2003年考研英语翻译真题及答案

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        　　2003年考研英语翻译真题及答案
        　　Part B
        　　Directions:
        　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined
segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER
SHEET 2. (10 points)
        　　Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at
their place in it. Humans are thoughtful and creative, possessed of insatiable
curiosity. 1) Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in
which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar
ideas and fancies. Therefore, it is important to study humans in all their
richness and diversity in a calm and systematic manner, with the hope that the
knowledge resulting from such studies can lead humans to a more harmonious way
of living with themselves and with all other life forms on this planet
Earth.
        　　“Anthropology” derives from the Greek words anthropos: “human” and logos
“the study of.” By its very name, anthropology encompasses the study of all
humankind.
        　　Anthropology is one of the social sciences. 2) Social science is that
branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors
in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner that natural
scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
        　　Social science disciplines include geography, economics, political science,
psychology, and sociology. Each of these social sciences has a subfield or
specialization which lies particularly close to anthropology.
        　　All the social sciences focus upon the study of humanity. Anthropology is a
field-study oriented discipline which makes extensive use of the comparative
method in analysis. 3) The emphasis on data gathered first-hand, combined with a
cross-cultural perspective brought to the analysis of cultures past and present,
makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.
        　　Anthropological analyses rest heavily upon the concept of culture. Sir
Edward Tylor’s formulation of the concept of culture was one of the great
intellectual achievements of 19th century science. 4) Tylor defined culture as
“…that complex whole which includes belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any
other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” This
insight, so profound in its simplicity, opened up an entirely new way of
perceiving and understanding human life. Implicit within Tylor’s definition is
the concept that culture is learned, shared, and patterned behavior.
        　　5) Thus, the anthropological concept of “culture,” like the concept of
“set” in mathematics, is an abstract concept which makes possible immense
amounts of concrete research and understanding.
        　　答案解析
        　　Part B (10 points)
        　　1. 而且，人类还有能力改变自己的生存环境，从而是让所有其它形态的生命服从人类自己独特的想法和想象。
        　　2. 社会科学是知识探索的一个分支，它力图像自然科学家研究自然现象那样，用理性的、有序的、系统的和冷静的方式研究人类及其行为。
        　　3. 强调收集第一手资料，加上在分析过去和现在文化形态时采用跨文化视角，使得这一研究成为一门独特并且非常重要的社会科学。
        　　4. 泰勒把文化定义为“……一个复合整体，它包括人作为社会成员所获得的信仰、艺术、道德、法律、风俗以及其它能力和习惯”。
        　　5. 因此，人类学中“文化”概念就像数学中“集”的概念一样，是一个抽象概念，它使大量的具体研究和认识成为可能。