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1、人事部三级笔译（CATTI）2007.11 英译汉真题 One of the biggest decisions Andy Blevins has ever made, and one of the few he now regrets, never seemed like much of a decision at all. It just felt like the natural thing to do. In the summer of 1995, he was moving boxes of soup cans, paper towels and dog food across th
2、e floor of a supermarket warehouse, one of the biggest buildings here in southwest Virginia. The heat was brutal. The job had sounded impossible when he arrived fresh off his first year of college, looking to make some summer money, still a skinny teenager with sandy blond hair and a narrow, freckle
3、d face. But hard work done well was something he understood, even if he was the first college boy in his family. Soon he was making bonuses on top of his $6.75 an hour, more money than either of his parents made. His girlfriend was around, and so were his hometown buddies. Andy acted more outgoing w
4、ith them, more relaxed. People in Chilhowie noticed that. It was just about the perfect summer. So the thought crossed his mind: maybe it did not have to end. Maybe he would take a break from college and keep working. He had been getting Cs and Ds, and college never felt like home, anyway. “I enjoye
5、d working hard, getting the job done, getting a paycheck,“ Mr. Blevins recalled. “I just knew I didnt want to quit.“ So he quit college instead, and with that, Andy Blevins joined one of the largest and fastest- growing groups of young adults in America. He became a college dropout, though nongradua
6、te may be the more precise term. Many people like him plan to return to get their degrees, even if few actually do. Almost one in three Americans in their mid-20s now fall into this group, up from one in five in the late 1960s, when the Census Bureau began keeping such data. Most come from poor and
7、working-class families. That gap had grown over recent years. “We need to recognize that the most serious domestic problem in the United States today is the widening gap between the children of the rich and the children of the poor,“ Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, said last year when
8、 announcing that Harvard would give full scholarships to all its lowest-income students. “And education is the most powerful weapon we have to address that problem.“ Andy Blevins says that he too knows the importance of a degree. Ten years after trading college for the warehouse, Mr. Blevins, 29, sp
9、ends his days at the same supermarket company. He has worked his way up to produce buyer, earning $35,000 a year with health benefits and a 401(k) plan. He is on a path typical for someone who attended college without getting a four-year degree. Men in their early 40s in this category made an averag
10、e of $42,000 in 2000. Those with a four-year degree made $65,000.Mr. Blevins says he has many reasons to be happy. He lives with his wife, Karla, and their year- old son, Lucas, in a small blue-and-yellow house in the middle of a stunningly picturesque Appalachian valley. “Looking back, I wish I had
11、 gotten that degree,“ Mr. Blevins said in his soft-spoken lilt. “Four years seemed like a thousand years then. But I wish I would have just put in my four years.“ Why so many low-income students fall from the college ranks is a question without a simple answer. Many high schools do a poor job of pre
12、paring teenagers for college. Tuition bills scare some students from even applying and leave others with years of debt. To Mr. Blevins, like many other students of limited means, every week of going to classes seemed like another week of losing money . “The system makes a false promise to students,“
13、 said John T. Casteen III, the president of the University of Virginia, himself the son of a Virginia shipyard worker.One of the biggest decisions Andy Blevins has ever made, and one of the few he now regrets, never seemed like much of a decision at all. It just felt like the natural thing to do.安迪布
14、莱文思曾做过的最大的、同时也是他现在极少为之后悔的决定之一，看起来一 点也不像个决定。倒像是自然而然做的事。In the summer of 1995, he was moving boxes of soup cans, paper towels and dog food across the floor of a supermarket warehouse, one of the biggest buildings here in southwest Virginia. The heat was brutal. The job had sounded impossible when he a
15、rrived fresh off his first year of college, looking to make some summer money, still a skinny teenager with sandy blond hair and a narrow, freckled face.1995 年夏天，他在一家超市的仓库上班，把汤罐头、纸巾和狗粮箱子在地板上搬来搬 去，这家超市是弗吉尼亚西南部最大的建筑物之一。天气酷热。他刚到这开始第一个学年 时，希望在暑期挣点外快，这份工作在那时显得不可思议。当时他还是个瘦得皮包骨的十 几岁的小伙子，有着沙质金发和瘦削的布满雀斑的脸。Bu
16、t hard work done well was something he understood, even if he was the first college boy in his family. Soon he was making bonuses on top of his $6.75 an hour, more money than either of his parents made. His girlfriend was around, and so were his hometown buddies. Andy acted more outgoing with them, more relaxed. People in Chilhowie noticed that.但是，他明白应该把坚苦的工作干好，即使他是他家族的第一个大学生。很快，他挣 的钱高达 6.75 美元一小时，比他父母挣得都多。他有女友和同乡作伴。安迪待他们更友好 宽容。芝尔豪伊镇的人注意到了。It was just
