英譯漢

　　A ：Figures indicate an ever-increasing crime rate， but it is only too easy to imagine"It will never happen to me"。(1) Unfortunately， statistics show that it really can happen to you and， if you live in a large city， you run twice the risk of being a victim.

　　B ：Research has also been done into the way people‘s behavior changes in a number of small， apparently unimportant ways when they lie.(2) It has been found that if they are sitting down at the same time， they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual.(3) To the trained observer they are saying I wish I were somewhere else now.

　　C ：Todays‘s wealthy parents perhaps realize their riches can be more of a heavy load than a happiness to their children.(4) So the first thing for them to consider is to ensure that their families are as rich in love as they are in money.(5)

　　D： Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents， he is fed， looked after and loved， whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return.(6) In addition， life is always presenting new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains： He is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things， or being punished for what he has done wrong.(7)

　　E ：Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it.(8) And unfortunately， our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.

　　F ：Like the press in most other countries， American newspapers range from the “sensational”， which feature crime， *** and rumor， to the serious， which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events. But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information， for they have to compete with television. (9) As in other democratic countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible， but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals (丑聞) or crimes， (10) for instance， the Watergate Affair. The newspapers drew the attention of the public to the fears of the Vietnam War.

　　G ：Five hundred years ago， news of important happenings-battles lost and won， kings of rulers overthrown of killed-took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen. (11)

　　H ：Actually， the world‘s birth rate is falling. But so is death rate， as medical advances have made it possible for man to live longer than before. (12) Such advances have also reduced baby death rate. Unless population growth is reduced， the world population may reach 12 billion in a century. (13) Is the earth capable of providing a good life for so large a population?

　　I ：The condition most helpful to spending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable， they are likely to buy. Thus， it appears that the common business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology (心理學(xué))。 (14)

　　J ：Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war， new ideas， new attitudes， new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. (15) The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all， there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” (16) It is just life， and that a better life.

　　英譯漢答案：

　　1.　盡管數(shù)據(jù)顯示犯罪率在不斷增長，但人們還是太過自信：我壓根兒就不會受害。

　　2.　在人們說慌的時候，通過調(diào)查他們的一些明顯的不重要行為方式，來研究人們說慌時的行為變化。

　　3.　調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)他們在同一時間坐著時要比平時愛在椅子上挪動。

　　4.　現(xiàn)在富裕的父母們也許意識到他們的財富對于孩子來說有相當程度的負作用。

　　5.　因此他們首要考慮的是確保家人在精神上與其物質(zhì)生活一樣地富有。

　　6.　孩子在以后的生活中被給予這么多而不做以任何回報是不可能的。

　　7.　但是小孩子也有他自己的苦惱：　不能自由地做自己想要做的事兒，而大人還總是告訴他不要做什么，甚至做錯事兒了還要受批評。

　　8.　每個國家人們習(xí)慣于從自身出發(fā)，來贊賞與自己生活方式相近的國家，而批駁生活習(xí)慣與之不同的國家。

　　9.　通常，美國報紙試圖使其娛樂與新聞做得一樣好，因為他們不得不與電視相競爭。

　　10. 但是美國報紙一般還是被認可的，因為它一方面很好的為政府服務(wù)，另一方面它也不止一次地勇敢地揭露政府丑聞或犯罪。

　　11.現(xiàn)在我們能夠通過報紙讀到當天發(fā)生在遙遠的國家的重要事情。

　　12.實事上，世界人口的出生率正在下降。而死亡率也是如此，這是因為先進的醫(yī)藥條件為人們能夠延長壽命提供了可能。

　　13.除非人口增長下降，否則一個世紀內(nèi)世界人口將達到120億。

　　14.因此，在正確理解消費者心理的基礎(chǔ)之上出現(xiàn)了維護穩(wěn)定價格的商務(wù)政策。

　　15.每次世界大戰(zhàn)之后，新的思想，新的看法，新的商業(yè)和職業(yè)都展現(xiàn)給老百姓。

　　16.隨著科學(xué)技術(shù)的高端發(fā)展以及面向所有社會成員的高福利政策的實施，現(xiàn)再談?wù)摗稗r(nóng)村生活”已變得毫無意義了。