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完整word近10年《考研英语二》翻译题手译版

近10年考研英语二翻译题手译版

2010年

”Sustainability”hasbecomeapopularwordthesedays，buttoTedNing,theconceptwillalwayshavepersonalmeaning.Havingenduredapainfulperiodofunsustainabilityinhisownlifemadeitcleartohimthatsustainability-orientedvaluesmustbeexpressedthrougheverydayactionandchoice。

Ningrecallsspendingaconfusingyearinthelate1990ssellinginsurance。

He’dbeenthroughthedot—comboomandburstand，desperateforajob，signedonwithaBoulderagency.

Itdidn’tgowell。

“Itwasareallybadmovebecause

that’snotmypassion，"saysNing，whosedilemmaaboutthejobtranslated，predictably，intoalackofsales.“Iwasmiserable。

IhadsomuchanxietythatIwouldwakeupinthemiddleofthenightandstareattheceiling。

Ihadnomoneyandneededthejob。

Everyonesaid，“Justwait，you’llturnthecorner,giveitsometime.”

2011年

Whowouldhavethoughtthat,globally,theITindustryproducesaboutthesamevolumeofgreenhousegasesastheworld’sairlinesdo—roughly2percentofallCO2emissions？

Manyeverydaytaskstakeasurprisingtollontheenvironment。

AGooglesearchcanleakbetween0.2and7.0gramsofCO2,dependingonhowmanyattemptsareneededtogetthe“right”answer。

Todeliverresultstoitsusersquickly，then,Googlehastomaintainvastdatacentersaroundtheworld,packedwithpowerfulcomputers.

WhileproducinglargequantitiesofCO2，thesecomputersemitagreatdealofheat，sothecentersneedtobewellair-conditioned，whichusesevenmoreenergy.

However，Googleandotherbigtechprovidersmonitortheirefficiencycloselyandmakeimprovements。

Monitoringisthefirststepontheroadtoreduction,butthereismuchmoretobedone，andnotjustbybigcompanies。

2012年

Whenpeopleindevelopingcountriesworryaboutmigration，theyareusuallyconcernedattheprospectoftheirbestandbrightestdeparturetoSiliconValleyortohospitalsanduniversitiesinthedeveloped

world.

ThesearethekindofworkersthatcountrieslikeBritain,CanadaandAustraliatrytoattractbyusingimmigrationrulesthatprivilegecollegegraduates

Lotsofstudieshavefoundthatwell-educatedpeoplefromdevelopingcountriesareparticularlylikelytoemigrate.AbigsurveyofIndianhouseholdsin2004foundthatnearly40％ofemigrantshadmorethanahigh—schooleducation,comparedwitharound3.3%ofallIndiansovertheageof25。

This”braindrain”haslongbotheredpolicymakersin

poorcountries.Theyfearthatithurtstheireconomies，deprivingthemofmuch-neededskilledworkerswhocouldhavetaughtattheiruniversities,workedintheirhospitalsandcomeupwithclevernewproductsfortheirfactoriestomake。

2013年

Icanpickadatefromthepast53yearsandknowinstantlywhereIwas，whathappenedinthenews

andeventhedayoftheweek.I’vebeenabletodothissinceIwasfour。

Ineverfeeloverwhelmedwiththeamountofinformationmybrainabsorbs.Mymindseemstobeabletocopeandtheinformationisstoredaway

neatly。

WhenIthinkofasadmemory,Idowhateverybodydoes—trytoputittooneside。

Idon’tthinkit’sharderformejustbecausemymemoryisclearer。

Powerfulmemorydoesn'tmakemyemotionsanymoreacuteorvivid.IcanrecallthedaymygrandfatherdiedandthesadnessIfeltwhenwewenttothehospitalthedaybefore.IalsorememberthatthemusicalplayHairopenedontheBroadwayonthesameday-theybothjustpopintomymindinthesameway。

2014年

Mostpeoplewoulddefineoptimismasbeingendlesslyhappy,withaglassthat'sperpetuallyhalffull。

Butthat’sexactlythekindoffalsecheerfulnessthatpositivepsychologistswouldn'trecommend.

“Healthyoptimismmeansbeingintouchwithreality.”saysTalBen-Shahar，aHarvardprofessor。

AccordingtoBen—Shahar，realisticoptimistsarethesewhomakethebestofthingsthathappen,butnotthosewhobelieveeverythinghappensforthebest.

Ben-Shaharusesthreeoptimisticexercises。

Whenhefeelsdown—say,aftergivingabadlecture-he

grantshimselfpermissiontobehuman.HeremindshimselfthatnoteverylecturecanbeaNobelwinner；somewillbelesseffectivethanothers.

Nextisreconstruction.Heanalyzestheweaklecture,leaninglessonsforthefutureaboutwhatworksandwhatdoesn't.Finally,thereisperspective，whichinvolvesacknowledgingthatinthegrandschemeoflife，onelecturereallydoesn'tmatter。

2015年

Thinkaboutdrivingaroutethat'sveryfamiliar。

Itcouldbeyourcommutetowork,atripintotownorthewayhome。

Whicheveritis,youknoweverytwist

andturnlikethebackofyourhand.

Onthesesortsoftripsit’seasytoloseconcentrationonthedrivingandpaylittleattentiontothepassingscenery.Theconsequenceisthatyouperceivethatthetriphastakenlesstimethanitactuallyhas.

Thisisthewell-travelledroadeffect：

Peopletendtounderestimatethetimeittakestotravelafamiliarroute。

Theeffectiscausedbythewayweallocateourattention。

Whenwetraveldownawell—knownroute,becausewedon’thavetoconcentratemuch,timeseemstoflowmorequickly.

Andafterwards,whenwecometothinkbackonit，wecan’trememberthejourneywellbecausewedidn’tpaymuchattentiontoit.Soweassumeitwasshorter。

2016年

Thesupermarketisdesignedtolurecustomersintospendingasmuchtimeaspossiblewithinitsdoors。

Thereasonforthisissimple:

Thelongeryoustayinthestore,themorestuffyou'llsee,andthemorestuffyousee,themoreyou’llbuy.

Andsupermarketscontainalotofstuff。

Theaveragesupermarket,accordingtotheFoodMarketingInstitute，carriessome44，000differentitems，andmanycarrytensofthousandsmore.Thesheervolumeofavailablechoiceisenoughtosendshoppersintoastateofinformationoverload.

Accordingtobrain—scanexperiments，thedemandsofsomuchdecision-makingquicklybecometoomuchforus.Afterabout40minutesofshopping,mostpeoplestopstrugglingtoberationallyselective，andinsteadbeginshoppingemotionally—whichisthepointatwhichweaccumulatethe50percentofstuffinourcartthatweneverintendedbuying.

2017年

Mydreamhasalwaysbeentoworksomewhereinanareabetweenfashionandpublishing。

Twoyearsbeforegraduatingfromsecondaryschool,ItookasewinganddesigncoursethinkingthatIwouldmoveontoafashiondesigncourse.

However，duringthatcourseIrealizedIwasnotgoodenoughinthisareatocompetewithothercreativepersonalitiesinthefuture，soIdecidedthatitwas

nottherightpathforme。

BeforeapplyingforuniversityItoldeveryonethatIwouldstudyjournalism，becausewritingwas，andstillis,oneofmyfavoriteactivities.

But，tobehonest,Isaidit,becauseIthoughtthatfashionandmetogetherwasjustadream—Iknewthatnoonecouldimaginemeinthefashionindustryatall！

SoIdecidedtolookforsomefashion-relatedcoursesthatincludedwriting。

ThisiswhenInoticedthecourse“FashionMedia&Promotion”

2018年

Afifthgradergetsahomeworkassignmenttoselecthisfuturecareerpathfromalistofoccupations.Heticks“astronaut”butquicklyadds“scientist”tothelistandselectsitaswell。

Theboyisconvincedthatifhereadsenough,hecanexploreasmanycareerpathsashelikes。

Andsohereads-everythingfromencyclopediastosciencefictionnovels.Hereadssopassionatelythathisparentshavetoinstitutea“noreadingpolicy”atthedinnertable。

ThatboywasBillGates，andhehasn’tstopped

readingyet-notevenafterbecomingoneofthemostsuccessfulpeopleontheplanet.

Nowadays,hisreadingmaterialhaschangedfromsciencefictionandreferencebooks:

recently，herevealedthathereadsatleast50nonfictionbooksayear.

Gateschoosesnonfictiontitlesbecausetheyexplainhowtheworldworks.“Eachbookopensupnewavenuesofknowledgetoexplore，”-Gatessays.

2019年

ItiseasytounderestimateEnglishwriterJamesHerriot。

Hehadsuchapleasant，readablestylethatonemight

thinkthatanyonecouldimitateit。

HowmanytimeshaveIheardpeoplesay，”Icouldwritea

book,Ijusthaven’tthetime."Easilysaid。

Notsoeasilydone.JamesHerriot，contrarytopopularopinion,didnotfinditeasyinhisearlydaysof，asheputit，“havingagoatthewritinggame。

”

Whileheobviouslyhadanabundanceofnaturaltalent,

thefinal,polishedworkthathegavetotheworldwastheresultofyearsofpracticing

re—writingandreading。

Likethemajorityofauthors,hehadtosuffermanydisappointmentsandrejectionsalongtheway,

butthesemadehimallthemoredeterminedtosucceed.

Everythingheachievedinlifewasearnedthehardway

andhissuccessintheliteraryfieldwasnoexception。