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1、全国翻译专业资格(水平)考试英语三级笔译实务模拟试题 Part1English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉) TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChineseandwriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET(60points,100minutes). Ileavethevault,andastheguardclosesthedoor,amarinearchaeologistasksifIwanttoseeanythingelse.Asanexampleheshow
2、smeanastrolabe,anavigationtoolthatprecededthesextant.Fewhavesurvived."Wehavethreeoftheoldestknown,"hesays.HedirectsmetoapaperonastrolabeswrittenbyaCubancolleague,whoquoteda16th-centuryinstruction:"Hewhowantstotakethesunwithanastrolabeatsea,mustbeseatednearthemainmast,theplace
3、wheretheboatoscillatestheleastandisquiet." IwanttotakethemeasureofCubaspast,soItellthearchaeologistIwouldliketogototheplacewheretheplainthingsare.Iamherenotonlytoseetreasuresthatglitterbutalsotoseeandtouchobjectsthatilluminemomentsofthepast.Smiling,hetakesmeintostorageroomsw
4、hereheandotherarchaeologistspreservecargoesfromfourcenturiesofwrecks.JumbledontheseshelvesisthestuffofCubaslongreignascountinghouseandcommandcenterforSpainsNewWorldcolonies. Iseeknickknacksdestinedforoneoftheannual18th-centurytradefairs,whereCubansboughtimportsfromSpain.Ials
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6、Havanasharbor.Theoldfortress,bydayawarrenoftouriststops,changesbynight,loomingdeeperintotheshadowsofHavanaspast.Astorcheslightthedarkness,IwatchCubansoldiers,costumedas18th-centurySpanishsentries,marchalongtherampartsoftheCastillodeSanCarlosandfireacannonthatsalutestheendofda
7、y.InSpanishtimesthecannonsignaledtheclosingofthecitygatesandthedrawingofagreatchainacrosstheharbor.Nowthenightlyritualkeepsopenthesea-laneofmemorybetweencolonialpastandpresentnationhood. NearthewaterfrontofOldHavanastandsthePalaceoftheCaptainsGeneral.Oncetheheadquartersofthe
8、SpanishbureaucracythatgovernedCuba,thepalacenowistheMuseumofthecity.