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108 年 108年公務人員高等考試三級考試暨普通考試

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申論 1英譯中:請將下面這段英文譯成正確、流暢的中文(30 分)Language evolution can be compared to biological evolution, but whereasgenetic change is driven by environmental pressures, languages change anddevelop through social pressures. Over time, different groups of earlyhumans would have found themselves speaking different languages, andthen, in order to communicate with other groups – for trade, travel and soon – it would have been necessary for some members of a family or band tospeak other tongues. In fact, multilingualism has been testified to have manysocial, psychological and lifestyle advantages. However, we are now livingin a world that is losing languages faster than ever, at the current rate of onea fortnight, and with the prospect that half our languages will be extinct bythe end of the century.
申論 2中譯英:請將下面這段中文譯成正確、流暢的英文(30 分)小劉經營一家街角咖啡館,經常一早開門就高朋滿座,但是他的業績並不好。許多常客點了一杯美式咖啡後,一坐就是三個鐘頭、或更久。他們戴著耳機,坐在筆電前,不僅享受店內免費的冷氣、網路,還不時為電子產品充電。這些多半是自由工作者,儘管有些人喜歡居家睡衣的辦公模式,但在咖啡館工作還是比較划算。不過如此一來,小劉這樣小本經營的商家就幾乎無利可圖。有一次他貼了告示,不再免費提供電源插座,結果當天就有人在臉書上給他評了一星。
申論 3英文作文:請根據下面的說明寫一篇約200-250 字的英文作文(40 分)Describe an experience that you joined a discussion on a controversial topic.Write a well-organized essay between 200 to 250 words which includes:⑴topic of the controversy and participants of the discussion;⑵pros and consof the controversy; and ⑶what you have learned from the discussion.