2019年翻译考试初级英语笔译练习题（2）

　　1.美国也是为数不多的几个拒绝签署“生物多样性条约”的国家之一。

　　2。改变环境的愿望使世界各国创立了各种旨在环境保护的政党。

　　3.世界雨林的毁灭、全球变暖以及臭氧层的减少仅仅是未来十年间危及人类的少数几个问题。

　　4.每年，人类排放80亿吨二氧化碳，几乎全部直接进入大气。

　　5.大多数科学家认为(二氧化碳)大量排放会造成全球变暖，而这最终会导致海岸淹没、极端恶劣气候、大面积农作物减产。

　　6.最后，溢入水体的油类和其它石油产品会对海滩造成污染，杀死海鸟和一些哺乳动物，如海豚和鲸。

　　7.他说这是个很好的建议，他将加以研究。

　　8.挪威自然十分关切欧洲和大西洋国家的发展，因为这些发展大大有助于维护我们这一地区的和平和安全。

　　9.厨子的脸色变得苍白，要女仆把门关上，女仆又叫布利特尔关，布利特尔又叫补锅匠关，而补锅匠假装没听见。

　　10.食品的供应将赶不上人口的增长，这就意味著我们在粮食的生产和购销方面正陷入危机。

　　11.我希望你继续取得胜利，它对我是一个鼓舞。

　　12.尽管我大伯明天就满70岁了，但他仍然热衷于户外运动。

　　13.我们变老时大脑的运作方式和适应方式是一个有趣的难题，科学远未能把它解决。

　　14.不过问题还是圆满地解决了，这说明计算很精确。

　　15.当面不愿说的话，千万不要在背后说。

　　16.中国已派出贸易代表团前往非洲各国，以便与这些国家的政府商谈贸易协定。

　　17.小偷正要逃跑时，被警察抓住了。

　　18.各种液体，由于不含有自由电子，是热的不良导体。

　　19.这方案富于创造性，独出心裁，所以他们都很喜欢。

　　20.这个能行走的机器人的设计很复杂，所以花费了我们很多的时间。

　　参考答案

　　1.The United States was also one of the very few countries that refused to sign the biodiversity treaty.

　　2.A desire for environmental change led to the creation of various political parties around the world whose emphasis was largely on environmental protection.

　　3.Destruction of the world's rain forests, global warming, and the depletion of the ozone layer are just some of the problems that will endanger mankind in the coming decades.

　　4.Every year, humans churn out 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide, almost all of which goes straight into the atmosphere.

　　5.Most scientists agree this outpouring contributes to global warming, which could eventually lead to coastal flooding, extreme weather, and widespread crop loss.

　　6.Finally, oil and other petroleum products that are spilled into bodies of water foul beaches and kill sea birds and mammals, such as dolphins and whales.

　　7.He said that this was a good suggestion, which he would look into.

　　8.Norway is, quite naturally, paying great attention to developments in Europe and in the Atlantic community, which are so instrumental to the maintenance of peace and security in our part of the world.

　　9.The cook turned pale, and asked the housemaid to shut the door, who asked Brittles, who asked the tinker, who pretended not to hear.

　　10.The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match the increase of population, which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

　　11.I hope your success, which is an inspiration to me, will continue.

　　12.My uncle, who will be seventy tomorrow, is still a keen sportsman.

　　13.The way the brain works and adapts as we age is a fascinating intellectual puzzle that science is still a long way from solving.

　　14.Nevertheless the problem was solved successfully, which showed that the computations were accurate.

　　15.Never say anything behind a person's back that you wouldn't say to his face.

　　16.Chinese trade delegations have been sent to African countries, who will negotiate trade agreements with the respective governments.

　　17.The thief, who was about to escape, was caught by the policemen.

　　18.Liquids, which contain no free electrons, are poor conductors of heat.

　　19.There was something original and independent about the plan that pleased all of them.

　　20.The design of this mobile robot was a complex one, which took us a lot of time.