2006年11月二级笔译实务试题.pdf

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1、2006年11月二级笔译实务试题【英译汉必译题】Thisweekandnext,governments,internationalagenciesandnongovernmentalorganizationsaregatheringinMexicoCityattheWorldWaterForumtodiscussthelegacyofglobalMulhollandisminwater-andtochartanewcourse.Theycouldhardlyhavechosenabetterlo

2、cation.WaterisbeingpumpedoutoftheaquiferonwhichMexicoCitystandsattwicetherateofreplenishment.Theresult:thecityissubsidingattherateofabouthalfametereverydecade.Youcanseetheconsequencesinthecrackedcathedrals,thetiltingPalaceofArtsandthebrokenwaterandse

3、weragepipes.Everyregionoftheworldhasitsownvariantofthewatercrisisstory.TheminingofgroundwatersforirrigationhasloweredthewatertableinpartsofIndiaandPakistanby30metersinthepastthreedecades.Aswatergoesdown,thecostofpumpinggoesup,underminingthelivelihood

4、sofpoorfarmers.Whatisdrivingtheglobalwatercrisis?Physicalavailabilityispartoftheproblem.Unlikeoilorcoal,waterisaninfinitelyrenewableresource,butitisavailableinafinitequantity.Withwateruseincreasingattwicetherateofpopulationgrowth,theamountavailablepe

5、rpersonisshrinking-especiallyinsomeof1thepoorestcountries.Challengingasphysicalscarcitymaybeinsomecountries,therealproblemsinwatergodeeper.The20th-centurymodelforwatermanagementwasbasedonasimpleidea:thatwaterisaninfinitelyavailablefreeresourcetobeexp

6、loited,dammedordivertedwithoutreferencetoscarcityorsustainability.Acrosstheworld,water-basedecologicalsystems-rivers,lakesandwatersheds-havebeentakenbeyondthefrontiersofecologicalsustainabilitybypolicymakerswhohaveturnedablindeyetotheconsequencesofov

7、er-exploitation.Weneedanewmodelofwatermanagementforthe21stcentury.Whatdoesthatmean?Forstarters,wehavetostopusingwaterlikethere"snotomorrow-andthatmeansusingitmoreefficientlyatlevelsthatdonotdestroyourenvironment.Thebuzz-phraseattheMexicoWaterforumis"

8、integratedwaterresourcemanagement."Whatitmeansisthatgovernmentsneedtomanagetheprivatedemandofdifferentusersandmanagethispreciousresourceinthepublicinterest.【参考译文】从本周直到下周，各国政府、国际机构和非政府组织齐聚墨西哥城，参与世界水论坛的召开，讨论全球形式化治水的遗留问题，并为2此制定新的解决方案。这里作为论坛的举办地点再合适不过了。从