07《英语口译》Ex-Sports Health.doc

〔汉译英－1〕 中国发展体育运动的目的是要通过在人民群众中普及体育运动，增强人民体质，提高整个国家的运动技能，创造新记录，来促进国家经济、道德和文化的发展 在过去的50多年里，由于体育工作者和运动员的共同努力，体育运动在城乡普遍开展，全国有1/3的人经常参加体育活动。 由于生活水平的提高，医疗事业和体育运动的发展，人民的健康状况有了很大改善。人民的平均寿命从1949年以前的35岁上升到2000年的71.8岁。我们已经彻底甩掉了“东亚病夫”的帽子。 〔汉译英－2〕 中国武术历史悠久，深受老百姓的喜爱。// 武术练习的形式多种多样，人们可以根据自己的年龄、兴趣和身体状况进行选择。// 而且，练武术不需要很大的地方和复杂的设备，易于推广。近几年来，武术辅导站遍及全国。很多身体欠佳的人通过长期练习武术，得到益处。 武术，从字面上讲，“武”是武打，“术”是艺术，即打斗的艺术。// 如今，在有13亿人口的中国，武术是一项普及的体育运动，男女老少都在练武术。// 武术已不再强调打斗，而重在演练。// 人们练习武术是为了健身，学习自我保护技能，娱乐、参加比赛等。 〔参考译文－汉译英－1〕 The purpose of developing physical culture and sports in China is to popularize sports among the people, strengthen / promote / improve their health (promote fitness), improve the sporting skills of the country as a whole and chalk up / create / make new records, thus helping to promote / quicken / hasten / spur / stimulate the country’s economic as well as ethical and cultural development. With the concerted efforts of sports organizers and athletes in the past 50 years, sports have become popular in both urban and rural areas, nearly 1/3 of the Chinese regularly take part in / participate in / engage in / join in sports activities. Thanks to the rising standard of living and the development of medical care and sports, the physical condition of the Chinese people has greatly improved. The average life span of the people reached 71.8 in 2000 as against 35 before 1949. We have, once and for all, got rid of the label “the sick man of Asia”. (OR: We are no longer known as “the sick man of Asia”.) 〔参考译文－汉译英－2〕 The time-honored art of wushu is very popular among the people. // As wushu exercises are varied in intensity as well as in form, they offer an abundant choice to people differing in age, interest and health condition. // Besides, one needs only a small space and very simple equipment, so wushu can be easily popularized. // In resent years, coaching centers have mushroomed in cities and towns all over the country. // Numerous people in poor health have benefited from consta