湖北省第十六届外语翻译赛大英语大学B组初赛试题1].docVIP

湖北省第十六届外语翻译大赛英语大学B组初赛试题 请选出你所认为的最佳译文。（每小题2分） 汉译英： 发展才是硬道理。 Development is the absolute/cardinal principle. Development is the solid principle. 我弟弟的英语教得比我好。 My brother teaches English better than I do. My brother is a better teacher of English than I. 人们正在作把这个理论应用于实践的尝试。 Attempts of applying this theory to practice are being made. Attempts are being made to apply this theory to practice. 越老越不要最后犯错误，越老越要谦虚一点。 As they age, they should make a greater effort to avoid errors in the final stage of their life and be more modest. The older they are, the more prudent they should be and the more careful not to make mistakes in their later years. 女子要求男的具有男子气，而男子则要求女方贤惠，温柔，善于操持家务。 Women expect manly men, and men look for virtuous, warm and tender-hearted women, capable of housekeeping. Women favor manly men, and men expect the kind of women who are considerate and broad-minded, gentle and soft, and capable of housekeeping. 6. 大狐猴是一种产于马达加斯加的大型狐猴，常栖于树上，长有大眼睛和退化的尾巴。 Indri is a large arboreal lemur of Madagascar, often perching in the trees and having large eyes and a rudimentary tail. Big lemur originated from Madagascar, that lives on the trees and with large eyes and withered tail. Large lemurs are indries mainly living in Madagascar, they often perch in trees and characterized by their big eyes and a regressive tail. Giant fox monky belonging to indri spies living in trees, with big eyes and tails of vestige. 7. 有些人永远都有好心情，而有些人从来不笑。 (A) Good mantality deos not come to everybody. So some people never laugh. (B) Some people are always in a good mood, whereas others never smile. (C) Some people are forever happy-go-lucky, while others seldom smile. (D) There are people who always have a light heart, but there are also others who keep pulling a long face. 8. 我们采用了他的方法，将生产率提高了百分之二十。 (A) We have adopted his methods, thus improving the production by 20%. (B) His way of production is accepted by us, so the productivity rose 20%. (C) We promote the productivity by 20%??by adopting h