新概念大二下期末考试英文翻译.docVIP

期末考英语翻译 Unit 1 1 It was a brilliant, hot day on the Seattle waterfront, with unspoilt views across the bay to outlying islands. 这是西雅图海边阳光明媚、赤日炎炎的一天，穿越海湾能一眼望见远处的岛屿，其自然美景没有受到任何破坏。 2 Just beyond a stretch of grass where people lay with books and lovers, came the melody of live unaccompanied singing. It turned out to be four men outside a cafe singing a love song about Cupid, each with different voice ranges, and a deep, swaying crowd, clapping along. 人们躺在一片草坪上看书或和恋人相依，一阵充满活力的无伴奏的歌声从草坪的另一端传了过来。原来是一家咖啡馆外面有4位男子正在唱着一首关于丘比特的情歌，每个人都有着不同的音域。围了几圈的人群正摇摆着身体合着节奏拍手。 25 At the landscaped Seattle center, using cards and newspapers to shield themselves from the sun, rows and rows of immigrants at a naturalization ceremony listened to local officials speak about various aspects of the American dream. 在风景优美的西雅图市中心，在一个接收移民入籍的仪式上，一排又一排的移民用厚纸片和报纸遮挡着阳光，倾听着地方官员讲述有关美国梦的方方面面。 26 They came from everywhere: Britain, France, Iran, Iraq-the name of every country read out, to cheers, as if we were at the Oscars and, of course, the waving of American flags. 他们来自世界各地：英国、法国、伊朗、伊拉克——每一个国家的名字被大声读出来时，人们便一片欢呼；我们就好像是在奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，当然还有人在挥舞着美国国旗。 Unit 2 2 outwardly, I looked like the poster boy for success visiting from the United States. My white designers shirt and matching pants were straight from the great malls in Detroit, where I worked as an engineer. Inwardly, I was caught in a web of ambition and cultural disillusionment. My attire suggested affluence, yet I could not afford the numerous requests for money or to make gifts of my belongings. Uncles and aunties who were prepared to mortgage their homes to help me leave 10 years ago now expected me to finance cousins hoping to make the same move to the United States. 从外表上看，我是从美国回来探亲的成功人士的典范。我作为一名工程师在底特律工作，身上穿的白色品牌衬衫及与之相配的裤子是直接从底特律的大型购物商场购买的。而在内心深处，我却陷入一种雄心勃勃和文化幻灭交织的迷惘中。我的衣着使人联想到“富裕”，然而我却不能承担大量支付钱财的要求，或把我的财产当作礼物相赠。10年前曾准备抵押房产资助我去美国留学的叔叔阿姨们，现在指望我为打算步我后尘的堂表兄妹提供资金援助。 6 Perhaps I should have been asking myself if I really wanted to trade places with the o