2017年翻译考试英语初级笔译材料（1）
翻译练习
1. Possibly, tradition says the most about people's character and mentality. The main purpose of tourism, apart from visiting different places, is to get acquainted with each other's customs and cultures.
2. Now a World Heritage Site, Stonehenge and all its surroundings remain powerful witnesses to the once great civilization of the Stone and Bronze Ages, between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago.
3. The Australian continent has many different climatic zones ranging from tropical in the north, leading to subtropical and savanna, to arid deserts in the centre and temperate in the south.
4. Towering over Black Hills of South Dakota at 6,000 feet above sea level are the four life-like figures of American presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.
5. The reason for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person - the man who created cartoon and built the company from nothing.
6. The environment is friendly. The physical beauty of Hawaii is almost unparalleled. Majestic mountains were created millions of years ago by volcanic activity that thrust islands three miles from the ocean floor.
7. The beauty of our country - or at least all of it south of the Highlands - is as hard to define as it is easy to enjoy.
8. We have here no vast mountain ranges, no illimitable plains, deprived of the grandeur that may accompany these things.
9. Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth. The weather is friendly. The temperature ranges from 60-90 degrees all year long. It's a little cooler in winter, but every day is a beach day for somebody.
10. The Southern Downs region of Queensland has a promotion which does underline the fact that there is more to Queensland than rolling surf beaches, golf courses and coral reefs.
练习答案
1.也许只有传统才能真正反映出人的性格和精神。旅行的目的，除了四处游览观光之外，更重要的就是去了解彼此的风俗和文化。
2.如今作为世界文化遗产，巨石阵及其周围建筑依旧是5000到3000年前石器时代和青铜时代伟大文明的有力见证者。
3.澳洲大陆跨越许多种不同的气候带，有北部的热带、亚热带和稀树草原，有中部干旱不毛的沙漠，还有南部的温带。
4.在南达克塔州海拔6000英尺的黑山顶上耸立着华盛顿、林肯、杰弗逊和罗斯福四位美国总统栩栩如生的塑像。
5.迪斯尼乐园的成功有许多原因，但是归根结底要归功于一个人，这个人发明了卡通画，白手起家，创建了这家公司。
6.夏威夷环境宜人，自然美景无与伦比。数百万年前火山爆发，把这些小岛推离海底足有3英里高，形成了壮丽的山脉。
7.我们美丽的国家——至少苏格兰高地以南的地带——有目共赏而难以描绘。
8.这儿没有崇山峻岭，没有一望无际的平原，也没有广袤的森林，因而无从领略这些景物是何等壮观。
9.夏威夷群岛是地球上最美丽的地方之一。气候舒适，终年气温都保持在60到90华氏度之间。夏季天气稍微偏热，冬季凉爽一些。但对某些人来说，每天都是一个可以享受海滩的日子。
10.昆士兰的南部丘陵地区的旅游广告突出宣传了一个事实：昆士兰的美景远远不止沙滩冲浪、高尔夫球场和大堡礁。
