2014年職稱英語(綜合類)教材閱讀理解文章及譯文28

　　The National Park Service

　　America's national parks are like old friends. You may not see them for years at a time, but just knowing they're out there makes you feel better. Hearing the names of these famous old friends -Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon -revives memories of visits past and promotes dreams of those still to come.

　　From Acadia to Zion, 369 national parks are part of a continually evolving system. Ancient fossil beds, Revolutionary War battlefields, magnificent mountain ranges, and monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country are all a part of our National Park System (NPS). The care and preservation for future generations of these special places is entrusted to the National Park Service. Uniformed Rangers, the most visible representatives of the Service, not only offer park visitors a friendly wave, a helpful answer, or a thought-provoking history lesson, but also are skilled rescuers, firefighters, and dedicated resource protection professionals. The National Park Service ranks also include architects, historians, archaeologists, biologists, and a host of other experts who preserve and protect everything from George Washington's teeth to Thomas Edison's wax recording.

　　Modern society has brought the National Park Service both massive challenges and enormous opportunities. Satellite and computer technologies are expanding the educational possibilities of a national park beyond its physical boundaries. Cities struggling to revive their urban cores are turning to the Park Service for expert assistance to preserve their cultural heritage, thirsty for recreational outlets are also working with the NPS to turn abandoned railroad tracks into bike and hiking trails, as well as giving unused federal property new life as recreation centers.

　　To help meet these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities, the National Park Service had formed partnerships - some dating back 100 years, some only months old - with other agencies, state and local governments, corporations, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, Park Friends groups, cooperating associations, private organizations, community groups and individuals who share the National Park ethic.

　　National Park Week 1996 is a celebration of these partnerships.

　　詞匯：

　　revive 重新喚起，重新記起;蘇醒，復(fù)蘇 fossil 化石的

　　promote 促成，促進(jìn);晉升，提升 evolve 演化;使逐步形成

　　range 山地;山脈 entrust 委托管理;委托

　　ranger 國家公園管理員，國有森林護(hù)林員 core 中心;核心

　　trail 小道，小徑 ethic 道德規(guī)范，倫理標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

　　注釋：

　　1.Your may not see them for years at a time，but just knowing they're out there makes you feel better：你可能幾年都見不到它們一次，但是只要知道它們?cè)谀抢?，你的心情就?huì)比較暢快。注意：may not中的mot可以否定may，也可以否定后面的動(dòng)詞。如否定may，作“不允許”解;如否定后面的動(dòng)詞，做“可能不”解。not是否定may還是其后面的動(dòng)詞，這取決于上下文。在所討論 的句子中，not否定see。但mayn't沒有歧義，只作“不允許”解。at a time：每次，一次。又如：I am away two weeks at a time.我每次外出總要兩星期不回家。

　　2.Yosemite：優(yōu)山美地國家公園(位于加州中東部)

　　3.Yellowstone：黃石國家公園(位于懷俄明州西北部)

　　5.a continually evolving system：一種不斷演化的體系

　　6.…monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country…：……為塑造這個(gè)國家而獻(xiàn)身的英雄兒女紀(jì)念碑……

　　7.a host of other experts：許多其他的老師

　　8.pocket park：處于城市建筑群之間的小公園

　　9.Growing communities thirsty for recreational outlets…：渴望娛樂場(chǎng)所不斷發(fā)展的社區(qū)……

　　練習(xí)：

　　1. Why are America's national parks like old friends?

　　A) Because they are always out there.

　　B) Because they are very old.

　　C) Because they make people feel better.

　　D) Because they are very famous.

　　2. Which of the following statements is true about uniformed rangers?

　　A) They take tourists to national parks.

　　B) They always act as tourist guides.

　　C) They help set up new national parks.

　　D) They protect the National Park System.

　　3. The National Park Service does all the following EXCEPT

　　A) offering help to visitors

　　B) molding the Nation.

　　C) keeping people better informed of the National Park System.

　　D) helping preserve the cultural heritage.

　　4. What is this passage about?

　　A) It is about the American National Parks.

　　B) It is about the National Park Service.

　　C) It is about the National Park Service partnerships.

　　D) It is about the care and preservation of the National Parks in America.

　　5. What will the paragraph following this passage most probably discuss?

　　A) The pocket parks in America,

　　B) The preparations made for the celebration of National Park Week 1996.

　　C) The work that has been done by the partners.

　　D) The preservation of national resources in America.

　　答案與題解：

　　1.A 第一段第二句實(shí)際上回答了這個(gè)問題：You may not see them for years at a time, but just knowing they're out there makes you feel better.。你可能幾年都見不到它們一次，但是只要知道它們?cè)谀抢?，你的心情就?huì)比較暢快?？梢钥闯觯@種感情跟對(duì)一個(gè)老朋友的感情基本上是一樣的。所以，A是正確答案。

　　2.D 文章第二段中說：Uniformed Rangers, the most visible representatives of the Service, not only offer park visitors a friendly wave, a helpful answer, or a thought-provoking history lesson, but also are skilled rescuers, firefighters, and dedicated resource protection professionals. 穿著制服的公園管理員是公園行政部門最顯眼的代表。他們不僅向游客揮手表示歡迎，幫助解答問題，或給他們上一堂啟迪思想的歷史課，而且也是熟練的救生者、消防員和有奉獻(xiàn)精神的資源保護(hù)人員。由此可見，D應(yīng)是正確答案。

　　3.B 此題答案可用排除法在第二段中找到?！璦 helpful answer(排除A)，a thought-provoking history lesson(排除C)，…preserve and protect everything…(排除D)，因此只有B是正確答案。

　　4.B B跟標(biāo)題一致，標(biāo)題一般體現(xiàn)的是整篇文章的中心思想，因此B是正確答案。

　　5.C 此題要求讀者預(yù)測(cè)下一段的內(nèi)容。文中最后一句說：National Park Week 1996 is a celebration of these partnerships.1996年國家公寓周是這些合作伙伴的一個(gè)慶祝會(huì)?？梢钥闯觯乱欢魏苡锌赡荜U述國家公寓的合作伙伴所做的事。因此，C是正確答案。

　　譯文：國家公園的服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)

　　美國國家公園就像老朋友一樣，你可能幾年都見不到它們一次，但是只要知道它們?cè)谀抢铮?你的心情就會(huì)比較暢快。聽到這些有名的老朋友的名字：優(yōu)山美地、黃石、大峽谷國家公園―― 就會(huì)喚起對(duì)過去游覽的記憶或激發(fā)起想要到那里游覽的激情。

　　從阿卡迪亞到錫安，369個(gè)國家公園是一種不斷演化的體系的組成部分。古老的化石床、獨(dú) 立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)、宏大的山脈、為塑造這個(gè)國家而獻(xiàn)身的英雄兒女紀(jì)念碑，都是我們國家公園體系 的組成部分。為下一代看管和保存這些具有特殊意義的地方的重任落在了國家公園行政部門的肩 上。穿著制服的公園管理員是公園行政部門可以看得見的代表。他們不僅向游客揮手表示歡迎， 幫助解答問題，或給他們上一堂啟迪思想的歷史課，而且也是熟練的救生員、消防員和有奉獻(xiàn)精 神的資源保護(hù)人員。國家公園行政部門的人員還包括建筑師、歷史學(xué)家、考古學(xué)家、生物學(xué)家和 許多其他的老師。他們負(fù)責(zé)保存并保護(hù)這里的一切，從喬治?華盛頓的牙齒到托馬斯》愛迪生的 蠟制唱片。

　　現(xiàn)代社會(huì)為國家公園行政部門帶來了巨大的挑戰(zhàn)和非常巨大的機(jī)會(huì)，衛(wèi)星和計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)擴(kuò)大 了一個(gè)國家公園超越其自然界線的教育的可能性。一些城市為使它們的都市中心復(fù)蘇，正求助于 公園行政部門來保護(hù)它們的文化遺產(chǎn)、處于建筑群之間的小公園和綠色空間以及活躍當(dāng)?shù)氐慕?jīng)濟(jì) 等。渴望娛樂場(chǎng)所不斷發(fā)展的社區(qū)也和國家公園系統(tǒng)一起工作，除將廢棄了的鐵路線變?yōu)樽孕熊?道和人行道之外，還把一些棄置了的設(shè)施建成娛樂中心，從而賦予它們新的生命。

　　為幫助迎接這些挑戰(zhàn)和利用這些機(jī)會(huì)，國家公園行政部門巳和其他機(jī)構(gòu)、州、地方政府、企 業(yè)、美印第安部落、阿拉斯加土著、公園友好小組、社區(qū)組織和個(gè)人結(jié)成合作伙伴。這些合作伙 伴有些已經(jīng)合作了一百年，有些則合作了幾個(gè)月。

　　1996國家公園周是這些合作伙伴的一個(gè)慶祝會(huì)。