
2013年12月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:丝绸之路
【参考译文】 The world-famous Silk Road refers to a series of routes that connects the East and the West. The Silk Road extends for over 6,000 kilometers and derived its name from the ancient China’s silk trade. The trade that occurred on the Silk Road played an important role in the development process of the civilization of China, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It is by way of the Silk Road that China’s four great inventions, namely papermaking, powder, compass and printing technology, were introduced to all over the world. Similarly, Chinese silk, tea and porcelain also spread to the whole world. Material and cultural exchanges are two-way, for Europe also satisfied the demands of Chinese market by exporting various commodities and plants to China through the exported various goods and plants through the Silk Road.
试卷二:中秋节
【参考译文】Since ancient times, Chinese people have celebrated their harvest during the mid-Autumn, which is quite similar to the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day in North America. The custom of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival started gaining its popularity in the early Tang Dynasty around China. The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, is a festival for Chinese people to worship the moon. During the night of the day when the bright moon is shining in the sky, there will be family reunions and family members will enjoy the bright moon together. In 2006, the Mid-Autumn Festival was listed as a Chinese cultural heritage, and in 2008, it was designated as a public holiday. The moon cake is seen as the indispensable fine food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. People send moon cakes as gifts to their relatives and friends or they eat moon cakes enjoyed at family gatherings. Traditional moon cakes are imprinted with Chinese characters conveying such meanings as “longevity”, “blessing” or “harmony”.
试卷三: 中国园林
【参考译文】The Chinese garden is a unique landscape in virtue of evolution of more than three thousand years. It includes not only the large gardens built by the royal family for enjoyment, but also the private ones built by scholars, businessmen and former government officials for getting rid of the hustle and bustle of the outside world. These gardens constituted a kind of miniaturized landscape which aims at displaying the due harmonious relationship between human and nature. Typical Chinese gardens are surrounded by walls. In the gardens there are ponds, rockworks, trees, flowers and plants, and various architectures that are connected by winding paths or corridors. When rambling in the gardens, people can enjoy a series of elaborately designed landscapes which are presented in front of them like a landscape painting scroll.
2014年6月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:中国科学院
Recently, Chinese Academy of Science recently has published a series of annual reports about its latest scientific discoveries and a blueprint for the coming year. The reports consist of three parts: science development, high-technology development and China’s sustainable development strategy. The first one includes the latest discoveries by Chinese scientists, such as the research of new particle and the breakthrough of the H7N9 virus research. The report also highlights the issues that need to be concerned in the next few years. The second one announces some hot areas of applied science research, for instance, three-D printing and artificial organ research. The last one suggests enhancing top level designs to remove structural barriers arising from industrial upgrading and promote energy conservation and emissions reduction.
试卷二:治理污染
Beijing has planned to invest 760 billion yuan to tackle pollution in the coming three years, starting from reducing the PM 2.5 emissions. This newly released plan is aimed at reducing four major pollution resources, including the exhaust emissions from more than 5 million motor vehicles, the burning of coals in the surrounding areas, the sandstorms from the North and the local construction dust. Another 85 billion yuan will be used to build or upgrade the facilities for treatment of urban garbage and sewage and additional 30 billion yuan will be invested in forestation in the next three years.
The municipal government also plans to set up a group of water recycling factories and curb peccancy buildings in order to improve the environment. In addition, Beijing will punish more severely the behaviors that violate the regulations of emission limitation.
试卷三:中文热词
Chinese hot words usually reflect social changes and culture, and some of them are becoming increasingly popular in foreign media. Tuhao and dama, for example, are both old words, but they have gained new meanings.
Tuhao used to mean landlords in the countryside who oppress their tenants and servants, but now it refers to those who spending money without control or those who like to show off their wealth. That is to say, a tuhao owns a lot of money but has no taste. Dama is used to describe middle-aged women, but now it refers specifically to those Chinese ladies who bought gold in bulk when gold price fell not long ago.
The words tuhao and dama may be included in the new Oxford English Dictionary. So far, about 120 Chinese words have been added to Oxford English Dictionary, becoming a part of the English language.
2014年12月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:经济发展
Since the reform was launched in 1978, China has transformed from the planned economy into a market-based economy and undergone rapid economic and social development. An average GDP growth rate of 10% a year has lifted more than five hundred million people out of poverty. The UN Millennium Development Goals have been achieved or are about to be reached in China. At present, the 12th five-year plan in China stresses the development of service industry and the solutions to environmental and social imbalance. The government has set goals to reduce pollution and enhance energy efficiency, improve the chances of education and health care and expand social security. The current 7% of annual economic growth target of China demonstrates that the government values the quality of life rather than the rate of growth.
试卷二:乡村生活理想
The ideal rural life reflected in art and literature is an important characteristic of Chinese civilization. It is largely attributed to the Taoist’s affection to nature. There are two most preferred themes in traditional Chinese paintings. One depicts various happy scenes of family life in which usually the elderly drink tea and play chess, young men farm and harvest in the fields; women weave or sew clothes and kids play outdoors. The other depicts various recreation of rural life. In these paintings, fishermen fish on the lake; farmers cut firewood or collect herbs in the hills, or scholars chant poems or paint under pine trees. These two themes can represent the ideal life of Confucianism and Taoism respectively.
试卷三:教育
China will try to make sure that employees receive 13.3 years of education on average by 2015. If the goal is achieved, most people who enter the labor market will have to acquire a college diploma in the future.
In the next few years, China will attach great importance to increasing the student enrollments of vocational colleges: apart from focusing on higher education, China will also seek new breakthroughs to ensure a fairer education system. China is endeavoring to make the best use of educational resources and therefore rural and underdeveloped areas will receive more supports.
The Ministry of Education has also determined to improve the nutrition of students in less developed areas and provide equal opportunities for children of migrant workers to receive education in cities.
2015年6月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:中国城市化进程
The 2011 is a historic moment in Chinese urbanization process, when the urban population surpassed the rural population for the first time. During the next 20 years, it is estimated that about 350 million rural population will move to cities. Such large-scale of urbanization is both a challenge and an opportunity to the urban traffic. The Chinese government has always been advocating “people-oriented” developing concept, emphasizing that people should travel by buses instead of by private cars. It also calls for the construction of “resource saving and environment friendly” society. With this explicit goal, China can have a better-planned urbanization process, and therefore divert more investment to the development of safe, clean and economical transportation system.
试卷二:汉朝
The Han Dynasty is one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history. There were many significant achievements during the region of this Dynasty. It was the first dynasty to open the door to other cultures. And its foreign trade was prosperous. The Han Dynasty developed the Silk Road that reached the Middle and Western Asia and even Rome. Various forms of art thrived during that time when many great works on literature, history and philosophy sprang up. China’s first dictionary was compiled in 100 A.D.,containing 9000 characters, for which it provided meanings and displayed different ways of hand-writing. At the same time, development of science and technology had made great progress. Paper, water clocks, sundials and instruments used to detect earthquakes were invented. The Han Dynasty lasted for 400 years. However, its rulers’ corruption eventually led to its destruction.
试卷三:中国待客之道
In China, variety of foods and dishes is needed in traditional ways of entertaining guests and makes them impossible to finish the dinner. Typical menus of Chinese banquet include cold dishes to start and the following hot ones. For example, meat, chicken, duck and vegetables.
In most banquets, a whole fish dish is considered indispensable, unless various kinds of seafood have been served. Nowadays, Chinese people tend to mix Western specials with traditional Chinese cuisine. Thus, steak is not rare. Traditionally, although the Chinese do not eat any of the uncooked dishes, salads have also become popular. The banquet usually has at least a bowl of soup that can be offered as the first or the final dish. Desserts and fruits usually mean the end of the feast.
2012年6月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:
1.I think that the meal___________________________________(没有折扣的情况下值$80).
2.________________________________________ (面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争), the automobile manufacturer is considering launching a promotion campaign.
3.As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister________________________________ (几乎没有什么共同之处).
4.Only after many failures______________________________________ (我才认识到仅凭运气是不能成功的).
5.But for the survival instinct which nearly all creatures have,_________________________(更多的物种就可能已经在地球上灭绝了).
翻译解析:
1. is well worth $80 without a discount
【点评】well worth,“值”,后跟动名词或名词;discount 折扣。
2.Facing the fierce competition from other companies
【点评】横线处要填的是一个非谓语从句,根据句意可知前后主语都是the automobile manufacturer,因此用现在分词形式。
3. nearly have nothing in common / hardly have anything in common
【点评】have something in common有共同点,注意表示否定时副词的使用。
4. have I realized that I cannot succeed with luck merely
【点评】本题考查only位于句首的倒装。这里强调的是过去的事情对现在造成的影响“不能成功”,因此应用现在完成时态。
5. more species would have been extinct from the earth
【点评】but for,“要不是,如果没有”,这里考查虚拟语气,后面应该用would + have done的形式,强调这种非真实的虚拟对将来可能发生的情况的影响。
2012年12月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:
1.The new movie we are going to see this evening____________(据说是基于一次真实的事件).
2.Sometimes the coupon attached to a product may______________(分散顾客对其质量的注意力).
3.If we had left half an hour earlier, we______________________(或许就不会为交通阻塞所耽搁).
4.Nancy refused the assistance provided, for she objected________________(被当成残疾人看待).
5.Hard_______________(他们虽然尽了力),their first attempt at a solution was unsuccessful.
翻译解析
1. was said to be based on a true event
【解析】本题考查固定句型及短语用法。”It is (was)said to be…”,表示“据说……”。该句子的主语是”The new movie”, “we are going to see this evening”这个句子是定语从句用来修饰主语,因此翻译的时候可以先不看它,抓住句子的主干。“基于”的表达有许多种:sth.be based on sth. ; sth. be on the base of sth.等等。
2. disperse customers’ attention to its quality
【解析】本题考查短语固定用法。“分散某人的注意力”表达方式也有许多种:disperse / distract one’s attention to sth.
3. could not have been delayed by the traffic jam
【解析】本题考查过去时态的虚拟语气;而且根据句意可知为被动态,因此主句的结构为”could not have been done”,表示本不可能发生的情况却发生了。另外注意“交通阻塞”、“耽搁”这些日常生活中常用词的英语表达。
4. to be treated as the disabled
【解析】本题考查动词短语固定表达。”treat sb. as”表示“把某人看作”,而此句用被动态”sb. was treated as”即“某人被当作(对待)……”。另外注意表示一类人的方法,通常用”the+adj.”所以“残疾人”为”the disabled”,又如,”the old”“老年人”等等。
5. as they had tried
【解析】本题考查让步主语从句及句子倒装。因为该从句以副词”Hard”开头表示强调,因此用连词”as”来引导该从句要整句倒装,”as”的意思为“虽然,尽管”。同时因主句是过去时可判断,从句的时态应为过去完成时。本句的正常语序为”As they had tried hard, their…”
试卷二:
1.Through years of hard work, they_______________(已经把那片荒地变成了肥沃的农田).
2.It was long since I last saw her, and if she had not greeted me first_____________(我几乎认不出她来).
3.Our defense at the court hearing finally___________________(使法官确信我们是清白的).
4._________________(你可以放心)we will fulfill our task ahead of time.
5.Man should live in harmony with nature, and____________________(试图征服它是不明智的).
翻译答案及解析
1. have turned the waste land into fertile farm land.
【解析】本题考查完成时态固定短语用法。“把……变成”为”turn …into…”.另外“荒地”的表达”waste land, barren land, uncultivated land”;“农田”为”farm land, cropland, cultivated land”。
2. I would not have recognized her
【解析】本题考查虚拟语气。if引导的条件句时态为过去完成时,那么主句的结构为“would not have done“。“认出某人”一般用”recognize sb.”
3. convinced the judge that we were blameless
【解析】本题考查固定表达及时态一致。“让某人确信某事”有多种表达”convince sb. that…”;”make sb. sure that…”,”blameless”意思为“清白的;无可责备的;无过失的”;另外据句意可判定主句谓语为过去时,因此that 引导的从句与主句时态要保持一致。
4.You can count on us
【解析】本题考查固定表达。”count on sb.”“指望、依靠某人”意即“某人可以放心”。
5.it is unwise to attempt to conquer it
【解析】本题考查形式主语结构及短语用法“做什么是不明智的”为”it is unwise to do sth.”。“试图做某事”为”attempt to do sth. ;try doing sth.”
2013年6月英语六级考试翻译真题及译文
试卷一:
1._____________________________(我们刚到山顶)than we all sat down to rest.
2. Anyone driving with a high blood alcohol level___________________________ (将被指控为醉驾) and face a severe penalty.
3. Many people have become so addicted to online shopping that they______________________ (情不自禁每天都要访问购物网站).
4. You are an executive council member of our organization, so____________________________(你说的话有份量).
5. To fully appreciate the author’s motive and intention, you really have to___________________ (仔细从字里行间去解读).
【参】
1.No sooner had we reached the top of the hill
2. will be accused of drunk driving
3. can’t help themselves visiting shopping websites everyday
4. what you said weighs a lot /what you said matters
5. understand/read carefully between the lines
试卷二:
1. She fell into deep thought, with ____________________________(她的眼睛紧盯着屏幕).
2. __________________________(直到十八世纪中叶)did scientists realize that the whole of the brain was involved in the working of the mind.
3. It is universally acknowledged that nothing is more precious than time,___________________(但又没有什么比时间更不受珍惜).
4. _______________________(你要是更小心些就好了)!The accident could have been avoided.
5. A professor at the Academy has proposed that_____________________________(设立专项基金来推进创新).
【参】
1. her eyes closely staring at the screen
2. Not until the middle of the eighteenth century
3. while nothing is less cherished than time
4. If only you were more careful
5. a special fund should be set up to boost innovation
