Lecture 2 词法翻译1 1.pptVIP

1 第1节 选义 1. 根据语境选义p20 甲：这一点小意思，请务必收下。 乙：你这个人真是有意思，怎么也来这一套？ 甲：唉，只是意思意思。 乙：啊，真是不好意思。 A：This is a little gift as a token of my appreciation. Please do take it. B: Oh, aren’t you a bit too polite? You should not do that. A: Well, it just conveys my gratitude. B: Ah, thank you then, though I really do not deserve it. Practice 你这是什么意思？请别误会我的意思。 What do you mean by that? Please do not misunderstand me. 她被夸得不好意思。 She felt embarrassed by so much praise. 让你久等了，不好意思。 Im sorry to have kept you waiting so long. 做了这种事，亏他还好意思说呢！ Fancy his doing that sort of thing and then having the nerve to talk about it. 他也想说几句,可是不好意思开口 Be too shy to 老李没好意思笑出来 ditto 人家求我们支援,我们好意思拒绝吗? proper 2. 跳出字面选义P22 狗咬狗≠dog-eat-dog Advertising is a dog-eat-dog business. 广告业是一个竞争残酷的行业。 In show business its dog-eat-dog - one day youre a star, the next youve been replaced by younger talent. Drills 老闺女 ？unmarried lady √the youngest daughter （东北方言） 老姑娘（剩女） spinster, 3S(single, seventies and stuck), gold miss, leftover ladies, ladies on the shelf Which one is the best? I am 30 single single forever. It really feels as though I am “left on the shelf” now I am fighting a losing battle with coping with it for the past while. (a woman wrote in the BBS of a fashion magazine Cosmopolitan) 老人 old people, the aged, senior citizen 老师傅 master/skilled craftsman 老黄牛 a willing ox, willing horse, eg. work like a willing horse See Exercise I on p23 and Exercise II on p24 关于工资的译法： Salary：Salary is usually paid monthly, sometimes three months or a year, for a job, esp. as for workers of higher skill and rank Wage：Wages are paid weekly for a job, esp. as for laborers or workers Pay：Pay is paid for work, including salary and wage. Earnings：That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned Income：That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind 第2节 选词 3. 根据搭配选词 水果店里有鲜果，连锁店里有保鲜菜、副食店里有保鲜奶、保鲜肉，大饭店里有鲜鱼鲜虾鲜海龟……。 In full supply are new fruits in fruit-shops, fresh “ready