人事部二级笔译真题.docx

1、人事部二级笔译真题人事部二级笔译20XX年5月真题（实务）E-C TranslationCompulsory TranslationThere was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10 percent.By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices

2、 around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two months ago.Such is the volatility of todays markets. We do not know how high food prices might go, nor how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to one of scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are not likely to ret

3、urn to the levels the world had grown accustomed to any time soon.Imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the “bottom billion,” the poorest of the worlds poor. Most live in Africa, and many might typically spend two-thirds of their income on food.In Liberia last week, I heard h

4、ow people have stopped purchasing imported rice by the bag. Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because thats all they can afford.Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina Faso, I saw a government working to import drought resistant seeds and better manage

5、scarce water supplies, helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we saw a womens cooperative running a chicken farm set up with UN funds. The project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways that can easily be replicated.Elsewhere, I saw yet another womens group slowly expanding thei

6、r local agricultural production, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food Program rice with their own home-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs of their school feeding program.These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems - precisely the kind of solutions that A

7、frica needs.Topic 1For a decade, metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic have argued that the storied ocean liner went down quickly after hitting an iceberg because the ships builder used substandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of icy seawater rush in. More than 1,500 people d

8、ied.Now a team of scientists has moved into deeper waters, uncovering evidence in the builders own archives of a deadly mix of great ambition and use of low-quality iron that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday.The scientists found that the ships builder, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast,

9、struggled for years to obtain adequate supplies of rivets and riveters to build the worlds three biggest ships at once: the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.Each required three million rivets, and shortages peaked during Titanics construction.The board was in crisis mode, said Jennifer

10、 Hooper McCarty, a member of the team that studied the companys archive and other evidence. It was constant stress. Every meeting it was, Theres problems with the rivets, and we need to hire more people.The team collected other clues from 48 Titanic rivets, using modern tests, computer simulations,

11、comparisons to century-old metals and careful documentation of what engineers and shipbuilders of the era considered state of the art.The scientists say the troubles began when the colossal plans forced Harland and Wolff to reach beyond its usual suppliers of rivet iron and include smaller forges, a

12、s disclosed in company and British government papers. Small forges tended to have less skill and experience.Adding to the threat, the company, in buying iron for Titanics rivets, ordered No. 3 bar, known as best, not No. 4, known as best-best, the scientists found. They also discovered that shipbuil

13、ders of the day typically used No. 4 iron for anchors, chains and rivets.So the liner, whose name was meant to be synonymous with opulence, in at least one instance relied on cheap materials.The scientists argue that better rivets would have probably kept the Titanic afloat long enough for rescuers

14、to have arrived before the icy plunge, saving hundreds of lives.C-E TranslationCompulsory Translation “中国制造”模式遭遇发展瓶颈，这种模式必须要改进和提高。一些外国人认为，“中国制造”大约就是质量低下的代名词。不可否认，少数产品的确存在质量问题，让大多数价廉质优的产品代其受罪。 质量是产品的生命线。随着外国市场的夸大，中国企业也意识到质量的重要性。因此一场旨在提高质量，提供优良服务的运动正在兴起。 在传统的制造业中，中国企业通过技术创新和质量管理，为国际市场提供高质量的产品。在新兴的信息产业

15、，中国企业以高科技为师，增强和外国企业的交流与合作，提高产品质量。 近几年来，中国政府通过立法和社会监督保证产品质量，创造全社会重视产品问题的环境。 Topic 11996年，一位摄影师在新疆喀纳斯自然保护区无意间拍到一只白熊。自此以后的十年里，白熊藏身于深山之中，再无音讯。直到20XX年，人们才再次在该自然区又发现了白熊的踪迹。 在熊的家族里，只有北极熊是白色的。但是，这个庞然大物是如何离开极地寒带，来到这个寒温带的地方呢？难道它是通过通往北极的水路来到此地？这一猜测遭到动物学家的质疑。首先，北极熊不能在温带的树林中生活。其次，。 20XX年，一个科学考察队在白熊出没的地区发现了熊冬眠的冬窝

16、儿，还发现了一小团白色的动物毛发。DNA样本鉴定为棕熊的毛发。但是，也有可能，至少那团毛发不属于照片中的白熊。 Topic 2 蓝藻是一种简单的水生植物，它可以在河湖、湿地、树干和温泉自然蔓延生长。当蓝藻细胞达到一定程度时，蓝藻的“密集孽生”会使水体变色、引起泡沫、散发臭气、影响贝类和鱼类的生存，还会使水质大幅度下降。20XX年夏天，富营养物和其他污染导致蓝藻在太湖、巢湖、滇池发生了蓝藻“密集孽生”现象，影响了城市供水及水生产品生长。“密集孽生”最严重的是太湖东部。太湖是我国第三大淡水湖。这次“密集孽生”导致周边100多万居民供水问题长达10天之久。为了防止污染，当地环保部门关闭了770家化工

17、厂。20XX年夏天，长期的温暖、干燥气候导致蓝藻在部分地区发生。9月，一艘可以快速、有效地清除蓝藻的船在江苏省投入使用。英译汉必译题完整文章及参考答案World Food Crisis: Through Africa with hope By BanKi-moonThere was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fe

18、ll by 10 percent.By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two months ago.Such is the volatility of todays markets. We do not know how high food prices might go, nor how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to one

19、 of scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are not likely to return to the levels the world had grown accustomed to any time soon.Consumers are grumbling even in the wealthy nations of Europe and the United States. But imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the bottom billio

20、n, the poorest of the worlds poor. Most live in Africa, and many might typically spend two-thirds of their income on food.In Liberia last week, I heard how people have stopped purchasing imported rice by the bag. Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because thats all they can afford. It is

21、worth remembering that Liberias descent into chaos began in 1979 with food riots.In Ivory Coast, political leaders told me how they worry that the crisis could undermine efforts to build real democracy - at a time, after a decades effort, when they are so close to success.In Burkina Faso, President

22、Blaise Compaor told me how desperately the nation needs help. Half his people live on $1 a day or less, the vast majority of them small farmers. The foreign minister, Djibril Bassol, spoke especially forcefully. The crisis in food, he said, is a greater threat by far than terrorism. It makes people

23、doubt their dignity as men, he said. And he added: The issues of hunger and survival and how to live have become burning issues for the international community.It might be tempting to let the markets work their magic. If prices go up, the thinking goes, supply will too. But we live in the real world

24、, not the world of economic theory. In Kenyas Rift Valley, the bread basket of East Africa, farmers are planting only a third of what they did last year. Why, when you would think higher prices would prompt them to plant more? Because they cannot afford fertilizer, which is also skyrocketing in pric

25、e.We see the same in Mali, Laos and Ethiopia. This is a prescription for disaster.Earlier this week, in Bern, I brought together the chief executives of the UN agencies and leading multilateral aid and development organizations. We agreed on an urgent plan of action.The first imperative is to feed t

26、he hungry. The World Food Program helps 73 million people. But to do so it requires an additional $755 million merely to cover its rising costs. Some $475 million of has been pledged. But promises dont fill stomachs, and the agency has only $18 million cash in hand.We can not afford to stay locked i

27、n crisis. To ensure food for tomorrow, we must act today to give small farmers the support they need to better their next harvest. That is why the Food and Agriculture Organization has called for $1.7 billion to support an emergency initiative to provide low income countries with seeds, fertilizer a

28、nd other agricultural inputs required to boost production. The International Fund for Agricultural Development will make $200 million available to poor farmers in the most affected countries. The World Bank is considering the establishment of a global crisis-response facility for this purpose.To coo

29、rdinate this work, I will set up and chair a UN Task Force on the Global Food Crisis. I will leave no stone unturned to focus political will at the July meeting of the G8 nations in Japan and the high-level FAO conference on food security in Rome in early June.We can deal with this crisis. We have t

30、he resources. We know what to do. We should consider this not only as a problem but as an opportunity.It is a huge chance to address the root problems of many of the worlds poorest people, 70 percent of whom live as small farmers. If we help them - if we offer aid and the right mix of sound local an

31、d international policies - the solution will come.Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina Faso, I saw a government working to import drought resistant seeds and better manage scarce water supplies, helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we saw a womens coop

32、erative running a chicken farm set up with UN funds. The project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways that can easily be replicated.Elsewhere, I saw yet another womens group slowly expanding their local agricultural production, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food Program rice with their own home-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs of their school feeding program.These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems - precisely the kind of solutions that Africa nee