离婚及孩子(双语)被动语态.pptVIP

[ 翻译实例评析 ];【概述】这是一篇社会学方面的文章，反映了父母 离异对子女生活的负面影响，并以研究数字证实了家庭破裂给孩子带来的危害。文章语言精练，句子结构简单。翻译时应注意被动语态的翻译，可采用以下方法翻译文中的句子：词类转移法、合句法、分句法、增词法、反说正译法等。根据全文内容，本文标题可用意译译成“离异对子女的影响”，他比“离婚与孩子”这一标题更清晰明了。 ;Divorce is transforming the lives of American children. In the post-World War II generation, more than 80 percent of children grew up with both biological parents. Today only half will do so. Each year more than a million children experience family breakup1 ; about as many are born out of wedlock 2 ;At the same time, the problems associated with family disruption have grown. Over-all child well-being has declined, despite historically high public spending3 . The teen suicide rate has almost tripled4 . Juvenile crime has increased and become more violent. School performance has been poor.;Given such a dramatic impact on children’s lives, one might expect today’s high divorce rate to be viewed more widely as a national crisis5 . Yet, those who argue that it poses a serious threat are dismissed as being pessimistic or nostalgic, unwilling to accept the new facts of life. The dominant view in the popular culture is that the changes in family structure are, on balance, positive. And until recently there was little hard evidence to confirm or dispute this assumption.;A 1940s book on divorce asserted: “Children are entitled to the affection and association of two parents, not one.6” In the 1950s most Americans believed parents should stay in an unhappy marriage to avoid damaging the children. ;But by the mid-1970s what had once been regarded as hostile to children’s best interests was considered essential to adults’ happiness 7. “A two-parent home is not the only emotional structure within which a child can be happy and healthy.”8 a popular divorce book of this era proclaimed. “The parents who take care of themselves will be best able to take care of their children.” ;As this optimistic view took shape, many experts believed that the psychological impact of divorce on children was