英国名家演说汉译.PPT

第三章 英国名家演说汉译 第一节 第二节 第一节 31-35 Original 31: Gentlemen, I cannot do better than take my cue from your distinguished President, and refer in my first remarks to his remarks in connection with the old, natural, association between you and me. When I received an invitation from a private association of working members of the press of New York to dine with them today, I accepted that compliment in grateful remembrance of a calling that was once my own, and in loyal sympathy towards a brotherhood which, in spirit, I have never quitted. 1) Analysis of the original: A) Grammatical analysis B) Stylistic analysis A) Grammatical analysis: (1) Sentence structure (2) Additional complication (3) Notes (4) Paraphrase (1) Sentence structure： The present selection consists of two sentences, of which the first is a simple sentence while the second is a complex sentence, composed of an adverbial clause of time, a main clause and two attributive clauses, one embedded in the middle of the main clause and the other at the end of it. (2) Additional complication： After the conjunction than in the first sentence, there are two coordinate infinitive phrases; the second sentence begins with an adverbial clause and has a parenthesis embedded in the attributive clause at the end of the sentence. (3) Notes： In the first sentence, I cannot do better than take my cue… and refer… to…means it would be better for me to take my cue …and refer… to… while…and refer in my first remarks to his remarks in connection with the old, natural, association…means …and in my first remarks refer to his remarks regarding the old, natural association…. And in When I received an invitation from a private association of working members of the press of New York to dine with them today, I accepted that compliment in grateful remembrance of a calling that was once my own, and in loyal sympathy towards a brotherhood which, in spirit, I have never quitted, the backbone structure is when I received…, I