2005年11月全)考试 三级笔译实务 Section 1 English-Chinese Translation (英译汉) (60 points) Translate the following passage into Chinese. The time for this section is 120 minutes. The Gap between Rich and Poor Widened in . Capital Washington . ranks first among the 40 cities with the widest gap between the poor and the rich, according to a recent report released by the . Fiscal Policy Institute on July 22nd. The top 20 percent of households in . have an average yearly e of $186,830, 31 times that of the bottom 20 percent, which earns only $6,126 per year. The e gap is also big in Atlanta and Miami, but the difference is not as pronounced. The report also indicates that the widening gap occurred mainly during the 1990s. Over the last decade, the average e of the top 20 percent of households has grown 36 percent, while the average e of the bottom 20 percent has only risen 3 percent. "I believe the concentration of the middle- to high-e families in the . area will continue, therefore, the e gap between rich and poor will be hard to bridge," David Garrison told the Washington Observer. Garrison is a senior researcher with the Brookings Institution, specializing in the study of the social and economic policies in the greater Washington . area. The report attributed the persistent e gap in Washington to the area's special job opportunities, which attract high-e ho
