成人学位英语考试考前冲刺练习-英译汉

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　Throughout the world, for more than a century, artists have embraced jazz. They have adopt-ed its spontaneity and its freedom of expression. Jazz is so much more than music: it is a lifestyle and a tool for dialogue, even social change. The history of jazz tells of the power of music to bring together artists from different cultures and backgrounds, as a driver of integration and mutual re-spect. Jazz gave rhythm to the straggles of the civil fights movement in the United States, and has done so elsewhere in the world. Through jazz, millions of people have sung and still sing today their desire for freedom, tolerance and human dignity.

　　【参考译文】

　　一个多世纪以来，世界各地都有艺术家在演奏爵士乐。艺术家们钟情于爵士乐的即兴创造和自由表达。爵士乐远不止是一种音乐：它是一种生活方式，是对话乃至社会变革的一种工具。爵士乐的历史讲述的是音乐如何让不同文化和不同背景的艺术家走到一起，如何推动实现文化融合和相互尊重。是爵士乐的节奏一直伴随着美国和世界其他各地的民权斗争，也正是通过爵士乐，成千上万的人们一直讴歌着他们对自由、宽容和人类尊严的渴望。