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1、CATTI 二级笔译英译汉真题 2014 年 11 月及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、English-Chinese Tran(总题数：2，分数：100.00)1.Passage 1 WATERLOO， Belgium The region around this Belgian city is busily preparing to commemorate the 200th anniversary in 2015 of one of the major battles in European military history. But weaving a pat

2、h through the preparations is proving almost as tricky as making ones way across the battlefield was back then， when the Duke of Wellington， as commander of an international alliance of forces， crushed Napoleon. A rambling though dilapidated farmstead called Hougoumont， which was crucial to the batt

3、les outcome， is being painstakingly restored as an educational center. Nearby， an underground visitor center is under construction， and roads and monuments throughout the rolling farmland where once the sides fought are being refurbished. More than 6，000 military buffs are expected to re-enact indiv

4、idual skirmishes. While the battle ended two centuries ago， however， hard feelings have endured. Memories are long here， and not everyone here shares Britains enthusiasm for celebrating Napoleons defeat. Every year， in districts of Wallonia， the French-speaking part of Belgium， there are fetes to ho

5、nor Napoleon， according to Count Georges Jacobs de Hagen， a prominent Belgian industrialist and chairman of a committee responsible for restoring Hougoumont. “Napoleon， for these people， was very popular，” Mr. Jacobs， 73， said over coffee. “That is why， still today， there are some enemies of the pro

6、ject.” Belgium， of course， did not exist in 1815. Its Dutch-speaking regions were part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands， while the French-speaking portion had been incorporated into the French Empire. Among French speakers， Mr. Jacobs said， Napoleon had a “huge influence the administration， the Cod

7、e Napolon，” or reform of the legal system. While Dutch-speaking Belgians fought under Wellington， French speakers fought with Napoleon. That distaste on the part of modern-day French speakers crystallized in resistance to a British proposal that， as part of the restoration of Hougoumont， a memorial

8、be raised to the British soldiers who died defending its narrow North Gate at a critical moment on June 18， 1815， when Wellington carried the day. “Every discussion in the committee was filled with high sensitivity，” Mr. Jacobs recalled. “I said， This is a condition for the help of the British， so t

9、he North Gate won the battle， and we got the monument.” If Belgium was reluctant to get involved， France was at first totally uninterested. “They told us， We dont want to take part in this British triumphalism， ” said Countess Nathalie du Parc Locmaria， a writer and publicist who is president of a c

10、ommittee representing four townships that own the land where the battle raged.（分数：50.00）_2.Passage 2 Bayer cares about the bees. Or at least thats what they tell you at the companys Bee Care Center on its sprawling campus here between Dsseldorf and Cologne. Outside the cozy two-story building that h

11、ouses the center is a whimsical yellow sculpture of a bee. Inside， the same image is fashioned into paper clips， or printed on napkins and mugs. “Bayer is strictly committed to bee health，” said Gillian Mansfield， an official specializing in strategic messaging at the companys Bayer CropScience divi

12、sion. She was sitting at the centers semicircular coffee bar， which has a formidable espresso maker and， if you ask， homegrown Bayer honey. On the surrounding walls， bee fun facts are written in English， like “A bee can fly at roughly 16 miles an hour” or， it takes “nectar from some two million flow

13、ers in order to produce a pound of honey.” Next year， Bayer will open another Bee Care Center in Raleigh， N.C.， and has not ruled out more in other parts of the world. There is， of course， a slight caveat to all this buzzy good will. Bayer is one of the major producers of a type of pesticide that th

14、e European Union has linked to the large-scale die-offs of honey bee populations in North America and Western Europe. They are known as neonicotinoids， a relatively new nicotine-derived class of pesticide. The pesticide wasbanned this year for use on many flowering crops in Europe that attract honey

15、 bees. Bayer and two competitors， Syngenta and BASF， have disagreed vociferously with the ban， and are fighting in the European courts to overturn it. Hans Muilerman， a chemicals expert at Pesticide Action Network Europe， an environmental group， accused Bayer of doing “almost anything that helps the

16、ir products remaining on the market. Massive lobbying， hiring P.R. firms to frame and spin， inviting commissioners to show their plants and their sustainability.” “Since they learned people care about bees， they are happy to start the type of actions you mention， bee care centers and such，” he said.

17、 There is a bad guy lurking at the Bee Care Center a killer of bees， if you will. Its just not a pesticide. Bayers culprit in the mysterious mass deaths of bees can be found around the corner from the coffee bar. Looming next to another sculpture of a bee is a sculpture of a parasite known as a varr

18、oa mite， which resembles a gargantuan cooked crab with spiky hair. The varroa， sometimes called the vampire mite， appears to be chasing the bee next to it， which already has a smaller mite stuck to it. And in case the message was not clear， images of the mites， which are actually quite small， flash

19、on a screen at the center. While others point at pesticides， Bayer has funded research that blames mites for the bee die-off. And the center combines resources from two of the companys divisions， Bayer CropScience and Bayer Animal Health， to further study the mite menace. “The varroa is the biggest

20、threat we have” said Manuel Tritschler， 28， a third-generation beekeeper who works for Bayer. “Its very easy see to them， the mites， on the bees，” he said， holding a test tube with dead mites suspended in liquid. “They suck the bee blood， from the adults and from the larvae， and in this way they tra

21、nsport a lot of different pathogens， virus， bacteria， fungus to the bees，” he said. Conveniently， Bayer markets products to kill the mites too one is called CheckMite and Mr. Tritschlers work at the center included helping design a “gate” to affix to hives that coats bees with such chemical compound

22、s. There is no disputing that varroa mites are a problem， but Mr. Muilerman said they could not be seen as the only threat. The varroa mite “cannot explain the massive die-off on its own，” he said. “We think the bee die-off is a result of exposure to multiple stressors.”（分数：50.00）_CATTI 二级笔译英译汉真题 20

23、14 年 11 月答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、English-Chinese Tran(总题数：2，分数：100.00)1.Passage 1 WATERLOO， Belgium The region around this Belgian city is busily preparing to commemorate the 200th anniversary in 2015 of one of the major battles in European military history. But weaving a path through the prepa

24、rations is proving almost as tricky as making ones way across the battlefield was back then， when the Duke of Wellington， as commander of an international alliance of forces， crushed Napoleon. A rambling though dilapidated farmstead called Hougoumont， which was crucial to the battles outcome， is bei

25、ng painstakingly restored as an educational center. Nearby， an underground visitor center is under construction， and roads and monuments throughout the rolling farmland where once the sides fought are being refurbished. More than 6，000 military buffs are expected to re-enact individual skirmishes. W

26、hile the battle ended two centuries ago， however， hard feelings have endured. Memories are long here， and not everyone here shares Britains enthusiasm for celebrating Napoleons defeat. Every year， in districts of Wallonia， the French-speaking part of Belgium， there are fetes to honor Napoleon， accor

27、ding to Count Georges Jacobs de Hagen， a prominent Belgian industrialist and chairman of a committee responsible for restoring Hougoumont. “Napoleon， for these people， was very popular，” Mr. Jacobs， 73， said over coffee. “That is why， still today， there are some enemies of the project.” Belgium， of

28、course， did not exist in 1815. Its Dutch-speaking regions were part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands， while the French-speaking portion had been incorporated into the French Empire. Among French speakers， Mr. Jacobs said， Napoleon had a “huge influence the administration， the Code Napolon，” or refo

29、rm of the legal system. While Dutch-speaking Belgians fought under Wellington， French speakers fought with Napoleon. That distaste on the part of modern-day French speakers crystallized in resistance to a British proposal that， as part of the restoration of Hougoumont， a memorial be raised to the Br

30、itish soldiers who died defending its narrow North Gate at a critical moment on June 18， 1815， when Wellington carried the day. “Every discussion in the committee was filled with high sensitivity，” Mr. Jacobs recalled. “I said， This is a condition for the help of the British， so the North Gate won t

31、he battle， and we got the monument.” If Belgium was reluctant to get involved， France was at first totally uninterested. “They told us， We dont want to take part in this British triumphalism， ” said Countess Nathalie du Parc Locmaria， a writer and publicist who is president of a committee representi

32、ng four townships that own the land where the battle raged.（分数：50.00）_正确答案：(比利时滑铁卢2015 年，这座比利时小镇热闹非凡，人们正在紧锣密鼓地筹备滑铁卢战役200 周年的纪念活动。滑铁卢战役是欧洲军事史上重大战役之一。在筹备现场迂回行进，其难度决不亚于在滑铁卢战场上奋勇前进。当时，联军统帅威灵顿公爵击败了拿破仑。 霍高蒙特决定了滑铁卢战役的结局。如今，人们正煞费苦心地将这座广袤而破败的农庄复原成一座教育中心。农庄附近的地下游客中心正在施工建设；双方激战过的农田连绵起伏，那里所有的公路和纪念碑都在加紧翻新。6000 多

33、名军事爱好者希望重演滑铁卢独特的战争画面。 尽管滑铁卢战役已经过去了两个世纪，人们还是耿耿于怀。这里给人们留下的记忆刻骨铭心，并非所有的人都愿意分享英国人庆祝拿破仑失败的热情。 瓦隆尼亚地区是比利时的法语区。据比利时著名实业家和霍高蒙特复原委员会主席雅各布伯爵介绍，每年这里都要举行纪念拿破仑的盛大活动。雅各布先生今年 73 岁, 他一边喝着咖啡，一边说：“拿破仑深受这些人的爱戴，所以，现在还有人对霍高蒙特的复原工作充满敌意。” 其实，1815 年还没有比利时这个国家。那时，荷兰语区属于荷兰王国，而法语区与法兰西帝国密不可分。雅各布斯先生说，拿破仑对法语区的人们“产生了巨大的 影响无论是他的治国

34、之道，还是他的拿破仑法典，”亦或是他对法治体系的改革。说荷兰语的比利时人受威灵顿指挥，而说法语的人们则与拿破仑并肩作战。 如今，法语区的部分居民对霍高蒙特复原工作极度反感，主要表现在他们强烈抵抗复原项目中一个提议。该提议是由英国人提出的，他们要求树立一座英雄纪念碑，纪 念在 1815 年 6 月 18 日威灵顿公爵获胜的关键时刻，因镇守狭窄的北门而阵亡的英军士兵。雅各布先生回忆说：“委员会每次一讨论这个提议，委员们都高度敏 感。我说：这是英国人帮助我们的前提条件，既然英国人因北门而获胜，那我们就建一座北门纪念碑好了。” 如果比利时不愿意参与此事, 法国起初是毫无兴趣的。伯爵夫人娜塔丽是一名作家

35、和时事评论员，目前担任一家土地委员会的主席，该委员会所代表的四个乡镇，恰好拥有交战区的土地。她说：“我们不想参与英国必胜论的庆祝活动。”)解析：2.Passage 2 Bayer cares about the bees. Or at least thats what they tell you at the companys Bee Care Center on its sprawling campus here between Dsseldorf and Cologne. Outside the cozy two-story building that houses the center

36、is a whimsical yellow sculpture of a bee. Inside， the same image is fashioned into paper clips， or printed on napkins and mugs. “Bayer is strictly committed to bee health，” said Gillian Mansfield， an official specializing in strategic messaging at the companys Bayer CropScience division. She was sit

37、ting at the centers semicircular coffee bar， which has a formidable espresso maker and， if you ask， homegrown Bayer honey. On the surrounding walls， bee fun facts are written in English， like “A bee can fly at roughly 16 miles an hour” or， it takes “nectar from some two million flowers in order to p

38、roduce a pound of honey.” Next year， Bayer will open another Bee Care Center in Raleigh， N.C.， and has not ruled out more in other parts of the world. There is， of course， a slight caveat to all this buzzy good will. Bayer is one of the major producers of a type of pesticide that the European Union

39、has linked to the large-scale die-offs of honey bee populations in North America and Western Europe. They are known as neonicotinoids， a relatively new nicotine-derived class of pesticide. The pesticide wasbanned this year for use on many flowering crops in Europe that attract honey bees. Bayer and

40、two competitors， Syngenta and BASF， have disagreed vociferously with the ban， and are fighting in the European courts to overturn it. Hans Muilerman， a chemicals expert at Pesticide Action Network Europe， an environmental group， accused Bayer of doing “almost anything that helps their products remai

41、ning on the market. Massive lobbying， hiring P.R. firms to frame and spin， inviting commissioners to show their plants and their sustainability.” “Since they learned people care about bees， they are happy to start the type of actions you mention， bee care centers and such，” he said. There is a bad g

42、uy lurking at the Bee Care Center a killer of bees， if you will. Its just not a pesticide. Bayers culprit in the mysterious mass deaths of bees can be found around the corner from the coffee bar. Looming next to another sculpture of a bee is a sculpture of a parasite known as a varroa mite， which re

43、sembles a gargantuan cooked crab with spiky hair. The varroa， sometimes called the vampire mite， appears to be chasing the bee next to it， which already has a smaller mite stuck to it. And in case the message was not clear， images of the mites， which are actually quite small， flash on a screen at th

44、e center. While others point at pesticides， Bayer has funded research that blames mites for the bee die-off. And the center combines resources from two of the companys divisions， Bayer CropScience and Bayer Animal Health， to further study the mite menace. “The varroa is the biggest threat we have” s

45、aid Manuel Tritschler， 28， a third-generation beekeeper who works for Bayer. “Its very easy see to them， the mites， on the bees，” he said， holding a test tube with dead mites suspended in liquid. “They suck the bee blood， from the adults and from the larvae， and in this way they transport a lot of d

46、ifferent pathogens， virus， bacteria， fungus to the bees，” he said. Conveniently， Bayer markets products to kill the mites too one is called CheckMite and Mr. Tritschlers work at the center included helping design a “gate” to affix to hives that coats bees with such chemical compounds. There is no di

47、sputing that varroa mites are a problem， but Mr. Muilerman said they could not be seen as the only threat. The varroa mite “cannot explain the massive die-off on its own，” he said. “We think the bee die-off is a result of exposure to multiple stressors.”（分数：50.00）_正确答案：(拜耳关心蜜蜂 或者，至少那是他们在公司的蜜蜂保健中心告诉你

48、的话。蜜蜂保健中心位于杜塞尔多夫和科隆之间的一块开阔地上。在这座舒适的两层小楼外面，有一个造型奇特的黄色蜜蜂雕塑。而在楼内，这个蜜蜂图案不但被制成了纸夹，还印在了餐巾纸和杯子上。 拜耳农作物科学部门的战略信息传达官吉莉安曼斯菲尔德女士说：“拜耳非常重视蜜蜂的健康问题。”她坐在蜜蜂保健中心的一个半圆形的咖啡吧里。咖啡吧里有一 个巨型的咖啡机，如果需要，还有拜耳自酿的蜂蜜。咖啡吧四周的墙壁上贴满了英语书写的蜜蜂趣闻，比如“蜜蜂一小时大概能飞行 16 英里。”再比如，蜜蜂采 “两百万朵鲜花中的花蜜，才能酿成一磅重的蜂蜜。”明年，拜耳公司将在北卡罗莱纳州首府罗利市再开一家蜜蜂保健中心，世界其他地方也不排除多开几家的可能性。 当然，外界对拜耳关心蜜蜂的善举还是略有微词。 拜耳是某种杀虫剂的主要生产厂商之一，而欧盟认为这种杀虫剂与北美和西欧蜜蜂大规模死亡有关。这种杀虫剂叫新烟碱杀虫剂，是一种较新的烟碱类杀虫剂。今年，欧洲已经开始禁止在许多能够吸引蜜蜂