[外语类试卷]经济发展练习试卷3及答案与解析.doc
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1、经济发展练习试卷 3及答案与解析 一、 PART 1 English-Chinese Translation (60 points) Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this part is 120 minutes. 1 Tourism, Globalization and Sustainable Development Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy and developing countries ar
2、e attempting to cash in on this expanding industry in an attempt to boost foreign investment and financial reserves. While conceding that the uncontrolled growth of this industry can result in serious environmental and social problems, the United Nations contends that such negative effects can be co
3、ntrolled and reduced. Before getting into the cold facts of global economics, let me begin with another story to warm up. I was perplexed when I recently read in the newspaper that Thailands forestry chief had said: “Humans cant live in the forest because human beings arent animals. Unlike us, anima
4、ls can. adapt themselves to the wild or any environment naturally.“ This was to legitimatize the governments plan to remove hundreds of thousands of rural and hill tribe people from protected areas. This man, who is in charge of conserving the forests, is at the same time very strongly pushing to op
5、en up the countrys 81 national parks to outside investors and visitors in the name of “eco-tourism“. Can we conclude, then, that the forestry chief considers developers and tourists as animals that know how to adapt to the forest and behave in the wild naturally? While authorities want to stop the a
6、ccess to forest lands and natural resources of village people, another group of people - namely tourism developers and tourists with lots of money to spend - are set to gain access to the area. While authorities believe that local people, who have often lived in the area for generations, are not cap
7、able of managing and conserving their land and natural resources - under a community forestry scheme for example - they believe they themselves in cooperation with the tourist industry can properly manage and conserve “nature“ under a national eco-tourism plan. Taking the above quote seriously, cyni
8、cs may be tempted to say there is obviously a gap between “human rights“ and “animal fights“. How is this story linked to globalization? First of all, that humans cannot live in the forest is - of course - not a Thai concept. It is a notion of Western conservation ideology - an outcome of the global
9、ization of ideas and perceptions. Likewise, that eco-tourism under a “good management“ system is beneficial to local people and nature is also a Western concept that is being globalized. In fact, Thailands forestry chief thinks globally and acts locally. A lesson that can be learned from this is tha
10、t the slogan “Think Globally, Act Locally“ that the environmental movements have promoted all the years, has not necessarily served to preserve the environment and safeguard local communities rights, but has been co-opted and distorted by official agencies and private industries for profit-making pu
11、rposes. The tourism industry is demonstrating this all too well Many developing countries, facing debt burdens and worsening trade terms, have turned to tourism promotion in the hope that it brings foreign exchange and investment. Simultaneously, leading international agencies such as the World Bank
12、, United Nations agencies and business organizations like the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) have been substantially involved to make tourism a truly global industry. However, tourism in developing countries is often viewed by critics as an extension of former colonial conditions because from
13、 the very beginning, it has benefited from international economic relationships that structurally favor the advanced capitalist countries in the North. Unequal trading relationships, dependence on foreign interests, and the division of labor have relegated poor countries in the South to becoming tou
14、rism recipients and affluent countries in the North to the position of tourism generators, with the latter enjoying the freedom from having to pay the price for the meanwhile well-known negative impacts in destinations. 二、 PART 2 Chinese-English Translation (40 points) Translate the following passag
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