Paper Two 试卷二

　　(60 minutes)

　　Part I Translation (30 minutes, 20 points, 10 for each section)

　　Section A

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　Progress in communication and transport technologies during the 20th century has enabled us to overcome geographical boundaries and revolutionize our way of living. The world is now linked to such an extent that a local happening cannot take place without impacting on the international community.

　　Globalization is not just about increasing the worldwide circulation of information and ideas. Economically speaking, it entails transnational investment and international trade, thereby integrating all countries into a single giant world market. In terms of culture, globalization itself is neither positive nor negative: It may be either of them depending on our viewpoint.

　　Section B

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　随着我国社会经济的迅猛发展、人民生活水平的提高和医疗卫生事业的改善，我国老年人口明显增多。不少人对此忧心忡忡。但有识之士指出，我们不仅要看到人口老龄化所带来的巨大压力，也要看到人口老龄化背后所蕴涵的商机以及老年人丰富的智力、经验等资源，要将压力变为机遇。

　　Part II Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)

　　Directions: In this part, you are to write within 30 minutes a composition of no less than 150 words about “Whether College Students Should Be Allowed to Get Married”. Your composition should write according to the outline given below. Please remember to write it clearly on the COMPOSITION SHEET.

　　Outline:

　　1.Choose either of the two positions: College students should (not) be allowed to get married.

　　2.State your reasons for or against the issue.

　　3.Draw a conclusion.

　　Part I Translation

　　Section A

　　20世纪，通讯和交通领域都有了长足进步，这使得全世界的人们能够打破地域界限并且改变原有的生活方式。整个世界紧密地联系在一起，任何地方发生的事情都会对整个国际社会带来一定的影响。

　　全球化并不仅仅意味着世界范围内的信息和观点的流通。从经济角度来看，全球化促使了跨国界投资和商业往来的兴起，从而把全世界所有的国家整合成一个巨大的国际市场。从文化角度来看，全球化既谈不上是积极的，也谈不上是消极的：这是需要根据我们自身的观点而定的。

　　Section B

　　With the rapid development of the social economy in China, people’s living standards and medical industry are improved.Many people are severely worried about the increasing number of older people. Men of insight say that it brings us not only the enormous pressure, but also great opportunities behind it as well as abundant resources of olders such as the intelligence and experience. We must turn pressure into opportunity.

　　Part II Writing

　　In 2004, the Ministy of Education of China promulgated an act that college students on campus can get married, which aroused the widespread debate in the whole society. As to this special issue, different people have different opinions. As a student, I think this behavior should be banned. My reasons are as follows:

　　The first and the most important one is that college students’ marriage is not beneficial to study. Being college students, young people should spare no effort to study hard to broaden their horizons. Marriage means they must take on lots of responsibilities of marriage. So it may have negative impact on their study. Second, when college students marry each other, the young couple will live together, which means they will be estranged from their classmates. It is harmful to their ability to communicate with others. Third, their marriages will put a financial burden on their family and themselves. In general, college students are still financed by their family. If they want to get married, they have to ask more money from their family or make money in their spare time. It is a heavy burden they have to shoulder.

　　In a word, I don’t approve of college students’ marriage. It will disturb the students’ normal life and is not beneficial to their future.