2017年翻译考试英语初级笔译材料（12）
练习
l. The presence of affluent ecotourists encourages the development of destructive markets in wildlife souvenirs, such as the sale of coral trinkets on tropical islands and animal products in Asia, contributing to illegal harvesting and poaching from the environment.
2. In the space of a few decades, tourism has become one of the major cultural and economic forces in the world today.
3. For many countries, ecotourism is not simply an activity to finance protection of the environment but as a major industry of the national economy.
4. Tourists recognize that if they travel with sensitivity to the environment, they will not only contribute to conservation but also become educated about a new habitat, country, or culture.
5. One of the basic tenets of ecotourism is to engage local communities so they benefit from conservation, economic development and education.
6. Ecotourism, in partnership with research, has the potential to significantly affect forest conservation in many positive ways. The question of sustainability remains unanswered because many sites with nature-based tourism are relatively new and the long-term impacts have yet to be measured.
7. Ecotourism has attracted increasing attention in recent years, not only as an alternative to mass tourism, but as a means of economic development and environmental conservation.
8. Definitions of both tourism and tourist are subject to debate, since a simple definition of tourism such as "traveling for pleasure" merely invites a second wave of questions.
9. Ecotourism development differs from mainstream development efforts in that, aside from start- up loans, much or all of the continuing financial support comes from tourists rather than from governments or development agencies.
10. The negative consequences of conventional tourism to local communities are well known, including excessive development, degradation of ecosystems, cultural homogenization, and the concentration of economic benefits in outside hands.
答案
1. 腰包鼓鼓的生态旅游者的到来，带动了野生动物纪念品市场的毁灭性发展，诸如热带岛屿的珊瑚饰件和亚洲动物产品的销售，滋长了在自然坏境的非法采获和偷猎行为。
2. 短短几十年间，旅游已经成为当今世界一支主要的文化和经济力量。
3. 对于许多国家而言，生态旅游不只是一项为环境保护提供经济支持的活动，而是国民经济中的重要产业。
4. 旅游者认识到如果他们带着对环境的敏感性去旅行，不仅有助于环境保护，还会对一个新的栖息地、国家和文化有更深的了解。
5. 生态旅游的一个基本主旨是鼓励当地社区的参与，使之能从环境保护、经济发展和教育中获益。
6. 生态旅游与研究相结合，可能对森林保护产生多方面的积极影响。可持续发展的问题依然没有解决，因为相对而言，许多基于自然的旅游景点是新的，其长期影响还有待评估。
7. 生态旅游近年来日益受到关注，因为它不仅是大众旅游之外的另一种选择，而且也是发展经济、保护环境的途径之一。
8. 关于“旅游”和“游客”的定义存在着争议，因为给“旅游”一词下简单的定义，如“为了享受而旅行”，只会招来更多的疑问。
9. 发展生态旅游不同于主流的做法，因为除了启动资金之外，它的后续资金大多或者完全来自游客，而非政府或者开发机构。
10.传统旅游业对当地社会造成的消极后果已经广为人知，其中包括过度开发，生态系统恶化，文化同质化，以及经济收益流人外人之手等。
