SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST (1)
Direction: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Back in 1972, $1 million was still an eye-popping amount of cash. But to Robert Hecht, an enterprising American antiquities dealer living in Paris, it was not too much to charge the Metropolitan Museum of Art for an exquisite Greek vase created 500 years before the birth of Christ and painted by one of the acknowledged masters of the craft. Since the acquisition of the Greek vase, the prices of antiquities have shot skyward.
The problem with the burgeoning traffic in antiquities, however, is not so much the price but something far more significant: the provenance, i.e. where are these precious artifacts coming from? And who are their rightful owners? Evidence is increasing that more and more artifacts are being illegally unearthed from their countries of origin. A recent British study of five large collections totaling 546 objects, for instance, determined that 82 percent of the objects were suspect. From Italy to Greece to Turkey, countries have long complained about the trade in smuggled artifacts and have been largely unable to stop it.
SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST (2)
Direction: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
中國嬴得2010年世界博覽會的舉辦權(quán)，靠的是國際社會對中國改革開放的支持和信心。這次博覽會將是自1851年在英國倫敦第一次舉辦以來，首次在發(fā)展中國家舉辦的世界博覽會，它表達(dá)了全世界人民對中國未來發(fā)展的期望。
2010年上海世博會的主題是“城市，讓生活更美好”。未來的城市生活是全球關(guān)注的話題，與每一個國家及其人民息息相關(guān)。第一次以“城市”作為主題的2010世界博覽會將吸引全球約200個國家和國際組織參與盛會，國內(nèi)外參訪人數(shù)預(yù)計達(dá)7000萬。
Direction: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Back in 1972, $1 million was still an eye-popping amount of cash. But to Robert Hecht, an enterprising American antiquities dealer living in Paris, it was not too much to charge the Metropolitan Museum of Art for an exquisite Greek vase created 500 years before the birth of Christ and painted by one of the acknowledged masters of the craft. Since the acquisition of the Greek vase, the prices of antiquities have shot skyward.
The problem with the burgeoning traffic in antiquities, however, is not so much the price but something far more significant: the provenance, i.e. where are these precious artifacts coming from? And who are their rightful owners? Evidence is increasing that more and more artifacts are being illegally unearthed from their countries of origin. A recent British study of five large collections totaling 546 objects, for instance, determined that 82 percent of the objects were suspect. From Italy to Greece to Turkey, countries have long complained about the trade in smuggled artifacts and have been largely unable to stop it.
SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST (2)
Direction: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
中國嬴得2010年世界博覽會的舉辦權(quán)，靠的是國際社會對中國改革開放的支持和信心。這次博覽會將是自1851年在英國倫敦第一次舉辦以來，首次在發(fā)展中國家舉辦的世界博覽會，它表達(dá)了全世界人民對中國未來發(fā)展的期望。
2010年上海世博會的主題是“城市，讓生活更美好”。未來的城市生活是全球關(guān)注的話題，與每一個國家及其人民息息相關(guān)。第一次以“城市”作為主題的2010世界博覽會將吸引全球約200個國家和國際組織參與盛會，國內(nèi)外參訪人數(shù)預(yù)計達(dá)7000萬。