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1、全国翻译专业资格(水平)考试英语三级《笔译实务》试卷Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(50points)TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.Freedbywarming,watersoncelockedbeneathicearegnawingatcoastalsettlementsaroundtheArcticCircle.InBykovsky,avillageof457residentsatthetipofafin-shapedpeninsulaonRussia’snortheastcoast
2、,theshorelineiscollapsing,creepingcloserandclosertohousesandtanksofheatingoil,atarateof15to18feet,or5to6meters,ayear.Eventually,homeswillbelostasmoreicemeltseachsummer,andmaybeallofBykovsky,too.“Itispracticallyallice—permafrost—anditisthawing.”The4millionRussianpeoplewholivenorthoftheArctic
3、Circlearefeelingtheeffectsofwarminginmanyways.Achangingclimatepresentsnewopportunities,butitalsothreatenstheirenvironment,thestabilityoftheirhomes,and,forthosewhosetraditionsrelyontheice-boundwilderness,thepreservationoftheirculture.ApushtodeveloptheNorth,quickenedbythemeltingoftheArcticsea
4、s,carriesitsownrewardsanddangersforpeopleintheregion.DiscoveryofvastpetroleumfieldsintheBarentsandKaraSeashasraisedfearsofcatastrophicaccidentsasshipsloadedwithoilorliquefiedgaschurnthroughthefisheriesoffScandinavia,headedfortheeagermarketsofEuropeandNorthAmerica.Landthatwasuntouchedcouldbe
5、taintedbyairandwaterpollutionasgenerators,smokestacksandlargevehiclessprouttosupportthegrowingenergyindustry.CoastalerosionisaprobleminAlaskaaswell,forcingtheUnitedStatestopreparetorelocateseveralInuitcoastalvillagesataprojectedcostofUS$100millionormoreforeachone.AcrosstheArctic,indigenoust
6、ribeswithculturaltraditionsshapedbycenturiesoflivinginextremesofcoldandicearenoticingchangesinweatherand笔译实务(英语·三级)试卷第1页(共3页)wildlife.Theyaretryingtoadapt,butitcanbeconfounding.InFinnmark,thenorthernmostprovinceofNorway,theArcticlandscapeunfoldsinlatewinterasanendlesssnowyplateau,silentbutf
7、orthecriesofthereindeerandtheoccasionalwhineofasnowmobileherdingthem.AchangingArcticisfeltthere,too,thoughinanotherway.“Thereindeerarebecomingunhappy,”saidIssatEira,a31-year-oldreindeerherder.FewcountriesrivalNorwaywhenitcomestoprotectingtheenvironmentan