高级口译2010年3月真题（附加答案）(6)

monetary costs, or in another way to give ―an economic value to the service nature provides‖. The expression ―ecological infrastructure‖ refers to the (damaged) ecosystems we protect and restore through investment, and such investment can also achieve high rates to return. With the introduction of such new concepts, the aim is to attract investment in new forms and ways so as to better protect our environment.

6. What are \ 【参考答案】

The phrase \protection, which are normally provided by urban water utilities, hydroelectric power providers and other users relying on regular flows of clean water downstream. The purposes are to give support to watershed protection upstream. The establishment of such water funds can provide \

7. Why does the author say that \(para.6)?

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The author mentions this because people have different opinions towards the use of market mechanisms to protect ecological environment Some have negative opinions about such approaches, pointing out that they are not necessary effective and may have possible defects. The example protection of one rainforest leading to the destruction of other forests fakery of carbon credits leads to no real reduction of carbon are used to support such views.

8. Why does the author introduce the Mindset List published by professors at Beloit College at the beginning of the passage? 【参考答案】

The author introduces the Mindset List to show the significance of helping young generation understand the rapid social, political, economic, scientific and technological changes and developments in modern society over the past decades. It is a kind of \kinds of cultural references and a kind of \clearly the relationship between the past and the future and to be better prepared for a comprehensive outlook of the world.

9. What does the author mean by saying that \past's vision of the future was not visionary enough\【参考答案】

The author tries to tell us that the reality often develops faster than we realize, expect or predict. He points out that ―reality puts prophecy to shame‖, which means that our prediction of the future often proved to be wrong, or \people imagined or predicted .The examples given by the author show that over the past decades some of our predictions are either wrong or just the opposite of the reality. (One interesting example is Thatcher declared in 1969 no woman would become Prime Minister, but about 10 years later she herself became the first Prime Minister in the UK !)

10. Explain the statement \Make your comment. 【参考答案】

The author means that political leaders use the future as a strategy to deal with or tackle the problems they are facing at the present. We can say this kind of reliance on the future is often for propaganda purposes and also tries to distract the attention of the public away from the current problems. The word \is a term used in medicine, meaning something used to protect people against diseases, and here it is used figuratively to indicate that future often served either as a weapon or instrument to defend the national or diplomatic policies political leaders make or propose . However, it is not always effective or useful as the leaders expect. 【翻译】

E-C

当下在伦敦舞台上所看到的演出，有太多的戏关注于生活中的暴力冲突，因此遇上一出在平凡故事中演绎平凡人的戏剧，也就令人感到惊奇。托马斯·萨科维尔（Thomas Sackville）写的《来客》就是这样一部戏，至少表面上是这样。 这部戏看来与英国现代戏剧的主流格格不入。事实上，剧情将人看来平淡无奇，所以观众的注意力不断地集中于缜密的戏剧结构、明晰的主题拓展。因此，把它看作是“结构严谨的戏剧”来展开讨论、做出评价，看来是合情合理的。

故事描写的是伦敦郊区一个中产阶级家庭的普通一夜。夫妇俩邀请了一个朋友来家里吃晚饭。朋友按时光临，接着大家谈起格子的生活和爱好。他们的谈话写得引人入胜、风趣幽默，但又并不哗众取宠，把观众的注意力过多地吸引到对话本身，表现出作者善写对话的非凡才能。同时，每个人物也刻画地惟妙惟肖，而且各种都被赋予虽然平淡无奇、但却令人信服的动机。通过无数细腻笔触的勾画，人物形象一一呈现：有趣、幽默、平凡，而又稍嫌笨拙。如果说，按照现实世界的标准来看，这些任务并没有塑造得生气勃勃，我们依然可以感到，作者是故意（这样做）的，因为他只想让他们作为戏剧人物出现在舞台上，仅此而已。

C-E

Approaching the age of seventy, I should be said to be weather-beaten and insightful about the mundane affairs yet I‘m still alternately sober and muddled. When Confucius said: ―Once I was seventy I was able to follow my heart‘s desire freely without overstepping the bounds‖, he must have achieved supreme enlightenment. We ordinary people, living in a utilitarian-oriented society, rush about all day long, vexed by daily necessities like fuel, rice, cooking oil and salt, and tempted by cardinal vices such as wine, women, avarice and pride. What an immense difficulty to follow our hearts‘ desire in the face of conflicts between pursuits and cares.

To say that we elderly people should have a free rein does not mean we could follow our bigoted course and presume on our advanced age. It means that we, after the discovery of our individual way of living, build our own ―Realm of Liberty‖ in the depths of our minds. The wide sea allows the fish to leap about and vast sky the birds to fly. With such freedom from restraint, we are content with our lot, taking delight in whatever we do. Such freedom is infinite as well as finite in that the infinite liberty of mind is confined in the finite living sphere. To me, that is what Confucius defines as ―not overstepping the bounds‖.