漢英段落翻譯13

白蟻之害

你知道白蟻之害嗎？一座大廈如果有了白蟻，不加防治，不到十年時(shí)間，里面的地板壁板，都會(huì)蛀蝕一空。一般的房屋受了嚴(yán)重的蟻害，有的還會(huì)突然倒塌下來，傷了性命。電桿被白蟻蛀蝕，一般兩三年就要換一次。船只有了白蟻，輕的會(huì)將貨物蛀爛，重的會(huì)使船沉沒。鐵路枕木如果受白蟻侵蝕，火車就有出軌的危險(xiǎn)。白蟻這種害蟲，實(shí)在是相當(dāng)可惡的。在我們的社會(huì)里，則有另一種“白蟻”。前些日子報(bào)載吉林省外貿(mào)局副局長(zhǎng)王震宇利用職權(quán)，大慷國(guó)家之慨，吃喝玩樂，請(qǐng)客送禮，浪費(fèi)驚人，不也是一種“白蟻”之害嗎？TheDestructivenessofTermitesHaveyouheardofdestructionbytermites?Ifatallbuildingwereinfestedwithtermitesandnothingweredonetopreventandcontrolthem,theentirewoodenfloorandwallpanelinginsideitwouldhavebeeneatenawayinlessthantenyears.Someoftheordinaryhousesdamagedbytermitesmightcollapse,causingcasualties.Wirepoleswouldhavetobereplacedattwoorthreeyears’intervalduetodamagebytermites.Ifslightlydamagedbytermiteeating,goodsonaboatmightdecay;ifheavilydamaged,theboatmightsink.Ifrailwaysleeperswereeatenawaybytermites,trainswouldbeindangerofrunningoffthetrack.Whatannoyingpeststermitesare!However,thereisanotherkindof“termites”inoursociety.Accordingtoarecentpressreport,WangZhenyu,formervicedirectorofJilinForeignTradeBureau,abusedhispowerbysquanderingagrotesqueamountofmoneywining,dining,holdingdinnerparties,givinggiftsandseekingotherpleasures,allattheexpenseofthestate.Isn’theasdestructiveas“termites”too?污染已成為問題，因?yàn)樵诋?dāng)今人口越來越多，社會(huì)越來越工業(yè)化的世界上，人類正在污染他們居住的環(huán)境。許多科學(xué)家認(rèn)為人類最大的錯(cuò)誤是把發(fā)展和進(jìn)步等同起來?，F(xiàn)在人們以懷疑的態(tài)度看待“發(fā)展性”的產(chǎn)業(yè)，因?yàn)樗鼈兊母弊饔脮?huì)破壞環(huán)境，破壞各種生命之間的關(guān)系。人口的增長(zhǎng)導(dǎo)致對(duì)世界上有限的空氣、水和土地的需求不斷增長(zhǎng)。伴隨著人口增長(zhǎng)的是越來越多的人渴望更高的生活水平。于是對(duì)電、水和商品的更大需求必然造成有更多的廢物要處理。這個(gè)問題已經(jīng)引起人們對(duì)生物及其環(huán)境的日益關(guān)注。許多人認(rèn)為，人類沒有盡快地解決這一問題，卻只顧謀求私利，以致于到了無可挽救的地步以后才充分認(rèn)識(shí)到這種兵貴神速。Pollutionisaproblembecausemaninanincreasinglypopulatedandindustrializedworldisupsettingtheenvironmentinwhichhelives.2)Manyscientistsmaintainthatoneofman’sgreatesterrorshasbeentoequategrowthwithadvancement.3)Now“growth”industriesarebeinglookedonwithsuspicionincasetheirsideeffectsdamagetheenvironmentanddisrupttherelationshipofdifferentformsoflife.4)Thegrowingpopulationmakesincreasingdemandsontheworld’sfixedsupplyofairwaterandland.5)Thisriseinpopulationisaccompaniedbythedesireofmoreandmorepeopleforabetterstandardofliving,inaneverincreasingamountofwastematerialtobedisposedof.6)Theproblemhasbeencausingincreasingconcerntolivingthingsandtheirenvironment.7)Manybelievethatmanisnotsolvingtheseproblemsquicklyenoughandthathisselfishpursuitofpossessionstakeshimpastthepointofnoreturnbeforehefullyappreciatesthedamage.正是因?yàn)椴煌５刈非筮M(jìn)取，我們才感到生活幸福。一件事完成后，另一件隨之而來，如此連綿不絕，永無止境。對(duì)于往前看的人來說，眼前總有一番新天地。雖然我們蝸居于這顆小行星上，整日忙于鎖事且生命短暫，但我們生來就有不盡的希望，如天上繁星，遙不可及。只要生命猶在，希望便會(huì)不止。真正的幸福在于怎樣開始，而不是如何結(jié)束，在于我們的希翼，而并非擁有。Weliveinanascendingscalewhenwelivehappily,onethingleadingtoanotherinanendlessseries.Thereisalwaysanewhorizonforonward-lookingmen,andalthoughwedwellonasmallplanet,immersedinpettybusinessandnotenduringbeyondabriefperiodofyears,wearesoconstitutedthatourhopesareinaccessible,likestars,andthetermofhopingisprolongeduntilthetermoflife.Tobetrulyhappyisaquestionofhowwebeginandnotofhowweend,ofwhatwewantandnotofwhatwehave.Icebergsareamongnature'smostspectacularcreations,andyetmostpeoplehaveneverseenone.Avagueairof mysteryenvelopsthem.Theycomeintobeing--somewhere--infaraway,frigidwaters,amidthunderousnoiseandsplashingturbulence,whichinmostcasenoonehearsorsees.Theyexistonlyashorttimeandthenslowlywaste awayjustasunnoticed.Objectsofsheerestbeautytheyhavebeencalled.Appearinginanendlessvarietyofshapes,theymaybedazzlinglywhite,ortheymaybeglassyblue,greenorpurple,tintedfaintlyorindarkerhues.Theyaregraceful,stately, inspiring--incalm,