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1、2008年广东外语外贸大学硕士研究生入学复试笔试样题院系名称：高级翻译学院专业方向：翻译学考试科目：翻译理论与实践科目代码：925考生须知1．本试卷共4页（含本页）。2．本试卷分3大题。3．答案必须写在答卷上，答案写在本试卷上无效。书写必须工整、清晰，答案不得超过划线部分，超过部分将不予批改。4．考生必须把准考证号码和姓名填写在答卷左边密封装订线内，不得在试卷的其他任何地方书写姓名。5．考试时间为三小时，满分100分。6．考试结束时本试卷必须交回监考老师处。*考试时不得使用任何工具书、参考书及任何其他种类的辅助工
2、具和文献资料。SectionITranslatethefollowingintoChinese.(35%)The20thcentury--thecenturyofmetamythsandofmegadeaths--spawnedfalsenotionsoftotalcontrol,derivedfromarrogantassertionsoftotalrighteousness.Thereligiousmanofpre-modemtimes,whoacceptedrealityasGod-ordained,had
3、givenwaytothesecularfanatic,increasinglyinclinedtousurpGodintheefforttoconstructheavenonearth,subordinatingnotonlynaturebuthumanityitselftohisownutopianvision.Inthecourseofthecentury,thisvisionwaspervertedintothemostcostlyexerciseofpoliticalhubrisinmankind'sh
4、istory:thetotalitarianattempttocreatecoerciveutopias.Allofreality--ontheobjectivelevelofsocialorganizationandonthesubjectivelevelofpersonalbeliefs--wastobesubjecttodoctrinalcontrolemanatingfromasinglepoliticalcenter.Thepricepaidinhumanlivesforthisexcessisbeyo
5、ndcomprehension.Addingthemallup,somewherebetween167millionand175millionindividualhumanbeingsweredeliberatelyextinguishedthroughpoliticallymotivatedcarnage--thescoresofmillionsofsoldiersandcivilianskilledinthecentury'swars,thefurtherscoresofmillionskilledincon
6、centrationcamps,gulags,forcedcollectivization,ethnictransplantings,andkillingfieldsdecreedbyself-deifieddictators.Thetensofmillionsthatwerekilledbecausetheywereperceived,forracialorsocialreasons,asunworthyoflivingwithintheearthlyutopia--andthemanymillionsmore
7、thatwerecoercedintolivingwithinthesesystems--alltestifytothehypnoticappealofthemetamythsofNazismthatpostulatedtheendofhistoryandtheattainmentofperfectionwithinutopiasoftotalcontrol.ThemanifestfailureofthatendeavorhasgivenwayintheWesttothecurrentantithesis,whi
8、chisessentiallythatofminimalcontroloverpersonalandcollectivedesires,sexualappetites,andsocialconduct.Butinherentinthealmosttotalrejectionofanycontrolisthenotionthatallvaluesaresubjectivea
