2003年12月专八口译考题和答案.doc

TASK ONE Interpreting From English into Chinese Address at the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Nature Magazine Ladies and gentlemen: It’s with great pleasure that I welcome you here today to the fifth anniversary celebration of the founding of the magazine Nature. Never could we have imagined five years ago that we would have come so far in so short a time. But here we are at the end of year five, and what a fantastic year it has been. Let me review our achievements in these five years. （1）We have published some very impressive articles, each month somehow surpassing the quality and depth of the previous month’s edition. 我们出版了一些令人印象深刻的文章，而且每个月与前一个月相比，在文章的质量和深度方面都有所超越。 （2）Our creative and talented staff won five writing awards and seven photographic awards. This year some 119,000 people subscribed to our magazine. 我们的富有创造力和充满智慧的员工获得了，五个写作奖和七个摄影奖。今年有近十一万九千人订阅了我们的杂志。 I feel that the acceptance of our magazine by people is the most rewarding aspect of this project. （3）About six years ago we had an idea for a nature-oriented magazine, but we all had doubts about the general acceptance of the idea, whether there would be enough interest from people to sustain us. 大约六年前我们想办一个以自然为方向的杂志，但是我们担心大众对此的接受情况，不知道他们是否对此有足够的兴趣来支持我们。 We assembled the finest people we could find and decided, from the start, to produce the highest quality product we possibly could. ?（4）Today, it’s a wonderful feeling to know that we have succeeded, and everyone here shares the credit for making this magazine what it has become. 今天我们获得了成功，这真是太美妙了。杂志的成功在座的每一个人都功不可没。 （5）While it is a formidable task for us all, I’m sure that next year at this time we’ll have more awards, and more subscribers, and feel an even greater sense of accomplishment and fulfillment. 虽然前路艰难，但是我相信我们明年会获得更多的奖项，拥有跟多的客户，我们的成就感也会更加强烈。 TASK TWO Interpreting From Chinese into English: 龙城市市长在老城保护与更新国际研讨会闭幕式上的讲话 各位专家、各位来宾： 老城保护与更新国际研讨会经过与会代表两天来的共同努力已经顺利完成预定的议程。 （1）会议期间，来自不同国家和地区的专家、学者畅所欲言、各抒己见，积极为搞好老城保护与更新献计献策。 During t