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608写作与英汉互译第1页共3页机密★启用前和使用过程中厦门大学2010年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题科目代码：608科目名称：写作与英汉互译招生专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言考生须知：答题必须使用黑（蓝）色墨水（圆珠）笔；不得在试题（草稿）纸上作答；凡未按规定作答均不予评阅、判分。题型：I汉译英II英译汉III英语写作总分值：150每小题分值：I.40II.35III.75I.TranslatethefollowingtwopassagesintoEnglish.(40points)A.TranslatethefollowingpassageintoEnglish.(20points)昔年陈立秋出使美国，有随员徐某，夙不解西文。一日，持西报展览颇入神。使馆译员见之，讶然曰：“君何时谙识西文？”徐曰：“我固不谙”。译员曰：“君既不谙西文，阅此奚为？”徐答曰：“余以为阅西文固不解，阅诸君之翻译亦不解，同一不解，固不如阅西文之为愈也。”至今传为笑柄。B.TranslatethefollowingpassageintoEnglish.(20points)每当我和朋友在乡间的时候，我知道随时随刻，除非雨真的下到头上，某君必会突然说道：“散不去！”。其口气之强硬，是其它任何情况下都见不到的。人们总以为，去散步的想法有着与生俱来的尊贵与高尚。有如此念头的人觉得，每当他看到有人舒舒服服坐在椅子上看书，他就有权力将散步的愿望加诸其身。对于一个老朋友，简单地说声“不”倒也省事，但对于一般相识，你就必须找出一个借口。“我很想去，但是—”我能找到的借口不外乎“我要写些信”。这个老套式有三方面不能尽如人意：（1）人家不相信。（2）迫于情势，你不得不从椅子上起来，走向写字台，临时拼凑一封给某人的信，直到那位暴走神磨磨蹭蹭地离开房间，他只是不敢当面发作，骂你是骗子或伪君子而已。（3）星期天早上行不通。“今天晚上信才寄得出去”，一句话就把你堵死；于是你只好乖乖地跟着走。608写作与英汉互译第2页共3页II.TranslatethefollowingtwopassagesintoChinese.(35points)A.TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.(20points)Ofcourse,myfirstimpulsewastopreparethisman’sremainsforburial(laughter),butuponreflectionIsaidIwouldreprievehimforamomentortwo,andgivehimachancetoprovehisassertionifhecould.Westeppedintoabookstore,andhedidproveit.Ihadreallystolenthatdedication,almostwordforword.Icouldnotimaginehowthiscuriousthinghadhappened:forIknewonething,foradeadcertainty,--thatacertainamountofpridealwaysgoesalongwithateaspoonfulofbrains,andthatthisprideprotectsamanfromdeliberatelystealingotherpeople’sideas.Thatiswhatateaspoonfulofbrainswilldoforaman,--andadmirershadoftentoldmeIhadnearlyabasketful,thoughtheywereratherreservedastothesizeofthebasket(laughter).B.TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChinese.(15points)Intoomuchoftheearththereiswant,discord,danger.Newforcesandnewnationsstirandstriveacrosstheearth,withpowertobring,bytheirfate,greatgoodorgreateviltothefreeworld’sfuture.FromthedesertsofNorthAfricatotheislandsoftheSouthPacificone-thirdofallmankindhasentereduponahistoricstruggleforanewfreedom;freedomfromgrindingpoverty.Acrossallcontinents,nearlyabillionpeopleseek,sometimesalmostindesperation,fortheskillsandknowledgeandassistancebywhichtheymaysatisfyfromtheirownresources,thematerialwantscommontoallmankind.Nonation,howeveroldorgreat,escapesthistempestofchangeandturmoil.608写作与英汉互译第3页共3页III.Writing.(75points)A.Writingtask1.(40points)Somepeoplefearthatthespeedandeaseofmoderntransportationwillleadtoecologicalandpublichealthdisastersworldwide.Asproof,theypointtotherapidspreadofemergingviruses,topollution,andtoaccidentalmigrationofdestructiveplantsandinsects.Writeacompositionofabout300wordsinwhichyouexplainwhetheryouthinkthebenefitsofmoderntransportationoutweighthepotentialdetriments.Yourwritingwillbeevaluatedaccordingtoitsinsightfulness,logicalsoundnessandappropriatenessinexpression.B.Writingtask2.(35points)Writeacompositionofabout300wordsinwhichyougiveyourpersonaldefinitionoffriendship.Youmaywanttousecontrasttoexplainwhatfriendshipconnotestoyou;oryoumayuseotherexpositorymeanssuchasanalogy,illustrationetc.inyourexplanation.