北京外国语大学2011年MTI真题---357英语翻译基础
一、词汇翻译（30分）
APEC 经济刺激方案 PPI 包容性增长
POS machines 落地签证
chartered plane 黑帮
down-payment requirement 厨房重地，闲人免进 makeshift hospital 二房东
bailout money 紧凑型轿车
domestic abuse 潜规则
home appliance 留守儿童
quantitative easing 良性循环
Big Bang 无党派人士
House of Commons 下半期致哀
deposit reserve requirement ratio 玩忽职守
Cantonese Opera 拆迁费
product placement ads 贫富两极分化
二、篇章翻译（120分）
Text A
The Dead Sea,shared by Israel and Jordan, is the lowest spot oon earth. Its shoreline is about 400 meter below sea level. As the world’s saltiest large body of water, averaging a salt content 6 times higher than of any ocean, the Dead Sea supports no life. With no outlet, the water that flows into the Dead Sea evaporates in the hot, arid air, leaving the minerals. The Jordan River is the chief of the incoming water, but since the 1960s much of water has been diverted for irrigation. Its length had already shrunk by more than a third, and, while the sea will never entirely disappear due to evaporation slowing down as the surface area decreases and saltiness increase, the Dead Sea as we know it could become a thing of the past.
Text B
Cambridge psychologists and computer scientists have developed a mobile phone technology which can tell if a caller is happy,angry, bored or sad. The Emotion Sense technology will enable psychologists to show links between moods,location, and people. It uses speech-recognition software and phone sensors attached to standard smart phones to assess how people’s emotions are influenced by day-to-day factors.
The senors analyze voice samples and then place them into 5 emotional categories；happiness, sadness, fear, anger, and a neutral category (such as boredom or passivity). Scientists then cross-reference these emotions against surroundings, the time of day and the caller’s relationship with the person they are speaking to. Results from a pilot scheme revealed that callers are happier at home, sadder at work and display more intense emotions in the evenings.
Text C
网球是展示生命激情与活力的“运动芭蕾”，广东网球中心的建筑本身是展示力与美的动感舞台，及优雅又符合现代元素。网球中心是集竞技、休闲与一体的立体体育文化公园。两个网球场错落有致，形成富有张力的线条轮廓，契合体育运动带来的动态之美。
Text D
漓江是数千年来无数文人志士获得灵感的地方。两岸是连绵的山峰，平静的河水倒映出梦幻般的美景，宛如童话一般。山峰在薄雾的笼罩下时隐时现，令人陶醉。泛舟漓江，每个转弯处都能找到新奇。或见懒洋洋的水牛拉着大车、、浸在水中纳凉，或见渔民哀狭窄的竹筏上悠然自得。