93-94英语翻译.doc

考研阅读精读笔记（93-94） 1993 Passage One L: critical a.重要的，关键的；批评的，批判的 starve v.饿；饿死 drastic a.极端的；有力度的；严厉的 mother tongue ?母语 infant n.婴儿 capacity n.能力；容量 severe a.严重的；严厉的 nevertheless = nonetheless? conj. 尽管如此 insensitive to A? 对A不敏感 signal n./v. 信号；发信号 Sb is programmed to do...???? 某人天生能做 neglect vt.忽略???????????? negligence n.???????? negligent a. ideal a./n.理想的；理想 stage n.阶段；舞台 eventually ad.最终 turn out to be? 结果证明是 command n./v.命令；指挥；掌握 style n.风格 sight n.视觉；看到；视力 feel n.触觉 toy n.玩具 pattern n.模式，样式，方式；规律 incredible a.不可思议的，难以置信的 mixture n.混合；混合物 induce vt.诱导，引诱 grasp n./v.抓；抓住；掌握 respond to A? 对A做出反应/回应 dull a.迟钝；枯燥? vt.使迟钝 discourage vt.使灰心 discouraged a.灰心的，沮丧的 verbal a.语言的 purpose n.目的 at once? 突然；立刻 inadequately ad.不充分的，不够的??????????? inadequate a. intelligent a.聪明的 exceptionally ad.格外，特别 remarkable a.非凡，不寻常 owe A to B? 把A归因于B；有了A是因为B faculty n.能力；全体教师；系，院 inborn a.天生的 anything but selective a.选择性的；选择的???????????? select v. definite a.明确的；具体的 necessarily ad.必然，必定 not necessarily 未必，不见得，不一定????????????S: such A as B? 像B这样的A Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. 分析：such severe lack as that ordered by Frederick A：severe lack????????? B: that ordered by Frederick，其中that指代前面的lack 介词as引导的介宾短语，作名词lack的后置定语，但因为lack作句子的主语，为了避免头重脚轻，名词和介宾短语被谓语动词exists分割开了。 翻译：今天，再不存在像Frederick下命令所造成的那种严重的匮乏。What is special about man’s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy-bear”. 与猴子的大脑相比，关于人的大脑的特殊之处，是一个复杂的系统，这个系统能让一个小孩把，比如说，对一个玩具熊的视觉和触觉，与“toy-bear”这个单词的发音模式联系起来。And even more incredible is the young brain’s ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways. 更不可思议的是，小孩的大脑有能力从他周围混杂的声音中选出语言的秩序，有能力进行分析，有能力以新的方式对词和句进行组合与重新组合。W: be incapable of 不能 Those saying no to books will be incapable of adapting to the information era. 那些不读书的人将不能适应信息时代。be exposed