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1、2005年5月英语三级《笔译实务》试题Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉)(60points)TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.Thetimeforthissectionis120minutes.Theimportanceofagriculturecannotbeoverstated.Momthan50percentoftheworld'slaborforceisemployedinagriculture.Thedistributionintheearly1980srangedfrom67per
2、centofthoseemployedinAfricatolessthan5percentinNorthAmerica.InWesternEurope,thefigurewasabout16percent;inEasternEuropeandtheSovietUnion,about32percent;andinAsia,about68percent.Farmsizevarieswidelyfromregiontoregion.RecentlytheaverageforCanadianfarmswasabout186ha(about460acres)perfarm,andforU.S.
3、farms,about175ha(about432acres).TheaveragesizeofasinglelandholdinginthePhilippines,however,maybesomewhatlessthan3.6ha(lessthan9acres),andinIndonesia,alittlelessthan1.2ha(lessthan3acres).Sizealsodependsonthepurposeofthefarm.Commercialfarming,orproductionforcash,isusuallydoneonlargeholdings.Thepl
4、antationsofLatinAmericaarelarge,privatelyownedestatesworkedbytenantlabor.Single-cropplantationsproducetea,rubber,cocoa.Wheatfarmsaremostefficientwhentheycomprisesomethousandsofhectaresandcanbeworkedbyteamsofpeopleandmachines.Australiansheepstationsandotherlivestockfarmsmustbelargetoprovidegrazi
5、ngforthousandsofanimals.Individualsubsistencefarmsorsmall-familymixed-farmoperationsaredecreasinginnumberindevelopedcountriesbutarestillnumerousinthedevelopingcountriesofAfricaandAsia.A"back-to-the-land"movementintheU.S.reversedthedeclineofsmallfarmsinNewEnglandandAlaskainthedecadefrom1970to198
6、0.Theconditionsthatdeterminewhatwillberaisedinanareaincludeclimate,watersupply,andterrain.Overthe10,000yearssinceagriculturebegantobedeveloped,peopleseverywherehavediscoveredthefoodvalueofwildplantsandanimalsanddomesticatedandbredthem.Themostimportantarecerealssuchaswheat,rice,barley,comandrye.
7、Agriculturalincomeisalsoderivedfromnon-foodcropssuchasrubber,fiberplants,tobacco,andoilseedsusedinsyntheticchemicalcompounds.Moneyisalsoderivedfromraisinganimalsforpelt.Muchoftheforeignexchangeearnedbyacountrymaybederivedfromasing
