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1、Part 1 Passage translation (60%)Direction: Translate the following passage into ChineseHow to Get out of Jury DutyThe mailman delivers good news and bad news. Topping the “bad news” list for many people who live in Los Angeles is a jury summons. This document tells you that you must respond by mail
2、or phone for possible service on a jury. Many people feel that jury duty is a boring chore and would prefer not doing it.In fact, court clerks say that the most common question they hear is: Why do I have to serve? The official response is: Jury duty is a responsibility that all qualified citizens m
3、ust share.If you are a citizen, if you can read and understand English, if youre over 18 years old, and if youre not a felon, you are eligible for jury duty. If you ignore the summons, you might be fined up to $1,500.A jury trial might last one day or one month. If you work for the government, this
4、is no problem, because the government will pay you your regular salary while you are on jury duty. However, if you are self-employed, you lose your regular income for that time period. Instead of your regular income, you get $15 a DAY for sitting on a jury. This is another reason people try to avoid
5、 jury duty.Jack got the bad news yesterday. Even though he was retired and sat around all day watching reruns of old movies, he told his wife Polly he wasnt going to be a juror. He hated jury duty and he was not going to let the courts interfere with his retirement.“So how do you think you are going
6、 to get out of it?” Polly asked, both amused and irritated. “Are you going to claim that youre dead? Or are you going to tell them youve moved out of the country?”“No, both of those involve too much paperwork. Ive got a better idea. Its a medical excuse. It says here that if you have a physical disa
7、bility, you can be dismissed.”“Whats your disability? Your bad back doesnt allow you to sit in a chair watching reruns all day?”“No. Something better than that. Ive got gas. Itll offend the other jurors and everyone else in the courtroom. Theyll have to open all the windows or issue gas masks.”“But
8、theres one problem. You dont have gas.”“But I know how to create it. Ill eat a lot of peanuts and fruit the morning that I go to court. As soon as they get a whiff of my problem, theyll tell me to go home and stay home.”“Thats a brilliant idea!” Polly said, as she rolled her eyes. At least it would
9、get him out of the house for one day, she thought.Part 2 Sentence translation (40%)Translate the following sentences into English (8% each)1. 作为教师，你的第一要务就是掌握清晰、准确表达自己的能力和引用恰当的事例来解释你的想法。2. 过去十年中国进入一个经济高速发展时期，人民的生活水平得到大幅度提高，以致小汽车也成了日常消费品。3. 有句老话叫“有志者事竟成”，但我认为这句老话现在应该改成“有智者事竟成”。4. 历经两个月的治疗后，病人有了明显的好转迹象，或许三周后可以出院了。5. 今天的成功是昨天积累的结果，明天的成功取决于今天的努力，而专心的工作与良好的态度是成功的密码。
