英语翻译专题练习
翻译专题练习(Translation Exercises)
Translation 1
It’s a day to celebrate, a time to educate, and a way to make a difference. Earth day was first observed on April 22, 1970. The tradition began in the United States and is now an international focal point for people who are concerned about the environment. Earth day grew out of grassroots action and institutional support. Student leader Denis Hayes and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson were two key organizers for the first event. Over 20 million concerned citizens rallied for clean air and water. College students were a major force in the campaign, although participants of all ages were involved. Still, we cannot really credit a handful of individuals for the success of Earth Day. After all, a major message of Earth Day is that every single person has an important role in the environment. The four major goals of Earth Day 2000 are clean cars, clean power, clean air, and clean investments.
这是一个值得庆祝、教育、使世界变得有所不同的日子。地球日首先是在1970年4月22日创立的。这个传统开始于美国。现在地球日成为所有关心环境人的一个国际性的关注点。地球日发端于草根行动及机构支持。学生领袖丹尼斯。海耶斯和维斯康星州参议员涅尔森是第一个运动的关键组织者。超过2000万的市民集会要求清洁空气和水。尽管不同年龄的参与者都参与其中，大学生是这些运动的主力军。但是我们确实不能只把地球日的成功归功于一小部分人。毕竟，地球日意味着每一个人在环境保护中都起着重要的作用。2000年，地球日的4个主要目标是清洁的汽车、能源、空气和清洁的投资。
Translation 2
Going to college, there are things you’ve never dealt with before: living away from home, dealing with roommates, washing your own clothes…, but with a little preparation, you can build enough confidence to tackle any stress that comes your way. Living away from home tends to be the toughest adjustment for first-year students. You’ve had a job description that clearly tells you your role within your family all of your life. Whichever role you fulfilled at home, when you’re gone, you’re not sure where you fit in. It may seem like your family is doing fine without you, and you may feel sad about these changes. You may also feel homesick in your first weeks and months. The first thing you should know is that homesickness is very common. In fact, just about everyone experiences it at some point in his or her life. But you still may feel lonely or left out.
进入大学后有些事情是你从未处理过的；独立生活、与室友相处、自己动手洗衣服等等。但只要稍稍准备，你就可以建立足够的信心去面对任何压力。对一年级学生而言，独立生活往往最难适应。从小到大，你一直很清楚在家扮演的角色。但无论是什么角色，离家后你就不一定能找到适合自己的舞台。也许，家里没有你之后一切都好，而你却会因为这些改变而感到伤心。在开学后的几周至数月里，你可能还会想家。首先你应该明白，有这种情绪是很普遍、很正常的。其实几乎每个人在一生中都会或多或少经历过这种思念。但即使这样想，你也许仍会感到孤独或被冷落。
Translation 3
Education plays a very important role in everybody’s life. We go to school because we want to know more about the world around us and at the same time extend our horizons of thinking. The typical classroom used to be the place where teachers and students were working and exploring the wonderful world of knowledge together, but now everything has changed. Technology is taking over those interactions and introducing us to a whole new approach of leaning. The Internet is one of those approaches. Learning via the Internet is a new style that many people believe is more successful than the conventional form of teaching. The Internet
allows schools to develop a large amount of learning material that is accessible for students online anytime. There are so many choices of courses and subjects or time frames that completing a program is not an issue for students anymore. We found that online education gives us excellent sources of information, saves our time, money and it is extremely convenient.
教育在每个人的生活中都扮演着一个非常重要的角色。我们上学是因为了解周围的世界，同时也拓宽自己的视野。过去，传统的教室常是老师和学生共同研究和探索美妙的知识世界的场所，但现在，一切都发生了改变。先进的技术正逐步取代这些交互式的活动并给我们带来一种全新的学习方式。国际因特网便是其中的方式之一。通过因特网学习是一种新的学习方式，许多人认为它比传统的教学方式更加有效。有了因特网，学校能够开发出大量的学习材料以供学生随时从网上获取。在网上，学生对各种课程和时间段有多种选择。因此，完成一项教育计划对学生而言就不再成为问题了。我们发现，在线教育为我们提供了绝好的信息资源，节约了时间和金钱，而且十分方便。
Translation 4
I know many students who took college prep classes all the way through high school and never read a book in an English class. They read Cliff Notes or Monarch Notes (应试“秘笈”), or they copied work from other people who did. But they didn’t cheat just in English classes. They had systems of cheating in every class. Cheating became a way of life. They were always conniving (共谋；串通) and scheming (搞阴谋；策划). I’m not that pure. I’ve tried cheating, but I soon rejected it. I didn’t learn that way, and I lost my self-esteem (自尊). I also feared getting caught; and I discovered that most of the time cheating was hard, stressful work. So I never became a master observer of cheaters, because students almost always see more than teachers do. What I learned was that cheaters often put themselves under more stress than honest students.
我认识许多学生，他们从高中阶段就从未在英语课堂上认真读过书。他们或者在临考前翻翻应试“秘笈”，或是抄袭他人的作业。他们不仅在英语课上作弊，在其他课程上也如法炮制。作弊成为了他们的一种生活方式。他们总是在挖空心思想如何作弊。我并不是那么纯洁，也曾试过作弊，但很快就不干了。因为那样没法学到知识，还会因此失去自尊。我还害怕被抓住，我发现作弊决非易事，还要常常提心吊胆。因此我对作弊并不老道，但学生们看到的总比老师多。我知道作弊的学生比诚实的学生压力更大。
Translation 5
What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher?
First, the teacher’s personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule out people who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable, sad, cold, and frustrated.
Secondly, I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which his life shall be guided. There is no contradiction in my going on to say that a teacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act to enliven (使生动) a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise.
教师最可贵的个人品质是什么？
首先，教师应该个性活泼，样貌出众。这不意味着相貌平平，模样丑陋的人就不适合当老师，这其中不乏极具人格魅力的人。但那些性格上过于咋咋呼呼，忧郁，淡漠和消沉的人的确不太适合当老师。
第二，我认为教师在知识和道德两方面都必须具备诚实的品质。也就是说，他应该了解自身知识结构的强与弱，善于思考和抉择道德准则，以这些道德准则指导人生。此外，一名教师又应该有一点儿象个演员，这与我刚才谈到的品质并不矛盾。演技就是教学技能的一部分，因为教师时不时应该能够通过表演来活跃课堂，纠正错误或者给予褒奖。Translation 6
Languages, particularly English, are not immutable. Languages change. Languages borrow words and phrases from each other. English , in particular, is like a vacuum cleaner, sucking up words and phrases from other languages. English now includes borrowed words and phrases from over 350 languages. Some think that this is harmful to the English language, that we should make efforts to keep English somehow “pure”. However, consider the richness of English and what it has gained from its incorporation and assimilation of other languages. It has and continues to evolve, and through its borrowings, tells its history of the people, cultures, and other languages it has influenced and has been influenced by. What is certain about the future of English is that it will continue to evolve and change.
语言，特别是英语，都不是永恒不变的。语言会变化。语言彼此借鉴用法。英语就像吸尘器，吸纳了约350种语言中的词汇。有人认为这对语言有害，因而必须保持英语的纯粹。但是我们得看到当今英语是何其的丰富，以及通过融合吸收所带给英语的好处。她过去是、现在是、将来仍然会承载它所影响的和被影响的人们、文化及语言的历史。确信无疑的是英语将继续进化演变。
Translation 7
Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “set up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power.
Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.
你为什么要教书呢？当我告诉一位朋友我不想谋求行政职务时，他便向我提出这一问题。所有美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该追求金钱和权利，而我却偏偏不要明明是朝着这个目标“迈进”的工作，他为之大惑不解。
当然，我之所以教书不是因为我觉得教书轻松。我做过各种各样的工作，籍以谋生：机修工、木工、作家，教书可是其中最难的一行。对我来说，教书是个会令人敖红眼睛、手掌出汗、精神沮丧的职业。说敖红眼睛，这是因为我晚上无论备课到多晚，总觉得备得还不充分。说手掌出汗，这是因为我跨进教室之前总是非常紧张，自信学生一定会发现原来我是个傻瓜蛋。说精神沮丧，这是因为我1小时后走出教室时，确信这堂课上得比平常还要平淡无味。
Translation 8
Of course daydreaming is no substitute for hard work. If it’s athletic achievement you want, you also have to get lots of practice in your sport. You have to work hard to develop skills. If it’s school success you’re after, you can’t neglect studying. Daydreaming alone can’t turn you into your heart’s desire. But in combination with the more usual methods of self-development, it might make a critical difference. It could be the difference between becoming merely good at
something and becoming a champion.
If what researchers are saying is true, a life lived without fantasies and daydreams isn’t as rich and rewarding as life can be. So they suggest setting aside a few minutes each day for daydreaming. By so doing, you may improve your physical and mental well-being. By taking a ten or fifteen-minute “vacation” into the realm of imagination each day, you may add much to the excitement and enjoyment of your life. And who knows: You might see your own daydreams come true.
当然，白日做梦绝不能代替艰苦的努力。如果你要在运动上有所成就，你还得进行大量的练习。你得努力提高技术。如果你要学业优异，你绝不能忽视学习。单是白日做梦不能使你功成名就，如愿以偿。但与较为通常的自我提高的方法结合起来，它就有可能起关键性的作用。是仅仅干得好一些，还是成为冠军，其差别往往在此一举。
假如研究人员所说是真，那么没有想入非非、白日做梦的生活就不可能是丰富多彩和富有成就的。因此研究人员建议每天留出几分钟用于白日做梦。这样做，可以改善你的身心健康。每天放上10分钟或15分钟的“假”，到想象的王国里去遨游一番，可以为你的生活增添许多兴奋和乐趣。说不定你真的会见到你的白日梦成为现实呢。
Translation 9
Today in the United States, there are over 22 million adults using the Web, about half of whom access the Internet at least once a day. Meanwhile, the variety of activities on the Web is broadening at an amazing rate. There is almost no topic about which you cannot find fairly interesting material on the Web. Many of these sites are getting excellent traffic flow. Where are we going to get the time to live with the Web? In some instances, people will actually save time because the Web will make doing things more efficient than in the past, being able to get information about a major purchase, for example, or finding out how much your used car is worth, or what your cheapest way of getting to Florida is. That is easy to find on the Web, even today. In other instances, people will trade the time they now spend reading the paper, or watching television, for information or entertainment they will find on the computer screen.
当今美国有2200万个成年人在使用网络，他们中大约半数人要每天至少上互联网一次。同时，网上活动方式正以惊人的速度变得更加多样化。任何一个主题你都能在网上找到与之有关的非常有趣的材料。许多网站正变成极好的商业交易渠道。我们哪有时间消磨在网络上？一些实例表明应用网络能更节约时间，因为网络能使我们更有效率地处理一些事情，能搜索到某一重要购买品的信息，例如帮你判定你那辆旧车的价钱，或者去佛罗里达州的最便宜的方法。即使是现在，这些都很容易在网上找到答案。其他情况，人们会把现在花费在读报、看电视等获得信息或消遣的时间转用到电脑屏幕前来。
Translation 10
Why is that some people have a seemingly natural ability to get attention and respect when they speak? What is it that makes others listen and pay attention to their words? It isn’t necessarily a question of status, or the content of what they say. Such people often don’t speak “Oxford”English, express themselves using perfect grammatical constructions, or even use appropriate words. What they do have is resonance. Such people tend to have beautiful, rich voices and to use the lower end of their voice range. Observe and listen to others. People who speak quickly and breathily in a high-pitched voice do not appear as assertive as those who speak more slowly using deeper voice tones. The lower pitch conveys control and confidence.
为何某些人在讲演时似乎能够自然而然地吸引听众的注意力并赢得足够的尊重呢？哪些因素有助于听众倾听并留意讲演内容呢？这并非取决于演讲者的身份或演讲内容。这些人
通常并未使用“牛津”英语，亦未通过完美的语法结构进行自我表述，措辞决不是完美无缺，但他们能够引起听众的共鸣。这些人往往具有优美流畅、丰富多彩的语音，并能够有效运用语音幅度中的低音部分。观察和倾听他人的说话，那些语速较快、呼吸急促、音调较高的人似乎不如那些语速较慢、音调低沉的人更富有自信力。音调低沉说明具有一定的控制力和足够的自信心。
Smoking is an especially important topic at present. The medical information is overwhelming that smoking is bad for a person’s health. Studies have shown that smokers are absent from work due to illness much more often than non-smokers and that health care costs for an organization are higher for smokers than nonsmokers. Recent studies lend more and more credibility to the position that even nonsmokers may be adversely affected by being in an area where people smoke. With all these studies and evidence at hand, the progressive organization must move towards severely restricting smoking.
吸烟是目前一个重要的话题，医学资料不容质疑地证明，吸烟有害健康。研究表明，烟民因吸烟患病而离岗的现象大大多于不吸烟者，而且烟民在单位里的保健费用支出也大于不吸烟者。近来的研究为以下观点增添了越来越大的可信度——即使不吸烟者也会在别人吸烟时受到被动影响。根据所有这些研究和现有的证据，那些追求发展的单位必须转而严格禁烟。
The science people learn in school can provide the basic framework. But the rate of scientific progress is now so rapid, that there are always new developments that have occurred since one was at school or university. I never learnt about molecular biology, or transistors at school, but genetic engineering and computers are two of the developments most likely to change the way we live, in the future. Popular books and magazine articles about science can help to put across new developments. But even the most successful popular book is read by only a small proportion of the population. Only television can reach a truly mass audience. There are some very good science programs on TV, but some just present scientific wonders just as magic, without explaining them, or showing how they fit into the framework of scientific ideas. Producers of television science programs should realise that they have a responsibility to educate the public, and not just entertain it.
人们在学校学到的科学知识可以提供一个基本的框架。但如今科学进步的速度如此之快，一个人离开学校或大学后新的发展层出不穷。我在学校从未学过分子生物学或晶体管，但基因工程和计算机是极有可能改变我们未来生活的两项发展。有关科学的通俗读物和杂志文章能帮助人们了解新发展，但即使是最畅销的科普读物也只是一小部分人阅读。只有电视能赢得真正广大的饿观众。电视上有一些相当优秀的科学节目，但其他的节目把科学奇迹简单地作为魔术播出，既不加以说明，也不展现他们与科学观念的整体框架的关系。电视科学节目的制片人应该认识到，他们负有教育民众的重任，而不仅仅是为他们提供娱乐。
The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special railway line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条铁路专线。奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好；到明年年底，他们将把新体育场建成。这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特.冈特设计的。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。
Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don't clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”. In all cases, two people like one anther and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other vary greatly.
In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people. But the mutual support and understanding that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a close and lasting relationship, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.
朋友是我们每个人生活中重要的一部分。我们想当然地认为有友谊的存在，但通常我们并不清楚我们是如何交朋友的。尽管我们可以跟很多人相处得很好，但朋友却只有一两个。此外，很多人际关系都被冠以“友谊”的总称。事实上，两人彼此欣赏和喜欢聚在一起还远远不够，彼此间的关系的远近程度和对对方感兴趣的原因还是差异很大的。
与婚姻有个婚礼完全不同的是，友谊关系并没有友谊礼来联系和加强。源于共同的经历和感情建立起来的相互支持和理解才能产生亲密持久的友谊。这种情况下建立的友谊能克服双方背景的差异，年龄、社会阶层和种族的隔阂。
Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it's okay to drop out of college since that's what I did.
A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. "How can we steer our child toward success?" they ask. My basic advice is simple and heartfelt: Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn. It's true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out——and I'd love to have the time to go back. As I've said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.
1．Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education.
（para.1）
每年都有数以百计的学生给我发电子邮件，要我就接受教育给他们提建议。
(简单句)
2．They want to know what to study, or whether it's okay to drop out of college since that's what I did.（para.1）
他们想知道该学些什么，或者可不可以从大学辍学，因为我就没有读完大学。
(复合句)
3．A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. （para.2）
也有不少家长给我写信，希望知道怎么样引导他们的子女。
(简单句)
4．"How can we steer our child toward success?" they ask.. （para.2）
他们问：“我们怎样才能把孩子引向成功之路？”
(复合句)
5．My basic advice is simple and heartfelt: Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn.（para.3）
我的基本忠告很简单，而且是发自内心的：全力获得最佳教育。充分利用高中和大学。掌握学习策略。
(复合句)
6．It's true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out--and I'd love to have the time to go back. （para.4）不错，为创建微软，我未完成大学学业，不过辍学之前我已经在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希望有一天能重返校园。
(并列复合句)
7．As I've said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. （para.4）
以前我也说过，谁也不应该辍学，除非他坚信自己正面临着一个一生仅有一次的机会。
(复合句)
8．And even then they should reconsider. （para.4）
但就算在那个时候也还是应该深思熟虑。
新视野大学英语翻译答案
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