全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试英语三级笔译实务模拟试卷二
三级笔译实务
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更新于 2026-09-26
一、英译汉
（每题50分，共50 分。）
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American Country Music
Country music has its roots in the American drive west in the 1800s. Not many people outside the United States realize how popular it is among Americans. Today country music boasts more radio listeners than pop—some 80 million from coast to coast. Though country music has traditionally been the music of rural America—in particular, the South, Southwest, the Plains States and the non-coastal West—it now has a large and growing audience in urban centers and suburbs too. Still, country music's roots are, as the name suggests, in the countryside. A drive across the United States makes this clear. In cities, a survey of radio stations yields music of every kind: pop, hard rock, soft rock/adult contemporary, soul/rhythm and blues, rap/hip-hop, country, jazz, blues, and even classical. But as you leave the cities and wind your ways into rural America. the only music you continue to hear on the radio is country.
Much tellingly, four of the ten best-selling CDs in the United States in 2002 were by country artists. Clearly, country music is extremely popular in the United States.
Unlike pop, rock and rap, however, country music has a very limited appeal to foreign listeners. In China, for example, you never hear hits by even the biggest country stars, nor can you find their CDs here. This is true in most other countries as well.
Generally, the two most important musical components of country music are stringed instruments (usually, an acoustic or electric guitar, and often a steel guitar and fiddle) and the singer's voice itself. Country music eschews the “electronic” sound so typical of much pop music. Above all, the singer's voice is what puts the “country” stamp on the music. Country singers almost always have a southern, or at least rural, accent.
As important as the music itself, though, is the music's message; here again, country music is very different from pop, rock, rap or other popular music forms. Having listened to country music for years, I've identified eight major themes：1) love,2) love gone bad,3) cowboy humor,4) partying,5) the country lifestyle,6) regional pride,7) family, and 8) “God and country”. The first two themes are by no means unique to country music. But the other six themes do distinguish country from most other forms of American popular music. In short. country folks have a sense of humor all their own; love to party cowboy-style; live life very differently than their urban counterparts; take great pride in their hometowns, states and regions: attach tremendous importance to family; and aren't shy about expressing religious and patriotic feelings. These themes set country music apart from the music of, say, Britney Spears. Country music's message tends to appeal mostly to rural white southerners and westerners. As a group, country-music listeners tend to be farmers and blue-collar workers: they are generally poorer than average Americans. They are also somewhat more conservative in their political and social views.
Country's thematic versatility enables it to draw on subject matter that is beyond the reach of other forms of popular music. Country music was the first to dare to take up the very painful subject of 9/11，for example. Alan Jackson's huge country hit “where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)?”, a deeply moving ballad about how Americans reacted to the terrorist strikes, instantly touched a chord across the country. Other country singers took up this difficult subject too.
Country music, rooted as it is in quintessentially American experiences and circumstances, has much to say about American life, and it says it with an eloquence and sincerity that are hard to match.
Country music has its roots in the American drive west in the 1800s. Not many people outside the United States realize how popular it is among Americans. Today country music boasts more radio listeners than pop—some 80 million from coast to coast. Though country music has traditionally been the music of rural America—in particular, the South, Southwest, the Plains States and the non-coastal West—it now has a large and growing audience in urban centers and suburbs too. Still, country music's roots are, as the name suggests, in the countryside. A drive across the United States makes this clear. In cities, a survey of radio stations yields music of every kind: pop, hard rock, soft rock/adult contemporary, soul/rhythm and blues, rap/hip-hop, country, jazz, blues, and even classical. But as you leave the cities and wind your ways into rural America. the only music you continue to hear on the radio is country.
Much tellingly, four of the ten best-selling CDs in the United States in 2002 were by country artists. Clearly, country music is extremely popular in the United States.
Unlike pop, rock and rap, however, country music has a very limited appeal to foreign listeners. In China, for example, you never hear hits by even the biggest country stars, nor can you find their CDs here. This is true in most other countries as well.
Generally, the two most important musical components of country music are stringed instruments (usually, an acoustic or electric guitar, and often a steel guitar and fiddle) and the singer's voice itself. Country music eschews the “electronic” sound so typical of much pop music. Above all, the singer's voice is what puts the “country” stamp on the music. Country singers almost always have a southern, or at least rural, accent.
As important as the music itself, though, is the music's message; here again, country music is very different from pop, rock, rap or other popular music forms. Having listened to country music for years, I've identified eight major themes：1) love,2) love gone bad,3) cowboy humor,4) partying,5) the country lifestyle,6) regional pride,7) family, and 8) “God and country”. The first two themes are by no means unique to country music. But the other six themes do distinguish country from most other forms of American popular music. In short. country folks have a sense of humor all their own; love to party cowboy-style; live life very differently than their urban counterparts; take great pride in their hometowns, states and regions: attach tremendous importance to family; and aren't shy about expressing religious and patriotic feelings. These themes set country music apart from the music of, say, Britney Spears. Country music's message tends to appeal mostly to rural white southerners and westerners. As a group, country-music listeners tend to be farmers and blue-collar workers: they are generally poorer than average Americans. They are also somewhat more conservative in their political and social views.
Country's thematic versatility enables it to draw on subject matter that is beyond the reach of other forms of popular music. Country music was the first to dare to take up the very painful subject of 9/11，for example. Alan Jackson's huge country hit “where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)?”, a deeply moving ballad about how Americans reacted to the terrorist strikes, instantly touched a chord across the country. Other country singers took up this difficult subject too.
Country music, rooted as it is in quintessentially American experiences and circumstances, has much to say about American life, and it says it with an eloquence and sincerity that are hard to match.
二、汉译英
（每题50分，共50 分。）
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中国为种类繁多的菜肴感到十分自豪。饮食是中国文化的一大要素。中国共有8大菜系，包括辛辣的川菜和清淡的粤菜。中国餐馆在世界各地很受欢迎。
然而，中国人的生活方式日益变化，无论是自己下厨还是上餐馆，都出现了全新的饮食习惯。在一些传统的中国菜中，添加了奶酪和番茄酱。城市消费者频繁地光顾一些快餐连锁店，包括麦当劳、肯德基和必胜客。市场调查显示，在未来几年里，西式快餐的消费在中国将以每年超过45%的速度持续增长，而中式快餐店有望增加15%。收入的不断增长，对国际食品更多的了解，加上超市购物的便捷，使中国出现了更乐于尝试包装及罐装食品的新一代消费者。随着越来越多的家庭拥有冰箱，超市的冷冻食品不断增加，从速冻饺子到炸薯条应有尽有。绿色有机食品也出现在大城市的商店里，但价格可能比传统产品贵很多。
由于生活方式的变化，越来越多的中国人不愿每天都采购食品。这使包装食品更容易为大众所接受。随着有车族的增加和新城区的涌现，超市更是日益流行。
然而，中国人的生活方式日益变化，无论是自己下厨还是上餐馆，都出现了全新的饮食习惯。在一些传统的中国菜中，添加了奶酪和番茄酱。城市消费者频繁地光顾一些快餐连锁店，包括麦当劳、肯德基和必胜客。市场调查显示，在未来几年里，西式快餐的消费在中国将以每年超过45%的速度持续增长，而中式快餐店有望增加15%。收入的不断增长，对国际食品更多的了解，加上超市购物的便捷，使中国出现了更乐于尝试包装及罐装食品的新一代消费者。随着越来越多的家庭拥有冰箱，超市的冷冻食品不断增加，从速冻饺子到炸薯条应有尽有。绿色有机食品也出现在大城市的商店里，但价格可能比传统产品贵很多。
由于生活方式的变化，越来越多的中国人不愿每天都采购食品。这使包装食品更容易为大众所接受。随着有车族的增加和新城区的涌现，超市更是日益流行。
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