2013年5月三级笔译真题Section1：English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉)(50points)TheMoneyRanOut；ThentheVillagersSteppedInHIGUERADELASERENA，Spain—Itdidn’ttakelongforManuelGarcíaMurillo，abricklayerwhotookoverasmayorherelastJune，torealizethathistownwasintrouble.Itwas800，000euros，alittlemorethan$1million，inthered.Therewasnocashonhandtopayforanything—andtherewasworkthatneededtobedone.Butthenanamazingthinghappened，hesaid.Justasthehealthdepartmentwasabouttoclosedownthedaycarecenterbecauseitdidn’thaveaproperkitchen，BernardoBenítez，aconstructionworker，offeredtoputupthewallsandthetilesfree.Then，MariaJoséCarmona，anadulteducationteacher，steppedintocleantheplaceup.Andsomehow，thevolunteersjustkeptcoming.EverySundaynow，theresidentsofthistowninsouthwestSpain—youngandold—dowhatneedstobedone，whetheritiscleaningthestreets，rakingtheleaves，uncloggingculvertsorplantingtreesinthepark.“Itwasaninitiativefromthem，”saidMr.García.“Daytodaywetalkedtopeopleandwetoldthemtherewasnomoney.Ofcourse，theycouldseeit.Thegrassinbetweenthesidewalkswasuptomythigh.“HigueradelaSerenaisinmanywaysamicrocosmofSpain’stroubles.JustasSpain’snationalandregionalgovernmentsarestrugglingwiththecollapseoftheconstructionindustry，overspendingonhugecapitalprojectsandapileupofunpaidbills，thesameproblemsafflictmanyofitssmalltowns.ButwhathasbroughtHigueradelaSerenaameasureoffameinSpainisthattheresidentshavesteppedupwheretheirgovernmenthasfailed.Mr.Garcíasayshisphoneringsregularlyfromothertownofficialswhowanttoknowhowtodothesamething.Heisservingwithoutpay，asarethetown’stwootherelectedofficials.Theyarealsoforgoingthecarsandphonesthatusuallycomewiththejob.“Welivedbeyondourmeans，”Mr.Garcíasaid.“Weinvestedinpublicworksthatweren’tsensible.Weareintechnicalbankruptcy.”EvensomemoneyfromtheEuropeanUnionthatwassupposedtobeusedforroutineoperatingexpensesandlastuntil2013hasalreadybeenspent，hesaid.HigueradelaSerena，aclusterofabout900housessurroundedbyfarmland，andtraditionallydependentonpigfarmingandolives，gotsweptupinthegiddydaysoftheconstructionboom.Itbui