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1、Section 1: English-Chinese Translation (英译汉) ( 60 points)Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this section is 120 minutes.Washington D.C. ranks first among the 40 cities with the widest gap between the poor and the rich, according to a recent report released by the D.C. Fiscal
2、Policy Institute on July 22. The top 20 percent of households in D.C. have an average yearly income of $186,830, or 31 times that of the bottom 20 percent, which earns only $6,126 per year. The income gap is also big in Atlanta and Miami, but the difference is not as pronounced. The report also indi
3、cates that the widening gap occurred mainly during the 1990s. Over the last decade, the average income of the top 20 percent of households has grown 36 percent, while that of the bottom 20 percent has only risen 3 percent. “I believe the concentration of the middle- to high-income families in the D.
4、C. area will continue and, therefore, the income gap between the rich and the poor will be hard to bridge,” David Garrison told the Washington Observer. Garrison is a senior researcher with the Brookings Institution, specializing in the study of the social and economic policies in the greater Washin
5、gton D.C. area. The report attributed the persistent income gap in Washington to the areas special job opportunities, which attract high-income households. Especially since the federal government is based in Washington D.C., government agencies and other government-related businesses, such as lobbyi
6、ng firms and government contractors, constantly offer high-paying jobs, which contributes to the trend of increasing high-income households in the D.C. area. For example, a single young professional working in a law firm in D.C. can earn as much as $100,000 in his or her first year out of law school
7、. “In addition, high-quality housing available in Washington D.C. is one of the main reasons why high-income families choose to live here, while middle- and low-income families, if they can afford it, choose to move out of Washington D.C. to the Virginia and Maryland suburbs so that their kids can g
8、o to better schools,” stated Garrison.“As rich families continue to move into D.C. and middle- and low-income families are moving out, the poorest families are left with nowhere to move, or cannot afford to move. This creates the situation we face now: a huge income gap between the rich and the poor
9、.” The Washington D.C. area to which Garrison refers is the District of Columbia City itself, not including the greater Washington metro area. “The greater Washington metro area has a large population of about 5 million, but the low-income households are often concentrated in D.C. proper,” Garrison
10、explained. Tony Blalock, the spokesperson for Mayor Anthony Williams, said resignedly, “No matter what we seem to do to bring investment into the District, a certain population is not able to access the unique employment opportunities there. The gap between the rich and the poor is the product of co
11、mplex forces, and wont be fixed overnight.”Section 2: Chinese-English Translation (汉译英) (40 points)Translate the following passage into English. The time for this section is 60 minutes.中国目前拥有1,000多万辆私人轿车。随着新汽车文化的普及，这个数字将继续攀升。2003年轿车销售量突破200万辆，2005年预计超过500万辆。中国是世界上增长速度最快的主要轿车市场，其销量在美国、日本之后，居世界第三位。到20
12、13年将可能跃升至第二位。中国加入世界贸易组织之后进口车价格不断下跌。进口税在不久以前还超过100%，到2006年中期将降至25%。这迫使国内汽车制造商不得不降价。民营企业吉利控股集团(Geely)推出了一款普通中国人都能买得起的微型轿车(subcompact)，价格仅为3.3万元。虽然利润不像过去那么稳定，但上述惊人的增长速度为全球主要的汽车制造商带来了巨大的契机。大众汽车公司(Volkswagen)是第一个在中国设厂的外国汽车制造商，其销售在中国市场领先，超过了在德国的销量。通用汽车公司在中国市场投入巨大，它与上汽集团共同投资15亿美元。和大众汽车公司一样，通用选择上海作为自己的基地，从而使汽车制造成为这个东方大都市的重要支柱产业。笔译实务（英语三级）试卷 第 3 页 （共3页）
