1、 1. Chinese to English “To live is to change the world!” Those words by Steve Jobs have become well-known throughout the world since 2011 and he himself has also been regarded as the embodiment of innovation and imagination. Besides the most magical Apple products, what he has been highly appraised

2、about also includes his unique, unarguable charm “Reality Distortion Field”. This is how Andy Heitzfeld, the Macintosh software engineer, defined this powerful field of Steve Jobs: “The reality distortion field was a confounding melange of a charismatic rhetorical style, an indomitable will, and an

3、eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand.” Bud Tribble, an Apple engineer, said, “The term Reality Distortion Field is both a compliment and a warning. Being stuck in Steves reality distortion field is dangerous, but it is this field that really has empowered him to change reality.” 2.

4、English to Chinese 或許，關于喬布斯最讓人驚異的事實是，他認為市場調研和小組座談會只會限制人的創新能力。當被問到蘋果公司推出iPad之前進行了多少市場研究時，喬布斯的著名回答是：“完全沒做過。消費者們沒義務知道他們想要什么。如果消費者從來沒有見過哪怕有一點點近似的東西，很難(讓他們)告訴你他們到底想要什么。” 事實上，真正讓蘋果公司如此與眾不同的是喬布斯的直覺，他有著雷達一樣敏銳的感覺，能夠感知新興科技及其結合有望產生的“偉大至極”產品。對于去年于56歲英年早逝的喬布斯而言，直覺絕非本能。它是“連接生命中的點點滴滴”，正如他在斯坦福大學(Stanford)畢業典禮演講中所 述

5、，這段經常被人引用的話閃現了互異的人生經歷和科技變革之間的關系。 完全可以想見，如果喬布斯高度依賴消費者研究，就不會有蘋果公司后來的熱賣產品，從麥金塔電腦(Macintosh)到iPod，再到iTunes。 湊巧的是，喬布斯推出麥金塔電腦當天，大眾科學(Popular Science)的一位記者曾經問他，蘋果公司進行了怎樣的市場研究、確保這款電腦有市場。喬布斯以近乎生氣的語調反問：“亞歷山大格雷漢姆貝爾發明電話機前做過市場調研嗎？”Unit 2 Director Davis Guggenheim ingeniously knits all varieties of the natural ph

6、enomena of global warming with Mr. Gores personal history, as well as his long-standing actions he has committed to improving the global warming warnings, which constitutes a strong shocking documentary. As a veteran environmentalist, Mr. Gore, from a thought-provoking and attention-appealing perspe

7、ctive, shows a great deal of the disastrous and undisputed facts and information that the global warming has brought to human beings. In the film Mr. Gore has completely detached himself from the clichs of the political speeches, instead fully displayed his personal charm. With a sense of humor and

8、objective attitude, he lists all the facts to the audience, leaving them to reaching a conclusion alone. “An Inconvenient Truth” is not a film of despair, neither is it just shouting a slogan to protect the Earth . .3Translate the following into English. Since World War II the world has seen unprece

9、dented migration of people. The United States has had an increasing number of immigrants from India, Arabic countries, China and Southeast Asia. European countries recently have had to cope with an influx of people from Russia and Poland. Many of these people come in hopes of a better economic futur

10、e. Even Japan, which prides itself on having a homogeneous population, faces a growing foreign workforce, though it is very small by American and European standards. Oil-rich Arabic countries employ a number of foreigners as well. Translate the following into Chinese. 所有工業國的公司正面臨著越來越多有不同背景的員工他們必須每天處

11、理與不通報過文化和語言相關的問題。跨文化的溝通對國際公司和國內公司來說都是同等重要的話題問題關鍵是公司怎樣才能組建一支有著共同目標的團隊，這個任務并不輕松。 如果員工隊伍文化和語言背景多樣化，公司須確保不同背景的員工能夠彼此相處；與此同時，管理層也應從上至下給所有的員工提供培訓，以促進為同一目標更好工作。 5 Translation The rapid growth in the rich world before the 1970s was encouraged by public spending on infrastructure (including in sewage systems

12、) and basic research: the computer, the internet and the green revolution in food technology all sprang out of science, where there was no immediate commercial aim. Wars provide the sharpest example of the innovative power of government spending: astounding new developments in drone and prosthetic t

13、echnology let alone the jet engine are a bittersweet testament to that. Even in these straightened times, money should still be found for basic research into areas such as carbon capture and storage. For governments that do these things well get out of the way of entrepreneurs, reform their public s

14、ectors and invest wisely the rewards could be huge. The risk that innovation may slow is a real one, but can be avoided. Whether it happens or not is, like most aspects of mankinds fate, up to him.2. 由于技術進步令人目不暇接，我們傾向于由于技術進步令人目不暇接，我們傾向于把這個時代當做是有史以來最具創新性的時代把這個時代當做是有史以來最具創新性的時代。我們生產出智能手機和超級計算機，擁有海。我們生

15、產出智能手機和超級計算機，擁有海量的數據和納米技術，掌握了基因療法和干細量的數據和納米技術，掌握了基因療法和干細胞移植。政府、大學和公司每年用于研究與開胞移植。政府、大學和公司每年用于研究與開發的支出加起來約為發的支出加起來約為1.4萬億美元，比之前任何萬億美元，比之前任何時候都多。時候都多。 然而，人們最近見識的發明的用途都只有然而，人們最近見識的發明的用途都只有本期封面所示發明的一半。這種大眾式的廁所本期封面所示發明的一半。這種大眾式的廁所有簡潔的線條和直觀的使用界面，它改變了數有簡潔的線條和直觀的使用界面，它改變了數億人的生活。它不僅僅是傳承自億人的生活。它不僅僅是傳承自19世紀晚期和世

16、紀晚期和20世紀早期發明家的現代衛生設備：他們發明世紀早期發明家的現代衛生設備：他們發明了汽車、飛機、電話、收音機和抗生素。了汽車、飛機、電話、收音機和抗生素。 當代科技沒能帶來同等影響力的發明，同當代科技沒能帶來同等影響力的發明，同時這也是越來越多的思想家宣稱創新速度已經時這也是越來越多的思想家宣稱創新速度已經放慢的原因放慢的原因(見另文見另文)。有趣的是，悲觀論者中。有趣的是，悲觀論者中不僅學術界人士，如發起非發明性廁所大賽的不僅學術界人士，如發起非發明性廁所大賽的美國經濟學家羅伯特美國經濟學家羅伯特戈登；也包括像臉譜背后戈登；也包括像臉譜背后 的風險投資人皮特的風險投資人皮特泰爾那樣的企

17、業家。泰爾那樣的企業家。6 Where theres money, theres risk. Events in America show that no asset is copper-bottomed. A GOVERNMENT with debt denominated in its own currency needs never default, or so the theory goes. It can simply print more money to pay off the debt. In practice, however, countries do default on

18、 local-currency debt: six have done so in the past 15 years, including Jamaica, Russia and Ecuador. Before this weeks budget deal, markets had feared that America could join the list, if only in a technical sense. Where theres money, theres risk. Events in America show that no asset is copper-bottom

19、ed. A GOVERNMENT with debt denominated in its own currency needs never default, or so the theory goes. It can simply print more money to pay off the debt. In practice, however, countries do default on local-currency debt: six have done so in the past 15 years, including Jamaica, Russia and Ecuador.

20、Before this weeks budget deal, markets had feared that America could join the list, if only in a technical sense. From the point of view of a creditor, however, the ability of a government to print money is of little comfort if the result is higher inflation (for domestic investors) or currency depreciation (for foreign ones). Investors who bought Treasury bonds in 1946, when yields were around current levels, did not suffer a formal default. But over the following 35 years they lost money in real terms at a rate of 2% a year. The cumulative real loss was 91%. By that standard, Greek c