2013年华中科技大学博士英语入学考试试题翻译和写作(真题)

翻译题目：

汉译英

1.科学家认为，出生在夏天将赋予你开朗的性情，而出生在冬天则可能给你的快乐蒙上永久的阴影。

Being born in the summer could give you a sunnydisposition for life. And a winter birthday might cast a permanent shadow over your happiness, scientists believe。

2. 有些老鼠被放置在夏天的光照条件下，每天有16小时的“白天”和8个小时的“黑夜”。其他老鼠则只有8个小时的“白天”，和冬天昼短夜长的光照条件类似。

Some were given summer conditions of 16 hours of light and eight hours of darkness per day. Others had only eight hours of daily light, to mimic the short days of winter。

3. 那些在夏天的光照条件下成长起来的老鼠像往常一样作息，而那些在缺少光线的环境中成长起来的老鼠在应对这一变化时却显得吃力。

Those reared in summer conditions kept to a daily routine, but those brought up in little light struggled to cope with the change, the journal Nature Neuroscience reports。

英译汉

1. A Japanese airline is taking its weight-saving efforts to new heights, asking passengers on some of its flights to visit the restroom before flying.

日本一家航空公司誓将飞机“减负”进行到底，要求其部分航班的乘客在登机前上厕所。

2. The airline will also recycle paper cups and plastic bottles, and use chopsticks produced from wood from forest thinning projects, as part of its efforts to become more environmentally friendly.

作为其环保措施的一部分，该航空公司还将回收纸杯和塑料瓶，并将使用由森林间伐项目所产木材制成的筷子。

3. The move follows earlier steps by airlines to reduce the weight of flights by trimming the size of in-flight magazines, slimming the handles of forks and spoons and using lighter drink trolleys and porcelain.

在全日空公司推出这项举措之前，已有一些航空公司开始为飞机“减负”，如减小机内杂志尺寸、为餐叉和勺子手柄“瘦身”以及采用更轻便的饮料手推车和瓷器等。

作文题目：

Is it better to set up a bridge or a wall between china and the west?