新视野大学英语第三册读写教程15选10翻译及汉译英.doc

英语翻译 PAGE 7 unit1 When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. They were truly saints among ordinary people. I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. They rescued（挽救） each of us from a life of poverty（贫穷） and loneliness（孤独）. They were hardly able to restrain（克制） themselves from bringing home more children to care for. If they had had the resources（资源） they certainly would have. Most people do not realize how much they appreciated （感激） someone until they pass away（大多数人都不知道他们有多么感激一个人，直到那个人去世）. My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before we uttered（说） the words Thank you to our parents（我的妹妹和弟弟和我都不想在我们对父母说谢谢你之前让这件事发生）. Although we have all grown up and scattered（散落） about the country, we got back together to thank our parents. My brother Tom undertook（从事，承担） the task of organizing the event. Every Friday night, Mom and Dad have had the ham dinner special at the same restaurant for the last twenty years. That is where we waited without their knowing. When we first caught a glimpse（瞥一眼） of them coming across the street, we all hid underneath（在…之下） a big table. When they entered, we leapt（跳出来） out and shouted, Thank you, Mom and Dad. My brother Tom presented （提供）them with a card（办法,手段,妙计） and we all hugged（拥抱）. My Dad pretended（假装） that he had known we were under the table all along. 1.无论你是多么富有经验的演说家，无论你做了多么充分的准备，你都很难在这样嘈杂招待会上发表演讲（no matter how） No matter how experienced a speaker you are, and how well you have prepared your speech, you will have difficulty making a speech at such a noisy reception. 2.就像吉米妹妹的朋友都关心吉米一样，吉米也关心他们(just as ) Just as all his sister’s friends cared about him, Jimmy cared about them. 3.汽车的生产商在新车的几处都印有汽车识别号码，以便帮助找回被盗车辆 Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles. 4.老师回来时你敢告我状的话，我就不再和你说话了 If you dare tell on me when the teacher gets back I won’t say a word to you any more. 5.有些老年人愿意独自过日子