翻译真题：1997年

1997年考研英语

71) Actually, it isn’t, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.

71.事实并非如此, 因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利有共同认识为基础的, 而这种共同认识并不存在。


72) Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within a social contract, as part of an exchange of duties and entitlements. 

72.有些哲学家论证说, 权利只存在在于社会契约中, 是责任与权益相交换的一部分。


73) It leads the discussion to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should be treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans, or with no consideration at all. 

73.这种说法从一开始就将讨论引向两个极端, 它使人们认为应这样对待动物：要么像对人类自身一样关切体谅, 要么完全冷漠无情。


74) Arguing from the view that humans are different from animals in every relevant respect, extremists of this kind think that animals lie outside the area of moral choice. 

74.这类人持极端看法, 认为人与动物在各相关方面都不相同, 对待动物无须考虑道德问题。


75) When that happens, it is not a mistake: it is mankind’s instinct for moral reasoning in action, an instinct that should be encouraged rather than laughed at.

75.这种反应并不错, 这是人类用道德观念进行推理的本能在起作用, 这种本能应得到鼓励, 而不应遭到嘲弄。