2019年翻译考试初级英语笔译练习题（4）
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1.这种安装在汽车上的电脑能够识别预发事故的征兆，从而帮助预防事故发生。
2.大量实验表明，很多生物都会利用磁场。
3.根据预测，未来的生活方式将是高科技、互动型的，充满了技术冒险性。
4.在一座遥远的太平洋岛屿上，乌鸦拥有一种人们过去以为只有灵长目动物才能掌握的技能：使用工具。
5.我们没有办法控制自然，但是地球同步卫星等前沿科技可以帮助我们预测最坏的情况，并为之做出计划和准备。
6.应用现有的方法发射宇宙飞船和卫星，费用极其昂贵，这大大限制了对太空的商业利用。
7.这款智能电话的秘密在于使用了基于“视窗移动”的软件，你可以通过它发送电子邮件和即时消息，上网冲浪，听音乐，玩游戏，此外，它还有许多其他功能。
8.求生服能够提供冷热绝缘，在你行动时为你提供额外的力量，从而使你能够在各种各样的环境中生存下来。
9.自由潜水运动有两个显著特征：1、潜水员的屏息过程;2，由于不断增加的水压，潜水员的肺部和胸部所发生的变化。
10.太阳系中，包括月球和小行星在内的诸多天体中蕴藏着大量矿产资源，几乎所有目前在地球上被广泛利用的矿物质其实都包含其中。
11.由于核辐射具有较强的穿透力，应用核技术可有效检查恐怖炸弹。
12.美国“旅行者1号”( Voyager l)探测器正以每年3.6天文单位(AU)的速度飞离太阳系。
13.英国专家一项最新的研究发现，世界上智商最高的国民分布在中国、新加坡、韩国和日本。
14.-种新型海水淡化(desalination)设备每天能够处理1.1万升水，据称其淡化过程的费用只有现有技术的三分之一。
15.在东京“2003国际机器人展”上.展出了一种微型飞行机器人，它能在空间狭窄的救灾现场一显身手。
16.目前科学家能够确定的是非典可通过飞沫和密切接触传染，但除此之外是否还有其他的传染途径谁也说不清楚。
17.实施广播电视数字化后，用户不仅能看到现有的电视频道，还可以欣赏到新开办的多样化、专业化和个性化节目。
18.中国科学家称，他们发现了一种四翼有羽恐龙的化石，并认为这有力地证明了鸟类是从恐龙进化而来的理论。
19.人们都认为，“黑客”就是那些试图侵入别人的电脑、盗用电话系统的人，但是真正的“黑客”却认为，他们的任务是让万维网能够有效地运行。
20.德国科学家称，他们已经解决了一些最主要的相关技术难题，有望在50年后在太空中建立起一些太阳能“发电厂”，直接为地球上的人类提供能源。
参考译文
1.The car's computer could recognize impending signs of trouble and help prevent accidents.
2.Numerous experiments have shown that many living things avail themselves of the magnetic field.
3.Tomorrow's lifestyles are predicted to be high-tech, interactive and technologically adventurous.
4.Crows on a remote Pacific island have learned a skill that people once thought only primates could master: the use of tools.
5.There is no way to control nature, but cutting-edge technology like geo-stationary satellites helps us predict, plan and prepare for the worst.
6.Spacecraft and satellites are extremely expensive to launch using currently available methods, which has significantly limited the commercial use of space.
7.This smart phone's secret is its Windows Mobile-based software, which allows you to send e- mail and instant message, surf the Web, listen to music, play games, and much, much more.
8.A survival suit provides insulation against heat and cold and additional strength if you want to move; it will help you survive in a wide range of environment.
9.There are two outstanding factors which characterize the free diver - the process of breath- holding and the changes that occur in the lungs and the chest as a result of the increased water pressure.
10.The celestial bodies within the Solar System, including the Moon and the asteroids, contain a vast supply of virtually all types of mineral resources now used extensively on Earth.
11.As nuclear radiation is highly penetrative, nuclear technology can be used as an effective means of detecting terrorist bombs.
12.The US probe Voyager l is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.6 AU per year.
13.A latest research by British experts reveals that people in China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan enjoy the highest IQ levels in the world.
14.A late model of sea water desalination device can process 11,000 liters of water, while the cost of desalination is just one third of that of the existing technology.
15.At the International Robot Exhibition 2003 in Tokyo, a micro flying robot was exhibited. It will be able to help people in disaster scenes where the space is narrow and small.
16.What scientists know now is that SARS can spread through saliva and close person-to-person contact. But nobody knows for sure if there are other routes of infection.
17.With digital TV, the users will not only have access to the existing TV channels, but also receive newly opened TV programs featuring diversification, specialization and individuation.
18.Scientists in China say that they have found the fossils of a dinosaur with four feathered wings, a find they say that lends considerable support to the theory that birds evolve from dinosaurs.
19.It is generally believed that hackers are people who break into computers and phreak the phone system, while real hackers consider themselves as people who make the World Wide Web work.
20.German scientists say that they have solved some major related technological problems and hopefully will set up solar power plants in space in 50 years to supply energy for mankind on the earth directly.
