2017年翻译考试初级笔译汉译英模拟练习题（9）
1.俄罗斯消息，莫斯科警方建议市民勿借愚人节报假案，此类玩笑依法也有行政和刑事责任。
【参考答案】Moscow police has advised the public to not make phony police reports on April Fool’s Day, stating that such pranks are subject to both administrative and criminal liabilities according to law.
2.保守党晚餐门视频的后续效应愈演愈烈，英国首相卡梅伦因政治献金丑闻面临会议问讯。
【参考答案】Video of UK ruling Conservative party’s Cruddas dinner scandal continues its ripple effect; British Prime Minister David Cameron faces independent inquiry over the recent “cash-for-access” scandal.
3.昨晚我国多个城市参与由世界自然基金会发起的环保行动“地球一小时”，响应环保号召。
【参考答案】Last night, various Chinese cities participated in the Earth Hour environmental protection event initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature, showing solidarity to the environmental protection cause.
4.新华社报道，一批传播谣言的网站已遭查处。粉碎谣言最有力的永远是公开真相，信息透明。
【参考答案】According to Xinhua News, a group of websites accused of disseminating rumors are being investigated. Transparency is, and always will be, the most effective way to dispel rumors.
5.近日，北京林业大学经济管理学院16名紫穹志愿者参加第四届中国网络植树节启动仪式。
【参考答案】16 ZiQiong association volunteers from Beijing Forestry University’s School of Economics and Management recently took part in the opening ceremony of China’s 4th online tree planting day.
6.缅甸今举行议会补选，目前选民已开始投票，反对派全国民主联盟领袖昂山素季有望当选。
【参考答案】Parliamentary by-elections are taking place in Myanmar today, the public has begun casting their votes, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi of the National League for Democracy is highly hopeful.
7.美国彩票部门宣布，马里兰、堪萨斯和伊利诺伊的三位中奖者将平分史上最高头彩奖金6.56亿美元。
【参考答案】US lottery officials announced, 3 lucky winners from Maryland, Kansas and Illinois will share the largest lottery jackpot in US history – in the amount of 656 million US dollars.
