月日二级笔译真题试译

1、月日二级笔译真题试译作者:日期:passage oneWhere Shakespeare Slept, or So They SayTucked away in this small village inBuck in ghamshire County is theformerElizabetha n coach ing inn where WilliamShakespeare is said to have penned partof "AMidsummer Night's Dream."白金汉郡一座小村落深处，有一所 伊丽莎白时期的车马驿站，据说莎 士比亚曾在这

2、里执笔创作了“仲 夏夜之梦”的部分篇章。Dating from 1534, the inn, now called ShakespeareHouse, is thought to havebeen built as a Tudorhunting lodge. Later it became a stop for travelersbetwee n London andStratford-up on-Av on, where Shakespeare was born andburied.这座现被称之为“莎士比亚之 屋”的建筑，初建于 1534年，是 都铎时期打猎者的栖息地。后来这 里成了伦敦与斯

3、特拉特福路途中 往返过客的歇脚之地。埃文河畔斯 特拉特福是莎士比亚生命开始与 结束的地方。It was "Brief Lives," a 17th-centurycollectionofbiographies by Joh nAubrey, that lin kedShakespeare to the inn, say ing that he had stayed there anddraw n in spirati on for the comedywhile in the village.17世纪约翰奥布里编写的传记 合集中提到：正是这短促的逗留， 让莎士比亚与这所驿站

4、有了交集， 莎士比亚在这座小村期间就暂住 于此，并在这里找到仲夏夜之梦 的创作灵感。One of the current owners, Nick Underwood, said the local lore goes evenfurther: "It is also saidhe appears at the oriel window on the top floor of thehouse on April 23 every year - the dateheis said to have bee n born and tohave died."尼克安德伍德是房屋现在的

5、主 人之一，他说当地的流言更加夸 张：“据说，每逢4月23日就 会有人看到莎士比亚的身影出现 在房屋顶层的壁窗。相传 4月23 日是莎士比亚的出生之日，也是他 的逝世之日。”"In later years, the house later became a farmhouse, with 150 acres of land,but, overtime, pieces were sold off," Mr. Un derwood said."In the 20th cen tury,it was owned by twoAmerican families."

6、; Now, he and his co-owner, Roy Elsbury,have put the seven-bedroom property onthe market at£ 1.375 millio n, or$2.13millio n.随后，这所建筑变成了供 150英亩 农田使用的农舍。时过境迁，农田 被分割变卖。安德伍德称，“在他 之前，房屋由两个美国家庭占有“。现在他和房屋的共同主人罗 伊艾斯布雷打算将这座有7间卧房的房屋以137.5万英镑（213万 美元）的市价出售。Despite its varied uses and renovations over the

7、years, the4,250-square-foot, or395-square-meter, i nn has reta ined so much of its房屋面积4,250平方英尺（395平 方米），多年来，这座建筑的用途 几经变更，但驿站依旧未改它最原origi nalcharacter that the orga ni zatio nEn glish Heritage lists it as a GradeII*property, in dicat ing that it isparticularly importa nt and of "more tha n spec

8、ialinterest."Only 27 percent of the 1,600buildi ngs on the orga ni zati on's registerhavethis desig natio n.始的风格。英国文化遗产保护组织 将其列为二级文物，这说明该座建 的重要性非冋小可，且具有不冋寻 常的迷人之处。该组织认证的1600 座建筑中，仅有27%勺建筑享有此 等殊荣。We knew of the house before we bought it and were very excited when it came up for sale. It is s

9、o unu sual to find an Elizabetha n property of this size, inthis area, and whe n we saw it, weabsolutely fell in love with it," Mr.Underwoodsaid. "We have take n great pleasure in work ing on it and living here.This house is all about thehistory."我们先前就留意到这座房屋，后 来得知它要出售的消息，我们兴奋 极了。要在这块

10、儿地方找到一座这 般大小的伊丽莎白时期建筑实非 易事，我们一见到它就深深爱上它 了，“安德伍德先生说道，”在这 里干活儿，在这里生活，我们非常 享受。“这座房屋处处都是历史。In addition to being the owners' home, the property curre ntly is run as aluxury guest house, withrooms rented for£ 99 to £ 250 a night.目前，这里除了是房屋主人的居所 夕卜，还是供人住宿的豪华客房，房 间租住价格从一晚 99英镑到250 英镑不等。"S

11、hakespeare House is a won derful example ofElizabetha n architecture," saidDea nHeaviside, the nationalsales director of Fine realestate age ncy,which isreprese nti ng theown ers. "It has bee n beautifully restored andoffers a uniquelifestyle,which brings a tasteof the past together with m

12、oder n-day comfort.Itis rare to find a home like this on themarket."迪恩海维塞德是高端房地产机 构全国销售总监，他从买房者的角 度分析说，”莎士比亚之屋极 好的展现了伊丽莎白时期建筑的 特色。房屋修缮精美，能让人们从 中体味到古典韵味与现代舒适相 结合的独特生活方式。市面上很难 找到像这样的房屋。“passage twoIn Gree nlan d. Ice and In stability格林兰岛被广袤的原始冰层所笼 罩，飞行员曾将冰层误认为地平 线上隆起的云堤迎头相撞。飞越 冰岛，你很难想象冰层被侵蚀的 速度会如

13、此之快，似乎冰岛随时by An drew C. Revki n, excerpt from The New York Times Jan uary 8, 2008The ancient frozen dome cloaking Greenland is so vast that pilots have crashed into what they thought was a cloud bank spanning the horizon. Flying over it, you can scarcely imagi ne that it could erode fasteno ugh to d

14、an gerously raise sea levels any time soon.都有被海水淹没的危险。Along the flanks in spring and summer, however, the picture is very differe nt. For an in creas ing nu mber of warm years, a network of blue lakes and rivulets of melt-water has bee n spreadi ng ever higher on the icecap.值初春夏末之际，格陵兰岛却呈 现出一幅截然不冋的景

15、象。由于 连续多年气候变暖，蓝色湖泊与 融水溪流交织的水网在冰盖之上 越漫越广。The melt ing surface darke ns, absorb ing up to four times as much en ergy from the sun as snow, which reflects sun light. Natural drain pipes called moulins carry water from the surface into the depths, in some places reach ing bedrock.积雪可折射太阳光，而融化处表 面的颜色变深，吸

16、收的太阳热量 是积雪表面吸收热量的四倍。冰 臼像天然的排水管道将融化的雪 水从表面灌向底层，有些区域一 直通向基岩。The process slightly,but measurably, lubricates andaccelerates the grinding passage of ice towards the sea.这一过程对冰层向海水的倾斜起 到催化加速的作用。进程虽然缓 慢，但却视之可见。Most importa nt, many glaciologists say, is the break-up of huge semi-submerged clots of ice whe

17、re some large Greenland glaciers, particularly along the west coast, squeeze through fiords as they meet the warmi ng ocea n. As these passages have cleared, this has sharply accelerated the flow of many of these creep ing, corrugated and froze n rivers.多名冰川学家称，最严重的问题 是，因遇到海洋暖流，格林兰岛 上的大块冰山挤过海湾之时，会 引

18、发大块半漂浮冰层的断裂，尤 其是在西部沿海区域。冰山活动 明显，极大地为诸多蜿蜒褶皱的 冰流推波助澜。Some glaciologists fear that the rise in seas in a warm ing world could be much greater tha n the upper estimate of about 60 cen timetres this cen tury made by the In tergover nmen tal Panel on Climate Change last year. (Seas rose less than 30 centimetres last cen tury.)部分冰川学家担心，全球变暖环 境下，海平面上升的咼度将远远 超过政府间气候变化专门委员会 去年预测的涨幅上限-60厘米。（上世纪，海平面已上涨近30厘米。）The pan el's assessme nt did not in clude factors kn