中级口译翻译练习 2

翻译练习2：英语被动句的翻译

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1．Our future is built, bit by bit, minute by minute, by the actions of human beings.

2．People are also troubled because of the participative mood that exists today.

This participative phenomenon can be seen in every part of contemporary life. 3．They were given a hearty welcome.

4．She was arrested for shoplifting but was released on bail.

5．. Most letters from his wife are read to him by the nurse in the hospital. 6．. We found him in a small, businesslike office and the office was protected by some iron bars.

7．Los Angeles is full of beautiful girls working as waitresses, hoping to be discovered by a movie agent.

8．Perhaps the most important aspect of science fiction…s role in the modern world is best summed up in a single word: change.

9．These very elements and compounds are needed to continue life, and nature is fairly efficient in recycling them.

10．Any minute we would surely be spotted by enemy planes flying in and out of the airfield.