2017下半年翻譯考試中級口譯模擬試題（26）
【中譯英】
據(jù)調(diào)查，我國有40%的青少年除了課本外不看其他書籍。對此，我感到極為震驚。雖然有關(guān)人士聲稱調(diào)查具有科學(xué)性，我仍不敢相信。不過盡管懷疑，事實卻是，越來越多的年輕人在業(yè)余時間已不再讀書，而是看電視、跳舞、打電子游戲機(jī)，或者“侃大山”。高爾基說過：“書籍是人類進(jìn)步的階梯�！北娝苤瑫侨祟愔腔鄣慕Y(jié)晶。盡管現(xiàn)代傳媒(如電視、計算機(jī))在信息的傳播速度上有許多優(yōu)勢，但到目前為止，還沒有哪一種在傳播知識的深度方面能取代書籍。
【參考譯文】
According to a survey, about 40% of our country’s youth do not read any books other than their textbooks. I am shocked at the result. I remain suspicious of the survey, though the people concerned claim it to be scientific. Despite my suspicion, the fact is that more and more young people, instead of reading, spend their spare time watching TV, going to dance parties, playing video games or chitchatting. Gorgy once said:“Books are steps toward human progress.”As we all know, books is a crystallization of human wisdom. Although modern media such as TV and computers enjoy advantages in the speed of information dissemination, so far none of them can replace books in respect of the depth of knowledge being spread.
