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1、北鼎教育-复旦大学2014年翻译硕士考研真题2014年复旦大学翻译硕士考研真题回忆版英语翻译基础短文翻译英翻汉（出自IntelligentLife杂志2012年8月31日的文章TheBritishWaywithUmbrellas，真题貌似有删改，现给出全文）OneofthemoreprominentfeaturesofthissoddenBritishsummerhasbeentheumbrella,unfurledincessantlyagainsttheinclemency,and,moreover,starringintheopeningceremoni
2、esofboththeOlympicsandParalympics.ThelatterisareminderthattheumbrellaisunequalledininstantlyconjuringtheBritishcharacterinnearlyallofitsaspects,includingthecomic,thecautiousandtheclass-conscious,andassuchhasbeenutilisedtofineeffectbywritersasvariousasDickens(MrsGampin"MartinChuzzlew
3、it"),Defoe("RobinsonCrusoe"),P.L.Travers("MaryPoppins")andBrianClemens(JohnSteedin"TheAvengers").Itsadoptionandpopularityhereisatoncesurprisingandnot.Obviously,andparticularlyrecently,itdoesrainquitealot;butwhyacountrywhichhasprideditselfonno-nonsensepracticalityshouldtaketosuchafus
4、sypieceofequipmentratherthanrelyonhatandcapeisnotimmediatelyclear. Afterall,it'sdifficulttoimaginethosebraveBritishforbearsat,say,Agincourtcarryingthem(thelongbowmeninparticularwouldhavegotinquiteatangle).Againstthat,though,istheexampleofMajorAllisonDigbyTatham-WarteratArnhem,whocar
5、riedonethroughouttheengagementbecause,asheexplained,hecouldneverrememberpasswordsandtheumbrellawouldmakeitperfectlyclearhewasBritish.Thekeyhere,Ithink,isthatmuchproclaimedbutelusivenativequality,eccentricity.Nevertheless,theMajordisabledanenemyarmouredcaronatleastoneoccasionbypoking
6、hisumbrellathroughaslitandblindingthedriver.Evenso,JonasHanway,theumbrella'spopulariserinBritain,didnothaveanentirelyeasyridewithhisnovelcontraption,havingtoendure"thecontemptuousgesturesofhisshockedcompatriots"ashestrolledaboutLondon.Itevidentlycutnoicethathehadcomeacrosstheumbrell
7、aamongrebelliousandquiteviolenttribesmeninPersia.(Interestingly,someyearsago,IencounteredaKurdishguerillaopposedtorulefromTehranwho,inadditiontohisKalashnikovandbandolier,alsocarriedashortieumbrellatuckedintohisbelt.)But,despitesuchherosasMajorTatham-WarterandJohnSteed,theumbrellaha
8、scontinuedtohavepro
