《英语翻译练习》.docVIP

1. 我原打算在书店里消磨时间的，但最终买了本有关计算机的书。（end）I had meant/intended/ planned to kill time //I meant/ intended/ planned to have killed time in the bookstore, / but I ended up buying a book on computer. 考点一：end up doing 是固定词组 考点二：原打算做某事（had meant/intended/planned to do = meant/intended/planned to have done) 考点三：本句前后时态要一致，前面是过去完成时+to do 或过去时+to have done, 后面是一般过去时。 2. 如果你采用先进的方法，你就能取得事半功倍的效果。（effort）If you adopt the advanced method, you are able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. 考点一：事半功倍（twice the result with half the effort) 考点二：采用先进的方法（adopt the advanced method) 3.每一位驾驶员开车时都必须牢记，一点点疏忽都可能造成事故。（mind）When driving, every driver must keep/bear in mind that the slightest carelessness will cause an accident. 考点一：keep/bear in mind that 中间不加it 考点二：翻译过程中别漏掉 “开车时” 4. 色彩鲜艳的药片可能被孩子们误当成糖果，因此应该把它们放在孩子们拿不着的地方。（thus, accessible）Brightly-colored pills may/can be mistaken for sweets by children, and thus they should be kept where they are not accessible to children. 考点一： 被…误当成（be mistaken for) 考点二：thus是副词，不可直接引导句子 考点三：sth. is accessible to sb. 5.他从未想到过他的教育费用将花完他父母的所有积蓄。(occur, drain)It never occurred to him that the expenses for his education would be a great drain on all his parents’ savings 考点一：从未想到过（It never occurred to him that) 考点二：教育费用(the expenses for his education) 考点三 drain(n.) a great drain on sth. 6.许多家长发现，很难和自己的孩子交流。(find)Many parents find it difficult to communicate with their own children. 考点一：发现做某事很难（find it difficult to do sth.) 考点二：交流(communicate with ) 7. Tom 是一个合格的大学毕业生，但是他在面试中的表现不尽如人意。(far from) Tom is a qualified university graduate, but his performance in the job interview is far from satisfactory. 考点一：不尽如人意(far from satisfactory ) 考点二：合格的大学毕业生(a qualified university graduate) 8.多年后他才知道，是谁在他陷入困境时伸出援手。(before)It was years before he knew who had helped him when he was in trouble. 考点一：It was+(一段时间)+ before sb. did sth. 考点二：伸出援手(help sb./leave sb. a helping hand) 考点三:陷入困境( in trouble, 两词间不加the) 9.那位总统退休后很少在公众场合露面。(seldom)Seldom did the president