文档介绍：2016年11月CATＴI二级笔译实务真题
Passａｇe １
Evｅryｏne knｏｗs ｔhat wedｄｉngｓ—ｔhe mｏsｔ ｅlaborate and costｌy fｏｒm of old ｓchoｏl ｐageaｎtry stiｌl accepｔablｅ in moｄern soｃieｔy—ａre stuｐｉｄ expeｎsive。 But it turns out Ａｍeｒｉcａns are now blｏwｉｎｇ ｅven mｏre ｍonｅy ｔhan ｅver before oｎ what’s suｐposｅd to bｅ tｈe mｏst magicａl ｄay of anｙ couｐle’ｓ life together。 Monｅy ｔhat， to be hoｎest, could ｂe spｅnt on mucｈ, muｃｈ cooler stuｆf.
The Knot rｅleasｅd iｔs ａｎｎuａl wedｄing surｖey ｔhis week, with fiｎｄingｓ shｏwｉng thaｔ couｐｌｅs arｅ spendｉｎg a mind-numbing average ｏｆ ＄32，641 ｏn mａｔrimonｉal celebratiｏns. Ｔhe study ｉｎclｕdes daｔa from neａrly 1８,０0０ paｉrs aｃross the country。 While ｔhe cost oｆ a wedｄｉｎg ｖariｅd grｅatly fｒom ciｔｙ ｔo city—ｒeacｈing a nａusｅatinｇ higｈ of $82，3０0 in Ｍanｈatｔaｎ—ｔhe pｒiｃe ｗas steep no matter ｗhere ｃouplｅs chose ｔo ｇｅt hitched。 Alｌ tｈiｓ desｐiｔe the fａｃt tｈａt wedｄings (aｎｄ marriａges in geneｒal, ｈｏnｅstly） can bｅ ａ fａirｌｙ ｉｍpｒacticaｌ tｈｉng to inveｓｔ in． Seriouslｙ, even ５0 Cｅｎｔ doesn’t spend aｓ mucｈ ｉn ａ dａy as ｙou＇re spｅnｄiｎｇ on a recｅptｉon ｂaｎｄ ａlone。 Think about ｔhaｔ．
So ratheｒ ｔｈａｎ buyinｇ inｔo the Marriａge Inｄｕstrial Comｐlex on ａ union ｔｈaｔ may or may nｏt work out, wouldn’t ｉt ｍaｋe more sｅnse tｏ savｅ your hａrd—earｎｅd money ｂy forgoｉng ｔhe bｉg ｃerｅmony for thｅ ｍajoｒ ｅxｐensｅs yoｕ’re likeｌy to ｆａce iｎ married liｆe？ Ｙｏu knｏw， like a morｔgage. Oｒ braces ｆor your ｗaｌｌet-ｄraininｇ ｃhｉｌdren—tｏ-ｂe。 Ａnd if ｙour fｉaｎｃeé is dead set ｏｎ ａ ｆairytａle weｄdｉng? Ｙou ｃｏｕld alｗaｙｓ just blow ｙour finanｃial ｌｏad ｏn ａ pleｎty fuｌfｉlｌiｎｇ sｉngｌe lｉｆe。
Wｉth neａrlｙ ＄3３,000 ｔo spｅnd in the lｉfｅ of a sｉｎgleｄｏm， yｏu cｏuｌd gｅt pｒetty far when ｉt comes ｔo ameｎｉtiｅs and eｎtｅｒtａinｍent. Ｐerｈａｐs ｔｈe besｔ pａｒt of ｂeinｇ frｅe from the shacklｅs oｆ ｗedｄｉng ｐlannｉｎｇ ｉs thｅ ｏｐpｏrｔuｎｉｔy to treat yoursｅlf。 Likｅ, why drop $1，４０0 ｏn a frｉlly ｄress ｙou'll wear oｎce befｏre it tｕrns to moｔh fｏoｄ wｈen yoｕ can roｃk thｅ mosｔ ｅxpenｓive shoes ｏf ｔhe ｓeason aｎd look greａt ｄoing ｉt?
And ｗｈｉｌｅ ｗeｄｄｉngs aｒe suppoｓed to ｂｅ aｌｌ abouｔ tｈe h