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1、2007年11月全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试三级笔译实务Section1English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉)(60points)TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.Thetimeforthissectionis120minutes.OneofthebiggestdecisionsAndyBlevinshasevermade,andoneofthefewhenowregrets,neverseemedlikemuchofadecisionatall.Itjustf
2、eltlikethenaturalthingtodo.Inthesummerof1995,hewasmovingboxesofsoupcans,papertowelsanddogfoodacrossthefloorofasupermarketwarehouse,oneofthebiggestbuildingshereinsouthwestVirginia.Theheatwasbrutal.Thejobhadsoundedimpossiblewhenhearrivedfreshoffhisfirstyearofcollege,loo
3、kingtomakesomesummermoney,stillaskinnyteenagerwithsandyblondhairandanarrow,freckledface.Buthardworkdonewellwassomethingheunderstood,evenifhewasthefirstcollegeboyinhisfamily.Soonhewasmakingbonusesontopofhis$6.75anhour,moremoneythaneitherofhisparentsmade.Hisgirlfriendwa
4、saround,andsowerehishometownbuddies.Andyactedmoreoutgoingwiththem,morerelaxed.PeopleinChilhowienoticedthat.Itwasjustabouttheperfectsummer.Sothethoughtcrossedhismind:maybeitdidnothavetoend.Maybehewouldtakeabreakfromcollegeandkeepworking.HehadbeengettingC'sandD's,andcol
5、legeneverfeltlikehome,anyway."Ienjoyedworkinghard,gettingthejobdone,gettingapaycheck,"Mr.Blevinsrecalled."IjustknewIdidn'twanttoquit."Sohequitcollegeinstead,andwiththat,AndyBlevinsjoinedoneofthelargestandfastest-growinggroupsofyoungadultsinAmerica.Hebecameacollegedrop
6、out,thoughnongraduatemaybethemorepreciseterm.Manypeoplelikehimplantoreturntogettheirdegrees,eveniffewactuallydo.AlmostoneinthreeAmericansintheirmid-20'snowfallintothisgroup,upfromoneinfiveinthelate1960's,whentheCensusBureaubegankeepingsuchdata.Mostcomefrompoorandworki
7、ng-classfamilies.Thatgaphadgrownoverrecentyears."WeneedtorecognizethatthemostseriousdomesticproblemintheUnitedStatestodayisthewideninggapbetweenthechildrenoftherichandthechildrenofthepoor,"LawrenceH.Summers,thepresidentofHarvard,saidlastyearwhenannouncingthatHarvardwo
8、uldgivefullscholarshipstoallitslowest-incomestudents."Andeducationisthemostpowerfulweaponwehavetoaddressthatproblem."AndyBle
