2015年5月翻译资格考试三级英语笔译真题及答案

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2015 年 5 月翻译资格考试三级英语笔译真题及答案

Section1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points)

Forgenerations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch

ofeastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they

toiledunderground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above the road that

windstoward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with

theslogan “Coal =Jobs.”

犹他州东部有一个矿产丰富的小镇，那里的人们祖祖辈辈都以采煤为生。一提起在地下辛

苦采煤时的情景，每个家庭总是倍感骄傲。街道两旁的煤炭供应公司一个挨着一个。在通往

矿井的蜿蜒小路上方的广告牌上，一个满脸炭灰的矿工凝视着远方，旁边的标语写着“煤

炭=工作”。

Butrecently, fear has settled in. The state’s oldest coal-fired power

plant,tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new,

stricterfederal pollution regulations.

但是最近，小镇的人们心里充满了恐惧。联邦政府新颁布了一套更为严格的污染管理条例

这使得小镇附近峡谷之中的一家美国最古老的燃煤电厂频临倒闭。

As energycompanies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas,

people herehave grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip

away. Dozens ofworkers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have

learned that they mustretire early or seek other jobs. Local trucking and

equipment outfits are preparingto take business elsewhere.

由于能源公司纷纷弃用煤炭，转而使用更清洁、更廉价的天然气，小镇的人们越来越害怕

他们的家园可能很快就会人去楼空。卡本电厂的几十名工人早就意识到，他们要么提前退

休，要么另谋职业。当地的货运和装配人员正准备开发外地的业务。

“Thereare a lot of people worried,” said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at

theplant since he was 18.

凯尔戴维斯从 18 岁起，一直在卡本电厂工作。他说：“很多人都在担忧。

”Mr. Davis, 56,worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations

at the plant,whose furnaces have been burning since 1954.

戴维斯先生今年 56 岁，从清洁工人一直做到电厂的经营主管。卡本电厂的高炉从 1954年开

工，一直燃烧至今。

“I wouldhave liked to be here for another five years,” he said. “I’m too

young toretire.”

他说：“如果可能，我还想再工作五年。毕竟我还很年轻，没到退休年龄。”

But RockyMountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined

that itwould be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new

federalstandards on mercury emissions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by

April2015.

公共事业公司落基山电力公司是卡本电厂的经营者，公司已经决定，要达到联邦政府最新

规定的水银排放标准，就必须改造日趋老化的电厂，而改造费用实在是太贵了，并不可行

电厂计划在 2015 年 4月关闭。

“We hadbeen working for the better part of three years, testing

compliancestrategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility.

“None of theones we investigated really would produce the results that would

meet the requirements.”

大卫艾斯凯尔森是电力公司的发言人。他说：“三年来，我们一直在不断地努力改善，尝

试各种合规策略。经过调查，这些策略都不能满足政府的要求。”

For thelast several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the

country,driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity

demand anda move by utilities toward natural gas.

近年来，政府的环境保护条例愈加苛刻，人们用电的需求量逐渐下滑，加之公共事业公司

打算向天然气转型，美国境内已经有数家燃煤电厂被迫关闭。

Thismonth, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the

country’slargest public power utility, voted to shut eight coal-powered plants

inAlabama and Kentucky and partly replace them with gas-fired power. Since

2010,more than150 coal plants have been closed or scheduled for retirement.

田纳西河流域管理局是美国最大的公共电力公司。本月，其董事会投票表决，关闭位于阿

拉巴马州和肯塔基州的八家燃煤电厂，部分电厂转成天然气电厂。2010 年起，150 多家燃煤

电厂有的已经关闭，有的即将关闭。

TheEnvironmental Protection Agency estimates that the stricter

emissionsregulations for the plants will result in billions of dollars in

related healthsavings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality.

美国环保局估计，这些针对燃煤电厂制定的更为严格的排放管理条例将节省数十亿美元的

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