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2010年春季难句翻译（上） 1. We must probably discard the at one time widely accepted view that if once life had come into the universe in any way whatsoever, it would rapidly spread from planet to planet and from one planetary system to another until the whole universe teemed with life. 我们或许必须抛弃曾一时广为大家所接受的观点，即一旦生命无论以任何方式在宇宙中出现，它都会从一个行星迅速地扩展到另一行星，从一个行星系蔓延到另一个行星系，直到整个宇宙都充满生命为止。（if once一旦; teem with充满） 2. It is already clear that “the next best thing to being there” is going to be a picture phone call. 显然，仅次于面谈的办法是打一个视频电话。 3. The European Union is an imperfect creature, with some of its actions based on fine principles of political economy and some on poor ones. 欧盟是不完善的机构，它的一些举措是基于正确的政治经济原则之上的，而另一些却远非如此。（复合结构扩展成句子。复合结构作状语可以不用with。cf: Our teacher comes into the classroom, book under arm. 老师进了教室，腋下夹了一本书。） 4. In cyberspace, communities are chosen by the users, not forced on them by accidents of geography. 在网络空间，用户自愿参加某个团体，而不是因为地理位置的巧合被迫参加某个团体。 5. United we stand；divided we fall. 团结则存，分裂则亡。(伴随) 6. Be all that you can be. 尽你所能 成就你能力范围内的一切。 7. If you are a man, you can point out that most poets and men of science are male; if you are a woman, you can retort that so are most criminals. 如果你是男人，你会指出，大多数诗人和科学家都是男性的; 如果你是妇女，你会反驳说，大多数罪犯也都是男性的。 8. If I went abroad, I’d travel round the country as much as I could and try to get as many people as possible, not only to practice the language on but to have discussions with and I’d hope to make some real friends. 如果我出国，会尽量多地游览这个国家，设法尽可能多地结识一些人，不仅以他们作为语言实践对象，而且要和他们讨论问题。我希望结识一些真正的朋友。（并列平行结构的典范：句与句之间; 谓语动词和谓语动词之间；不定式短语之间） 9. History is made up of facts, but also of opinions; it is not only what actually happened, but also what people who know what happened think about past events. (29 words)? 历史是由事实组成的，也是由观点组成的。它不仅仅是实际上已发生的事件，同时也是知情人对事件的看法。 10. Humans have distinguished themselves from other animals, and in doing so ensured their survival, by the ability to observe and understand their environment and then either to adapt to that environment