学位英语翻译

从目前的教育体制看，我国的人才培养存在弊端。Concerning the current education system in China, our practice of cultivating people still has quite a few drawbacks.

我们的基础教育过于强调知识的传授，而忽视了非智力品格的培养。While overemphasizing the passing on of knowledge, our basic education overlooks development of non-intelligence characters.

这些非智力品格包括兴趣、技能以及道德品质的培养。This may involve interest, technical ability, and moral make-up of our youngsters.

所以，我们的重要之举是要加快应试教育向素质教育的转变。Under such circumstances, it is therefore important to accelerate transition from test-oriented education go quality-based education.

虽然，说起来容易做起来难，我们也要坚持这一理念，尽全力促进这一有益的转变。Though it is easier said than done, we must adhere to the belief and try every means to promote such useful transition. 大家都喜欢爱笑的人。Everyone loves a good laughter. 无论他到何处，都带着令人愉快的欢笑。一想起他就会觉得生活变得比较可以忍受了。He brings good cheer with him wherever he goes, and the very thought of him makes life more bearable.

就在今天，享有高薪的娱乐者仍然是喜剧演员。Even today our most highly paid entertainers are comedians.

在社会中笑成为一种特性，因为它实质上是一种社会现象。In society laughter became a characteristic because it is basically a social phenomenon. 笑是有益的，所以我们一直在笑。Laughter is advantageous therefore it survived.

我们一直生活在矛盾中。We have in the times of paradox.

我们学会了追赶时间，却没有学会耐心等待。We have learned to rush, but not to wait.

我们拥有的财力越来越多，道德品质却日益沦丧。We have higher incomes, but lower morals. 我们生产电脑用于更多的信息储存

和制造拷贝，而相互之间的交流和沟

通却越来越少。We build more

computers to hold more information, to

produce more copies, but have less

communication.

我们能够往返于地球与月球之间，却

不乐于穿过马路向新领导问好。We

have been all the way to the moon and

back, but have trouble crossing the

street to meet the new neighbor .

我们可以征服外部空间却慑于走进

内心世界。We have conquered outer

space , but not inner space.

每个人都渴望拥有成功。Everyone

aspires for success.

然而只有阳光而无阴霾，只有欢乐而

无痛苦，只有成功而无失败，并非人

生。But all sunshine without failure , is

not life at all.

有些人想取得伟大所获得并保持的

成就，他们就必须不断运用自身才

智。Those who would attain the heights

reached and kept by great men must

keep their faculties polished by

constant use.

我的忠告是：把你的思想、精力和资

本全部集中于你所从事的事业上。

My advice to you is to concentrate

your energy, thought and capital

exclusively upon the business you

engage in .

投向于哪一行，就得决心在这一行干

出一番事业，采纳第一点建议，采用

最好的资源，团结最优秀的人才，做

这一行的领导人物。

Resolve to fight it out , to adopt every

improvement ,dwell on best resources,

unite the top elite and lead in this line.

当今的美国人并不特别看重才智。

Americans today don’t place a very

high value on intellect.

我们心目中的英雄并不是学者，而是

运动员、演员和企业家。Our heroes

are athletes entertainers and

industrialists, not scholars.

学校也只不过是我们把孩子送去获

得实用教育，而不是为了知识而求知

的地方。Even our schools are where

we send our children to get a practical

education ,not to pursue knowledge for

the sake of knowledge.

学校一直处于一个实用性总是高于

知识性的社会当中。Schools have

always been in a society where

practical is more important than

intellectual.

然而，学校原本并且可以做到鼓励孩

子维护自己的思想，批判地思考这一

点的。But they could and should

encourage kids to defend their ideas

and think critically.

获得更多知识的唯一途径是通过教

育和培训。The only way to acquire

more knowledge is through education

and training.

知识如同资本、物质资源和辛勤工

作一样，已经变成了生产的一个必

要因素，也许是最基本的要素。

Knowledge like capital resources and

sweats had become an essential factor

of production or a most fundamental

one.

因此，一个社会的教育体系应该是

能够向以知识为基础的工作迅速转

变。Therefore, the educational system

of one society should be geared

quickly to the work based on

knowledge.

否则，这个社会就将不可避免地落

在后面。Otherwise, this society will

be inevitably left behind.

鉴于此，我们应该在教育上投入更

多的财力和关注，进而完善教育体

制。On account of this much money

and attention should be paid to

improving the educational system.

Internet的横空出世造就了一批新行

业。The emerge of internet had

created a number of new trades.

但与此同时，它也大大冲击和威胁

了某些传统行业，使其感到焦虑甚

至恐惧。But at the same time it also

endangers some traditional

professions and makes them feel

worried and panic.

电信业首当其冲。

Telecommunication service is one of

the most affected.

预计，到本世纪末，互联网络电话

将成为传统电话服务最强有力的竞

争对手。It is predicted that by the end

of the century, internet would have

become the most powerful rival of

telephone service.

生活在这样一个变化如此迅速的信

息时代，我们谁也付不起落伍的代

价。Living in such a rapid changing

information era , none of us can

afford to fall behind.

别人吸烟，你吸入，确实会对你的

肺有危害。It surely does harm to your

lungs if other people smoke and you

breathe it in .

据美国肺病协会的估计，每年约有

3000人在烟雾中丧命。According to

the anticipation of American Lung

Association every year about 3000 are

killed by smoke.

他们都是死于肺部的被动吸烟者。

They are the passive smokers who die

from lung cancer.

有一项调查发现，不吸烟的妇女，

如果在吸烟的家庭环境中生活40年

或更长的时间，将面临更大的危险。

An investigation indicates that

non-smoking women in a smoking

family environment for 40years or

still longer are in more risks.

她们患肺癌的危险是别人的双倍。

They have double risk of developing

lung cancer.

文化是不同国家的人们互相理解的

最佳媒体。Culture is the best

medium of developing mutual

understanding between different

people of different countries.

通过举办文化节，许多中国城市在

世界上的知名度提高了。By giving

cultural festivals, many Chinese

cities have made themselves better

known to the world.

已经证明，为加深中国人民和世界

其它地方人民之间的交流，这是最

好的途径之一。It has been proved

that this is one of the best ways to

further the exchange between

Chinese people and those from other

parts of the world.

这种交流不仅仅限于文化方面，还

扩大到了经济和其它领域。The

exchange is not merely restricted to

culture but had extended to the

economic and other fields.

随着经济发展的全球化，文化交流

将会扮演更为重要的角色，使人们

联系在一起。With the globalization

of world economy, culture exchange

will play an even more important

role in knitting people together.

亚裔美国人对美国做出了杰出贡

献。Asian Americans have made

remarkable contributions to the

United States.

这些贡献包括诸如自然科学、医学、

法律、文学、艺术等各个领域。Their

contributions cover such fields as

natural science medical science law

literature arts and so on .

由于亚裔移民的祖籍国家具有丰富

多样的传统，他们大大促进了美国

文化的发展，提高了全美国人民的

生活水平。Because of the rich and

diverse traditions from their country

of origin Asian Americans have

greatly promoted the development of

American culture and upgraded the

living standard of American people

as a whole.

亚裔美国人的成功，多归因于本国

传统文化对他们的积极影响。Much

of their success is contributed to the

positive influence of their traditional

culture on them.

与此同时，正是由于对外来文化采

取友好的接受态度，独特的美国文

化才得以形成和发展。Meanwhile it

is due to the friendly acceptance of

other cultures that the unique

American culture is developed and

improved.

美国人都为他们的大学而自豪，或

许是因为它们是世界上的一流大

学。The American people are proud

of their universities perhaps because

they are the top universities in the

world.

美国大学的显著特点之一是它们越来越国际化。One of the remarkable peculiarities of American universities is that they become more and more international.

学费高是另一人特点。High tuition is another peculiarity.

第三个特点是美国的大学在社会活动中所起的重要作用。The third peculiarity is the important role that American universities play in the society.

难怪许多的中国家长，拼尽全力也要供孩子到美国上学接受最好的教育。No wonder so many Chinese parents would try every means to afford their children to get the best education in America.

人们诉诸武力解决争端。People fight to settle quarrels.

武力就意味着杀戮。受过文明才华的民族，应该能够寻找到其它解决争端的办法。Fighting means killing and the civilized people ought to be able to find some way of settling their dispute other than killing.

他们不应该眼睁睁地看着哪一方凭借杀死另一方更多的人而获胜。They should not do by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side and then saying that side which has killed most has won.

而获胜的那一方，不仅记得了胜利，更因为其胜利了，而被认为是正确和正义的一方。And not only that is has won but because it has won it has been in the right .

人类的故事，大抵如此。It is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like.

贻害甚大的现代偏见之一便是这样一种观点，该观点认为艺术与科学是截然不同并基本无法相容的趣好。It has been one of the most destructive modern prejudices that art and science are different and somehow incompatible interests.

我们习以为常地把艺术气质与科学气质对立起来。We have fallen into the habit of opposing the artistic to the scientific temper.

我们甚至将此与创造性态度和批判性态度等同视之。We even identify them with a creative and a critical approach . 在我们这样一个实行分工的社会中，自然存在着专业化的功能，因为凡事关系到便利。In a society like ours which practices the division of labor there are of course specialized functions as matters of convenience.

作为一种便利，也仅仅是作为一种便利，科学功能才不同于艺术功能。As a convenience and only as a convenience the scientific function differs from the artistic function,

想象一下这样的世界：信息成为交换的主要媒介，现金只是用于平凡而单调的贸易。Imagine a world where information is the medium of exchange and cash is used only for plain trade.

这个世界通用的语言是信息而不是英语、德语或日语。A world where information rather than English German or Japanese is the common language.

在这个世界里知识与信息的力量替代了军事力量的威势。A world where the power of knowledge and information replaces the strength of military might.

这个世界完全依赖于高技术工具，它们使信息可以在任何时间立即传播到任何地点、任何一个人。A world totally dependent upon new high-tech tools that make information available instantaneously to anyone anywhere at any time.

在这个世界里，控制信息就可以控制公众。A world where he who controls the information controls the people.

这是一个竞争激烈的世界，为此人们都在受着如何努力的鞭策和教育。In this fiercely competitive world everyone or driven or taught to work for all we are worth.

于是，三岁的孩子就会弹钢琴，五岁的孩子就能上台演出，六岁的孩子就能背诵千首古诗，十三四的孩子就上了大学。Small wonder children are seen playing piano at 3 performing on the stage at 5reciting thousands of poems eloquently at 6 and to to university at 13 or 14.

这样的事情，如今天下真是太多了。Things like these just happen too often nowadays.

人们已经大大提前了做事谋生的手段和时间，已经开始提前学习各种技能，以便在社会中谋一席之地。We start battling for a place in a society by learning various skills at an incredible younger age than before.

人人都在激烈的竞争上拼命。世界像一列疯狂的高速列车，一路风驰电掣，随时有脱轨的可能。Everyone seems caught in the rat race and the world is like an express train roaring violently with the potential risk of swinging off the track at any time.