翻译原文：

 

大学教育是人类文明的体现，大学教育水平则反映社会的文明程度。中国的大学教育近些年快速发展，有助于普及高等教育。大学的数量和大学生的人数增长迅速，在2010年，在校大学生人数就已经达到了3000万。大学教育为社会培养了大量的专业人才，他们是国家未来发展的核心动力，因此，大学教育极大地促进了社会的进步。但中国的大学教育也面临着不少的问题，如专业设置不合理、教学质量下降、毕业生就业难等。

 

重点词汇：

 

体现 embodiment

 

文明 civilization

 

普及 popularize

 

培养 cultivate/foster

 

核心动力 motive force

 

专业设置 specialty set-up

 

就业难 tough employment situation

 

参考译文：

University education is an embodiment of human civilization, and the level of university education reflects the degree of social civilization. University education in China booms rapidly in recent years, which helps to popularize higher education. The numbers of universities and undergraduates surge quickly. In 2010, there were already 30 million undergraduates at college. University education has cultivated a substantial number of professionals for society, who are the core motive force of a country’s future development; thus it promotes social advancement remarkably. But some issues are also bothering university education in China, such as the unreasonable specialty set-up, the declining teaching quality as well as the tough employment situation of graduates.

 

 

随着世界人口越来越密集（densely populated),空气污染已经成了严重的问题。空气污染主要来源于四个主要的人类活动领域：工业、能源业、交通运输业以及农业。经营工厂,为火车、飞机和公共汽车提供动力都需要能源。几乎所有这些能源都是通过燃烧燃料产生的,这就会造成空气污染。科学家们正在研究能减少环境破坏的新发电方式。增强的公共环保意识使诸如回收利用(recycling)等活动产生。

 

翻译范文：

 

As the world is getting more and more denselypopulated,air pollution has become a severeproblem.Air pollution mainly derives from four majorhuman activity sectors:industry,energy,transportation andagriculture.Energies are needed to run factories,to power trains,planes and buses.Nearly all ofthese energies are produced by burning fuels,which would cause air pollution.Scientists arestudying new ways of generating electricity that can be less damaging to the environment.Theincreased public environmental awareness has led to the advent of activities such as recycling.

 

翻译详解：

 

1.随着世界人口越来越密集，污染已经成了严重的问题:“随着”可译为as,这句话可以用as引导的伴随状语从句来翻译。

 

2.科学家们正在研究能减少环境破坏的新发电方式:这个句子可翻译为包含定语从句的句子，new ways是先行词，引导词是that。其中“研究”可用动词study 表示;“发电”可译为generate electricity; “减少环境破坏”即“对环境的破坏更少”可译为be less damaging to the environment。