2016年全国职称英语综合C级阅读类文章翻译(全)

课外的这种学习确实带来很大不同。

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第三篇

Shark Attack!

Craig Rogers was sitting on his surfboard, scanning the distance for his next wave

，

when his board suddenly stopped moving. He looked down and was terrified to see a

great white shark biting the front of his board. ―I could have touched its eye with my

elbow,‖ says Craig. The shark had surfaced so quietly that

he hadn't heard a thing.

In his horror and confusion

，

he waved his arms and accidentally cut two of his

fingers on the shark's teeth. He then slid off the opposite side of his surfboard into the

water. Then, with Craig in the water and blood flowing from his fingers

，

the five- meter-

long shark simply swam away, disappearing into the water below.

Although sharks are often categorized as killers that hunt and eat as many humans

as theycan, this is factually inaccurate. Sharks very rarely kill humans. A person has a

greater chance of being struck by lightning or drowning in a bath than of being killed by

a shark. Only 74 people have been reported killed by great whites in the last century. But

great white sharks can reach six meters in length and weigh 2,200 kilograms or more.

With frightening jaws that can hold up to 3,000 teeth arranged in several rows

，

they

could very easily kill and eat a helpless human in the water. Why is it, then, that most

people survive attacks by great whites? Shark researchers are trying to comprehend the

reasons that allow people to escape without being eaten.

The most common explanation is that great whites don't see well. It has been

thought that they mistake people for the seals or sea lions which make up a large part of

their diet. There is reason to doubt this

，

however. Recent information shows that great

whites can actually see very well. Also

，

when attacking seals, great whites shoot up to

the surface and bite with great force. When approaching humans, however, they most

often move in slowly and bite less hard. They soon discover that humans are not a high

—fat meal. ―They spit us out because we're too bony,‖ says Aidan Martin

，

director of

Reef Quest Center for Shark Research.

Shark researchers like Martin hypothesize that great whites are actually curious

animals that like to investigate things. It's possible that they use their bite not only to kill

and eat, but also to gather information. Although such an experience is unlucky for

people like Craig Rogers, when sharks bite surfboards or other objects or people

，

they

are likely just trying to learn what they are.

参考译文第三篇小心鲨鱼！

克雷格

?

罗杰斯正坐在他的冲浪板上估算着 下一波浪离他还有多远，就在这时冲浪板不

动了。他低头向水下看，惊悚的一幕出现了： 一条大白鲨正在撕咬冲浪板的前端。

―

我的肘

< br>部可能都已经碰到了它的眼睛

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，克雷格谈道。原来，这 条鲨鱼悄悄地浮上了水面，完全没

让克雷格听到。

克雷格惊慌害怕，手足无措，但是 偶然之间他被鲨鱼咬掉了两支手指，然后随着滑板

翻了个个儿，他也掉进水里。就在那时 ，处于水中的克雷格两支手指鲜血直流，但这条五

米长的鲨鱼却径直游开，消失在深海之 中。

虽 然鲨鱼常被认为是疯狂杀人的猎手，但事实上这是不准确的。鲨鱼很少猎杀人类。

比起被 鲨鱼杀死，人类更有可能被闪电击中或是淹死在浴缸中。在上个世纪，有报道的只

有

74

人命丧鲨鱼之口。然而大白鲨可以长封

6

米长、

2200

公斤重或是更重。< /p>

3000

颗牙齿排

成数排长在鲨鱼那可怕 的血盆大口中，它们可以轻易杀死并吃掉无助的落水者。但为什么

大多数人受到大白鲨攻 击之后都能鲨口逃生呢？鲨鱼研究者们正在努力寻找使得人类鲨口

脱险的原因。

最常用的解释是 说大白鲨的视力不好。人们认为大白鲨会把人类错当成是海豹或是海

狮，后两者是鲨鱼的 主要食物来源。但是人类又找到了理由来质疑这一论断。最近的研究

信息表明大白鲨视力 不错。并且当大白鲨在攻击海豹时，它们会迅速窜上海面，用力撕咬。

但当大白鲨在攻击 人类时，它们在大多数情况下会慢慢浮上海面，撕咬的力度也轻得多。

它们很快就会发现 人类的肉不够肥。

―

它们把我们吐出来是因为我们太瘦了

‖

，艾丹

?

马丁说< /p>

道，他是鲨鱼研究暗礁搜索中心的领头人。

诸如马丁这样的鲨鱼研究者们提出 了这样一种假设：大白鲨实际上是一种好奇心很重

的动物，它们喜欢探索新鲜事物。有可 能它们撕咬物体不仅仅是为了猎杀和吃掉，也是为

了搜集信息。虽然这种经历对于像克雷 格

·

罗杰斯这些人来说很不幸，但是当鲨鱼在撕咬冲

第四篇

Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving

Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was

a few weeks American houses will, be red and green and filled with

presents ,for Christmas3.

As if all this isn't enough, on Thursday this week, America will enjoy another festival

一

Thanksgiving.

Children will have two days off school, shops will close and houses will be filled with

families enjoying mountains of food.

Every year, in Gainesville, Florida, an entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together.

The class dresses up and puts on plays for their families. After the plays the families

share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie.

Dean Foster, an 11-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said:

Thanksgiving because it means time off school, lots of nice food and a happy family.

His brother Ben, nine, said:

finished ,it is time to start Christmas.

But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message.

On Thursday evening, Dean and Ben's family will make a basket and put it on the table

as they eat their evening meal.

Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankful for and place the paper

in the basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and

each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives.

Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621, when the first pilgrims

arrived in America to start a new life. After a hard year, they had a big autumn harvest.

They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving

them enough food.

Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They often fall after the fields have been

harvested and the crops collected for winter.

译文：火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福

四周前美国的孩子打扮成魔鬼，四处要糖吃。这就是万圣节。

几周之后就是圣诞节，美国的房子 都会染成红色和绿色，里面充满了礼物。

似乎这一切还不够，这周的星期二，美国人还会庆祝另外一个 节日

——

感恩节。

孩子们有两天不上课，商店歇业， 房子里面家人喜欢的食物堆成了山。每年在

Gainesville,

佛罗里达，整个一个班会一起庆祝感恩节。整个班会打扮起来，为家人表演剧

目 。剧目过后一家人分享一顿传统的感恩节美食，比如火鸡和南瓜饼。

Dean Foster,

一个

11

岁的男孩愿意加入这次庆祝。他说 ：

―

我喜欢感恩节，因为不用

上学，有 很多好吃的，还有快乐的家庭聚会。

‖

他

9

岁的弟弟

Ben

说，感恩节最好的地方，就是它结束时就是圣诞节开始的时候。

但是在食物和花掉的大笔的钱背后 有另一层寓意。周二晚上，

Dean

和

Ben

的家人会

做一个篮子，吃晚饭的时候把它放在桌子上。

每个人 会把他们要感谢的东西列在一张单子上，放在篮子里。一家人会读出每一张单

子上写的内 容，花时间感谢上帝，感谢彼此给予这样舒适幸福的生活。

感恩节是一具传统节日，起源于第一批朝圣者来到美洲开始新 生活的时候。艰苦的第

一年后，在秋天取得了大丰收。他们举行了盛宴，并邀请了当地的 土著印第安人一起感谢

上帝给予他们充足的食物。

很多国家庆祝感恩节，时间经常是 在庄稼成熟，收割完毕准备过冬之后。

第五篇

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

―I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making

the pilgrimage [ to Mecca]... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon

my home as birds abandon their nests. ‖ So begins an old manuscript in a library in

Paris

—

the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.

Almost two centuries before Columbus, this young Moroccan set off for Mecca,

returning home three decades later as one of history's great travelers. Driven by curiosity,

he journeyed to remote comers of the Islamic world, traveling through 44 modem

countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated in the West2, his name is

well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a cafe, a ferry

boat, and even a hamburger are named after him.

Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years, but the urge to travel

soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment

with the Sultan of Delhi.3 On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open

country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen

：

―we fought ... killing one of their

horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers ….I was hit by an

arrow and my horse by

another, but God in his grace preserved me .... We carried the heads of the slain to the

castle of Abu Bak, har ... and suspended them from the wall. ‖ In Delhi, the sultan gave

him the position of judge, based on his prior study at Mecca. But the sultan had an

unpredictable character, and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the

sultan offered to finance a trip to China, he agreed. Ibn Battuta set off in three ships, but

misfortune struck while he was still on the shore. A sudden storm grounded and broke

up two ships, scattering treasure and drowning many people and horses. As he watched,

the third ship, with all his belongings and slaves

一

one carrying his child

—

was carried

out to sea and never heard from again.

After a lifetime of incredible adventures, Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the

Sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world. Fortunately, he

consented and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing

people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys.

译文：伊本白图泰游记

―1325

年

6

月

日，我离开了家乡丹吉尔，打算前往麦加朝圣。我告别了所有的朋友，

如鸟儿离巢般，告别故土。

‖

这便是伊 本白图泰游记的序言。这份旧的手稿存放在巴黎一家

图书馆里。

这个年轻的摩洛哥人所处的年代比 哥伦布的年代要早了几乎两个世纪，从他出发去麦

加算起，

30

年之后伊本白图泰才回到故乡，那时的他已经晋升到历史上伟大旅行家的行列。

出于好奇，他游历了伊斯兰世界的各个角落，足迹遍布了

44

罗的

3

倍。虽然在西方社会不怎么有名，伊本白图泰在阿拉伯国家却家喻户晓。在伊本白图

< br>泰的故乡丹吉尔，有以他命名的广场、旅店、咖啡馆、渡船，甚至汉堡。

伊本白图泰以学生的身份在麦加待 了几年，但对于游历的渴望很快又让他重新出发。

有一次他来到印度，在德里的苏丹王那 里谋到了一份收入颇丰的工作。他写到，在去德里

的路上，他的队伍在野外被

名步兵和

2

位马夫攻 击：

―

我们进行了殊死搏斗

……

杀死他们

的一位马夫和差不多

12

……

我和马都中了箭，但是多谢真主的恩赐 ，最后我活了下

来

……

我们背着亡者的 头颅前往阿布巴卡尔的城堡

……

并把这些头颅挂在城墙上。

‖

因为有

在麦加的学习经历，德里的苏丹 王给伊本白图泰安排了法官的工作。但是这位苏丹王脾气

古怪，性情多变，所以伊本白图 泰想借机逃走：当苏丹王提出要资助伊本白图泰去中国旅

行时，他同意了。伊本白图泰将 要乘着三艘船起航，但他还未离岸，不幸便降临了。一场

突如其来的暴风雨摧毁了两艘船 ，吹走了财宝，许多船员和马匹都溺水而亡。他眼睁睁看

着载着他的财物和奴隶的第三艘 船被吹到了海上，从此便再无音讯。更糟的是，他的孩子

也在这艘船上。

最后摩洛哥的苏丹王要 求一生游历的伊本白图泰回家和世人分享他的智慧。幸运的是，

他同意了此事并写了本书 。这本书已被翻译成了很多种语言，可以让世人了解他那无与伦

比的旅行经历。

第六篇

Native American Pottery

There are several American Indian groups in the Southwest that still make beautiful

pottery. Someof this pottery may be sold at fairly high prices. But the makers consider

their work as more than a commercial enterprise. By using methods handed downfor

generations, the potters express their pride in their cultural inheritance.

Some of the most interesting pottery is made by the Pueblo Indians. There are 21

individual pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. Several are famous for their

make a pot, these potters use a clay base and add long thin coils of

clay toit in a spiral pattern. When they have reached the size they want, they use an

implement such as a rock or shell to smooth the surfaces of the pot.

How a pot is decorated and fired depends on the traditions of the group making it.

Traditional pottery produced by the Acoma, who have lived for centuries on a high mesa

in NewMexico, is first painted with a clay slip. The resulting pots: which are prizedfor

their delicacy and strength, may be left white. They may also be painted with black and

white patterns or with a combination of black, orange, and brown.

Very distinctive black pottery comes from the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos.

The black coloris the result of carbon being released from the animal manure in which

the potis fired. Some artisans hand

–

rub this ware to a shiny gloss. Others cut patterns

into it: resulting in a part shiny: part fiat surface. Potters at SailIldefonso make many

types of wares. Potters at Santa Clara are especially known for wedding jars-jars with

two necks connected by a handle.

Other groups such as the Hopi and the Cochiti also make pottery. Each group uses

distinctive methods and produces distinctive forms and designs.

译文：美国本土陶器

美国的西南部仍 然有许多印第安部落在制作美丽的陶器。其中一些陶器可能会以相当

高的价格卖出。但是 制作者考虑到他们的作品不仅用作商业用途。通过采用世代相传的制

作方法，陶器展示了 它们在文化遗产中的骄傲。

有一些最有趣的陶器是普韦布洛印 第安部落。他们中有一些部落以擅长工艺而闻名。

这些制陶工人使用粘土制作底座，再添 加又长又薄的黏土将底座按螺旋状做成罐子。当他

们做出他们想要的尺寸时，他们再用一 个工具，比如一块石头或贝壳，来把罐子的表面抚

平。

一个罐子如何装饰和烧制取决于制作它的部落的传统。传统的陶器最早是用泥浆装饰，

是由阿科马部落发明的，他们已经在新墨西哥的高平顶山上住了几个世纪了。用传统方法

烧制的陶器可能只是白色，但其以精美坚固得到赞誉。它们可以被绘制成黑色或者白色，

或者是黑色、橙色和褐色的结合。

具有特色的 黑色陶器是由圣伊尔德丰索部落和圣克拉拉部落的普韦布洛人制作的。黑

色是由用于烧制 罐子的动物肥料中的碳释放出来形成的。一些工匠用手揉擦罐子表面，使

它光泽平滑。其 他人将样式分开，使得罐子一半表面光泽，另一半表面扁平。圣伊尔德丰

索部落制作的陶 器有多种类型。圣克拉拉部落的陶器尤其以他的婚礼罐子闻名—罐子的两

个颈部由一只把 手连接。

其他部落比如霍皮和柯契地族也制作陶器。每个部落 都用独特的方法制作出特别形式

和样式的陶器。

第七篇

Modern Sun Worshippers

People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious

shrines1. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken2 in

front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie

on3.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of

inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it4. Residents of cities like

London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the

days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain5. This is the reason the

Mediterranean6 has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people

travel to Mediterranean resorts7 and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the

same reason: sun!

The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries.

Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked solid8 every summer. And 13 million people camp out

on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more

people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person

living in Spain9.

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The

Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased

tourism ,it's getting worse. The French can't figure out10 what to do with all the garbage

left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because

of pollution.

None of this, however, is spoiling11 anyone's fun. The Mediterranean gets more

popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don't go there for clean water and

solitude12. They tolerate traffic jams13 and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't

even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks

beautiful. And as long as14 the sun shines, it's still better thanin the cold rain in Berlin,

London, or Oslo.

译文：现代日光浴崇拜者

人们外出观光旅游的原因有许多，一些旅游者去看古战场或是宗教圣殿；一些旅游者去

追寻文化之源或是仅仅在名胜之地请人给他们照几张相。但大多数欧洲游客愿意寻找阳光

充足的海滩晒日光浴。

北欧人心甘情愿花大笔钱，容忍诸多不便去获得阳光，因为阳光对他们来说太难得类。

2500

万旅游者来到地中海的 一些旅游胜地和海滨度假。他们都是为了同

一个原因而来：阳光！

众多的游客意味着为地中海地 区的国家带来巨大的经济财富。每年夏季，意大利的

3

万

多家旅馆全部客满，而且还有

1300

多万的 游客要去法国的海滩、公园和路边宿营。西班牙

那漫长的海岸线更成了众多旅游者慕名前 往的地方。每年有

3700

多万游客，换句话说，旅

1

：

1.

但有一些迹象表 明，旅游业的发展已超出该地区的承受能力。地中海已成类地球上污

染最严重地海洋。而 随着游客的增多，情况变得更糟。法国人想不出什么好办法来处理宿

营在圣特罗佩周围的 那些游客所丢掉的废物垃圾。而且在许多地方因为海水受到污染，游

泳已成为一种危险的 活动。

然而，这些都没有破坏人们的兴致。每年到地中海观光的游客越来越多。很显然，他

们不 是为类清洁

的海水和清净自在而前往的额。他们忍受着交通堵塞的煎熬，而且似乎很