【正文】 in this enormous human effort.第四篇：四級(jí)翻譯Confucius）是春秋時(shí)期（the Spring and Autumn Period）的大思想家、大教育家和儒家學(xué)派（Confucianism）的創(chuàng)始人，是古代中國(guó)人心目中的圣人。在抗洪斗爭(zhēng)中，中國(guó)人民顯示了令人嘆服的守堤防洪的能力，例如這次國(guó)家調(diào)動(dòng)了160萬(wàn)軍隊(duì)去幫助守護(hù)大堤，將被洪水淹沒(méi)地區(qū)的百姓遷走。在未來(lái)的許多歲月里，人民都會(huì)感受到洪災(zāi)對(duì)中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)的總體影響。工廠被迫停工，產(chǎn)量受到影響。官方的數(shù)字表明已有2000多人死亡，1380萬(wàn)人被迫離開(kāi)家園。發(fā)展中國(guó)家最擔(dān)心的是營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良，人口增長(zhǎng)，水源不足，缺少教育和就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。參考譯文：Attitudes towards retirement vary from person to )Some people think that they will enjoy their time in retirement, 3)but when it es they may feel a little )Unwilling to resign themselves to the prospect of being put on the scrap heap they try to seek alternative outlets for their energies and alternative sources of ine that employment can )Others have already prepared themselves for the significant change in their )Tired out after all exhausting life revolving around work they are anxious to relax in retirement with all the strains )As there is no more need to rush to catch a morning bus and no more anxiety about promotion they now have enough time to fulfill an old dream such as writing painting growing flowers and traveling )On the whole female workers tend to have a more favorable attitude towards retirement than male )Withdrawal from employment to plete domesticity is a far less threatening experience for a woman than for a 、當(dāng)我們從全球的角度來(lái)看環(huán)境問(wèn)題時(shí)，首先注意的是環(huán)境問(wèn)題引起人們的各種擔(dān)心。就可以有足夠的時(shí)間去追求童年時(shí)的夢(mèng)想，如寫(xiě)寫(xiě)書(shū)、畫(huà)畫(huà)圖、種種花、周游各地。他們一生為工作操勞，現(xiàn)在筋疲力盡了，渴望退休后能放松拉緊的弦，好好休息。看到自己就要被拋到廢物堆里，他們不甘認(rèn)命，設(shè)法另找事干來(lái)發(fā)揮自己的于熱，以繼續(xù)得到收入。有些人認(rèn)為退休后可以好好享受晚年的生活。而農(nóng)民的不滿加劇，會(huì)導(dǎo)致社會(huì)**。但是另一方面，城市和經(jīng)濟(jì)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)的發(fā)展急切需要大批勞力到工廠和建設(shè)工地。這不僅是因?yàn)閷?duì)城市設(shè)施造成了極大的壓力，而且他們擔(dān)心會(huì)引發(fā)許多社會(huì)矛盾。八十年代處，農(nóng)村的改革，使得千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)的農(nóng)民從土地上解放了出來(lái)，紛紛跑到城市找工作。參考譯文：College students now bear heavy academic )You will find them—except seniors who are beginning to look for a job—always too busy in studies to join campus organizations too busy to take part in sports and other extracurricular activities too busy to share the interests of their friends and too busy to pay attention to anything that is not connected with their )In short they have bee nothing but a )They are under pressure to do too much work in too little )If their roommates are studying in the library until it closes at midnight while they go to a movie they will feel )The very idea of doing nothing during the day will make them unfortable and sleepless all )They study so hard that they have hardly had time to savor life and to pursue other interests to grow as wellrounded )The pursuit of college education costs them too much personal happiness and 、新年春節(jié)剛過(guò)，農(nóng)村的破舊小車(chē)站就擠滿了成千上萬(wàn)的農(nóng)民。他們學(xué)習(xí)太緊張，幾乎沒(méi)有時(shí)間好好品嘗生活，干些其他事，成為一個(gè)全面發(fā)展的人。看到同寢室里的人都上圖書(shū)館去學(xué)習(xí)，到深夜閉館才回，而自己卻去看電影，他們就會(huì)有一種內(nèi)疚感?？傊麄兙拖褚粋€(gè)機(jī)器人。參考譯文：Pollution is a problem because man in an increasingly populated and industrialized world is upsetting the environment in which he )Many scientists maintain that one of man’s greatest errors has been to equate growth with )Now “growth” industries are being looked on with suspicion in case their side effects damage the environment and disrupt the relationship of different forms of )The growing population makes increasing demands on the world’s fixed supply of air water and )This rise in population is acpanied by the desire of more and more people for a better standard of living, in an ever increasing amount of waste material to be disposed )The problem has been causing increasing concern to living things and their )Many believe that man is not solving these problems quickly enough and that his selfish pursuit of possessions takes him past the point of no return before he fully appreciates the 、現(xiàn)在大學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)壓力相當(dāng)重。這個(gè)問(wèn)題已經(jīng)引起人們對(duì)生物及其環(huán)境的日益關(guān)注。伴隨著人口增長(zhǎng)的是越來(lái)越多的人渴望更高的生活水平?，F(xiàn)在人們以懷疑的態(tài)度看待“發(fā)展性”的產(chǎn)業(yè)，因?yàn)樗鼈兊母弊饔脮?huì)破壞環(huán)境，破壞各種生命之間的關(guān)系。（128字）每一分鐘都在為高考準(zhǔn)備are regimented(嚴(yán)格地管制)almost every minute of the day as they prepare for 不得不被分配到be relegated（歸入，把降低到）to 參考譯文：Studying seven days a week, the students’ lives are regimented(嚴(yán)格地管制)almost every minute of the day as they prepare for the endofyear exam that can determine their many students from poor or rural backgrounds, a strong performance on the test is the only way to climb the social ladder and excel without is fierce and the majority of high school seniors will be relegated（歸入，把降低到）to vocational schools.1污染已成為問(wèn)題，因?yàn)樵诋?dāng)今人口越來(lái)越多，社會(huì)越來(lái)越工業(yè)化的世界上，人類(lèi)正在污染他們居住的環(huán)境。對(duì)于那些來(lái)自貧困或者農(nóng)村家庭的孩子們來(lái)說(shuō)，在這場(chǎng)考試中好好表現(xiàn)，毫無(wú)置疑是他們爬上社會(huì)階梯并成功的唯一的方法。在這個(gè)廣大的領(lǐng)土之上，有廣大的肥田沃地給我們以衣食之源；有縱橫全國(guó)的大小山脈，生長(zhǎng)了廣大的森林，貯藏了豐富的礦產(chǎn)；有很多的江河湖澤，給我們以舟揖和灌溉之利；有很長(zhǎng)的海岸線，給我們以交通海外各民族的方便。外國(guó)資金大量流入中國(guó)，外資存量（reserve of foreign funds）從1989年的50億美元上升到1994年的近900億美元。融入世界市場(chǎng)已成為中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)生活的一個(gè)基本事實(shí)。讓我們看幾個(gè)統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字。譯文：The most important holiday in China is the Spring Festival, which is also known as the Chinese New the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to the date for this annual celebration is determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies form late January to early for the New Year begin on the final days of the last lunar month when most families clean their homes, pay their debts, have their hair cut and buy new also burn incense at home or in the temples to pay respect to their ancestors and to pray to the God for a happy life in the ing year.1原文：中國(guó)日益擴(kuò)大的國(guó)際接觸對(duì)其進(jìn)步一直是至關(guān)重要的。新年的準(zhǔn)備活動(dòng)自臘月底（農(nóng)歷年底）開(kāi)始，人們忙于掃塵，還清債務(wù)，理發(fā)，置新衣。具體的節(jié)慶日期是由農(nóng)歷（lunar calendar）而不是由公歷（Gregorian calendar）決定的。參考譯文：The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar is one of the most important Chinese festival memorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save , hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo 、春節(jié)是中國(guó)最重要的節(jié)日，也是大家所熟悉的中國(guó)新年。后來(lái)大家把米撒到水里，希望把饑餓的魚(yú)群從他的軀體邊引開(kāi)。這個(gè)節(jié)日是為了紀(jì)念楚國(guó)(the Chu Emperor)的大夫屈原，他因?yàn)閷?duì)朝廷(court)的貪污腐敗感到絕望而投河自盡。此后，每年中秋月圓之時(shí)，人們向月宮仙女嫦娥祈福的傳說(shuō)便流傳開(kāi)來(lái)。中秋節(jié)最早可能是一個(gè)慶祝豐收的節(jié)日。在這天，每個(gè)家庭都團(tuán)聚在一起，一家人共同觀賞象征豐裕、和諧和幸運(yùn)的圓月。我強(qiáng)烈呼吁：不要再捕殺黑猩猩，不要再捕殺野生動(dòng)物了，讓我們?nèi)祟?lèi)多一些地球上的朋友，多給我們下一代保留一些野生動(dòng)物吧!否則，地球?qū)?