2008年公共英語四級沖刺模擬題：翻譯(1)

　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　That low moaning sound in the background just might be the Founding Fathers protesting from beyond the grave. They have been doing it ever since the Republicans announced a "religious war" in the name of "traditional values". It grew several decibels louder last week when George Bush， at a breakfast of religious leaders， attacked the Democrats for failing to mention God in their doctrines and declaimed that a President needs to believe in the Almighty. What about the constitutional ban on "religious tests". for public office？ The Founding Fathers would want to know. （1） What about Tom Jefferson‘s conviction that it is possible for a nonbeliever to be a moral person， "find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise"？ Even George Washington must shudder in his sleep to hear the constant emphasis on "Judeo-Christian values". （2） It was he who wrote， "We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land … every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart."

　　George Bush should know better than to encourage the theocratic ambitions of the Christian right. （3） He has claimed ―― to much ironic scorn ―― that when he was shot down during World War II and lay floating in the Pacific for four hours， he meditated on "God and faith and the separation of church and state". But there could be no better themes for a patriot to address in his final moments. （4） The "wall of separation" the Founding Fathers built between church and state is one of the best defenses freedom has ever had. Or have we already forgotten why the Founding fathers put it up？ They had seen enough religious intolerance in the colonies： Quaker women were burned at the stake in Puritan Massachusetts； Virginians could be jailed for denying the Bible‘s authority. They knew Europe had terribly disfigured itself in a religious war recalled now only by its duration ―― 30 years. （5） No wonder John Adams once described the Judeo-Christian tradition as "the most bloody religion that ever existed，" and that the Founding fathers took such pains to keep the hand that holds the musket separate from the one that carries the cross.

　　1、（本題分值：3分）「正確答案」

　　湯姆。杰斐遜深信，不相信上帝的人也可以是道德無缺的人，“于道德行為中感受之快慰，即是道德之鞭策”。

　　2、（本題分值：3分）「正確答案」

　　看看華盛頓親手寫的這些話：“吾輩甚當(dāng)稱慶，于斯土中… 凡人皆可從心所欲，自由地崇拜神?！?/P>

　　3、（本題分值：3分）「正確答案」

　　他自己說過（這話也著實被人挖苦了一番），說他在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)時飛機被擊落，在太平洋漂了四小時，當(dāng)時腦子里思索的是“神、信仰以及政教分離”。

　　4、（本題分值：3分）「正確答案」

　　開國元勛們在政治與宗教之間建起的"分離之墻"正是自由的最佳屏障。難道我們已經(jīng)忘記當(dāng)初筑起這道墻的動機？

　　5、（本題分值：3分）「正確答案」

　　無怪乎亞當(dāng)斯曾把猶太―基督教傳統(tǒng)稱為“史上最血腥的宗教”，也難怪先人們?nèi)绱舜筚M周章，把拿毛瑟槍的手和持十字架的手分隔清楚。

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