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第1页共2页广西民族大学2007年硕士研究生入学考试试题（所有试题答案必须写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上无效）学科专业：外国语言学与应用语言学研究方向：翻译理论与实践（英语）考试科目：翻译与写作试卷代号：A卷Part1Writing1.Composition(50points)Writeanessayofatleast500wordsonthetitleof“OntheValueofFailureinLife”.Youshouldgiveexamplestosupportyourpoints.2.Summary(20points)Readcarefullythefollowingpassageandsummarizeitscontentsin100—150words.Noteyoumustnotcopycompletesentencesdirectlyfromtheoriginal.Failuretodosowouldincurdeductionofyourscores.SometimelaterIlearnedthatProfessorI.S.Hayakawa,teachingfreshmanEnglish,hadinventedabettertechnique.Everydayinclassheaskedhisstudentstowritewithoutstoppingforabouthalfanhour.Theycouldwriteonwhatevertopicortopicstheychose,buttheimportantthingwasnottostop.Iftheyrandry,theyweretocopytheirlastsentenceoverandoveragainuntilnewideacame.Usuallytheycamebeforethesentencehadbeencopiedonce.Iusethisideainmyownclasses,andcallthiskindofpaperaNon-Stop.SometimeIaskstudentstowriteaNon-Stoponanassignedtopic,moreoftenonanythingtheychoose.OnceinawhileIaskthemtocountuphowmanywordstheyhavewrittenthoughIrarelyaskthemtotellme;itisfortheirowninformation.Sometimesthesepapersaretobehandedin;oftentheyarewhatIcallprivatepapers,forthestudents’eyesalone.Theprivatepaperhasprovedveryuseful.Inthefirstplace,inanyEnglishclass---certainlyanylargeEnglishclass---iftheamountthestudentswriteislimitedbywhattheteachercanfindtimetocorrect,oreventoread,thestudentswillnotwritenearlyenough.Theonlyremedyistohavethemwriteagreatdealthattheteacherdoesnotread.Inthesecondplace,studentswritingforthemselveswillwriteaboutmanythingsthattheywouldneverwriteonapapertobehandedin,oncetheyhavelearned(sometimesittakesawhile)thattheteachermeanswhathesaysaboutthepapersbeingprivate.Thisisimportant,notjustbecauseitenablesthemtogetthingsofftheirchest,butalsobecausetheyaremostlikelytowritewell,andtopayattentiontohowtheywrite,whentheyarewritingaboutsomethingimportanttothem.SomeEnglishteachers,whentheyfirsthearaboutprivatepapers,objectthatstudentsdonotbenefitfromwritingpapersunlessthepapersarecorrected.Idisagreeforseveralreasons.First,moststudents,particularlypoorstudents,donotreadthecorrectionsontheirpapers;itisboring,evenpainful.Second,evenwhentheydoreadthesecorrections,theydonotgetmuchhelpfromthem，donotbuildtheteacher’ssuggestionsintotheirwriting.Thisistrueevenwhentheyreallybelievetheteacherknowswhatheistalkingabout.Third,andmostimportant,welearntowritebywriting,notbyreadingotherpeople’sideasaboutwriting.Whatmoststudentsneedaboveallelseispracticeinwriting,andparticularlyinwritingaboutthingsthatmattertothem,sothattheywillbegintofeelthesatisfactionthatcomesfromgettingimportantthoughtsdowninwordsandwillcareaboutstatingthesethoughtsforcefullyandclearly.第2页共2页PartTwoTranslation1.TranslatethefollowingintoChinese.(40points)AnOctoberSunriseIwasupinthenextmorningbeforetheOctobersunrise,andawaythroughthewildandthewoodland.Therisingofthesunwasnobleinthecoldandwarmthofit;peepingdownthespreadoflight,heraisedhisshoulderheavilyovertheedgeofgraymountainandwaveringlengthofupland.Beneathhisgazethedew-fogsdippedandcrepttothehollowplaces,thenstoleawayinlineandcolumn,holdingskirtsandclingingsubtlyattheshelteringcornerswhererockhungovergrass-land,whilethebravelinesofthehillscameforth,onebeyondothergliding.Thewoodsaroseinfolds,likedraperyofawakenedmountains,statelywithadepthofawe,andmemoryofthetempests.Autumn’smellowhandwasuponthem,astheyownedalready,touchedwithgoldandredandolive,andtheirjoytowardsthesunwaslesstoabridegroomthanafather.Yetbeforethefloatingimpressofthewoodscouldclearitself,suddenlythegladsomelightleapedoverhillandvalley,castingamber,blue,andpurple,andatintofrichredrose,accordingtothescenetheyliton,andthecurtainflungaround;yetallalikedispellingfearandtheclovenhoofofdarkness,allonthewingsofhopeadvancing,andproclaiming,“Godishere!”Thenlifeandjoysprangreassuredfromeverycrouchinghollow;everyflowerandbudandbirdhadaflutteringsenseofthem,andalltheflashingofGod’sgazemergedintosoftbeneficence.2.TranslatethefollowingintoEnglish.(40points)我承认单就中国人的智力发展而言，是在一定程度上受到人为的限制。今天的中国人仍然过着孩童的生活、心灵的生活。就此而言，中华民族这一古老的民族，在目前仍是一个带有幼稚之像的民族。但有一点诸位务必牢记，这个幼稚的民族，虽然过着一种心灵的生活，虽然在许多方面尚显幼稚，但他却有着一种思想和理性的力量，而这是一般处于初级阶段的民族所不具备的。这种思想和理性的力量，使得中国人成功地解决了社会生活、政府以及文明中许多复杂而困难的问题。我敢断言，无论是古代还是现代的欧洲民族，都未能取得像中国人这样辉煌的成绩，他们不仅将亚洲大陆上的大部分人口置于一个庞大帝国统治之下，而且维持了它的和平。因此，我们与其说中国人的发展受到了阻碍，不如说它是一个永不衰老的民族。简言之，作为一个民族，中国人最美妙的特质就在于他们拥有了永葆青春的秘密。