1、笔译三级实务模拟试卷 8（无答案）一、PART 1 English-Chinese Translation (60 points)Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this part is 120 minutes.1 A recent study in the United States reports that the family life, education and health of Americas children are generally improving, though child pov
2、erty has risen for the first time in a decade, according to the governments broadest measure of childrens well-being.The report shows that the teenage birth rate is down, young people are less likely to be involved in violent crimes and the death rate for this group has declined.Experts say that tee
3、nagers who give birth are less likely to finish high school or to graduate from college than other girls of their age. Also, infants born to teenage mothers are more likely to be of low birth weight, which increases their chances of blindness, deafness, mental retardation, mental illness and cerebra
4、l palsy.The study shows that young people were less likely to be victimized in a serious violent crime - murder, rape, robbery or aggravated assault - or to commit one. In 2002, there were 11 serious violent crimes per 1,000 people aged 12 to 17, compared with 15 per 1,000 youths in 2001.Child morta
5、lity declined, too. In 2000, there were 18 deaths for every 100,000 children aged 5 to 14; a year later, there were 17 deaths for every 100,000 children in this age group. The infant mortality rate slightly increased. Seven of every 1,000 infants died before their first birthday in 2002, compared wi
6、th a record low of 6.8 per. 1,000 in 2001.Still, children are more likely to be overweight than they were before and child poverty has inched up after several years of decline.The number of overweight children increased to 16 percent between 1999 and 2000, compared with from 11 percent in the early
7、1990s and 6 percent in the late 1970s.That development “jeopardizes our childrens future, making them vulnerable to chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension previously associated more with adults than with children,“ said Edward J. Sondik, director of the Center for Disease Controls Nati
8、onal Center for Health Statistics.The report said Mexican-American boys were at the highest risk, with 27 percent overweight followed by non-Hispanic girls at 23 percent.The child obesity issue is a major cause for concern, a health expert said to reporters.“This is a trend thats been at work since
9、1980 . and as a trend, it shows no sign of reversing,“ the expert said.Child poverty also grew, reaching 11. 6 million in 2002, compared with 11. 2 million a year earlier. Children living with single females continued to experience a higher poverty rate in 2002 than their counterparts in married-cou
10、ple families - 40 percent compared with 9 percent.In 2002, 73 million children under 18 lived in the United States and made up 25 percent of the population.二、PART 2 Chinese-English Translation (40 points)Translate the following passage into English. The time for this part is 60 minutes.2 北京上周宣布人民币不再
11、盯住美元，给全球货币、债券和商品市场带来冲击波。北京新的影响力由此清晰可见。通过购买国库券，中国向美国消费者和政府提供着廉价资金。如果人民币转而盯住一篮子货币导致中国减持美元资产，那么美国的债券收益率可能就会上升。美国的中国抨击者们要求人民币再上调 25%或者更多，他们这下应该小心了。这种大幅重新定值一定会将债券收益率推向一个更高的水平，从而严重损害美国经济。其实，如果说调整人民币币值会对美国的贸易逆差产生什么实际影响，那不会是通过重新定值本身，而是因为债券收益率升高压缩了国内需求。美国的贸易逆差主要是开支过度和储蓄不足引起的，并非源自中国的不公平竞争。如果说美国贸易逆差的责任中国也有份儿，那不是通过压低汇率，而是通过降低债券收益率从而刺激家庭过度借贷和开支。从这个角度看，现在制定全球货币政策的是北京，而不是华盛顿。
