2009年9月上海高级口译真题及答案-Section3

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2009年9月上海高级口译真题及答案-Section3
SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST (30 minutes)
directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
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. Q- ~0 {/ J, M, oAmid the hubbub over a few less-bad-than-expected statistics, America’s economic debate has turned to the nature of the recovery. Optimists expect a vigorous rebound as confidence returns, pent-up demand is unleashed and massive government stimulus takes effect. Most observers are bracing for a long slog, as debt-laden consumers rebuilt their savings, output growth remains weak and unemployment continues to rise. There is, however, something that eventually will have 考试用书
a much bigger impact on Americans’ prosperity tha the slope of the recovery. That is the effect of the crisis on America’s potetial rate of growth itself.
An economy’s long-term speed limitits “trend “or “potential” rate of gro is the pace at which GDP can expand without affecting unemployment and, hence, inflation. It is determined by growth in the supply of labor along with the speed with which productivity improves. The pace of potential growth helps determine the sustainability of everything from public debt to the prices of shares. Unfortunately, the outlook for America’s potential growthrate was darkening long before
8 d! `+ S9 @2 Jthe financial crisis hit. The IT-induced productivity revolution, which sent potential output soaring at the end of the 1990s, has waned. More important, America’s labor supply is growing more slowly as the population ages, the share of women working has leveled off and that of students who work has fallen.