大学英语段落翻译.ppt

3. 翻译第3句“这些农民工发现……不……那么美好”时要注意时态。本句叙述一般的客观情况，故主句的谓语“发现”用一般现在时；“预期”表过去的动作，可用 过去时或现在完成时。而“现实不那么美好”是现在的状态，用现在时，译作the reality is not...。 4.第4句中的“满足......的需求”用短语meet the needs来表达，定语“大批农民工子女的”较长，处理成后置定语，用介词of引出，表所属，译作of the big group of migrant children。 With the acceleration of urbanization, an increasing number of migrant workers settle down in the cities. They bring their children along with them to the cities, with the hope of their children receiving better education. However, the migrants find the reality is not as promising as theyve expected. The facilities and faculties in the urban public schools are far from enough to meet the needs of the big group of migrant children. Luckily, the education problem of the migrant children has become a priority on the governments agenda. 黄金周(the Golden Week)是指为期七天的假期。许多人远离家庭在外工作，他们利用这一假期回家。这就导致人群的大规模流动。在黄金周里，有超过1亿的人乘坐火车、汽车和飞机，经常导致交通混乱。虽然香港和澳门不庆祝黄金周假期，但这两座城市里都遍布着内地游客，他们推高了酒店的价格，塞满了机场,使香港迪士尼乐园里的长队蜿蜓数英里。 翻译讲解 1.黄金周是指为期七天的假期:“为期七天”可译为last for seven days。2.这就导致人群的大规模流动:“导致”可译为lead to。下文“导致交通混乱”的“导致”为避免重复，可译为result in。3.在黄金周里，有超过1亿的人乘坐火车、汽车和飞机，经常导致交通混乱:“乘坐火车、汽车和飞机”可译为take trains, buses and airplanes。“交通混乱”可译为transport chaos, chaos意为混沌，混乱。4.他们推高了酒店的价格，塞满了机场，使香港迪士尼乐园里的长队蜿蜓数英里:“推高了…价格”可译为push up the prices of。 The Golden Week is a holiday lasting for seven days. Working far away from their family, many people use the holiday as an opportunity to travel home. This leads to a mass movement of people. Over 100 million people take trains, buses and airplanes in the Golden Week, often resulting in transport chaos. While Hong Kong and Macau dont celebrate Golden Week holidays, both cities are stuffed with visitors from the mainland, pushing up the prices of hotels, filling the airport and making queues at Hong Kong Disneyland snake for miles. 公务员热 每年，中国都有成千上万的人参加各级别的公务员考试(civil service exam), 希望成为公务员。其中，大学毕业生是一个不可忽视的快速增长的力量。成为公务员的狂热并不仅限于文科(liberal arts)生，公务员考试也越来越受理工科学生的欢迎。归根到底，这主要有两个原因—野心和舒适。作为一名公务员，通常意味着稳定的收入、令人羡慕的医保和退休金项目，还有舒适的生活。对很