2018年MBA考研英語二翻譯真題及答案解析

Section Ⅲ Translation

46.Directions:

Translate the following text into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)

A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations. He ticks “astronaut” but quickly adds “scientist” to the list and selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough. He can explore as many career paths as he likes. And so he reads—everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a “no reading policy” at the dinner table.

That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn’t stopped reading yet—not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year. Gates chooses nonfiction title because they explain how the world works.“Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge,” Gates says.

[全文翻譯]

一名五年級(jí)的學(xué)生的家庭作業(yè)要求他從一系列的職業(yè)中選出他未來的職業(yè)道路。他選擇了“宇航員”，但很快又將“科學(xué)家”加入名單，也選了這一職業(yè)。這個(gè)男孩確信如果他讀的書足夠多，他就能想探索多少條職業(yè)道路，就探索多少條。因此他讀書——從百科全書讀到科幻小說。他如此狂熱地閱讀以致于他的父母不得不制定一條吃飯時(shí)“不能讀書”的規(guī)矩。這個(gè)男孩就是比爾?蓋茨，他從未停止過閱讀 – 即便在他成為全球最成功人士之后也如此。今天，比爾蓋茨的讀物已經(jīng)不再是科幻小說和參考書目：最近，他表示自己每年至少閱讀50本非虛構(gòu)讀物。蓋茨選擇讀非虛構(gòu)類圖書，因?yàn)檫@些書解釋了世界是如何運(yùn)作的?！懊勘緯奸_辟了探索新知識(shí)的道路。” 比爾蓋茨說。