2021年11月全国翻译专业资格（水平）英语二级笔译实务试题真题及答案.docx

2021年11月全国翻译专业资格（水平）英语二级笔译实务试题真题及答案

[问答题]1.Passage1

Aspectrehauntsthisbook—thespectreofEurope.Ju（江南博哥）stasthe700pagesofTonyBlair’sautobiographycouldnotescapetheshadowofIraq,sothe700pagesofDavidCameron’smemoiraredestinedtobereadthroughasinglelens:Brexit.

ForallitsdetailedaccountsofcoalitiontalkswiththeleaderoftheliberalDemocratsorSyriadebateswithBarackObama,Brexitisthestory.Cameronacknowledgesasmuch,writingseveraltimesthathegoesovertheeventsthatledtotheleavevoteof2016everyday,“overandoveragain.Relivingandrethinkingthedecisions,rerunningalternativesandwhat-might-have-beens.”Laterhewrites:“Myregretsaboutwhathadhappenedwentdeep.Iknewthenthattheywouldneverleaveme.Andtheyneverhave.”

It’sthiswhichgivesthebookitsnarrativearc,oneitshareswithBlair’s.Bothtellthestoryofamanwhosepreviouslycharmedpathtosuccessissuddenlyinterrupted,runningintoacatastrophethatwillhaunthimtohislastbreath.Thebuild-upisthesameinbothcases,aseriesofconsecutivevictories—winninghisparty’sleadership,rebrandingandmodernisingthatpartytoappealtothecentreground,reachingDowningStreet,winningre-election—onlytomakeadecisionthatwillwreaklastinghavoc.

CameronoffersthesamedefenceforBrexitthatBlairgaveforIraq:yes,thingsmighthaveturnedoutdisastrously,butmymistakewashonest,Iactedingoodfaith,IonlydidwhatItrulybelievedwasright.

Whichisnottosaythathismemoirisnotself-critical.Onthecontrary,CameronscoldshimselfthroughoutandnotonlyonBrexit.Hewritesthatheoftenmissesthewoodforthetrees,gettinglostinpolicydetailandfailing“toseethebigger,emotionalpicture”.

Nevertheless,hismemoirremindsyouwhyCamerondominatedBritishpoliticsforsolong.Theproseis,likehim,smoothandefficient.ThechapterdescribingtheshortlifeanddeathoftheC