与发展中国家的桥梁。在2016年的杭州，在世界经济发展的当下，桥又有了新的含义。它寓意着对G20成为全球经济之桥、国际社会合作之桥、面向未来的共赢之桥的殷切期望。桥梁线条形似光纤，寓意信息技术应用带来的互联互通，具有强烈的时代感。我们希望，以杭州峰会为桥梁，各国间的联系将更加紧密，世界经济的前景将更加广阔。The city of Hangzhou in Chinas Zhejiang province is known both for its beautiful scenery and for being a dynamic city with an innovative spirit. The logo of the G20 Hangzhou Summit features the image of a bridge, drawn in 20 lines. On top of it are the English for “G20 2016 China”, supplemented with the imprint of a traditional Chinese seal bearing the two Chinese characters for “China”.Bridge bears a special meaning for the G20. The G20 is in fact the first global mechanism that allows developed and developing countries alike to take equal part in global economic governance, something that used to be the monopoly of developed countries. This represents a progress in the evolution of global governance and renders the G20 a bridge that connects history with the future, and developed countries with developing countries.Given the current world economic situation, the bridge bears some new implication for the Hangzhou Summit. It implies a keen hope for the G20 to become a bridge in the global economy, a bridge that brings parties together in win-win global cooperation oriented toward the future. The symmetrically curved lines in the bridge are meant to be reminiscent of fiber-optic cables, referring to an interconnected world in an information age. It is our hope that the Hangzhou Summit will serve as a bridge through which countries will build stronger links with each other and together open up broader prospects for the world economy.Passage two纵观世界文明史，人类先后经历了农业革命、工业革命、信息革命。每一次产业技术革命，都给人类生产生活带来巨大而深刻的影响。现在，以互联网为代表的信息技术日新月异，引领了社会生产新变革，创造了人类生活新空间，拓展了国家治理新领域，极大提高了人类认识世界、改造世界的能力。互联网让世界变成了“鸡犬之声相闻”的地球村，相隔万里的人们不再“老死不相往来”。可以说，世界因互联网而更多彩，生活因互联网而更丰富。中国正处在信息化快速发展的历史进程之中。中国高度重视互联网发展，自21年前接入国际互联网以来，我们按照积极利用、科学发展、依法管理、确保安全的思路，加强信息基础设施建设，发展网络经济，推进信息惠民。十三五时期，中国将大力实施网络强国战略、国家大数据战略、“互联网+”行动计划，发展积极向上的网络文化，拓展网络经济空间，促进互联网和经济社会融合发展。我们的目标，就是要让互联网发展成果惠及13亿多中国人民，更好造福各国人民。Looking at the history of world civilizations, humanity has progressed along with agricultural, industrial and information revolutions. Each of these industrial and technological revolutions has had great and profound impact on our way of production and life. Today, information technologies represented by the Internet are experiencing rapid changes with each passing day.They have brought about new ways of social production, created new space for peoples life, opened new horizons of state governance, and enhanced our ability to understand and shape the world. The Internet has turned the world into a global village where distance no longer prevents people from interacting with each other. Communication is made easier than ever before. Indeed, thanks to the Internet, our world has become more colorful a