2003年11月CATTI 三筆實務真題（真題+譯文）

2003.11CATTI三筆實務真題(附參考譯文)Section1English-ChineseTranslationPassage1Ifyouhaveneverseenapowerplant,youmightfindithardtoimaginehowenormouslycomplextheequipmentisorhowmuchheatisgeneratedbytheboilersorhowmuchcoalittakestofuelthefurnacesforjustoneday.Duringthecourseofaday,theboilersatoneofourpowerplants,Morgantown,forexample,canturn24milliongallonsofwaterintosteam.Thatgeneratingplantaloneuses9,900tonsofcoalinitsfurnacesinjustonedayPotomacElectricPowerCompany(PEPCO)usessomuchcoalthatwehavepurchasedtwo80-carunittrainstofacilitatethedeliveryprocess.AndMorgantownalonecanproduceover25millionkilowatthoursofelectricityinasingleday’soperation.Electricityisproducedbyspinninglargemagnetsinsideacoilofwirewithinthegenerator.Thefasterwespinthemangnets,thehigherwillbethevoltageoftheelectricityproduced.ElectricityleavesaPEPCOgeneratoratbetween13,800and24,000volts.Thenextstepintheprocessoccurswhenelectricitypassesthroughatransformerwherethevoltageissteppeduptocontinueonitsjourney.Atransmissionwireislikeasmalldiameterpipe.Steppingupthevoltageislikeincreasingwaterpressure,thusspeedingtheflowofenergythroughthesystem.Passage2Becausetheaircraftindustryneedseverincreasingquantitiesofaluminiumplate,newequipmenthasbeendesignedtoautomatethemakingofit.Itincludesahugeheat-treatmentfurnace,acranethatliftshotmetalplateswithoutdamagingthem,andacomputersystemthatcanmanagethecompleteflowofwork.Fiveyearsago,Europe’saircraftindustryneededonly8,000tonnesofaluminiumplateayearforitsproducts.Lastyearthefigurereached21,800tonnes.By2004itshouldtotal30,000tonnes.Eachairlinercontains180tonesofit.Thatiswhytheplantisbeingrebuilttoincreaseboththequalityandtheamountofitsproduct.Aluminiumisalloyedwithothermetals’andcastintoingots,andthesurfaceoftheingotsissmoothedoff.Afterpre-heating,itisrolledinamillthatcantake3.57-m-wideslabs.Thenewequipmentcanmaketheprocessmoreefficientandcanproduceabetterproduct.Forexample,computerscontrolthetemperatureofthehotplates,therateatwhichtheypassthroughthemill,thespeedofcoolingitwithwater,andsoon.Thenewplantcanhandletwicethethroughputoftheonethatitisreplacing,thankstothecompletelyautomatedandcomputerizedprocess.Section2Chinese-EnglishTranslationSection1參考譯文Passage1Passage2。到3.75米寬的平板的軋機中進行軋制。這套新設備可使這個工序提高效率，并能改進Section2參考譯文Iaddressthesewordsinfavorofthecultivationoftheimagination.Inwhatsense,then,doIuseth6word"imagination"?Themeaningof"imagination"is"thepowerofformingidealpictures";"thepowerofrepresentingabsentthingstoourselvesandtoothers."ThatisthesenseinwhichIshallusetheword"imagination"inthecourseofmyaddress.NowfollowoutthisthoughtandIthinkIcanmakemymeaningclear.Absentthings!Takehistory.Historydealswiththethingsofthepast.Theyareabsentinasense,fromyourminds--thatistosayyoucannotseethem;butthestudyofhistoryquali