新东方名师：基础口译考前必备“黄金十段”（3）
7. Water CrisisThere are several reasons for the current water crisis and water management problems around the world. Fresh water is not evenly distributed. Another reason is the rise in the human population, and the wish for better living standards. Domestic use is relatively small, but agriculture accounts for about 70% of all freshwater use.
难词讲解
1. water crisis：水源危机
2. evenly distributed：分布不均（相当于mal-distribution）
3. living standard：生活水平
4. domestic use：家庭使用
domestic demand 内需
参考译文
当前世界出现的水源危机和水资源管理的问题原因众多。淡水的分布不平均，另一个原因是人口的增长和人们提高生活水平的愿望。家庭用水量相对来说较少，但农业上的用水量约占所有淡水消耗的70%。
8. Sports in America
Americans enjoy sports. The three national sports are American football, played in the summer. Besides these big events, sports as recreation is enjoyed throughout the country. Golf, tennis, riding, surfing, jogging, and even parachuting, are popular recreational activities.
难词讲解
1. surfing：冲浪
surf the internet 网上冲浪
They were splashing about in the surf. 他们在拍岸的浪花中戏水。
2. jogging：慢跑
3. parachuting：跳伞
参考译文
美国人很喜欢体育运动。美国三大全国性的体育项目为秋天的橄榄球﹑冬天的篮球﹑夏天的棒球。除了这三大项目外，体育运动作为一种娱乐在全国也广受欢迎。高尔夫﹑网球﹑骑马﹑冲浪﹑慢跑，甚至跳伞都是流行的娱乐活动。
9. Shopping Online
People are becoming more and more interested in shopping online for the bargains and the convenience. They are seeing online shopping as a preferred means to shopping, and while we may see declines in the offline world, there are definite increases in the online world.
难词讲解
1. shopping online: 网上购物
Internet café/cyber-café：网吧
Internet worm：网虫
On-line shop/cyber-shop：网店
Internet company：网络公司
参考译文
人们对网上购物越来越感兴趣，因为它既便宜又方便。相对外出购物，大家更喜欢网上购物的方式。我们可能发现线下的世界在衰退，但网上世界却肯定在增长。
10. Package Holiday
“Package holiday” are becoming more and more popular. The travel agency will arrange for the holiday-makers the transportation and the hotel accommodation and even order the food. That is why it is called a package holiday. Such holidays are usually very cheap. That is probably why they are so popular among wage-owners and pensioners.
难词讲解
1. package holiday包办度假
backpack holiday 背包旅行
2. travel agency 旅行社
3. hotel accommodation：旅店住宿
4. pensioner：退休者
参考译文
“全包/—揽子/包办度假”越来越流行。旅行社会为度假者安排交通和旅店，甚至饮食。那就是为什么称为包办度假的原因。这一类度假方式通常非常便宜。那可能是为什么包办度假在工薪阶层和退休者中间那么流行的缘故。
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