翻译 期末复习

课后翻译练习

Unit 1 Personality

Translation (P17)

1) 你应该适当花一点时间休息和锻炼。

You should spend a reasonable amount of time relaxing and exercising. 2)总的来说，孩子们比过去任何时候都更健康，受到了更好的教育。In general children are healthier and better educated than ever before.

3)待适当的机会来临，他就能抓住。

When the right opportunity comes along, he’ll take it.

4)每天他都留出时间跟家里人在一起，享受生活。

Every day he sets aside some time to be with his family and enjoy life.

5) 我记得那些黑暗的街道以及同父亲手拉手走路的情景。

I remember those dark streets and walking hand in hand with my father.

6) 他最终辜负了父母的期望。

He finally failed to live up to his parents’ expectations.

7) 相比之下，我们的用油量大幅度上升了。

In contrast, our use of oil has increased enormously.

8) 经过努力，他成功的克服了自己的致命弱点。

He succeeded in his efforts to overcome his fatal weakness.

Unit 2 Myths and Legends

P64 填空翻译

1) with a pattern of roses.

2) prepared a wonderful / good meal for us

3) promised faithfully

4) deliver this letter

5) a selection of milk and plain chocolate

6) keep out of mischief / behave themselves

7） the sound of distant thunder

8) received approval from the government

9) in spite of the fact that he drank too much

10）agree whether the drug is safe or not

Unit 3 Social Problems

Translation (P113)

1)由于紧急情况，这位医生几小时内都没有空。

Because of an emergency, the doctor will not be available for several hours.

2)税收将会如何影响低收入的人群？

How will taxes affect people with low income?

3) 我母亲总是告诉我，从长远看来我会很高兴我没有放弃练钢琴。

My mother always told me that in the long run I would be glad I didn’t give up practicing the piano.

4) 这些书的价格从10美元到20美元不等。

These books range in price from $10 to $20.

5)在我看来，你没有什么选择。

It seems to me that you don’t have much choice.

6) 考虑到他们缺乏经验，这工作他们已经做得相当不错了。

Given their inexperience, they have done quite a good job.

7) 对这么一幢大房子来说这价格相当便宜，但你得考虑维修所需要的钱。

For such a big house the price is fairly cheap/low, but you’ve got to take into consideration the money you will spend on repairs.

8) 我们能否从讨论上次会议产生的问题开始？

Can we begin with discussing questions/problems arising from the last meeting?

Unit 4 Career Planning

Translation (P163)

1)几年前他心脏动了一次大手术。

He underwent a major heart surgery several years ago.

2)我们估计完成这项工作要花一个星期。

We estimated that it would take a week to finish the work.

3)我过去喜爱摄影，但我现在没有时间从事任何业余爱好了。

I used to enjoy photography, but I now have no time to pursue any hobbies.

4)你可以爱一个人而不一定要跟他结婚。

You may love someone but not necessarily have to marry him.

5)恐怖分子采用暴力手段以达到他们的政治目的。

Terrorists resort to violence to achieve their political aims.

6)他说他下午会呆在办公室里，以便万一你要见他。

He says he’ll stay in the office this afternoon in case you want to see him. 7)科学家已经确定了造成畸形发育的基因。

Scientists have identified the gene that causes abnormal growth.

8) 这些例子显示了有些学生的简历写得多么差。

These examples demonstrate how badly some students write their resumes. Unit 5 Language

Translation (P216)

1)看到所有的人在办公室外面走来走去，我变得更焦虑了。

Seeing all the people walking to and fro outside the office, I became more worried.

2)最终他会明白谁是他真正的朋友。

In time he will see who is his true friend.

3) 那位科学家的实验产生了一种新药。

That scientist’s experiment gave birth to a new drug.

4) 大半个冬天他都因病被困在屋里。

He had been shut in by illness during much of the winter.

5) 他们一有机会就会练习英语口语。

They would practice spoken English at the first opportunity.

6) 她所珍爱的一切或许会在一夜之间化为乌有。

Everything she valued might be swept away overnight.

7) 临近学期结束时，同学们都忙着准备考试。

Towards the close of the term, all the students are busy preparing for the finals.

8) 这么冷的冬天，我们渴望它快点过去。

It is a very cold winter and we long for it to be over.

Unit 6 Man and Animals

Translation (P256)

1) 每当她姨妈来访的时候，她总是表现不好。

She always behaves badly when her aunt comes to visit.

2) 要不是你们的帮助，我们不会准时完成任务。

If it hadn’t been for your help, we wouldn’t have been able to finish the task in time.

3)我劝她别去东海岸，因为那里到处是游客。

I warned him off going to the east coast because it was full of tourists.

4)东西便宜并不见得质量就低劣。

The fact that something is cheap doesn’t necessarily mean it’s of low quality.

5)如果没有人可以求教，就难以作出恰当的选择。

Without anyone to turn to for help, making an appropriate choice can be difficult.

7) 只有皮特去参加晚会她才会去。

Only if Peter goes to the evening party will she go.

8)我只能把这次经历比作一场噩梦。

I can only compare the experience to a nightmare.

Unit 7 They Joy of Travel

Translation (P296)

1)我没料想到上演一个剧本需要这么多的工作。

I didn’t realize putting on/staging a play involved so much work.

2)最重要的不是你所说的，而是你所做的。

The most important thing is not what you say but what you do.

3)在这样的情况下，这个结果是所能期待的最好的。

This is the best result that can be expected in such circumstances.

4) 你不是第一次处于这种情形。

It isn’t the first time that you’ve found yourself in such a situation.

5)这个困难促使我动脑筋找出答案。

This difficulty challenges my mind to find an answer.

6)将要出现的新的威胁是失业。

The new threat on the horizon is unemployment.

7)我们有不同的方法表达同样的想法。

We have alternative ways of expressing the same idea.

8) 他喝酒的老毛病又犯了。

He slipped into the old habit of drinking.

II. Unit1—7 课后Part Four 翻译例句

III. Iron Lady

1. 上个世纪80年代中英双方就香港回归问题进行谈判，撒切尔夫人时任英国首相。

1 -Lady Thatcher was the British Prime Minister during the time when China and Britain were negotiating the return （ hand-over ） of HongKong in the 1980s

2.我坚信，小企业的茁壮成长对英国未来至关重要。唯其如此…才有就业和持久的工作岗位

2-I passionately believe that it's the growth of small businesses into larger ones

that is critical for Britain's future.That's the only way that we will produce jobs,

real jobs, jobs that sustain.

3-现在是时候该起来，重新投入到工作中去，让大不列颠恢复昔日的荣光！

It's time to get up. It's time to go to work.

It's time to put the "Great" back into Great Britain!

4-这是在破坏(减少)就业机会，连累整个国家捉襟见肘。（经济上受到影响）

It is killing jobs and it is bringing this country to its knees

5-(社会)贫富差距加大

the gap between the rich and poor widened

6-（导致）出现了1934年以来最高的失业率

having brought about the highest level of unemployment since 1934...

7-她的自由市场经济政策，本为扩大中产阶级，只是让富人更富，穷人靠边！

Her free-market economics, designed to create a growing middle class, ensures that the rich get richer and the poor are irrelevant !

8.怀疑处我们带来信任，沮丧处我们带来希望

Where there is doubt may we bring faith,

Where there is despair may we bring hope

9-最终，正义将战胜邪恶

in the end, right will prevail over wrong.

prevail 获胜，占上风

10. 这位英国二十世纪执政时间最长的（前）首相仍然是颇有争议的人物

Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century remains a controversial figure.

*IV. 复习 Mrs. Michelle Obama DNC speech.