2004年11月CATTI三级笔译实务真题(附答案).pdfVIP

2004 年 11 月英语三级笔译实务试题 Section 1 English-Chinese Translation ( 英译汉 ) (60 points) Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this section is 120 minutes. A few weeks back, I asked a 14-year-old friend how she was coping with school. Referring to stress, she heaved a big sigh and said: Aiyah, anything bad that can happen has already happened. Her friends nearby then started pouring out their woes about which subjects they found hard, and so on. Pessimism again, in these all-too-familiar remarks about Singapores education system, widely regarded as too results-oriented, and! wonder why I even bothered to ask. The school system of reaching for As underlies the countrys culture, which emphasizes the chase for economic excellence where wealth and status are must-haves. Such a culture is hard to change. So when I read of how the new Remaking Singapore Committee had set one of its goals as challenging the traditional roads to success, encouraging Singaporeans to realize alternative careers in the arts, sports, research or as entrepreneurs, I had my doubts about its success in this area, if not coupled with help from parents themselves. The new Remaking Singapore Committee is a brainchild of the Singaporean Prime Minister, formed to make Singaporeans look beyond the five Cs: cash, condos, clubs, credit cards and cars, to help prepare the nation for the future. It is good that the government wants to do something about the countrys preoccupation with material success. But it will be a losing battle if the family unit itself is not involved because I believe the committees success is rooted in a revamp of an entire culture built from 37 years of independence. This makeover has to start with the most basic societal unit -- the family. Parents should not drown their children in mantras of I-want-hundred-marks. Tuition lessons are not the be-all and end-all