2014年5月份英语笔译二级真题

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English-Chinese Translation

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Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They

met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Ms.

Castro was applying to college, and they e-mailed often, bonding over

conversations about Ms. Castro’s difficult childhood. Without Laurene’s help, Ms.

Castro said, she might not have become the first person in her family to graduate

from college.

It was only later, when she was a freshman at University of California, Berkeley,

that Ms. Castro read a news article and realized that Laurene was Silicon Valley

royalty, the wife of Apple’s co

-founder, Steven P. Jobs.

“I just became 10 times more appreciative of her humility and how humble she

was in working with us in

East Palo Alto,” Ms. Castro said.

The story, friends and colleagues say, is classic Laurene Powell Jobs. Famous

because of her last name and fortune, she has always been private and

publicity-averse. Her philanthropic work, especially on education causes like

College Track, the college prep organization she helped found and through which

she was Ms. Castro’s mentor, has been her priority and focus.

Now, less than two years after Mr. Jobs’s death, Ms. Powell Jobs is becoming

somewhat less private. She has tiptoed into the public sphere, pushing her agenda

in education as well as global conservation, nutrition and immigration policy.

“She’s been mourning for a year and was grieving for five years before that,” said

Larry Brilliant, who is an old friend of Mr.

Jobs. “Her life was about her family

and Steve, but she is now emerging as a potent force on the world stage, and this

is only the beginning.”

But she is doing it her way.

“It’s not about getting any public recognition for her giving, it’s to help touch a

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transform individual lives,” said Laura Andreessen, a philanthropist and lecturer

on philanthropy at Stanford who has been close friends with Ms. Powell Jobs for

two decades.

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While some people said Ms. Powell Jobs should have started a foundation in Mr.

Jobs’s name after his death, she did not, nor has she increased her public giving.

Instead, she has redoubled her commitment to Emerson Collective, the

organization she formed about a decade ago to make grants and investments in

education initiatives and, more recently, other areas.

“In the broadest sense, we want to use our knowledge and our network and our

relationships to try to effect the greatest amount of good,” Ms. Powell Jobs said in

one of a series of interviews with The New York Times.

参考译文

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马勒尼

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斯特罗当初只知道那位高挑身材，金发碧眼的女士名叫劳伦，

是 她的导师。卡斯特罗女士准备申请大学那年，每隔几个星期，她们就会在硅谷附

近的一个 简陋的社区

里见面，也会经常互通邮件，常聊起卡斯特罗女士 艰苦童年

的话题。

要是没有劳伦斯的帮助，

卡斯特罗女士也不会成为家族里的第一位大学生。

直到后 来，卡斯特罗女士被加州大学伯克利分校录取后，她才从一篇新闻报道中得

知，劳伦女士 竟然是苹果公司联合创始人斯蒂芬

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乔布斯的夫人，是硅谷的贵族！

卡斯特罗女士说，