2017年翻译考试英语初级笔译材料（27）

　　翻译训练

　　1.Because of Canada's abundant production and relatively small population, it is a leading exporter of food products ; these account for 8.6 percent of goods exported, compared with 0.5 percent for Japan, 6.2 percent for Mexico, and 8.3 percent for the United States.

　　2.He paid as much for the car insurance as he did for the car itself.

　　3.You don't want to lag behind, neither does she.

　　4.At higher C02 levels, certain types of plants, such as legumes, are expected to benefit more than others, and the nutritional quality of some crops will likely decline.

　　5.In the emerging area of biofuels, the problem is both restrictive tariffs and heavy subsidies in rich countries, which drive up food prices and limit export opportunities for efficient developing country producers.

　　6.The right to food is a universal right. It means that every person - man and woman, young and old - must have access at all times to food, or to means for the procurement of food, that is sufficient in quality, quantity and variety to meet their needs, is free from harmful substances and is acceptable to their culture.

　　7.Red-light running has always been regarded as a minor wrong, and so it has never been taken seriously. When the violation becomes habitual, however, a great deal more than a traffic problem is involved.

　　8.States have the primary duty for the realization of the right to food. They must take steps, to the maximum of their available resources, to realize progressively the full enjoyment of the right of every person to adequate food, without discrimination of any kind.

　　9.Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be much more food? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay?

　　10. In agriculture-based countries - home to 4,17 million rural people, 170 million of who live on less than $1 a day — the agricultural sector is essential to overall growth, poverty reduction, and food security. Most of these countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the sector employs 65 percent of the labor force and generates 32 percent of GDP growth.

　　参考答案

　　1.加拿大物产丰富，人口相对稀少，是世界主要食品出口国之一。其出口额占货物出口额的8. 6%，而日本仅占0.5%，墨西哥占6.2%，美国占8.3%。

　　2.他买汽车保险的钱跟他买汽车本身的钱一样多。

　　3.你不愿意落后，她也不愿意落后。

　　4.二氧化碳水平上升，某些作物，如豆科作物，会比其他作物受益更大，而有些作物的营养质量可能有所下降。

　　5.在新兴生物燃料领域，诸多发达国家的限制性关税和高额补贴都给出口造成困难，这些困难导致粮食价格上涨，限制发展中国家高效生产商的出口机会。

　　6.食物权是一种普遍的权利。食物权意味着男女老少在任何时候，都必须人人能获得食物，或拥有获得食物的手段，这些食物在质量、数量和品种方面足以满足其需要，不存在有害物质，并能够为其文化所接受。

　　7.人们常把闯红灯看成小错，不当一回事，然而闯红灯一旦形成习惯，则问题远非是违反交通规则那么简单。

　　8.各国对实现食物权负有首要责任。各国必须尽可能根据其现有资源采取措施，逐步实现人人充分享有充足食物的权利，没有任何形式的歧视。

　　9.为什么一方面粮价不断上涨，另一方面粮食似乎很充裕?粮食充裕是不是只是暂时的，或一直是这样?

　　10.在农业国中—— 4.17亿农村人口的家园，其中1.7亿每天生活花费不足l美元——农业领域的发展对国家整体发展、减少贫困和确保食品安全至关重要。大多数农业国地处非洲次撒哈拉地区，农业领域劳动人口占65%，产值占GDP增长的32%。