考研历年英语二真题英译汉

1、考研历年英语二真题英译汉 考研历年英语二真题英译汉1translate the following text from english into chinese. write your translation on answer sheet 2. (15 points)think about driving a route thats very familiar. it could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. whichever it is, you know every twist and turn l

2、ike the back of your hand. on these sorts of trips its easy tolose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. the consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.this is the well-travelled road effect: people tend to underest

3、imate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.the effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. when we travel down a well-known route, because we dont have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more quickly. and afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we cant remember the jour

4、ney well because we didnt pay much attention to it. so we assume it wasshorter.参考译文：想想看在一条非常熟悉的路上驾驶的感觉，这可能发生在上班，进城或回家的路上。无论如何，你会熟悉路上的每一个迂回曲折。在这类旅行中，我们很容易会分散注意力并且不太关注路边的风景。结果就是你误以为旅途比实际所用的时间要少。这是美妙的旅程所产生的效果：人们往往会低估在熟悉的旅程中所用掉的时间。我们分散注意力的方式会导致这种结果。当我们在知名的路途中行驶时，我们不必过于集中精力，时间似乎过得飞快。随后，当我们回想整个过程时，由于没有特别留

5、神，会变得印象模糊。此时，我们似乎会觉得这段旅程会更短些。考研历年英语二真题英译汉2translate the following text into chinese. write your translation neatly on the answer sheet. (15 points)a fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. he ticks “astronaut” , but quickly adds “scientist

6、” to the list and selects it as well. the boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes. and so he reads everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. he reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinne

7、r table.that boy was bill gates, and he hasnt stopped reading yet-not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year. gate

8、s chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works. “each book opens up new avenues of knowledge,” gates says.一名五年级的学生的家庭作业要求他从一系列的职业中选出他未来的职业道路。他选择了“宇航员”，但很快又将“科学家”加入名单，也选了这一职业。这个男孩确信如果他读的书足够多，他就能想探索多少条职业道路，就探索多少条。因此他读书从百科全书读到科幻小说。他如此狂热地阅读以致于他的父母不得不制定一条吃饭时“不能读书”的规矩。这个男孩就是比尔盖茨，他从未停

9、止过阅读 即便在他成为全球最成功人士之后也如此。今天，比尔盖茨的读物已经不再是科幻小说和参考书目：最近，他表示自己每年至少阅读50本非虚构读物。盖茨选择读非虚构类图书，因为这些书解释了世界是如何运作的。“每本书都开辟了探索新知识的道路。” 比尔盖茨说。考研历年英语二真题英译汉3translate the following text from english into chinese. write your translation on answer sheet 2. (15 points)most people would define optimism as endlessly happy

10、, with a glass thats perpetually half fall. but thats exactly the kind of false deerfulness that positive psychologists wouldnt recommend. “healthy optimists means being in touch with reality.” says tal ben-shahar, a harvard professor, according to ben- shalar,realistic optimists are these who make

11、the best of things that happen, but not those who believe everything happens for the best.ben-shalar uses three optimistic exercisers. when he feels down-sag, after giving a bad lecture-he grants himself permission to be human. he reminds himself that mot every lecture can be a nobel winner; some wi

12、ll be less effective than others. next is reconstruction, he analyzes the weak lecture, leaning lessons, for the future about what works and what doesnt. finally, there is perspective, which involves acknowledging that in the ground scheme of life, one lecture really doesnt matter.大多数人认为乐观是无尽的欢乐，如同总

13、是有半杯水的杯子。但那是一种绝不会为积极心理学家所称道的虚假的快乐。哈佛大学的tal ben-shahar教授说，“健康的乐观主义意味着要活在现实之中。”在ben-shahar看来，现实的乐观主义者会因势利导，而非求全责备。ben-shahar 会使用三种乐观的方法。比如说，当他因搞砸了一场演讲而倍感郁闷的时候，他会告诉自己这是很正常的事，提醒自己：并不是每一次演讲都可以获得诺贝尔奖，总会有一些人的演讲效果不及其他人。接着为改进。他分析了一些效果不好的演讲并且从那些起效和无效的演讲中吸取教训为将来做准备。最后是看待问题的角度，即在生活的宏伟计划中，一次演讲真的无足轻重。考研历年英语二真题英译汉

14、4translate the following text from english into chinese. write your translation on answer sheet 2. (15 points)i can pick a date from the past 53 years and know instantly where i was , what happened in the news and even the day of the week. ive been able to do this since i was four.i never feel overw

15、helmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs my mind seems to be able to cope and the information is stored away reatly. when i think of a sad memory, i do what everyone does- try to put it to one side. i dont think its harder for me just because my memory is clearer. powerful memory doesnt make my emotions any more acture or vivid. i can recall the day my grandfather died and the sadness i felt when we went to the hosptibal the day before. i also remember that the musical paly hamopened on the broadway on the same day- they both just pop into my mind in the same way.从过去的53