2017年翻译资格考试初级英语笔译练习题（3）
翻译练习
1.There is still a lot of debate about whether acupuncture can help cure heart ailments and germ- caused diseases.
2.It is wise to have an annual physical examination after age 50; earlier if there are risk factors such as polyps or a family history of the disease.
3.For a person with inflammation from osteoarthritis, if they eat 35 cherries a day, that is going to give them the pain relief that they would get from getting a dose of aspirin.
4.In large hospitals and research centers, modern methods of therapy seem to focus on the physical disease without considering the patient's mental state.
5.In addition to its important role in regulating body temperature, water is important to the body for digestion, absorption of nutrients and in removing wastes.
6.The most common prescription insomnia medicine is a sedating antidepressant called trazodone, even though there's no good evidence that it offers more than a two-week benefit, and it comes with side effects.
7.Given that all countries other than the U. S. have universal health care systems in place, this may invite questions on why the U. S. remains the only wealthy, industrialized country without such a system.
8.Getting enough sleep - even just two hours more - may be as important as a healthy diet and exercise for new mothers to return to their pre-pregnancy weight.
9.The U. S. model, widely criticized on its combination of private insurance and publicly-funded programs, spends more on health care than any other nation worldwide but ranks low on overall quality of care, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
10.While issues about patient confidentiality and physician payment have yet to be resolved, the possibility of diagnosing and curing diseases via the Internet is tantalizing.
答案
1.针灸是否有助于治疗心脏病及由病菌感染引起的疾病还存在着许多争议。
2.比较明智的做法是在50岁之后每年进行一次体检。如果有诸如结肠息肉或家族病史之类的危险因素，这种检查则应提前进行。
3.对于骨关节炎患者来说，如果每天吃35粒樱桃，疼痛将会减轻，其效力相当于一剂阿斯匹林。
4.大医院和研究中心所采用的现代疗法似乎只注重医治病人身体上的疾病，而忽视了病人的精神状态。
5.除了调节体温，水对人体内营养物质的消化、吸收以及排泄都起着很重要的作用。
6.三唑酮是一种镇静性抗抑郁药物，虽然现在还没有充分的证据表明除副作用外，其功效可以持续两周以上，但它依然是治疗失眠最常用的处方药。
7.除美国以外的所有国家都拥有全民医疗保健体制，人们不禁要问：富有的工业化国家中为什么唯独美国没有这样的医疗体制?
8.女性在产后保持充足的睡眠有助于恢复孕前体重，这与健康饮食和锻炼身体同等重要，哪怕每天多睡两个小时也是好的。
9.据世界卫生组织称，广受批评的美国医疗体制，因将私人保险与公共资助项目混在一起，区疗支出高于任何其他国家，但整体保障质量却不佳。
10.虽然有关病人隐私和医生酬劳等问题还有待解决，但是通过因特网来诊断及治疗疾病的可能性还是十分诱人的。
