英语翻译资格考试-翻译二级口译实务模拟

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1、翻译二级口译实务模拟3PartⅠInterpretthefollowingpassagesfromEnglishintoChinese.Startinterpretingatthesignalandstopatthesignal.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouarelistening.Youwillheareachpassageonlyonce.Nowlet'sbegin.1、Passage1  InthewakeoftheColdWar,theworldhasexperiencedatimewhenthereisonlyonesuperpowerandtherefore

2、,nobalanceofpower.Willthissituationpersistforalongtime?Well,theanswertothatdependsonwhetheryou'reanoptimistorapessimist,andonthepossibilityofsubsumingpowerpoliticswithinaconstitutionalworldordershapedbythemono-culturalglobalideology.  Fortheforeseeablefuture,though,athirdworldwarseemsunlikely;bec

3、ausethereisnomajorideologicalfracturesevereenoughtosustainit.Waritselfwon'tdisappear,andoccasionalregionalarmedconflictsflareup.  Thoughaworldwarislesslikelyforthepresent,Iworryabouttheproliferationofnuclearweaponsandlethalbio-chemicalarms.Itisterrifyingtoseethewaythatpowerisincreasinglydissemina

4、tedtosmall,completelyruthlessgroupsliketerrorists,drugtraffickersandlocalwarlords.Thegreatimponderableisthatsomenutscouldcreateanuclearexplosion,orthatsomeessentiallylocalconflictcouldescalateoutofcontrol.Thehugeeconomicimbalanceintheworldwillalsoresultinseriousdisasters.Thefactthattherichest20pe

5、rcenthave86percentofglobalGDP,andthe20poorestcountriesonly1percentconstitutesadestabilizingfactorthatwillharmworldpeace.  Therearepeoplewhoanticipateamoreprogressivepath,sometimescalled"thenewmedievalism",inwhichtherelentlessadvanceofinformationtechnologyresultsinthedemiseofthestateasweknowit.The

6、ideaisthatglobalcommunicationswillsimultaneouslyempowerindividualstocreatetransnationalvirtualcommunitiesandmakeitmoredifficultforgovernmentstocontroltheirpopulations.Theresultwillbeanewpoliticallandscapewithoverlappingjurisdictionsinplaceofterritorialstateswithdistinctjurisdictions.  Again,I'msk

7、epticalmyself.Wecan'tultimatelyexistasvirtualcommunities;weallhavetolivesomewhereandpayourtaxes.Theresurgenceofnationalismarguesagainstthismodelinanycase.Inthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturymanybelievedthatnationalismwouldgi