2013年12月英语六级考试翻译试题8
1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course;_______________(我第一周可否旁听)to see if I like it? 2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________(希望能有助于该案的处理). 3. The volume of trade between the two countries,as is reported,________________(增长了三倍多). 4. My question is _______________(谁将接任该基金会主席职位). 5. He looks honest,but ________________(外表有时是靠不住的),aren’t they? 1. may I sit in for the first week 解析:分号之前表示原因:因为我不敢确定是否想学这门课程,所以能否让我第一周旁听看看是否喜欢它?“旁听”英语里说成sit in,如:sit in a lecture(旁听一个讲座).另外,sit in也可以表示静坐,如:There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.(多次报道几所大学学生静坐抗议种族歧视.) 2. which they hope will help solve the case 解析:我们把中午句子的含义补全就是“警察希望这些新证据能有助于该案的处理”,“新证据”已经在前文中出现,那么在这里我们需要把“能有助于该案的处理”译成后置定语来修饰new evidence.on the trail of意思是“在寻找”. 3. has increased more than fourfold 解析:本题是考查数字的译法,可以参考前面的节目.本句还要指出的是as在非限制性定语从句中的应用:as引导非限制性定语从句时,其先行项通常是整个主句.As从句的位置很灵活,可以出现在句首,句中(如本句)或句末,并与主句之间用逗号隔开.如:As he pointed out,the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.(正如他指出的,质量的不断提高在很大程度上取决于设备的更新.)The night has turned cold,as is usual around here.(夜晚变得很冷,在这一带经常如此.) 4. who will take over as president of the Foundation 解析:这是wh-词引导的从句在句中作表语.本题的考点是:中文可以有“接任……的职位”的搭配,英文却不能说take over the position of,因为take over本身就包括“接任某职”的含义,因此只要将某一职位的名称译出来即可,用take over as…来表达.“该基金会”在句中是特指,因而“Foundation”的首字母要大写. 5. appearances are sometimes deceiving 解析:考生要看起来这是一个并列复合句.其规则之一是,疑问部分的主语要和后面句子的主语和谓语在人称、数、性、时态方面保持一致.题干部分已经给出 aren’t they?因此,“外表”要用复数形式,谓语动词也要用复数形式,不能说appearance is sometimes deceiving. 1.When an opportunity comes, _________________ (伴之而来的是成功的希望)but never realizes it on its own. 2. If you want to _______________(取得成就或实现雄心壮志),you must work hard,make efforts and get prepared. 3. The successful person _____________(总是作好充分准备)to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. 4.Anthropologists(人类学家)have discovered that fear,happiness,sadness,and surprise ______________(都会行之于色),which is a universal phenomenon.(这...有点难.) 5.Long before children are able to speak or understand a language,they can communicate with adults ________________(通过面部表情和靠发出噪声). 1. it brings a promise 解析:这是一句非常富有哲理的话,意思是"当机遇来临的时候,伴之而来的是成功的希望,然而希望不会自己实现"。句子需填入部分"伴之而来的是成功的希望" 看似表达非常复杂,其实意思很简单,即:机遇会带来希望,那么对这个句子的翻译就简单了,为避免重复,"机遇"可以用it代替。"成功的希望"用名词 promise,如:a young man full of promise(大有前途的年轻人)。这个词的常用意思是"诺言,承诺"。大家要注意,少数情况下我们会碰到一些看似结构复杂的句子,但只要读懂字里行间就可以化复杂为简单。这也是英汉互译时的一个必备技巧。 2. achieve something or fulfill your ambitions 解析:本题考查短语搭配。"取得成就"可以有这样的表达:make achievements或achieve something,前者"成就"作名词,后者作动词。"实现雄心壮志"中"实现"可选用realize,fulfill,此外make...come true,carry...out也有实现梦想/理想之意。 3. always makes adequate preparations 解析:"作准备"的表达有:prepare...for;make preparations for...。"充分的"可选形容词有:enough,sufficient,adequate,而well-prepared多在句中充当表语成分,如:His counsel was well-prepared.(他的律师作了充分准备。)全句的后半部分meet opportunities也可以作为考点,它表示"抓住机遇",并不是"看见机遇"。meet还有"达到要求、满足愿望或意见一致"等意。如:The firm has done its best to meet us on that point.(公司在那方面已尽了最大的努力来满足我们的要求。) 4. are reflected in facial expressions 解析:"行之于色"是一个古汉语表达,正如在第一题给大家说到,有时候在汉译英时会遇到一些看似复杂的语言,但只要读懂字里行间意译即可。"行之于色 "是说人内心的喜怒哀乐通过面部表情都可以反映出来,因此联系前文就不难译出:are reflected in facial expressions。 5. through facial expressions and by making noises 解析:本题意为:在孩子们能够表达或理解一门语言之前的很长一段时间,他们靠面部表情和发出噪声和大人们交流。"通过面部表情和靠发出噪声"在句中充当方式状语,表示某种途径或方法。"面部表情"是一个名词短语,前加介词through,而"发出噪声"make noise是一个带有动作性的动词短语,因此通过发出噪声应选用by+doing的结构。同样是表示方法途径,前面的介词选择却有不同,考生要注意比较 相关资料 |