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2010年英语二翻译真题
“Sustainability“ has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the
concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of
unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values
must be expressed through everyday action and choice.
Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He'd
been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a
Boulder agency.
It didn't go well. uIt was a really bad move because thafs not my passion,“ says
Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. "I was
miserable. I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and
stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, eJust wait, you'll
turn the comer, give it some
英语二翻译专项 第1页 蜜团儿学姐2011年英语二翻译真题
Who would have thought that, globally, the IT industry produces about the same
volume of greenhouse gases as the world5 s airlines do - roughly 2 percent of all CO2
emissions?
Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment. A Google search
can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO2, depending on how many attempts are
needed to get the “right“ answer. To deliver results to its users quickly, then, Google
has to maintain vast data centres around the world, packed with powerful computers.
While producing large quantities of CO2, these computers emit a great deal of heat, so
the centres need to be well air-conditioned, which uses even more energy.
However, Google and other big tech providers monitor their efficiency closely
and make improvements. Monitoring is the first step on the road to reduction, but there
is much more to be done, and not just by big companies.
英语二翻译专项 第2页 蜜团儿学姐2012年英语二翻译真题
When people in developing countries worry about migration, they are usually
concerned at the prospect of their best and brightest departure to Silicon Valley or to
hospitals and universities in the developed world. These are the kind of workers that
countries like Britain, Canada and Australia try to attract by using immigration rules that
privilege college graduates.
Lots of studies have found that well-educated people from developing countries
are particularly likely to emigrate. A big survey of Indian households in 2004 found that
nearly 40% of emigrants had more than a high-school education, compared with around
3.3% of all Indians over the age 25. This “brain dram^^ has long bothered
policymakers in poor countries. They fear that it hurts their economies, depriving them
of much-needed skilled workers who could have taught at their universities, worked
in their hospitals and come up with clever new products for their factories to make.
英语二翻译专项 第3页 蜜团儿学姐2013年英语二翻译真题
I can pick a date from the past 53 years and know instantly where I was, what
happened in the news and even the day of the week. Fve been able to do this since I was
four.
I never feel overwhelmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs. My
mind seems to be able to cope and the information is stored away neatly. When I think of
a sad memory, I do what everybody does - try to put it to one side. I don5t think ifs
harder for me just because my memory is clearer. Powerful memory doesn't make my
emotions any more acute or vivid. I can recall the day my grandfather died and the
sadness I felt when we went to the hospital the day before. I also remember that the
musical play Hair opened on Broadway on the same day - they both just pop into my
mind in the same way.
英语二翻译专项 第4页 蜜团儿学姐2014年英语二翻译真题
Most people would define optimism as being endlessly happy, with a glass thafs
perpetually half full. But thafs exactly the kind of false cheerfulness that positive
psychologists wouldn't recommend. "Healthy optimism means being in touch with
reality,55 says Tai Ben-Shahar, a Harvard professor. According to Ben-Shahar, realistic
optimists are those who make the best of things that happen, but not those who believe
everything happens for the best.
Ben-Shahar uses three optimistic exercises. When he feels down - say, after giving
a bad lecture—he grants himself permission to be human. He reminds himself that not
every lecture can be a Nobel winner; some will be less effective than others. Next is
reconstruction. He analyzes the weak lecture, learning lessons for the future about what
works and what doesn't. Finally, there is perspective, which involves acknowledging
that in the grand scheme of life, one lecture really doesn't matter.
英语二翻译专项 第5页 蜜团儿学姐2015年英语二翻译真题
Think about driving a route thafs very familiar. It could be your commute to work,
a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the
back of your hand. On these sorts of trips ifs easy to lose concentration on the driving
and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that
the trip has taken less time than it actually has.
This is the well-travelled road effect: People tend to underestimate the time it takes
to travel a familiar route.
The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a
well-known route, because we don't have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more
quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can't remember the
journey well because we didn't pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.
英语二翻译专项 第6页 蜜团儿学姐2016年英语二翻译真题
The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as
possible within its doors. The reason for this is simple: The longer you stay in the store,
the more stuff you'll see, and the more stuff you see, the more you'll buy. And
supermarkets contain a lot of stuff. The average supemarket, according to the Food
Marketing Institute, carries some 44,000 different items, and many cany tens of
thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a
state of information overload. According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so
much decision-making quickly become too much fbr us. After about 40 minutes of
shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead begin
shopping emotionally - which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of
stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.
英语二翻译专项 第7页 蜜团儿学姐2017年英语二翻译真题
My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area between fashion and
publishing. Two years before graduating from secondary school, I took a sewing and
design course thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course. However,
during that course I realized I was not good enough in this area to compete with other
creative personalities in the future, so I decided that it was not the right path for me.
Before applying for university I told everyone that I would study journalism, because
writing was, and still is, one of my favourite activities. But, to be honest, I said it,
because I thought that fashion and me together was just a dream - I knew that no one
could imagine me in the fashion industry at all! So I decided to look for some fashion-
related courses that included writing. This is when I noticed the course “Fashion Media
& Promotion.^^
英语二翻译专项 第8页 蜜团儿学姐2018年英语二翻译真题
A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a
list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut“ but quickly adds “scientist“ to the list and
selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many
career paths as he likes. And so he reads - everything from encyclopedias to science
fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading
policy^^ at the dinner table.
That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn't stopped reading yet - not even after
becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. Nowadays, his reading
material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that
he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year. Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they
explain how the world works. "Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to
explore”, Gates says.
英语二翻译专项 第9页 蜜团儿学姐2019年英语二翻译真题
It is easy to underestimate English writer James Herriot. He had such a pleasant,
readable style that one might think that anyone could imitate it. How many times have I
heard people say, “I could write a book. I just haven't the Easily said. Not so
easily done. James Herriot, contrary to popular opinion, did not find it easy in his early
days o£ as he put it, “having a go at the writing game”. While he obviously had an
abundance of natural talent, the final, polished work that he gave to the world was the
result of years of practicing, re-writing and reading. Like the majority of authors, he had
to suffer many disappointments and rejections along the way, but these made him all the
more determined to succeed. Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard way and
his success in the literary field was no exception.
英语二翻译专项 第10页 蜜团儿学姐2020年英语二翻译真题
Ifs almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure.
But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look
at it.
We can choose to see failure as “the end of the world." Or, we can look at failure as
the incredible learning experience that it often is. Every time we fail at something, we
can choose to look fbr the lesson we're meant to learn. These lessons are very important;
they5re how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again. Failures
stop us only if we let them.
Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned
otherwise. For instance, failure can help you discover how strong a person you are.
Failing at something can help you discover your truest friends, or help you find
unexpected motivation to succeed.
英语二翻译专项 第11页 蜜团儿学姐2021年英语二翻译真题
We tend to think that friends and family members are our biggest sources of
connection, laughter, and warmth. While that may well be true, researchers have also
recently found that interacting with strangers actually brings a boost in mood and
feelings of belonging that we didn't expect.
In one series of studies, researchers instructed Chicago-area commuters using
public transportation to strike up a conversation with someone near them. On average,
participants who followed this instruction felt better than those who had been told to
stand or sit in silence. The researchers also argued that when we shy away from casual
interactions with strangers, it is often due to a misplaced anxiety that they might not
want to talk to us. Much of the time, however, this belief is false. As it turns out, many
people are actually perfectly willing to talk-and may even be flattered to receive your
attention.
英语二翻译专项 第12页 蜜团儿学姐2022年英语二翻译真题
Although we try our best, sometimes our paintings rarely turn out as originally
planned. Changes in the light, the limitations of your painting materials, and the lack of
experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to achieve may not come
to life the way that you expected.
Although this can be frustrating and disappointing, it turns out that this can actually
be good for you. Unexpected results have two benefits: you pretty quickly learn to deal
with disappointment, and realise that when one door closes, another opens. You also
quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting
presents, and thinking outside the box will become your second nature.
In fact, creative problem-solving skills are incredibly useful in daily life, with
which you're more likely to be able to find a solution when a problem arises.
英语二翻译专项 第13页 蜜团儿学姐2023年英语二翻译真题
In the late 18th century, William Wordsworth became famous for his poems about
nature. And he was one of thefounders of a movement called Romanticism, which celebrated
thewonders ofthenatural world.
Poetryis powerful. Its energy and rhythm can capturea reader, transport them to another
world and make them see things differently. Through carefully selected words and phrases,
poemscan bedramatic, funny,beautiful,moving andinspiring.
No one knows for sure when poetry began but it has been around for thousands of years,
even beforepeoplecould write.It wasa wayto tell storiesandpass downhistory. Itisclosely
related to song and even when written it is usually created to be performed out loud. Poems
really come to life when they are recited. This can also help with understanding them too,
becausetherhythm and sounds ofthewords becomeclearer.
英语二翻译专项 第14页 蜜团儿学姐2024年英语二翻译真题
With the smell of coffee and fresh bread floating in the air, stalls bursting with
colourful vegetables and tempting cheeses, and the buzz of friendly chats, farmers' markets
are a feast for the senses.They also provide an opportunity to talk to thepeople responsible
for growing or raising your food, support your local economy and pick up fresh seasonal
produce—allatthe sametime.
Farmers'markets are usually weekly or monthly events, most often with outdoorstalls,
which allow farmers or producers to sell their food directly to customers. The size or
regularity of markets can vary from season to season, depending on the area's agricultural
calendar, and you're likely to find different produce on sale at different times of the year.
By cutting out the middlemen, the farmers secure more profit for their produce. Shoppers
also benefit from seeing exactly where—andtowho—their moneyis going.
英语二翻译专项 第15页 蜜团儿学姐You know the moment—the conversation slows, then there's a pause. It's awkward, and
so awkward that some people will panic and say anything. Do we all find such silences so
stressful?
Researchers analysed the frequency and impact of gaps greater than 2 seconds during
conversations, including an overview of previous studies which indicate that the fear of
awkward silences can be so extreme that people avoid talking to strangers, even though doing
so islikely to bean enjoyableexperience.
During conversations with short gaps, people feel more connected to their conversation
partners. But such feelings of connection markedly dip when entering a long gap. Long gaps
betweenstrangers are likely to befollowedbya changein topic.
But the opposite seems to be true for conversations between friends. Long gaps there
saw increased connection. Between friends, longer gaps seem to provide natural moments for
reflectionandexpression.
英语二翻译专项 第16页 蜜团儿学姐
