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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’snorthe
2、astcoast,theshorelineiscollapsing,creepingcloserandclosertohousesandtanksofheatingoil,atarateof15to18feet,or5to6meters,ayear.Eventually,homeswillbelostasmoreicemeltseachsummer,andmaybeallofBykovsky,too.“Itispracticallyallice—permafrost—anditisthawing.”The4millionRussianpeoplewholive
3、northoftheArcticCirclearefeelingtheeffectsofwarminginmanyways.Achangingclimatepresentsnewopportunities,butitalsothreatenstheirenvironment,thestabilityoftheirhomes,and,forthosewhosetraditionsrelyontheice-boundwilderness,thepreservationoftheirculture.ApushtodeveloptheNorth,quickenedby
4、themeltingoftheArcticseas,carriesitsownrewardsanddangersforpeopleintheregion.DiscoveryofvastpetroleumfieldsintheBarentsandKaraSeashasraisedfearsofcatastrophicaccidentsasshipsloadedwithoilorliquefiedgaschurnthroughthefisheriesoffScandinavia,headedfortheeagermarketsofEuropeandNorthAme
5、rica.Landthatwasuntouchedcouldbetaintedbyairandwaterpollutionasgenerators,smokestacksandlargevehiclessprouttosupportthegrowingenergyindustry.CoastalerosionisaprobleminAlaskaaswell,forcingtheUnitedStatestopreparetorelocateseveralInuitcoastalvillagesataprojectedcostofUS$100millionormo
6、reforeachone.AcrosstheArctic,indigenoustribeswithculturaltraditionsshapedbycenturiesoflivinginextremesofcoldandicearenoticingchangesinweatherand笔译实务(英语·三级)试卷第1页(共3页)wildlife.Theyaretryingtoadapt,butitcanbeconfounding.InFinnmark,thenorthernmostprovinceofNorway,theArcticlandscapeunfol
7、dsinlatewinterasanendlesssnowyplateau,silentbutforthecriesofthereindeerandtheoccasionalwhineofasnowmobileherdingthem.AchangingArcticisfeltthere,too,thoughinanotherway.“Thereindeerarebecomingunhappy,”saidIssatEira,a31-year-oldreindeerherder.FewcountriesrivalNorwaywhenitcomestoprotect
8、ingtheenvironmentan