2018年06月四级第1套仔细阅读 Passage 2 原文翻译及答案解析

A letter written by Charles Darwin in 1875 has been returned to the Smithsonian Institution Archives (档案馆) by the FBI after being stolen twice.

一封由查尔斯·达尔文于1875年撰写的信件，在两次被盗后，已由FBI归还给史密森尼学会档案馆。

"We realized in the mid-1970s that it was missing," says Effie Kapsalis, head of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. "It was noted as missing and likely taken by an intern (实习生), from what the FBI is telling us. Word got out that it was missing when someone asked to see the letter for research purposes," and the intern put the letter back. "The intern likely took the letter again once nobody was watching it."

"我们在20世纪70年代中期意识到它失踪了，"史密森尼学会档案馆馆长埃菲·卡普萨利斯说。"根据FBI告诉我们的情况，它被记录为失踪，并且可能被一名实习生拿走。当有人因研究目的要求查看这封信时，消息传开它失踪了，"然后实习生把信放了回去。"实习生很可能在没人注意时又拿走了这封信。"

Decades passed. Finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D.C. Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended. The FBI worked closely with the Archives to determine that the letter was both authentic and definitely Smithsonian's property.

几十年过去了。最终，FBI收到一条线索，称被盗文件位于华盛顿特区附近。他们的艺术品犯罪团队找回了信件，但因诉讼时效已过而无法提起指控。FBI与档案馆密切合作，确认信件是真实的，并且绝对是史密森尼学会的财产。

The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.

这封信是达尔文写给美国地质学家费迪南德·范德维尔·海登博士的，感谢他寄来对将成为黄石国家公园地区的地质研究副本。

The letter is in fairly good condition, in spite of being out of the care of trained museum staff for so long. "It was luckily in good shape," says Kapsalis, "and we just have to do some minor things in order to be able to unfold it. It has some glue on it that has colored it slightly, but nothing that will prevent us from using it. After it is repaired, we will take digital photos of it and that will be available online. One of our goals is to get items of high research value or interest to the public online."

尽管长期缺乏受过培训的博物馆工作人员的照料，这封信状况相当良好。"幸运的是它状况良好，"卡普萨利斯说，"我们只需要做一些小修补就能展开它。它上面有一些胶水，使它略微变色，但不会妨碍我们使用。修复后，我们会拍摄数码照片，并在网上公开。我们的目标之一是将高研究价值或公众感兴趣的作品上网。"

It would now be difficult for an intern, visitor or a thief to steal a document like this. "Archiving practices have changed greatly since the 1970s," says Kapsalis, "and we keep our high value documents in a safe that I don't even have access to."

现在，实习生、访客或小偷很难再偷到这样的文件。"自20世纪70年代以来，档案实践已大为改变，"卡普萨利斯说，"我们将高价值文件保存在一个连我都无权访问的保险箱中。"