中级口译笔试真题0503(20)

口译

根据最近的一项调查统计，在英国，有65%的新人在教堂里举行婚礼，大多数人死后的葬礼是基督教式的，但平时坚持去教堂的人20%都不到。

2. Passage Translation

1) If you are born into an American family ranking in the top 10 of income, chances are 1 in 3 that you‘ll stay there. If you‘re born into a family of bottom 1/10, however, chances are more rare that you‘ll ever reach the top. So much for equality of opportunity, in America as elsewhere in the world, the rich always get richer, and the poor can hardly get by. The widening gap between the rich and the poor is everyone‘s problem and everyone‘s responsibility.

如果你出生在美国收入排名前十的家庭里，你的收入也排名在美国前十的概率是三分之一。如果你出生所在的家庭的收入属于最低的十分之一，那么，你成为首富的可能微乎其微。机会是平等的，这句话虽然没错，但不管是在美国还是在别的国家，富人越来越富，穷人却难以度日。富人和穷人之间的差距越拉越大，这是关系每个人的问题，而减小这个差距也是每个人的责任。

2) The credit card industry is only about 50 years‘ old. Some credit cards have offered real convenience. Those accepting credit cards include hospitals for open-heart surgery and the federal government for income taxes. Instead of saving for a washing machine or computer, some people mer