2004年武汉大学考博英语翻译真题

　　答案解析：

　　Part A

　　1.但与其他渗透性技术如电力、电视和汽车不同的是，电脑行为总体上更不可靠、更不可预测。这是因为它们是处于分离状态的数学电子装置，容易引起总体的、灾难性崩溃。电脑系统一旦发生故障，就会全面瘫痪。它们与电动机械装置不同，电动机械装置有可能只发生局部故障，剩下的部分仍可使用。

　　2.这(电脑能储存、检索和传递大量信息，且速度之快前所未有)固然很好，但这却严重关系到资料的安全性和个人隐私，因为电脑本身是不安全的。最近美国、德国、英国的黑客和资料窃贼闯入最复杂的金融和军事系统也是易如反掌，新型的高科技罪犯布下的令人恐慌的骗局日益增多，这些骗局包括在订机票中做手脚和重编移动电话芯片的程序等。

　　3.复杂性也会造成灾难：没有哪台电脑是百分之百可以得到保障的，因为要预料到所有的主要用途，如拯救生命、驾驶航天飞机、管理核电站、进行大笔资金转账、控制导弹系统等几乎都是不可能的——有时还会造成悲剧。例如，1982年到1987年间，在美国军事先进的“黑鹰”直升飞机的五次失事中，大约有22名军人死于非命。后来，失事的原因追查到电脑控制“有线飞行”系统。

　　4.但数字化电脑已使社会特别容易受硬件和软件故障的影响。有时工业机器人会发狂，同时心脏起搏器和自动车库门开启器会被销售终端机、个人电脑和电视游戏机释放出的电磁射线或“电子烟雾”所损坏。

　　5.例如，据报道，英国企业每年约遭受30起大灾难，损失达几百万英镑。这些损失是由机器或人为的失误引起的，这还不包括以骗局和破坏形式进行的人为滥用。根据保守的估计，仅英国国内制作的软件的故障造成的损失每年是9亿美元。

　　Part B

　　1.An official in charge of poverty-relief work has pointed out that by the end of 2004, although the majority of poor people will have resolved their food and clothing problems, there will still be some people living in extreme poverty, who are still in need of the government's financial support. Furthermore, the present living conditions must be improved for those who have just freed themselves from poverty. These people may fall back into poverty if hit by natural disasters since their production and living conditions have not been changed fundamentally. Besides, the current standard for the poverty line is quite low, and a long-term hard struggle will be required to ensure a better life for the Chinese people as a whole.

　　2.Many changes are taking place in China's diet style. As is known to all, China has a long history in her diet culture. Chinese people often spend a lot of time in making all sorts of delicious food by using meat, vegetables, bean products and so on, which is extremely incompatible with the fast pace of modern society. Nowadays we have many varieties of choices: nutrition-balanced and healthy food, convenient and delicious fast food in addition to traditionally homemade meal. Because of the short break at noon, people tend to spend less time on lunch. Thus cheaper fast food has become a favorite of Chinese people, especially youngsters.

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