2018翻译资格考试catti二级笔译模拟试题：稀土
汉译英
稀土是中国最丰富的战略资源，截止 2009 年，中国稀土储量达到 3600 万吨，占到全球稀土储量的 36.4%。同时中国也是全球最大的稀土生产国， 2009 年，中国稀土矿产量达到12.9 万吨，占到全球产量的 97%，稀土资源的过度开发给中国稀土产业的可持续发展带来严峻挑战。
针对国内稀土资源开发存在的问题，近年来，中国加大了对稀土资源开发政策调控的力度，实行指令性生产和出口配额制度。 2010 年，中国稀土开采总量控制指标为 89200 吨，同比增长 8.4%;稀土产品出口配额为 3.03 万吨，同比下降 39.5%。2009 年以来，中国稀土产品出口控制力度的加强，使全球稀土供给趋紧，由此拉动全稀土产品市场价格进入一轮持续上升期。以金属钕为例，截止 2010 年 9 月 30 日，上海金属钕现货市场价格达到 316500 元/吨，对比 2008 年 12 月份的 97500 元/吨增长 224.6%。
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Rare earth is the richest strategic resource of China. As of 2009， China’s reserves of rare earth have reached 36 million tons， representing 36.4% of the world’s total. China also boasts the largest rare earth output in the world， accounting for 129，000 tons or 97% of the world’s total output in 2009. The overexploitation of rare earth resources has posed a grave challenge to the sustainable development of China’s rare earth industry.
In response to the problem in the exploitation of rare earth resources ， the Chinese Government has intensified the policy control in recent years ， implementing a mandatory production and export quota system. The rare earth exploitation of China is capped at 89，200 tons in 2010， up 8.4% year-on-year， while the export quota stands at 30，300 tons， down 39.5% year-on-year.
Since 2009， China has strengthened its control over rare earth export， pushing up a new round of price hike of rare earth resource worldwide because of the shortage of supply.
A case in point is neodymium， the spot market price of which in Shanghai reached RMB 316， 500/ton as of September 30th，2010，an increase of 224.6% compared with the RMB 97，500/ton in December 2008.
