英语翻译证书四级考试培训第六讲.ppt

英语翻译证书四级考试培训第六讲 宁波大学科技学院人文学院 裴爱民 Part One Sentence Translation Section A Translate the following sentences from English to Chinese. 1 I was told not to trust what I read in the newspaper. 有人告诉我不要相信报纸上读到的消息。 2 Little did I then know the meaning of war and what it was in reality. 当时我确实还不太懂得战争的意义以及战争实际上是怎么回事。 3 He had flown in just the day before from Georgia where he had spent his vacation basking in the Caucasian sun after the completion of the construction job he had been engaged in in the South. 他本来在南部从事一项建筑工程；任务完成之后，他就上格鲁吉亚去度假，享受高加索的阳光，昨天才坐飞机回来。 4 It is a pity, however, that Dr. Thomas seems not to have learned the real lesson that history offers us – namely, that the “great breakthroughs” in any technology are always preceded by a radical change in how we view ourselves, and how we behave. 在任何技术取得“重大突破”之前，我们的行为和对自己的看法都会发生剧变——这便是历史给我们的教训。遗憾的是，托马斯大夫似乎并未真正理解这一点。 5 If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening does not wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. 上星期日傍晚，有人曾见某君在市教堂取走雨伞一把。取伞者如不愿卷入纠纷，还是将伞送至布劳德街10号为妙。 6 Theatre will be reinvented and become much freer and more imaginative. 戏剧将脱胎换骨，变得更自由、更富想象力。 7 Nowadays it is understood that a diet which contains nothing harmful may result in serious disease if certain important elements are missing. 如今人们知道，如果食物中缺少了某些重要的成分，即使其中不含有任何有害的物质，也会引起严重的疾病。 8 By the end of the war, 800 people had been saved by the organization, but at a cost of 200 Belgian and French lives. 大战结束时，这个组织拯救了800人，但那是以200比利时人和法国人的生命为代价的。 9 There are many other factors that may become blocks to women’s promotion. For instance, some women find it difficult to balance career and family, because women are still the primary caregivers in our society. Some do not have general management experience. What is more, some are not willing to travel or to relocate. 此外，还有一些其它因素阻碍妇女得到提升，比如，妇女很难平衡事业与家庭，因为在我们的社会里主要还是由女性持家。有些妇女缺乏一般的管理经验，有的不愿出差或调动。 10 With a bit of planning, it’s possible to hit