翻译实习作业.docx

翻译实习作业

第一篇：翻译实习作业《英语笔译实习》题目：《LearningforTomorrow》《中国教育事业的发展》姓名：张恒年级：2011级专业：对外汉语专业学号：201119116时间：２０１２年6月16－22日Passage1英译汉LearningforTomorrowAlleducationspringsfromsomeimageofthefuture.Iftheimageofthefutureheldbyasocietyisgrosslyinaccurate,itseducationsystemwillbetrayitsyouth.ImagineanIndiantribewhichforcenturieshassaileddugoutsontheriveratitsdoorstep.Duringallthistime,theeconomyandcultureofthetribehavedependeduponfishing,preparingandcookingtheproductsoftheriver,growingfoodinsoilfertilizedbytheriver,buildingboatsadappropriatetools.Solongastherateoftechnologicalchangeinsuchacommunitystayslow,solongasnowars,invasions,epidemicsorothernaturaldisastersupsettheevenrhythmoflife,itissimpleforthetribetoformulateaworkableimageofitsownfuture,sincetomorrowmerelyrepeatsyesterday.Itisfromthisimagethateducationflows.Schoolsmaynotevenexistinthetribe;yetthereisacurriculum-aclusterofskills,valuesandritualstobelearned.Boysaretaughttoscrapebarkandhollowouttrees,justastheirancestorsdidbeforethem.Theteacherinsuchasystemknowswhatheisdoing,secureintheknowledgethattradition—thepast—willworkinthefuture.Whathappenstosuchatribe,however,whenitpursuesitstraditionalmethodsunawarethatfivehundredmilesupstreammenareconstructingagiganticdamthatwilldryuptheirbranchoftheriver?Suddenly,thetribe’simageofthefuture,thesetofassumptionsonwhichitsmembersbasetheirpresentbehavior,becomesdangerouslymisleading.Tomorrowwillnotreplicatetoday.Thetribalinvestmentinpreparingitschildrentoliveinariverculturebecomesapointlessandpotentiallytragicwaste.Afalseimageofthefuturedestroystherelevanceoftheeducationeffort.Thisisoursituationtoday—onlyitiswe,ironically,notsomedistantstrangers—whoarebuildingthedamthatwillannihilatethecultureofthepresent.Neverbeforehasanyculturesubjecteditselftosointenseandprolongedabombardmentoftechnological,socialandinfo-psychologicalchange.Thischangeisacceleratingandwewitnesseverywhereinthehigh-technologysocietiesevidencethattheoldindustrial-erastructurescannolongercarryouttheirfunctions.译文为未来而学习所有