自考英语二翻译.doc

第一课? 1.Like?the?national?push?for?Asian?literacy?in?Australia,?there?has?been?foreign?languages?fervor?in??china,?with?English?on?top?of?the?list.?就如澳大利亚在全国推广学亚洲语言一样，中国也掀起一股外语热，在这股热潮中英语高居榜首。? 2.Is??English?such?a?difficult?language?that?it?really?demands?people?to?invest?a?large?amount?of?time?and?energy?before?it?is?mastered??英语真的有这么难，需要人们投入大量的时间和精力才能掌握吗？? 3.From?my?personal?experience,?I?think?learning?English?means?far?more?than?learning?its??pronunciation,?grammatical?rules,?etc.?从我个人的经验来看，英语学习不仅仅是指学习英语发音和语法规则等。? 4.Without?a?complete?understanding?of?the?language,?the?English?a?foreigner?speaks?will?inevitably?sound?strange?or?even?unintelligible?though?there?is?not?anything?wrong?with?his?pronunciation,?sentence?structure?and?the?words?he?uses.?对英语没有全面的理解，即便有完美的发音、句子结构、措词，一个外国人所讲的英语也会是稀奇古怪甚至难以理解的。? 5、Social?customs?and?habits?contribute?to?the?difficulty?in?learning?a?foreign?language.?社会风俗习惯增加了学习外语的难度。 6.By?the?same?token,?“Have?you?eaten?”?will?sound?to?native?English?speakers?that?the?Chinese?are?so?hospitable?that?they?invite?people?to?meals?off-handedly.?由于同样的原因，英语母语者听到“吃了吗？”，会觉得中国人非常好客，在事先毫无准备的情况下会请人吃饭。? 7.The?foreigner?will?respon “Oh,?it’s?very?nice?of?you.?When?”,?if?he?happens?to?have?a?craving（渴望）?for?Chinese?cooking?and?has?not?had现在完成时?his?dinner?yet.?如果这位外国人此刻正希望品尝一下中国美食，而且又碰巧没有吃饭，他会回答：“太好啦，什么时候？” 8.Chinese?has?nothing?in?common?with?English?and?China?had?little?contact,with?the?Western?world?in?modern?history.?汉字和英语这两种文字毫无共同之处，并且中国和西方世界在近代史上很少接触。 ?9.The?background?knowledge?of?English?fascinates?large?numbers?of?interested?and?determined ?English?learners?but?at?the?same?time?disheartens?quite?a?few.?英语背景知识既吸引了大量英语爱好者，也使许多人丧失信心。????????? ?10.The?Western?and?Oriental?values?are?found?to?be?in?confrontation?in?learning?English.?英语学习中，东西方价值观念是冲突的。? 11.Native?English?speakers?are?more?gender?blind?when?they?mention?their?cousins.?在涉及表亲的时候，英语母语的人更容易混淆性别。? 12.A?Chinese?English?learner?could?not?have?a?good?command?of?English?unless?he?overcomes?the??cu