拆译练习

拆译——练习

1.

People who value their privileges above their principle soon lose both.

The only concession he made to the climate was to wear a white dinner jacket.

He accused her of talking childish nonsense not very flattering to the intelligence of her audience.

A new dignity crept into his walk.

2.

Their fortress, built on a hill, commanded an extensive prospect of the bright and beautiful lake

and its surrounding forests.

A notion has taken hold in the United States to the effect that the only people who should be

encouraged to bring children into the world are those who can afford them.

I could not venture to approach her, or to communicate with her in writing, for my sense of the

peril in which her life was passed was only to be equaled by my fear of increasing it.

3.

You are talking delightful nonsense.

The air seemed almost sticky from the scent of bursting buds.

Why should it be made longer than is necessary?

He was thunderingly insistent that something should be done about it.