高一年级组全国中学生英语能力竞赛模拟试题（一）翻译

翻译(Translation)(共5小题,计10分)

阅读下面短文,然后把划线处的句子译成汉语。

    (71)“More people in the USA can buy a gun and more people die by the gun than in any other country in the world.” This is what ap-peared in an American newspaper in December 1980,after the murder in New York of John Lennon,the British pop star. His murder shocked the Americans, of whom the huge majority are peace-loving and non-violent. (72)However,most Americans today admit that they may
possibly be mugged some time during their lives. In 1980 there were about 23,000 murders in the US　 A. (73)At the root of this violence is the gun which Americans can buy and keep in their homes as easily as it was a toy weapon.

    (74)There are gun stores pretty well everywhere. And you can get
a license easily. You don't even have to say what you want it for. (75)John Lennon's murderer just walked into a gun store and bought a re-volver—no questions having been asked. You could even buy guns by mail-order.

参考答案：

71.在美国,买枪和被枪击毙命的人要比世界上任何一个国家都多。

72.然而,今天的多数美国人都承认自己不定在什么时候就会遭到袭击抢劫。

73.究其暴力根源就是枪支——美国人购枪和藏枪就像它是玩具武器那么简单。

74.到处都有出售枪支的商店,而且很容易就能搞到持枪证。

75.杀害列农的凶手就是径直走进手枪店,买了一支左轮手枪——谁也没问他什么问题。你甚至可以通过邮购方式购买枪支。