Paper Two
Part I Translation (30 minutes, 20 points)
Section A:
Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.
National ecological security refers to the sustainability of the ecological environment for one country's existence and development. In comparison with military, political and economic security, ecological security has a wider influence on the common people living in a country. Once its ecological environment is destroyed, the future survival of the whole nation, especially the poor, will be horribly undermined, and it will be extremely difficult for a generation, or even tens of generations to reclaim the environment once ecological deterioration goes beyond a certain threshold.
Although protection of the environment has long been a matter of basic state policy for the Chinese government, it is an undeniable fact that, on the whole, efforts to improve the environment have largely failed to match destructive forces working against them. The whole country should contribute to comprehensive ecological improvement in the coming half century.
Section B:
Directions: Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.
近年来，专家和学者们对中国加入WTO以后在政策的制定、法律、市场营销和人才资源方面必定经历的变化表示出极度的关注。他们的忠告是：中国应该作好最佳准备来迎接加人WTO所带来的挑战。
这些挑战将会对中国现有的法律和规章制度提出各种要求并施加影响。所以有些学者认为，中国加入WTO最重要的方面是它将推动中国法律的进步。WTO调整成员国政府之间的贸易关系，控制它们的经营活动，监督它们制定和实施国内市场管理的政策和法律。
Part III: Writing(30 minutes , 15 points)
Directions: For this part, you are to write within 25 minutes a composition of at least 150 words about Parent’s Role In Reducing Teenage Violence. You should write according to the information given in the following. Please remember to write it clearly on the COMPOSITION SHEET.
With regard to the increasing amount of violence in American schools, a telephone poll was conducted to find out how the public look at the causes of violence in schools, as well as what remedies they suggest to reduce teenage violence. Use the information from the figures below to express how you look at this issue.
CAUSES %who think these factors are mainly to blame for teenage violence:
Lack of parental supervision 72%
Lenient treatment of juvenile offenders by the courts 70%
Children being mistreated by their parents 67%
Too much sex and violence in movies /Tv 67%
Too much emphasis on sex in advertising 57%
Rock-music lyrics that glorify sex and violence 52%
Lack of opportunity due to poverty 50%
Insufficient recreational facilities for teenagers 42%
Failure of schools to provide better education 38%
REMEDIES % who favor these actions as ways to reduce teenage violence
Tough criminal penalties for juvenile offenders 79%
More government spending on educational and
recreational facilities for teenagers 73%
Greater restraints on the showing of sex and
violence on television 73%
Greater restraints on the showing of sex and
violence in movies 70%
Greater restraints on the showing of sex and
violence in rock-music lyrics 64%
Holding parents legally liable fro the violent
criminal actions of their Children 46%