2019年翻译资格考试三级口译练习题：对性格的影响
汉译英
许多科学家认为，基因特征比生活中的某些经历对人的性格影响更大。虽然基因对我们的性格有一定的影响，但我认为生活经验的影响更大，下面的文章会详细讨论。
一方面，每个人都是独一无二的，因为他们生来就有不同的特点。有些人生来性格随和，有些人生来性格忧郁。人们无法选择他们的基因特征，这些特征会随着他们长大而发展得更多。因此，许多专家认为遗传特征对一个人的身份有显著影响。
另一方面，其他人认为生活中的经历比遗传特征对我们生活的影响更大。社区、家庭状况、教育和工作经历对一个人的性格有更深的影响。例如，一个人出生时可能是一个乐观的人，但在一个破碎的家庭中长大。因此，他长大后可能成为一个悲观的人。另一个例子是，一个男人可能是一个积极的人，但由于他花了很多时间和消极的朋友在一起，他可能成为他们中的一员。
总之，我同意遗传特征对一个人的性格有一定的影响，但我认为生活经历对我们的性格影响更大。因此，我们在选择居住地、工作地点和朋友方面要有选择性。
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Many scientists believe that genetic characteristics have more influence on the human’s personality than some experiences in life. Although genetics has some effect on our characters, I believe that the influence of life experience is more significant, and the following essay will discuss this in details.
On the one hand, it is true that everyone is unique, as they are born with different characteristics. While some people are born with an easy going character, others might be born with a melancholic one. People could not choose their genetic characters, and these characters will develop more as they get adults. Therefore many experts believe that genetic characters have a significant effect on a person’s identity.
On the other hand, other people believe that experiences in life have more influence in our life than genetic characters. Communities, family condition, education and work experiences have a deeper effect on a person’s character. For example, a person might be born as a sanguine person, but raise in a broken home family. As a consequence, he could become a pessimistic person when he grew up. Another example is that a man might be a positive person, but as he spent so much time with negative friends, he could become as just one them.
In conclusion, I agree that genetic characters have some influence on a person’s personality, but I think that life experiences are giving more significant influence to our personality. Therefore it is important for us to be selective in choosing the place to live, workplace and friends.
