2017年翻译资格考试初级英语笔译练习题（15）

　　翻译强化训练

　　1.The United States was also one of the very few countries that refused to sign the biodiversity treaty.

　　2.A desire for environmental change led to the creation of various political parties around the world whose emphasis was largely on environmental protection.

　　3.Destruction of the world's rain forests, global warming, and the depletion of the ozone layer are just some of the problems that will endanger mankind in the coming decades.

　　4.Every year, humans churn out 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide, almost all of which goes straight into the atmosphere.

　　5.Most scientists agree this outpouring contributes to global warming, which could eventually lead to coastal flooding, extreme weather, and widespread crop loss.

　　6.Finally, oil and other petroleum products that are spilled into bodies of water foul beaches and kill sea birds and mammals, such as dolphins and whales.

　　7.He said that this was a good suggestion, which he would look into.

　　8.Norway is, quite naturally, paying great attention to developments in Europe and in the Atlantic community, which are so instrumental to the maintenance of peace and security in our part of the world.

　　9.The cook turned pale, and asked the housemaid to shut the door, who asked Brittles, who asked the tinker, who pretended not to hear.

　　10.The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match the increase of population, which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

　　参考答案

　　1.美国也是为数不多的几个拒绝签署“生物多样性条约”的国家之一。

　　2。改变环境的愿望使世界各国创立了各种旨在环境保护的政党。

　　3.世界雨林的毁灭、全球变暖以及臭氧层的减少仅仅是未来十年间危及人类的少数几个问题。

　　4.每年，人类排放80亿吨二氧化碳，几乎全部直接进入大气。

　　5.大多数科学家认为(二氧化碳)大量排放会造成全球变暖，而这最终会导致海岸淹没、极端恶劣气候、大面积农作物减产。

　　6.最后，溢入水体的油类和其它石油产品会对海滩造成污染，杀死海鸟和一些哺乳动物，如海豚和鲸。

　　7.他说这是个很好的建议，他将加以研究。

　　8.挪威自然十分关切欧洲和大西洋国家的发展，因为这些发展大大有助于维护我们这一地区的和平和安全。

　　9.厨子的脸色变得苍白，要女仆把门关上，女仆又叫布利特尔关，布利特尔又叫补锅匠关，而补锅匠假装没听见。

　　10.食品的供应将赶不上人口的增长，这就意味著我们在粮食的生产和购销方面正陷入危机。