科技英语阅读翻译

科技英语阅读翻译 Last updated at 10:00 am on 25th December 2020

ⅢT r a n s l a t e t h e f o l l o w i n g s e n t e n c e s i n t o C h i n e s e(20%)（1）He is best known for coining the term fractal to describe phenomena (such as coastlines, snowflakes, mountains and trees) whose patterns repeat themselves at smaller and smaller scales. (2) To explain these puzzling findings, some scientists have reviv ed an old idea of Einstein’s that had been discarded as false: that the vacuum of space has energy in it that acts repulsively and accelerates the expansion of the universe.

(3) New language that seemed to assert Facebook’s “irrevocable” right to retain a nd use a member’s personal information, even after the member had closed his or her Facebook account, deserved a little more editing.

(4) The tenor of our time appears to regard history as having ended, with pronouncements from many techno-pundits claiming that the Internet is revolutionary and changes everything.

(5) As a by-product of an industry that exists all over the world-the stalks that remain after grain has been harvested-straw also helpfully soaks up carbon from the atmosphere and locks it in, so long as it is not allowed to decompose.

Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）

（1）The problem in the paradox, he reasoned, is that we are confusing a description of sets of numbers with a description of sets of sets of numbers.

（2）Now the cosmological constant is one of the leading theories of why the universe is blowing up like a balloon at ever-increasing speed.

（3）That’s not because Facebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy protections, but because the popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal, dissolving the line that separates the private from the public.

（4）Although it’s unclear if the capacity for remote operation will justify the QB’s US$15,000 price tag, Anybots believes its technology will appeal to a new generation of workers who expect to be in contact at all times and in all places.

（5）As a by-product of an industry that exists all over the world-the stalks that remain after grain has been harvested-straw also helpfully soaks up carbon from the atmosphere and locks it in, so long as it is not allowed to decompose.

Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

（1）But Russell ( and independently, Ernst Zermelo ) noticed that x = {a: a is not in a} leads to a contradiction in the same way as the description of the collection of barbers.

（2）An analogy is the siren of an ambulance that changes pitch as it moves toward you, then passes you and heads the other way — its waves are first compressed, then stretched.

（3）It’s the older members — those who could join only after it opened membership in 2006 to workplace networks, then to anyone — who are adjusting to a new value system that prizes self-expression over reticence.

（5）No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-bale house may look, however, you still want to know that it won’t get sopping wet in a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if you knock over a candle.

Ⅲ Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

（1）For example, we can describe the collection of numbers 4, 5 and 6 by saying that x is the collection of integers, represented by n, which are greater than 3 and less than 7.

（2）Dark energy is the name given to an unexplained force that is drawing galaxies away from each other, against the pull of gravity, at an accelerated pace.

（3）Among members, a Law of Amiable Inclusiveness seems to be revealing itself: over time, many are deciding that the easiest path is to routinely accept “friend requests”, completing a sequence begun when one member seeks to designate another as a Facebook friend.

（4）The area between the QB’s head and base consists of a length of telescoping plastic that can be adjusted to let the QB stand as tall as 175 centimeters or as short as 81 centimeters.

（5）After waiting another 45 minutes and finding that the panel still hadn’t failed, the team gave up and stopped the experiment, secure in the knowledge that the material had performed beyond the requirements of building regulations.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

1. This system served as vehicle for the first formalizations of the foundations of mathematics; it is still used in some philosophical investigations and in branches of computer science.

2. That’s not because Facebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy protections, but because the

popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal, dissolving the line that separates the private from the public.

3. No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-bale house may look,

however, you still want to know that it won't get sopping wet in a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if you knock over a candle.

4. The premise on which the technology is based is that genetic information, encoded by DNA and

arranged in the form of genes, is a resource that can be manipulated in various ways to achieve certain goals in both pure and applied science and medicine.

5. Many people are working towards trying to make cities more sustainable. A sustainable city offers

a good quality of life to current residents but doesn’t reduce the opportunities for future residents to enjoy.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

1. This system served as vehicle for the first formalizations of the foundations of mathematics; it is still used in some philosophical investigations and in branches of computer science.

2. Dark energy is the name given to an unexplained force that is drawing galaxies away from each other, against the pull of gravity, at an accelerated pace.

3. When the distinction blurs between one’s few close friends and the many who are not, it seems pointless to distinguish between private and public.

4. No matter how stylishly modern and environmentally friendly straw-bale house may look, however, you still want to know that it won't get sopping wet in a thunderstorm or go up in a whoosh of flames if you knock over a candle.

5. Engineers in the future will work at the extremes of very large and very small systems that require greater knowledge and coordination of multidisciplinary and multi-scale engineering across greater distances and timeframes

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）

1. To explain the puzzling findings, some scientists have received an old idea of Einstein’s that had

been discarded as false: that the vacuum of space has energy in it that acts repulsively and

accelerates the expansion of the universe.

2. Telecommuting workers and traveling executives alike could use QB( so named because it is the

next in line after the company’s prototype QA bot ) as a virtual extension of themselves,

allowing them to attend meetings, tour facilities or perform walk-throughs of real estate properties, all while controlling the robot from a computer keyboard.

3. Research had developed to the point where progress was being hampered by technical constraints, as the elegant experiments that had helped to decipher the genetic code could not be extended to investigate the gene in more detail.

4. The ideas that the state of the universe at one time determines the state at all other times, has been

a central tenet of science, ever since Laplace’s time.

5. Nuclear power’s prominence as a major energy source will continue over the next several decades, according to new projections made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has just published a new report, Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power for the period up to 2030.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）

1. For a smallish two-bed roomed house with one large open-plan kitchen/dinner, tha t doesn’t

particularly cheap given that straw is supposed to be inexpensive, and you’d still have to buy the plot and dig the foundations.

2. Combined with advances in CAD systems, it will be possible for mechanical engineers to

collaborate in immersive interactive environments where they can design collaboratively, test hypotheses, run models and simulations and observe their creations in three dimensions much as an engineer can observe a car being built with their colleagues on the shop floor.

3. Althou gh it is unclear if the capacity for remote operation will justify the QB’s US$15,000 price

tag, Anybots believes its technology will appeal to a new generation of workers who expect to be in contact at all times and in all places,

4. That’s not because F acebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy protections, but because the

popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal, dissolving the line that separates the private from the public.

5. Because gravity draws mass together, most experts expected to find that gravity had slowed down the universe’s rate of ballooning, or perhaps that the rate was staying about the same.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）

1. Dark energy is the name given to an unexplained force that is drawing galaxies away from each other, against the pull of gravity, at an accelerated pace. Dark energy is a bit like anti-gravity. Where gravity pulls things together at the more local level, dark energy tugs them apart on the grander scale.

2. The growth of membership and of individual networks seems impervious to gaffes at the company during its brief, five-year history. One of those instances was in February, when it fiddled with its terms of service. N ew language that seemed to assert Facebook’s “irrevocable” right to retain and use a member’s personal information, even after the member had closed his or her Facebook account, deserved a little more editing.

3. Along with the wheels, a self-balancing system and a motor with a top speed of five kilometers per hour make the robot mobile. The two-wheel—as opposed to a tricycle or quad—design makes it more maneuverable in tight spaces and helps keep its weight down to about 16 kilograms. The area between the QB's head and base consists of a length of telescoping plastic that can be adjusted to let the QB stand as tall as 175 centimeters or as short as 81 centimeters.

4. Social and demographic changes are leading to a greater demand for housing. People are living longer, and choosing to marry later, and in recent years there has been a rise in the number of single-parent families. Added to this, the UK is experiencing immigration from other countries, . from Poland which has recently joined the EU. The result is an ever-larger number of smaller households, all requiring accommodation.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese（20%）

2. The growth of membership and of individual networks seems impervious to gaffes at the company during its brief, five-year history. One of those instances was in February, when it fiddled with its terms of service. New language that seemed to assert Facebook’s “irrevocable” right to retain and use a member’s persona l information, even after the member had closed his or her Facebook account, deserved a little more editing.

3. Along with the wheels, a self-balancing system and a motor with a top speed of five kilometers per

hour make the robot mobile. The two-wheel—as opposed to a tricycle or quad—design makes it more maneuverable in tight spaces and helps keep its weight down to about 16 kilograms. The

area between the QB's head and base consists of a length of telescoping plastic that can be

adjusted to let the QB stand as tall as 175 centimeters or as short as 81 centimeters.

4. Social and demographic changes are leading to a greater demand for housing. People are living

longer, and choosing to marry later, and in recent years there has been a rise in the number of single-parent families. Added to this, the UK is experiencing immigration from other countries, . from Poland which has recently joined the EU. The result is an ever-larger number of smaller households, all requiring accommodation.

Part III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20%)

1. The problem in the paradox, he reasoned, is that we are confusing a description of sets of numbers

with a description of sets of sets of numbers.

2. That’s not because Facebook is hell-bent on stripping away privacy protections, but because the

popularity of Facebook and other social networking sites has promoted the sharing of all things personal, dissolving the line that separates the private from the public.

3. The two-wheel—as opposed to a tricycle or quad—design makes it more maneuverable in tight spaces

and helps keep its weight down to about 16 kilograms.

4. The straw bales, it turns out, are all packed tightly inside a series of prefabricated rectangular wooden

wall frames, which are then lime-rendered, dried and finally slotted together like giant Lego pieces, called ModCell panels.

5. Although the UK is an urban society, more and more people are choosing to live on the edge of

urban areas - with many relocating to the countryside. This is called counter-urbanisation.