1、2019 年翻譯資格考試一級口譯練習3Yet theU.S. benefitedgreatlyfromthe colonialstrifenext door. Broke after its Haitian defeat. France sold alarge region to the U.S. for $15 million. The LouisianaPurchase would prove to be one of the most profitable realestatetransactionsever made. Napoleon would not have soldhiscl

2、aims"exceptforthecourageand obstinateresistanceof Haitian inhabitants.It would take six decades for the U.S. to acknowledgeHaiti'sindependence.Meanwhile,Haiti,burdened by itspost,independence isolationand thetoomillionfrancsinpaymentitwas forcedtogiveFrance forofficialrecognition,beganitspe

3、rilousslidetowardturmoiland dependency, resultingina19-yearU.S.occupationandtwosubsequentinterventionsinthepast100years.Jeffersononcepresenteddirewarningsabout what mighthappen to theU.S.political system in a worst-case scenario, but his wordsturned out to be a more accurate prophecy for America'

4、;splunderedneighbor:"The spiritofthe times .willalter.Our rulers will become corrupt . The shackles . whichshallnotbe knocked offattheconclusionof war willremainon tong, will be made heavier." Given a fair chance. Haiticould have flourished and prospered, If that had been thecase, this yea

5、r Haiti would be celebrating the bicentennial of its independence with fewer and lighter shackles.【參考譯文】美國周邊的殖民地爭端使其從中獲益不少。法國在海地遭遇失敗后，財力上捉襟見肘，將一大塊地盤以一千五百萬美元的代價賣給美國。路易斯安那交易可以算作有史以來購買者獲益最豐厚的地產交易了。要不是海地人民高昂的士氣和頑強的抵抗使拿破侖頭痛不已，他是不會賣掉自己手中的領地的。美國經過六十年才最終承認海地的獨立。而這段時間里，海地承受巨大壓力：獨立后的孤立無援加之必須向法國支付一億法郎以換取法方的正式承認，它開始滑向動蕩和喪失主權的危險境地，最終導致美國對它長達十九年的占領和其后一百年中兩次入侵。杰弗遜曾經對美國政治體系可能出現的最壞情況進行過警告，但他那些令人心驚膽戰的話語恰恰精確地預告了美國身邊這個屢遭劫難的鄰國所發生的一切： “時代的精神將改變。我們的統治者們將腐朽墮落。我們并沒有因為戰爭