历年英语专业八级考试翻译真题

历年英语专业八级考试翻译真题1997年E-C原文:Operaisexpensive:thatmuchisinevitable.Butexpensivethingsareinevitablythe范围）oftherichunlessweabdicate（退位、放弃）society’spowerofchoice.Wecanchoosetomakeoperaandotherexpensiveformsofculture,accessible（易接近的，可达到的） tothosewhocannotindividuallypayforit.Thequestionis:whyshouldwe?Nobodydeniesthe必要的food,shelter,defence,healthandeducation.Buteveninaprehistoriccave,man-kindstretchedoutahandofnotjusttoeat,drinkorfight,butalsotodraw.Theimpulse（冲动）towardsculture,thedesiretoexpressandexploretheworldthroughimaginationandrepresentation（表述、陈述）isfundamental.InEurope,thisdesirehasfound完成、成就）inthemasterpiecesofourmusic,art,literatureandtheatre.Thesemasterpiecesarethe标准试金石）forallourefforts;theyare1thetouchstonesforthepossibilitiestowhichhumanthoughtandimaginationmaytheycarryemost（messagestnefromonehumantoanother.参考译文：欣赏歌剧是一种奢侈：你必须为此支付昂贵的票价。然而，享用昂贵的东西并不完全是富人的特权，除非我们放弃社会选择的权1997C-E原文：来美国求学的中国学生与其他亚裔学生一样，大多非常刻苦勤2其余5位均是亚裔学生。他干脆在实验室的门上贴一醒目招牌71012时，工作时间必须全力3共有1451990参考译文：LikestudentsfromotherAsiancountriesandregions,mostChinesestudentswhocometopursuetheirfurthereducationintheUnitedStatesworkontheirstudiesmostdiligentlyandassiduously.Evenonweekends,theywouldfrequentlyspendoneday,oreventwodays,toworkovertimeintheirlaboratories.Therefore,comparedwiththeirAmericancounterparts,theyaremoreacademicallyfruitful.MysupervisorisofAsianorigin.Heisaddictedtoalcoholsandcigarettes,withasharp/irritabletemper.Nevertheless,hehighlyappreciatestheindustryandthesolidfoundationalknowledgeofAsianstudentsandhasaparticularlykeeninsightintowhatAsianstudentshaveontheirmind.Hence,ofallthestudentsrecruitedintohislaboratory,exceptforone3German,theotherfivewereallfromAsia.Heevenputangenerfs,h,lresearchassistantsofthislaboratoryarerequiredtowork7daysaweek,from10:00a.m.to12:00p.m..Nothingbutworkduringtheworkinghours.”Thissupervisorisreputedontheentirecampusforhisseverityandharshness.Duringthe3andahalfyearsthatIstayedthere,atotalof14studentswererecruitedintohislaboratoryandonly5ofthemstayeduntiltheygraduatedwiththeirPh.D.degrees.Inthesummerof1990,ignoringth