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1、2016年5月英语二级笔译真题Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(50points)Passage1JaneGoodallwasalreadyonaLondondockinMarch1957whensherealizedthatherpassportwasmissing.Injustafewhours,shewasduetodepartonherfirsttriptoAfrica.AschoolfriendhadmovedtoafarmoutsideNairobiand,knowingGo
2、odall’schildhooddreamwastoliveamongtheAfricanwildlife,invitedhertostaywiththefamilyforawhile.Goodall,then22,savedfortwoyearstopayforherpassagetoKenya:waitressing,doingsecretarialwork,tempingatthepostofficeinherhometown,Bournemouth,onEngland’ssoutherncoast.Nowallthi
3、swasfornaught,itseemed.It’shardnottowonderhowsubsequenteventsinherlife—ratherconsequentialastheyhaveturnedouttobetoconservation,toscience,tooursenseofourselvesasaspecies—mighthaveunfoldeddifferentlyhadsomeonenotfoundherpassport,alongwithanitineraryfromCook’s,thetra
4、velagency,foldedinside,anddeliveredittotheCook’soffice.Anagencyrepresentative,documentsinhand,foundheronthedock.“Incredible,”Goodalltoldmelastmonth,recallingthatday.“Amazing.”Withintwomonthsofherarrival,GoodallmetthepaleontologistLouisLeakey—Nairobiwasasmalltownfor
5、itswhitepopulationinthosedays—andheimmediatelyofferedherajobatthenatural-historymuseumwherehewascurator.Hespentmuchofthenextthreeyearstestinghercapacityforrepetitivework.HebelievedinahypothesisfirstputforthbyCharlesDarwinthathumansandchimpanzeesshareanevolutionarya
6、ncestor.Closestudyofchimpanzeesinthewild,hethought,mighttellussomethingaboutthatcommonprogenitor.Hewas,inotherwords,lookingforsomeonetoliveamongAfrica’swildanimals.Onenight,hetoldGoodallthatheknewjusttheplacewhereshecoulddoit:GombeStreamChimpanzeeReserve,intheBriti
7、shcolonyofTanganyika(nowTanzania).InJuly1960,Goodallboardedaboatandafterafewhoursmotoringoverthewarm,deepwatersofLakeTanganyika,shesteppedontothepebblybeachatGombe.Herfinding,publishedinNaturein1964,thatchimpanzeesusetools—extractinginsectsfromatermitemoundwithleav
8、esofgrass—drasticallyandforeveralteredhumanity’sunderstandingofitself;manwasnolongerthenaturalworld’sonlyuseroftools.Aftertwoandahalfdecadesofliv
