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14. compel: v. to force someone to do something 强迫 e.g. The law will compel employers to provide health insurance. She felt compelled to resign because of the scandal. 15. unfettered : adj. without limits or controls 不受限制的，不受约束的 e.g. an unfettered free market But less well known is how he uses state laws to create an unfettered channel of contributions from donors across the country. Part VI Practice A. Translation skills 1. “Katie and her friends were sitting in the back seat talking to each other about some movie star; I think it was Orlando Bloom,” recalled Mr. Hampton, whose company produced the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, in which the actor starred. 汉普顿先生回忆说：“凯蒂和她的朋友们坐在汽车座上互相在谈论某个电影明星，我想她们谈论 的是奥兰多·布鲁姆。”奥兰多·布鲁姆是汉普顿的公司发行的《加勒比海盗》系列电影的主演。 英语句子比较长，翻译时对原句顺序做了 适当调整，并分成两句。把whose引导的定语 从句另译成一句，把“奥兰多·布鲁姆”，即原 文中the actor作为主语。此外，原文movies用 的是复数，译成“《加勒比海盗》系列电影”。 2. It’s a common scene these days, one playing out in cars, kitchens and bedrooms across the country. 当今这种景象十分普遍，在全国各地的车里、厨房里以及卧室里都在上演。 这句话没有译成“这是一种的普遍景象”，而是 把原文中“scene”译成主语，原文中“common” 的词性在译文中作了调整。“playing out”是“进 行，发生”的意思，可译成“上演”。 3. And the computer, along with the Internet, has given even very young children virtual lives distinctly separate from those of their parents and siblings. 计算机和互联网甚至让小孩子们都有了自己的虚拟生活，与自己父母和兄弟姐妹们生活显然不同的生活。 这句采用了顺译法，按原文的顺序译成汉语。 4. Ms. Turkle recalled a vacation with her daughter in Paris, where she hoped to immerse her in the local culture and cuisine. 特克尔女士回忆起和女儿在巴黎的度假，她希望在巴黎能让女儿亲身浸泡在当地的文化和美食中。 原文中有一个“where”引导的定语从句， 在译文中用“在巴黎”译出。“immerse someone in something”译成“亲身浸泡在 ……中”，译文中添加了“亲身”。 Writing techniques Exemplification: The word exemplification is derived from example, and a paragraph of exemplification uses examples, a kind of factual evidence, to support the point made in the topic sentence. Besides reasoning, exemplification is another approach widely used by writers to support themselves. Remember, facts s