大家论坛CATTI翻译TopSage12011年5月二级笔译实务真题Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉)(50points)Passage1DeathofaFarmFarmsgooutofbusinessformanyreasons,butfewfarmsdomerelybecausethesoilhasfailed.Thatisthemiracleoffarming.Ifyoucareforthesoil,itwilllast—andyield—nearlyforever.Americaissuchayoungcountrythatwehavebarelytestedthat.Formostofourhistory,therehasbeennewlandtofarm,andwestillfarmasthoughtherealwayswillbe.Still,therearesomeveryoldfarmsoutthere.TheoldestistheTuttlefarm,nearDover,N.H.,whichisalsooneoftheoldestbusinessenterprisesinAmerica.Itmadethenewslastweekbecauseitsowner—alinealdescendantofJohnTuttle,theoriginalsettler—hasdecidedtogooutofbusiness.Itwasfoundedin1632.Ihearitssweetcornislegendary.Theyear1632isunimaginablydistant.In1632,Galileowasstillpublishing,andJohnLockewasborn.Therewereperhaps10,000colonistsinallofAmerica,onlyafewhundredoftheminNewHampshire.TheTuttleacres,then,wouldhaveseemedalmostassurroundedastheydoin2010,butbyforestinsteadofhighwaysandhouses.Itwasaprecariousoperationatthestart—asallfarmingwasinthenewcolonies—anditbecameprecariousenoughagaininthesepastfewyearstopeteroutatlast.Thelandisprotectedbyaconservationeasementsoitcan’tbedeveloped,butnooneknowswhetherthenextownerwillfarmit.大家论坛CATTI翻译TopSage2InaletterontheirWebsite,theTuttlescite“exhaustionofresources”asthereasontosellthefarm.Theexhaustedresourcestheylistincludebodies,minds,hearts,imagination,equipment,machineryandfinances.Theydonotmentionsoil,whichhasbeenrenewedandredeemedrepeatedly.It’sasthoughtheparishionersoftheFirstParishChurchinnearbyDover—erectednearly200yearslater,in1829—hadrebuiltthestructureonthesamespoteveryfewyears.Itistoosimpletosay,astheTuttleshave,thattherecessionkilledafarmthathadsurvivedfornearly400years.Whatkilleditwastheeconomicstructureoffoodproduction.Eachyearithasbecomeharderforfamilyfarmstocompetewithindustrialscaleagriculture—heavilysubsidizedbythegovernment—undersellingthemateveryturn.Inasystemcommittedtothehealthoffarmsandtheirint...
