考研提高-2020考研英语一翻译试题分析

2020考研英语一翻译试题分析

试题分析：

文章来源于著作：AgeofEnlightenment:Discoverthephilosophicalmovement

thattriggeredinnovation,revolutionandchangem,符合考研英语一的一贯风格----

只选择偏某一主题的学术专著。命题人选择了这本书的第一章Background的第二节Dare

toKnow:ExploretheEnlightenmentcametobe的开头部分。略有改编，比如去掉了

部分专有名词，尤其是划线句中的个别超纲词，比如把学生无从从上下文得知意思的

strong-arm改写为了考研大纲词汇suppress。五个划线句均为长句，无特别复杂的难句，

难度维持在考研英语一2014年至今的正常水平。

FollowingtheexplosionofcreativityinFlorenceduringthe14thcenturyknown

astheRenaissance,themodernworldsawadeparturefromwhatithadonceknown.

ItturnedfromGodandtheauthorityoftheRomanCatholicChurchandinstead

favouredamorehumanisticapproachtobeing.Renaissanceideashadspread

throughoutEuropewellintothe17thcentury,withtheartsandsciencesflourishing

extraordinarilyamongthosewithamorelogicaldisposition.46)WiththeChurch's

teachingsandwaysofthinkingbeingeclipsedbytheRenaissance,thegapbetween

theMedievalandmodernperiodshadbeenbridged,leadingtonewand

unexploredintellectualterritories.

DuringtheRenaissance,thegreatmindsofNicolausCopernicus,Johannes

KeplerandGalileoGalileidemonstratedthepowerofscientificstudyanddiscovery.

47)Beforeeachoftheirrevelations,manythinkersatthetimehadsustainedmore

ancientwaysofthinking,includingthegeocentricviewthattheEarthwasatthe

centreofouruniverse.Copernicustheorisedin1543thatinactualfact,allofthe

planetsthatweknewofrevolvednotaroundtheEarth；buttheSun,asystemthat

waslaterupheldbyGalileoathisownexpense.Offeringupsuchatheoryduringa

timeofhightensionbetweenscientificandreligiousmindswasbrandedasheresy,

andanysuchhereticsthatcontinuedtospreadtheseliesweretobepunishedby

imprisonmentorevendeath.GalileowasexcommunicatedbytheChurchand

imprisonedforlifeforhisastronomicalobservationsandhissupportofthe

heliocentricprinciple.

48.DespiteattemptsbytheChurchtosuppressthisnewgenerationoflogicians

andrationalists,moreexplanationsforhowtheuniversefunctionedwerebeing

made,ardataratethatthepeoplecouldrolongerignore.Itwaswiththesegreat

revelationsthatanewkindofphilosophyfoundedinreasonwasborn.

TheChurch/slong-standingdogmawaslosingthegreatbattlefortruthto

rationalistsandscientists.Thisveryfactembodiedthenewwaysofthinkingthat

sweptthroughEuropeduringmostofthe17thcentury.49.Asmanytookonthe

dutyoftryingtointegratereasoningandscientificphilosophiesintotheworld,the

Renaissancewasoverarditwastimeforanewera-theAgeofReason.

The17thand18thcenturiesweretimesofradicalchangeandcuriosity.

Scientificmethod,reductionismandthequestioningofChurchidealswastobe

encouraged/aswereideasofliberty,toleranceandprogress.50.Suchactionsto

seekknowledgeandtounderstandwhatinformationwealreadyknewwere

capturedbytheLatinphrase'sapereaude'ordaretoknow',afterImmanuel

KantuseditinhisessayAnAnswertotheQuestion:WhatisEnlightenment?.Itwas

thepurposeandresponsibilityofgreatmindstogoforthandseekoutthetruth,

whichtheybelievedtobefoundedinknowledge.

ENLIGHTENMENT

Discoverthephilosophicalmovementthat

triggeredinnovation,revolutionandchange

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