泽熙美文英译汉
1. The self-driving car isn’t as far off as you might think. What once existed only in the realm of science fiction is now roving around—albeit in an extremely limited fashion—in Nevada, Florida, California, and Michigan.
正确答案：
自动驾驶汽车并不像大家想的那么遥远。这种以前只出现在科幻小说里的东西现在已经开始四处游走于内华达州、佛罗里达州、加利福尼亚州和密歇根州，尽管活动非常有限。
2. Wireless technology has quickened the development of messaging software, opening the market to a lot of devices for web access.
正确答案：
无线技术已经加快了通讯软件的发展，这为很多网络访问设备开放了市场。
3. Intel announced plans to release a completely wire-free personal computer by the end of the year—no power cord, no monitor cable, nothing.
正确答案：
英特尔公司也宣布将在年底以前推出一款完全不需要任何电线的个人电脑，既不需要电源线，也不需要显示器连接线，什么都不需要。
4. An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes, advances that could transform two of the world’s most dynamic consumer industries.
正确答案：
以色列一家公司开发出一种新技术，可在几秒钟内完成手机充电，给电动汽车充电仅需几分钟。这些技术进步可能改变世界上最具活力的两大消费产业。
5. As for the people whose eyes still find the great reasons behind the technology of dual SIM phone vague, you can find five reasons in this text that might shed light on you to realize why it’s important to have one.
正确答案：
对于那些仍旧无法看出双卡手机这项新技术带来什么好处的人们，这篇文章为你提供五条理由，帮助你认识为什么拥有一款双卡手机很重要。
6. With no way to confirm whether those “friends” are who they represent themselves to be, and with many security holes, instant messaging seems to be taking a back seat in Internet communication.
正确答案：
由于无法确认那些“朋友”是否如他们自己描述，加之众多安全漏洞，即时通讯似乎在英特网交流中已退居次席了。
7. A study by scientists concludes that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is safe to eat and should be allowed to enter the food supply without any special labeling.
正确答案：
科学家的研究表明，克隆动物及其后代的肉和奶是安全无害的，应该允许这类产品进入食品供应环节，而无需作专门的标注。
8. A survey found that 64% of Americans were uncomfortable with animal cloning and 43% believed food from clones was unsafe.
正确答案：
一项调查发现，64%的美国人对动物克隆技术感到不安，43%的人认为克隆动物的食品不安全。
9. It could be the perfect excuse for cheating spouses who are caught out: infidelity may be inherited. Both men and women may be more likely to have affairs as a result of the genes passed down by their parents, according to research.
正确答案：
出轨被发现，也许你将有一个完美借口：对伴侣不忠是遗传的。研究显示，携带父母遗传的这种基因的男人和女人更容易出轨。
10. Experts say they could have isolated the so-called “Thatcher gene” which could allow high-fliers to survive on no more than four hours sleep a night.
正确答案：
专家表示，他们已经发现了所谓的“撒切尔基因”，该基因可以让有远大抱负之人每晚睡眠不超过四个小时。
11. Whenever identical twins or triplets are born their parents will often be met with a cry of “how do you tell them apart?”
正确答案：
每当同卵的双胞胎或三胞胎诞生后，他们的父母常听到有人叫喊：“你怎么分辨他们几个呢?”
12. Our ability to manipulate plants by introducing new genes promises innovative solutions to many real-world problems. Yet there is considerable opposition to the use of genetically modified plants for food production.
正确答案：
我们通过引入新基因来操纵植物的能力有望创新式地解决当今世界的许多问题。但是仍有人强烈反对使用转基因植物来生产粮食。
汉译英
1. 中国加强基础研究和前沿探索，突破一批关键核心技术，填补了多项重大产品和装备的空白。
正确答案：
China strengthened/boosted basic research and research in frontier areas, made breakthroughs in a number of core and key technologies, and filled in gaps in many important products and equipment.
2. 我国创新型建设取得新成就，载人航天、探月工程、载人深潜、北斗卫星导航系统、超级计算机、高速铁路等实现重大突破。
正确答案：
China/ We made more innovative breakthroughs (Innovative breakthroughs were made) in developing manned spaceflight and the lunar exploration program, building a manned deep-sea submersible, launching the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, developing supercomputers, and constructing/building high-speed railways.
3. 全社会研究与试验发展经费支出占国内生产总值的比重由五年前的1.4%提高到现在的1.97%，企业研发活动支出占比超过74%。
正确答案：
China’s R&D spending (expenditure on research and development) accounted for 1.97% of the GDP in the year, up from 1.45 five years ago, and over 74% of this spending was made by companies/enterprises.
4. 科学家们知道他们的工作是永远无止境的，即使是最完美的理论可能是错误的。
正确答案：
Scientists know that their work is never finished/ perfect, and even the best theory can turn out/prove to be wrong.
5. 这个研究项目进行了不过三个月，所以要对它的成绩作出评价为时尚早。
正确答案：
The research project has only been under way (been conducted) for three months, so it’s (still) too early to evaluate its success/assess it.
6. 居里夫人生于波兰华沙，后入法国籍，是近代有名的化学家和物理学家，一生得过两次诺贝尔奖。
正确答案：
Madame Curie, born in Warsaw, Poland and later naturalized as a French citizen (later gained French nationality/citizenship), was a famous/renowned physician and chemist of the modem era and was honored with two Nobel Prizes (a two-time Nobel Prize winner).
7. 克隆伟人、英雄等没有意义。人的发展不但取决于基因，更取决于外部环境。克隆爱因斯坦未必会产生伟大的物理学家。
正确答案：
It may be futile/ in vain to clone great politicians, heroes, etc. A person’s development is determined not only by his genes, but more profoundly by the environment (is more determined by the external environment than by his genes). The clone of Einstein might not grow up to be a great physicist.
8. 有些科学家宣称，转基因作物有助于解决全球性的饥饿问题；毕竟全球各地还有食品短缺的现象。
正确答案：
Some scientists claim that GM (genetically modified) crops might help solve world hunger. After all, there is food shortage in many parts of the world.
9. 科学家预测，生物技术的市场将是信息技术的10倍。
正确答案：
Scientists predict that the biotechnology market will be ten times larger than (10 times as large as) that of information technology.
