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1、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” has become a popular word these days， but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expre

2、ssed through everyday action and choice。Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance。 He d been through the dotcom boom and burst and， desperate for a job， signed on with a Boulder agency.It didnt go well。 “ It was a really bad move becausethat s not my passion， says Ni

3、ng， whose dilemma about the job translated， predictably， into a lack of sales. “I was miserable。I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling。 I had no money and needed the job。 Everyone said， “Just wait， youll turn the corner, give it some time.”2011

4、 年Who would have thought that, globally, the IT industry produces about the same volume of greenhouse gases as the worlds airlines doroughly 2 percent of all CO2 emissions？Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment。 A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO2 , depen

5、ding on how many attempts are needed to get the “right” answer。To deliver results to its users quickly， then, Google has to maintain vast data centers around the world, packed with powerful computers.While producing large quantities of CO2， these computers emit a great deal of heat， so the centers n

6、eed to be well air-conditioned， which uses even more energy.However， Google and other big tech providers monitor their efficiency closely and make improvements。 Monitoring is the first step on the road to reduction, but there is much more to be done， and not just by big companies。2012 年When people i

7、n developing countries worry about migration， they are usually concerned at the prospect of their best and brightest departure to Silicon Valley or to hospitals and universities in the developedworld.These are the kind of workers that countries like Britain, Canada and Australia try to attract by us

8、ing immigration rules that privilege college graduatesLots of studies have found that well-educated people from developing countries are particularly likely to emigrate. A big survey of Indian households in 2004 found that nearly 40 of emigrants had more than a highschool education, compared with ar

9、ound 3.3% of all Indians over the age of 25。This ”brain drain ”has long bothered policymakers inpoor countries. They fear that it hurts their economies， depriving them of much-needed skilled workers who could have taught at their universities, worked in their hospitals and come up with clever new pr

10、oducts for their factories to make。2013 年I can pick a date from the past 53 years and know instantly where I was， what happened in the newsand even the day of the week. Ive been able to do this since I was four。I never feel overwhelmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs. My mind seems t

11、o be able to cope and the information is stored awayneatly。 When I think of a sad memory, I do what everybody does try to put it to one side。 I dont think its harder for me just because my memory is clearer。Powerful memory doesnt make my emotions any more acute or vivid. I can recall the day my gran

12、dfather died and the sadness I felt when we went to the hospital the day before. I also remember that the musical play Hair opened on the Broadway on the same day- they both just pop into my mind in the same way。2014 年Most people would define optimism as being endlessly happy, with a glass thats per

13、petually half full。 But thats exactly the kind of false cheerfulness that positive psychologists wouldnt recommend.“Healthy optimism means being in touch with reality.” says Tal Ben-Shahar， a Harvard professor。 According to Ben Shahar， realistic optimists are these who make the best of things that h

14、appen, but not those who believe everything happens for the best.Ben-Shahar uses three optimistic exercises。 When he feels downsay, after giving a bad lecture-hegrants himself permission to be human. He reminds himself that not every lecture can be a Nobel winner； some will be less effective than ot

15、hers.Next is reconstruction. He analyzes the weak lecture, leaning lessons for the future about what works and what doesnt. Finally, there is perspective， which involves acknowledging that in the grand scheme of life， one lecture really doesnt matter。2015 年Think about driving a route thats very fami

16、liar。 It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home。 Whichever it is, you know every twistand turn like the back of your hand.On these sorts of trips its easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you percei

17、ve that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.This is the well-travelled road effect： People tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route。The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention。 When we travel down a wellknown route, because we dont have to concen

18、trate much, time seems to flow more quickly.And afterwards, when we come to think back on it， we cant remember the journey well because we didnt pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter。2016 年The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its

19、 doors。 The reason for this is simple: The longer you stay in the store, the more stuff youll see, and the more stuff you see, the more youll buy.And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff。 The average supermarket, according to the Food Marketing Institute， carries some 44，000 different items， and many

20、 carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload.According to brainscan experiments， the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggli

21、ng to be rationally selective， and instead begin shopping emotionallywhich is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.2017 年My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area between fashion and publishing。 Two years before graduating fro

22、m secondary school, I took a sewing and design course thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course.However， during that course I realized I was not good enough in this area to compete with other creative personalities in the future， so I decided that it wasnot the right path for me。 Befo

23、re applying for university I told everyone that I would study journalism， because writing was， and still is, one of my favorite activities.But， to be honest, I said it, because I thought that fashion and me together was just a dream I knew that no one could imagine me in the fashion industry at all！

24、 So I decided to look for some fashion-related courses that included writing。 This is when I noticed the course “Fashion Media &Promotion”2018 年A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut” but quickly adds “scientist” to

25、the list and selects it as well。 The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes。And so he reads-everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinner tabl

26、e。That boy was Bill Gates， and he hasnt stoppedreading yet-not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet.Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently， he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year.Gates choose

27、s nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works. “Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore，”-Gates says.2019 年It is easy to underestimate English writer James Herriot。He had such a pleasant， readable style that one mightthink that anyone could imitate it。 How many times h

28、ave I heard people say， ”I could write abook, I just havent the time.Easily said。Not so easily done. James Herriot， contrary to popular opinion, did not find it easy in his early days of， as he put it，“having a go at the writing game。 ”While he obviously had an abundance of natural tale nt,the final

29、, polished work that he gave to the world wa s the result of years of practicing, rewriting and reading。Like the majority of authors, he had to suffer many disappointments and rejections along the way,but these made him all the more determined to succ eed.Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard w ayand his success in the literary field was no exception。