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2010年11月英语二级《笔译实务》试题
Section 1: English- Chinese Translation（英译汉）
Part A Compulsory Translation（必译题）
Offshore supply vessels resembling large, floatingflat-backed trucks fill Victoria
Dock, unable to findcharters in a sign of the downturn in Britain's oil industry.
With UK North Sea oil and gas production 44 percent below its peak, self-styled
oil capital ofEurope Aberdeen fears the slowdown is not simply cyclical.
The oil industry that at one stage sparked talk of Scotland as
West
Tourism, life sciences, and the export of oil services around the world are among
Aberdeen'stargeted substitutes for North sea oil and gas -- but for many the
biggest prize would be touse its offshore oil expertise to build a renewable
energy industry as big as oil.
The city aims to use its experience to become a leader in offshore wind, tidal
power and carbondioxide capture and storage.
Alex Salmond, head of the devolved Scottish government, told a conference in
Aberdeen lastmonth the market for wind power could be worth 130 billion
pounds, while Scotland could bethe .
emergence of an offshore energy market that is comparable
in scale to themarket we've seen in offshore oil and gas in the last 40 years,
said.
Another area of focus, tourism, has previously been hindered by the presence
of oil. Eager toput Aberdeen on the international tourist map, local business has
strongly backed a plan byU.S. real estate tycoon Donald Trump for a luxury
housing and golf project 12 km (8 miles)north of the city, even though it means
building on a nature reserve.
The city also hopes to reorientate its vibrant oil services industry toward
emerging offshore oilcenters such as Brazil.
North Sea starts to decline doesn'tmean that Aberdeen as a global center also
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