1、CATTI 三级笔译英译汉真题 2015 年 5 月及答案解析(总分：50.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、PART 1 English-Chin(总题数：1，分数：50.00)1. For generations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch of eastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiled underground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above
2、the road that winds toward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with the slogan “Coal = Jobs.” But recently, fear has settled in. The states oldest coal-fired power plant, tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricter federal pollution regulatio
3、ns. As energy companies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here have grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens of workers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they must retire early or seek other jobs. Local tru
4、cking and equipment outfits are preparing to take business elsewhere. “There are a lot of people worried,”said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18. Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces have been burning s
5、ince 1954. “I would have liked to be here for another five years,”he said. “Im too young to retire.” But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions. The plant
6、is scheduled to be shut by April 2015. “We had been working for the better part of three years, testing compliance strategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility. “None of the ones we investigated really would produce the results that would meet the requirements.” For the last several
7、 years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country, driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand and a move by utilities toward natural gas. This month, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the countrys largest public power utility, vote
8、d to shut eight coal-powered plants in Alabama and Kentucky and partly replace them with gas-fired power. Since 2010, more than 150 coal plants have been closed or scheduled for retirement. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the stricter emissions regulations for the plants will resu
9、lt in billions of dollars in related health savings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality. In recent weeks, the agency held 11 “listening sessions” around the country in advance of proposing additional rules for carbon dioxide emissions. “Coal plants are the single largest source of danger
10、ous carbon pollution in the United States, and we have ready alternatives like wind and solar to replace them,” said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Clubs Beyond Coal campaign, which wants to shut all of the nations coal plants. For many here, coal jobs are all they know. The industry united th
11、e area during hard times, too, especially during the dark days after nine men died in a 2007 mining accident some 35 miles down the highway. Virtually everyone around Price knew the men, six of whom remain entombed in the mountainside. But there is quiet acknowledgment that Carbon County will have t
12、o change if not now, soon. Pete Palacios, who worked in the mines for 43 years, has seen coal roar and fade here. Now 86, his eyes grew cloudy as he recalled his first mining job. He was 12, and earned $1 a day. “Im retired, so Ill be fine. But these young guys?” Pete Palacios said, his voice traili
13、ng off. （分数：50.00）_CATTI 三级笔译英译汉真题 2015 年 5 月答案解析(总分：50.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、PART 1 English-Chin(总题数：1，分数：50.00)1. For generations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch of eastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiled underground. Supply companies line the to
14、wn streets. Above the road that winds toward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with the slogan “Coal = Jobs.” But recently, fear has settled in. The states oldest coal-fired power plant, tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricter federal p
15、ollution regulations. As energy companies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here have grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens of workers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they must retire early or seek oth
16、er jobs. Local trucking and equipment outfits are preparing to take business elsewhere. “There are a lot of people worried,”said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18. Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces h
17、ave been burning since 1954. “I would have liked to be here for another five years,”he said. “Im too young to retire.” But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emi
18、ssions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by April 2015. “We had been working for the better part of three years, testing compliance strategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility. “None of the ones we investigated really would produce the results that would meet the requirements.” Fo
19、r the last several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country, driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand and a move by utilities toward natural gas. This month, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the countrys largest public p
20、ower utility, voted to shut eight coal-powered plants in Alabama and Kentucky and partly replace them with gas-fired power. Since 2010, more than 150 coal plants have been closed or scheduled for retirement. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the stricter emissions regulations for th
21、e plants will result in billions of dollars in related health savings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality. In recent weeks, the agency held 11 “listening sessions” around the country in advance of proposing additional rules for carbon dioxide emissions. “Coal plants are the single larges
22、t source of dangerous carbon pollution in the United States, and we have ready alternatives like wind and solar to replace them,” said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Clubs Beyond Coal campaign, which wants to shut all of the nations coal plants. For many here, coal jobs are all they know. The
23、industry united the area during hard times, too, especially during the dark days after nine men died in a 2007 mining accident some 35 miles down the highway. Virtually everyone around Price knew the men, six of whom remain entombed in the mountainside. But there is quiet acknowledgment that Carbon
24、County will have to change if not now, soon. Pete Palacios, who worked in the mines for 43 years, has seen coal roar and fade here. Now 86, his eyes grew cloudy as he recalled his first mining job. He was 12, and earned $1 a day. “Im retired, so Ill be fine. But these young guys?” Pete Palacios said
25、, his voice trailing off. （分数：50.00）_正确答案：( 世世代代，煤炭始终是东犹他州这片矿产丰富地区的命脉。采煤的家庭自豪地回忆起他们在地下艰苦劳作的岁月。小镇的街道上煤炭供应公司鳞次栉比。在那蜿蜒曲折通往煤矿的山路上方，从广告牌的一侧露出一张矿工布满煤灰的脸，旁边写着这样的一句口号“煤碳=饭碗。” 但最近，恐惧之感渐渐袭来。由于新颁布的联邦排放法规更严格，该州位于镇附近峡谷中的最古老的燃煤电厂已确定关闭。 随着能源企业脱离煤炭，转向更清洁，更廉价的天然气，这里的人们也越来越担心他们的社区会很快悄然消失。在这里的工厂-卡本发电厂(碳发电厂)里的几十个工人已经得知
26、，他们必须提前退休或寻求其他工作。当地的运输和设备装置企业正准备到其它地方寻找业务。 凯尔戴维斯自 18 岁就一直在这家工厂做工，他说：“这里有很多人在担心”。 戴维斯先生现年 56 岁，他一路努力工作，从扫地工升任为工厂的业务主管，该厂的火炉自 1954 年以来一直在燃烧。 “我原本打算在这里再干五年，”他说。“我还太年轻，退休早了点。” 但管理这家工厂的洛基山电力公司认为，要改造老化的工厂来满足对汞排放的新的联邦标准这一做法实在成本太高。该工厂预计将于 2015 年四月关闭。 该电厂的发言人大卫艾斯克森说：“在过去的三年中，我们的时间主要用于检测电厂的各种合规策略。我们的检测发现，任何一种
27、合规策略都无法达到新法规的要求。” 近几年来，由于环保法规更加严格、电力需求不断下降、而公用事业公司又转向天然气供应，全国各地的燃煤电厂纷纷关闭。本月，全国最大的公共电力公司-田纳西流域管理局董事会投票决定，关闭位于阿拉巴马州和肯塔基州的八家燃煤电厂并将其中一些电厂升级为燃气电厂。自 2010 年以来，有 150 多家燃煤电厂已经关闭或即将退役。 环保局预计，更加严格的排放法规将能节省数十亿美元的医疗开支并将对空气质量产生全面的影响/能明显改善空气质量。最近几周，环保局在提议出台二氧化碳排放补充条例之前，在全国范围内举行了 11 次“听证会”。 塞拉俱乐部发起的“超越煤炭”运动希望关闭全国所有
28、的燃煤电厂。该运动的负责人布鲁斯奈尔斯说：“在美国，燃煤电厂是危险的碳排放的最大恶源。我们已有现成的方法比如用风能和太阳能取代燃煤电厂。” 对于这里的很多人而言，他们所知道的只有煤炭开采工作。煤炭行业在艰难时期也能将该地区团结起来，尤其是在 2007 年矿难事件后的黑暗时期。那次矿难发生在沿高速公路向南大约 35 英里的地方，造成九名矿工遇难。普赖斯附近的所有人几乎都认识遇难者，其中有六名遇难者至今仍埋葬在山腰处。但是现在每个人的心里都清楚，卡本县将会发生变化，即便不是现在发生，也会很快就发生。 皮特帕拉斯奥斯已经 86 岁高龄了，曾在矿山工作 43 年，见证了煤炭行业的兴衰。他 12 岁时就开始工作，每天可以赚到一美元，回忆起自己第一份采矿工作时，老人的目光中充满了忧愁。他说：“我已经退休了，所以我可以安享晚年。但是这些年轻人今后该怎么办呢?”老人说这番话时声音越来越低沉。 )解析：
