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1、2011年5月CATTI二级笔译翻译实务英译中第一篇DeathofaFarm出处：http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/opinion/01sun2.html（2010.08.01）Farmsgooutofbusinessformanyreasons,butfewfarmsdomerelybecausethesoilhasfailed.Thatisthemiracleoffarming.Ifyoucareforthesoil,itwilllast—andyield—nearlyfor
2、ever.Americaissuchayoungcountrythatwehavebarelytestedthat.Formostofourhistory,therehasbeennewlandtofarm,andwestillfarmasthoughtherealwayswillbe. Still,therearesomeveryoldfarmsoutthere.TheoldestistheTuttlefarm,nearDover,N.H.,whichisalsooneoftheoldestbusinessen
3、terprisesinAmerica.Itmadethenewslastweekbecauseitsowner—alinealdescendantofJohnTuttle,theoriginalsettler—hasdecidedtogooutofbusiness.Itwasfoundedin1632.Ihearitssweetcornislegendary. Theyear1632isunimaginablydistant.In1632,Galileowasstillpublishing,andJohnLock
4、ewasborn.Therewereperhaps10,000colonistsinallofAmerica,onlyafewhundredoftheminNewHampshire.TheTuttleacres,then,wouldhaveseemedalmostassurroundedastheydoin2010,butbyforestinsteadofhighwaysandhouses. Itwasaprecariousoperationatthestart—asallfarmingwasinthenewco
5、lonies—anditbecameprecariousenoughagaininthesepastfewyearstopeteroutatlast.Thelandisprotectedbyaconservationeasementsoitcan’tbedeveloped,butnooneknowswhetherthenextownerwillfarmit. InaletterontheirWebsite,theTuttlescite“exhaustionofresources”asthereasontosell
6、thefarm.Theexhaustedresourcestheylistincludebodies,minds,hearts,imagination,equipment,machineryandfinances.Theydonotmentionsoil,whichhasbeenrenewedandredeemedrepeatedly.It’sasthoughtheparishionersoftheFirstParishChurchinnearbyDover—erectednearly200yearslater,
7、in1829—hadrebuiltthestructureonthesamespoteveryfewyears. Itistoosimpletosay,astheTuttleshave,thattherecessionkilledafarmthathadsurvivedfornearly400years.Whatkilleditwastheeconomicstructureoffoodproduction.Eachyearithasbecomeharderforfamilyfarmstocompetewithin
8、dustrialscaleagriculture—heavilysubsidizedbythegovernment—undersellingthemateveryturn.Inasystemcommittedtothehealthoffarmsandtheirintegrationwithlocalcommunities,theresultwouldhavebeendif
