EnchantmentoftheSouthSeas课稿.pptVIP

Enchantment of the South Seas迷人的南部诸岛 mighty adj.趾高气扬；巨大的；强有力的；浩瀚的 adv.非常；很 For hundreds of year’s tiny coral creatures have worked and died to make thousands of ring-shaped islands called atolls The air that sweeps the South Sea Islands is fragrant with flowers and spice. Bright warm days follow clear cool nights, and the rolling swells break in a never-ending roar on the shores Overhead the slender coconut palms whisper their drowsy song 打盹儿既可以表示延时的睡眠阶段，又可以指短暂的睡眠时间，但谁也不愿意承认自己被别人看见在打盹儿。 Nap means a delayed stages of sleep as well as a short sleep time, but no one is willing to admit that they have been seen by others in the nap.  有谚语为证：一些人睡五小时，自然睡眠为七小时，懒惰者睡九小时，邪恶者睡十一小时。 There is a proverb to prove it: some sleep 5 hours, natural sleep for 7 hours, laziness, who is 9 hours, the evil sleep 11 hours. * * The（1） mighty Pacific washes the shores of the continents—North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. Its waters mingle in the southeast with the Atlantic Ocean and in the southwest（2） with the Indian Ocean.（3） It is not on the shores of continents or in the coastal islands, however, that the（4） soul of the great Pacific is found. （5）It lies far out where the fabled South Sea Islands are scattered over the huge ocean like stars in （1）浩瀚的太平洋冲刷着五大洲—北美洲、南美洲、亚洲、大洋洲和南极洲—的海岸。太平洋在东南方与大西洋汇合，在西南方（2）与印度洋相连。然而，巨大的太平洋（4）的精髓之处不在大陆的海岸上，也不在沿海的岛屿上，（5）而是在远离陆地的地方，在那里，富有神奇色彩的南太平洋诸岛像天上的繁星一样 散布在广阔的海面上。 the sky. mingle vt. vi.混合，混淆 vi.混进，与…交往 这句省略了mingle，应该补上。为了避免重复，所以分别译为汇合、相连 soul n.灵魂；精神；幽灵；人 adj.美国黑人文化的 It is …. that…强调句型 在这里，将soul直译为灵魂，精神等显然不合适。结合上下文，意译为精髓 结合上下文，不是在….而是….在…. Here great disturbances at the heart of the earth /caused mountains and volcanoes to rise above the water. disturbances 干扰 在这里，强大的地心干扰使得山脉和火山从水面升出 （由于） coral 珊瑚的；珊瑚色的 atolls n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛 千百年来，微小的珊瑚虫在这里生活，死亡，形成了成千上万的叫环礁的环状岛屿 成千上万的环形岛屿，叫环礁 fragrant 芳香的；愉快的 spice 香料 充满着花香与香料气息的空气吹拂着南太平洋诸岛 明亮的白天与凉爽的黑夜交替，汹涌澎湃的的浪花不停的拍打着海岸，发出阵阵轰鸣。 slender adj. 细长的；苗条的；微