研究生英语课件翻译部分概要1.ppt

Little donkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among the throngs of people entering and leaving the bazaar. Crowd The shopkeepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit. grave-like The seller, on the other hand, makes a point of protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him of all profit, and that he is sacrificing this because of his personal regard for the customer. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear hit or to strike; strike one’s ear as the burnished copper catches the light of innumerable lamps and braziers polish Elsewhere there is the carpet-market, with its profusion of rich colors, varied textures and regional designs----some bold and simple, others unbelievably detailed and yet harmonious. Profusion: more than plenty 极丰富, 大量 It is a vast, sombre cavern of a room, some thirty feet high and sixty feet square, and so thick with the dust of centuries that the mud-brick walls and vaulted roof are only dimly visible. Sombre: dark, gloomy，sepulchral。 昏暗，暗淡 This revolves in a circular stone channel, into which an attendant feeds linseed. The stone wheel crushes it to a pulp, which is then pressed to extract the oil. crush: 把…压碎； smash: 把…砸碎； grind把…磨碎。 Crumble：把…捏碎 to与into表示结果 The camels are the largest and finest I have ever seen, and in superb condition—muscular, massive and stately. ******* The pressing of the linseed pulp to extract the oil is done by a vast ramshackle apparatus of beams and ropes and pulleys which towers to the vaulted ceiling and dwarfs the camels and their stone wheels. ramshackle：shaky, unsteady Ancient girders creak and groan, ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can. Quickly the trickle becomes a flood of glistening linseed oil as the beam sinks earthwards, taut and protesting, its creaks blending with the squeaking and rumbling of t