2007年12月英语六级备考-翻译（十五）
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07/12/02 00:07 | by admin ]
07/12/02 00:07 | by admin ]
1. All things have passed; _______________（昔日的荣耀荡然无存）.
2.They’ve fully prepared to _______________（投身于革命）.
3. ________________（被告涉嫌参与）a murder case.
4. The acoustics in the Festival Hall _______________（效果好极了）.
5. With the last hours of the afternoon ________________（她所有的希望、勇气和力量都随之消失了）.
答案及解析:
1. nothing remains of its former glory
解析：翻译本句要注意防止漏译错译。当everything，anything，something，nothing作主语时，相应的谓语动词通常采用单数形式。“昔日的”可以用former作定语修饰glory，in former days通常在句中作状语。另外，本句还采用了反译法，原中文否定在动词谓语部分，而译文动词用了不带否定标记词的remain，否定含义体现在主语nothing上。
2. throw themselves into the revolution
解析：本句意为：他们做好了充分的准备投身革命。“投身革命”是使自己参与到革命当中，但如果用take part in the revolution，表达就略显平板。英文里有一个短语throw oneself into…中使用了反身代词表示投身于某项事业，大家要记住。
3. The accused is suspected of being involved in
解析：“the＋adj.”作主语指某个人或某抽象意义时，谓语动词要用单数。这些形容词还可以被其他词语修饰，如：the extremely poor，the idle rich，the young at heart。若被both…and…修饰，the可以省略，如：Both young and old volunteer to give a helping hand.（年轻人和老人都主动来帮忙。）本题第二个考点是如何准确表达“涉嫌”。“涉嫌”即“被怀疑……”，因此用be suspected of doing较为准确。“参与”虽然可以说take part in，join in，participate in，但这些都有主动且比较积极的含义；如果是参与到/被牵涉到某件不好的事情中，通常用be involved in，考生要注意词语的感情色彩。
4. are extremely good
解析：本题旨在考查以-ics结尾的单词作主语时的单复数问题。acoustics在句中表示“音响效果”，是一个特定的事物，所以谓语要用复数are；当acoustics指学科“声学”的时候，谓语动词要用单数，如：Acoustics is a branch of physics.（声学是物理学的一个分支。）
5. went her hopes，courage，and strength
解析：本题考查状语位于句首，主句用倒装语序。这可以起到强调或使句子平衡的作用。“随之消失”的英文表达是go with…，如：go with wind，go with memory，go with tide。如果还原本句的正常语序，就是：Her hopes，courage，and strength went with the last hours of the afternoon.
2.They’ve fully prepared to _______________（投身于革命）.
3. ________________（被告涉嫌参与）a murder case.
4. The acoustics in the Festival Hall _______________（效果好极了）.
5. With the last hours of the afternoon ________________（她所有的希望、勇气和力量都随之消失了）.
答案及解析:
1. nothing remains of its former glory
解析：翻译本句要注意防止漏译错译。当everything，anything，something，nothing作主语时，相应的谓语动词通常采用单数形式。“昔日的”可以用former作定语修饰glory，in former days通常在句中作状语。另外，本句还采用了反译法，原中文否定在动词谓语部分，而译文动词用了不带否定标记词的remain，否定含义体现在主语nothing上。
2. throw themselves into the revolution
解析：本句意为：他们做好了充分的准备投身革命。“投身革命”是使自己参与到革命当中，但如果用take part in the revolution，表达就略显平板。英文里有一个短语throw oneself into…中使用了反身代词表示投身于某项事业，大家要记住。
3. The accused is suspected of being involved in
解析：“the＋adj.”作主语指某个人或某抽象意义时，谓语动词要用单数。这些形容词还可以被其他词语修饰，如：the extremely poor，the idle rich，the young at heart。若被both…and…修饰，the可以省略，如：Both young and old volunteer to give a helping hand.（年轻人和老人都主动来帮忙。）本题第二个考点是如何准确表达“涉嫌”。“涉嫌”即“被怀疑……”，因此用be suspected of doing较为准确。“参与”虽然可以说take part in，join in，participate in，但这些都有主动且比较积极的含义；如果是参与到/被牵涉到某件不好的事情中，通常用be involved in，考生要注意词语的感情色彩。
4. are extremely good
解析：本题旨在考查以-ics结尾的单词作主语时的单复数问题。acoustics在句中表示“音响效果”，是一个特定的事物，所以谓语要用复数are；当acoustics指学科“声学”的时候，谓语动词要用单数，如：Acoustics is a branch of physics.（声学是物理学的一个分支。）
5. went her hopes，courage，and strength
解析：本题考查状语位于句首，主句用倒装语序。这可以起到强调或使句子平衡的作用。“随之消失”的英文表达是go with…，如：go with wind，go with memory，go with tide。如果还原本句的正常语序，就是：Her hopes，courage，and strength went with the last hours of the afternoon.
2007年12月英语六级备考-翻译（十四）
[ 07/11/24 21:15 | by admin ]
07/11/24 21:15 | by admin ]
1. Seeing these pictures _______________（让我想到了我的童年时代）.
2. We’ll be all right _______________（只要我们能到达下一个加油站）.
3. We all know the fact that ________________（他们已使工厂现代化）.
4. It is quite clear that _______________（整个计划注定要失败）.
5. All the lights in this building ________________（都受这个开关的控制）.
答案及解析:
1. reminded me of my own childhood
解析：一般说来，“让某人做某事”是祈使句，多用make sb. do/ let sb. do的句型。但题中情况较特殊。按英文表达习惯，使某人想起某事要用remind sb. of sth.的结构。如：The film reminded him of what he had seen in China.（这部影片使他回想起在中国所看到的一切。）This reminded her of college days.（这使她回想起了大学里的日子。）remember指“记住、牢记”，与remind…of有区别。
2. if only we can get to the next petrol-station
解析：本题“只要”不能用as long as，as long as保留时间方面的含义，它引导的条件句中的谓语动词通常是延续动词或系动词，如：I’ll let you use the room as long as you keep it clean.（只要你能保持房间清洁，我就让你用这个房间。）如果条件句中的谓语动词表示短暂性的动作，最好用if only。本句中“到达”就是一个瞬间动词，因此不选用as long as。
3. they have modernized their factories
解析：本题考查that引导同位语从句。The fact是先行词，指代后半句整个内容，“他们已使工厂现代化”是对先行词的补充。
4. the whole project is doomed to failure/fail
解析：that-从句作主语通常用it作形式主语，而将that-从句置于句末。如：It is a pity that you should have to leave.（你非走不可真是件憾事。）另外，“注定……”是一个固定搭配，be doomed to通常后接名词或不定式，如：The prisoner was doomed to death.（囚犯被判处死刑。）His dogmatism is doomed to put him into isolation.（他的独断专行注定使他陷入孤立。）
5. are controlled by this switch
解析：本题翻译并不难，但考查了“by＋执行者”在句中的用法。我们知道，“by＋执行者”结构表示被动，通常在句中可以省略。但在以下几种场合必须翻译出来。第一，当执行者指艺术家、发明家、发现者、革新者等的专有名词时，如：The Last Dinner was painted by Da Vinci.（《最后的晚餐》是达•芬奇画的）。第二，当执行者是非确定性名词短语时。如：While the boy was walking on the road，he was robbed of his bread by an old man.（那个男孩在路上行走时，他的面包被一老人抢去。）本题所考查的正是第三种；当执行者是非生物性名词短语时。
2. We’ll be all right _______________（只要我们能到达下一个加油站）.
3. We all know the fact that ________________（他们已使工厂现代化）.
4. It is quite clear that _______________（整个计划注定要失败）.
5. All the lights in this building ________________（都受这个开关的控制）.
答案及解析:
1. reminded me of my own childhood
解析：一般说来，“让某人做某事”是祈使句，多用make sb. do/ let sb. do的句型。但题中情况较特殊。按英文表达习惯，使某人想起某事要用remind sb. of sth.的结构。如：The film reminded him of what he had seen in China.（这部影片使他回想起在中国所看到的一切。）This reminded her of college days.（这使她回想起了大学里的日子。）remember指“记住、牢记”，与remind…of有区别。
2. if only we can get to the next petrol-station
解析：本题“只要”不能用as long as，as long as保留时间方面的含义，它引导的条件句中的谓语动词通常是延续动词或系动词，如：I’ll let you use the room as long as you keep it clean.（只要你能保持房间清洁，我就让你用这个房间。）如果条件句中的谓语动词表示短暂性的动作，最好用if only。本句中“到达”就是一个瞬间动词，因此不选用as long as。
3. they have modernized their factories
解析：本题考查that引导同位语从句。The fact是先行词，指代后半句整个内容，“他们已使工厂现代化”是对先行词的补充。
4. the whole project is doomed to failure/fail
解析：that-从句作主语通常用it作形式主语，而将that-从句置于句末。如：It is a pity that you should have to leave.（你非走不可真是件憾事。）另外，“注定……”是一个固定搭配，be doomed to通常后接名词或不定式，如：The prisoner was doomed to death.（囚犯被判处死刑。）His dogmatism is doomed to put him into isolation.（他的独断专行注定使他陷入孤立。）
5. are controlled by this switch
解析：本题翻译并不难，但考查了“by＋执行者”在句中的用法。我们知道，“by＋执行者”结构表示被动，通常在句中可以省略。但在以下几种场合必须翻译出来。第一，当执行者指艺术家、发明家、发现者、革新者等的专有名词时，如：The Last Dinner was painted by Da Vinci.（《最后的晚餐》是达•芬奇画的）。第二，当执行者是非确定性名词短语时。如：While the boy was walking on the road，he was robbed of his bread by an old man.（那个男孩在路上行走时，他的面包被一老人抢去。）本题所考查的正是第三种；当执行者是非生物性名词短语时。
2007年12月英语六级作文训练（十）
[ 07/11/23 09:48 | by admin ]
07/11/23 09:48 | by admin ]
本篇文章为数据分析类写作
在写的时候需要注意数据的分析方面和最后对所给数据的总结。
Statistics of Family Expenses in Shanghai
1980 1990 2000
Food & Clothing 68% 45% 20%
Recreation 3% 5% 8%
Education 6% 16% 22%
Health Care 6% 10% 16%
Others 17% 24% 35%
1.根据上图描述该城市家庭支出的变化
2.分析产生这些变化的原因
3.说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响
As is shown in the table above, dramatic changes have taken place in family expenses in the City of Shanghai within two decades (from 1980 to 2000). The most obvious change is in expense on food and clothing, which has dropped by 48%, while those on recreation, education and health care have increased respectively by 5%, l6% and l0%. Expenses on other things keep rising from 17% to 35%.
The statistics of rise and fall seem to exist in isolation but are in fact closely related to one another. The most likely factors accounting for these changes are as follows:
Development in economy is the fundamental one. The increased income results in the lowering percentage of food and clothing. That is to say, a small percentage of the total income is enou5h to cover food and clothing expenses.
Another factor lies in the development of people’s concept. When people are well fed and well dressed, they begin to interest themselves in recreation and education.
These changes should also be attributed to social reforms. In the 1990’s, college education was not totally free as it was before, which also accounts for the rising expenses on education. Soon after, the government gradually stopped offering houses to its citizens without charges. People had to save a large proportion of their money for housing. That's partly why the expenses for ''others'' doubled.
As for the more expenses on health care, I figure there are two main reasons: the cancellation of free medical care and people’s awareness of the importance of health.
The changes reflect the development of the city and indicate that people are enjoying more.
在写的时候需要注意数据的分析方面和最后对所给数据的总结。
引用
Statistics of Family Expenses in Shanghai
1980 1990 2000
Food & Clothing 68% 45% 20%
Recreation 3% 5% 8%
Education 6% 16% 22%
Health Care 6% 10% 16%
Others 17% 24% 35%
1.根据上图描述该城市家庭支出的变化
2.分析产生这些变化的原因
3.说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响
As is shown in the table above, dramatic changes have taken place in family expenses in the City of Shanghai within two decades (from 1980 to 2000). The most obvious change is in expense on food and clothing, which has dropped by 48%, while those on recreation, education and health care have increased respectively by 5%, l6% and l0%. Expenses on other things keep rising from 17% to 35%.
The statistics of rise and fall seem to exist in isolation but are in fact closely related to one another. The most likely factors accounting for these changes are as follows:
Development in economy is the fundamental one. The increased income results in the lowering percentage of food and clothing. That is to say, a small percentage of the total income is enou5h to cover food and clothing expenses.
Another factor lies in the development of people’s concept. When people are well fed and well dressed, they begin to interest themselves in recreation and education.
These changes should also be attributed to social reforms. In the 1990’s, college education was not totally free as it was before, which also accounts for the rising expenses on education. Soon after, the government gradually stopped offering houses to its citizens without charges. People had to save a large proportion of their money for housing. That's partly why the expenses for ''others'' doubled.
As for the more expenses on health care, I figure there are two main reasons: the cancellation of free medical care and people’s awareness of the importance of health.
The changes reflect the development of the city and indicate that people are enjoying more.
2007年12月英语六级备考-翻译（十三）
[ 07/11/21 09:55 | by admin ]
07/11/21 09:55 | by admin ]
1. The beauty of the lake is _______________（难以用语言形容）.
2. He works _______________（在倒数第二个办公室）.
3. ________________（一个人如果关在家里），a person can’t know much about the world.
4. _______________（完成作业后），they went to the library.
5. I found him ________________（被打得青一块紫一块）.
参考答案及解析:
1. beyond description
解析：比起译文not easy to describe in words，cannot be described by words，答案的译文显然要精妙得多。beyond用作介词时可以表示exceeding，out the reach of，即：超出（理解、范围、眼界）之上。如：This passage is beyond my comprehension.（这篇文章超出了我的理解力。）I won’t buy your radio set beyond my offer.（只要超出我出的价钱，我就不买你这台收音机。）
2. in the last office but one
解析：but经常与表示最高级的形容词或first，next，last等同连用，如：Some people say this nation is the cleverest but one in the whole world.（有人说，这个民族在全世界范围内聪明才智排第二。）She was the last but one to come.（她是倒数第二个来的。）
3. Kept within houses
解析：过去分词短语作状语表示条件，相当于一个条件状语从句。Kept within houses要比If a person was kept within houses更简洁明了，且可以避免前后句person的重复。请看下例：Given more time, I can also do it.（如果给我足够时间，我也可以做此事。）过去分词短语还可以作原因状语、时间状语、伴随状语等。考生应注意复习。如：
Influenced by his ideas, she joined the revolution too.（作原因状语）
Heated，ice changes into water.（作条件状语）
He went there with great hope，but returned greatly disappointed.（表伴随状况）
4. Having finished their homework
解析：我们知道，现在分词在句中可以表示原因、时间、条件、结果等。本题考查了现在分词短语作时间状语的用法。由后半句可知，“完成作业”发生在“他们去图书馆”之前，因此，现在分词短语需要用完成时态。如果分词动作与谓语动词动作同时发生，就用一般式，如：Seeing the picture，he couldn’t help thinking of her. （一看到照片，他就禁不住想起她。）
5. beaten black and blue
解析：本题考点有二：一是如何表达习语“青一块紫一块”；二是过去分词作宾语补足语的用法。过去分词作宾语补足语改为被动语态时，可以省略to be，尤其是在like，want，order，wish后，如：I wish him driven away. ＝ I wish him to be driven away。换成被动语态后就是：He is wished (to be ) driven away.
2. He works _______________（在倒数第二个办公室）.
3. ________________（一个人如果关在家里），a person can’t know much about the world.
4. _______________（完成作业后），they went to the library.
5. I found him ________________（被打得青一块紫一块）.
参考答案及解析:
1. beyond description
解析：比起译文not easy to describe in words，cannot be described by words，答案的译文显然要精妙得多。beyond用作介词时可以表示exceeding，out the reach of，即：超出（理解、范围、眼界）之上。如：This passage is beyond my comprehension.（这篇文章超出了我的理解力。）I won’t buy your radio set beyond my offer.（只要超出我出的价钱，我就不买你这台收音机。）
2. in the last office but one
解析：but经常与表示最高级的形容词或first，next，last等同连用，如：Some people say this nation is the cleverest but one in the whole world.（有人说，这个民族在全世界范围内聪明才智排第二。）She was the last but one to come.（她是倒数第二个来的。）
3. Kept within houses
解析：过去分词短语作状语表示条件，相当于一个条件状语从句。Kept within houses要比If a person was kept within houses更简洁明了，且可以避免前后句person的重复。请看下例：Given more time, I can also do it.（如果给我足够时间，我也可以做此事。）过去分词短语还可以作原因状语、时间状语、伴随状语等。考生应注意复习。如：
Influenced by his ideas, she joined the revolution too.（作原因状语）
Heated，ice changes into water.（作条件状语）
He went there with great hope，but returned greatly disappointed.（表伴随状况）
4. Having finished their homework
解析：我们知道，现在分词在句中可以表示原因、时间、条件、结果等。本题考查了现在分词短语作时间状语的用法。由后半句可知，“完成作业”发生在“他们去图书馆”之前，因此，现在分词短语需要用完成时态。如果分词动作与谓语动词动作同时发生，就用一般式，如：Seeing the picture，he couldn’t help thinking of her. （一看到照片，他就禁不住想起她。）
5. beaten black and blue
解析：本题考点有二：一是如何表达习语“青一块紫一块”；二是过去分词作宾语补足语的用法。过去分词作宾语补足语改为被动语态时，可以省略to be，尤其是在like，want，order，wish后，如：I wish him driven away. ＝ I wish him to be driven away。换成被动语态后就是：He is wished (to be ) driven away.
2007年12月英语六级备考-翻译（十二）
[ 07/11/21 09:52 | by admin ]
07/11/21 09:52 | by admin ]
1. They had no sooner gone to the plant _______________（就开始干活了）.
2. If only _______________（你没把我的话告诉杰吉），everything would have been all right.
3. Don’t trust such men ________________（当面过分称赞你）.
4. I’ve got many novels，_______________（其中一些很有趣）.
5. ________________（那两个国家中断了外交关系）on the eve of World War.
参考答案及解析:
1. than they began to work
解析：在前面的练习中已经考查过no sooner…than，hardly/scarcely…when的用法。这里想再强调的是，no sooner…than只能用于过去时，一般不能和主句是现在时或将来时的句子连用，但hardly/scarcely…when有时可以用于现在时，表示一种经常性的行为，如：The day has scarcely broken when he gets up to study.（天刚破晓，他就起床学习。）
2. You hadn’t told Jackie what I said
解析：本题考查虚拟语气，if only是if的强调式，用来表达强烈的愿望或遗憾，意思为：“但愿……，要是……就好了”，谓语动词多用虚拟语气。本句意为：“要是你没把我的话告诉杰吉就好了，那样就不会出什么问题了”。If only也可以用来引导感叹句，如：If only she would stop singing!（但愿她不要再唱了！）
3. as overpraise you to your face
解析：本题考查as用作关系代词或关系副词引导出限制性定语从句的结构。这种结构在从句中通常左主语、宾语、表语和状语。as在这里作主语，指人。这句话相当于Don’t trust those men who overpraise you to your face。as用作关系代词或关系副词除了可以用在such…as的结构中，还可以用在the same…as的结构中。如：We drove out of the town by the same road as we had entered by.（我们沿着我们进城的同一条路开车出城。）as在这个句子中作关系副词。
4. some of which are very interesting
解析：本题考查of which在句中引导非限制性定语从句，当of which，of whom结构和some，all，both等代词或数词连用时，可以有不同的语序。所以答案也可以这样：of which some are very interesting。
5. The two countries broke off diplomatic relationship
解析：on the eve of表示“在……前夕”，on用来指代某一特定的时间。Break off是指to cease to be friendly，“断绝（关系），不再友好，绝交”。
2. If only _______________（你没把我的话告诉杰吉），everything would have been all right.
3. Don’t trust such men ________________（当面过分称赞你）.
4. I’ve got many novels，_______________（其中一些很有趣）.
5. ________________（那两个国家中断了外交关系）on the eve of World War.
参考答案及解析:
1. than they began to work
解析：在前面的练习中已经考查过no sooner…than，hardly/scarcely…when的用法。这里想再强调的是，no sooner…than只能用于过去时，一般不能和主句是现在时或将来时的句子连用，但hardly/scarcely…when有时可以用于现在时，表示一种经常性的行为，如：The day has scarcely broken when he gets up to study.（天刚破晓，他就起床学习。）
2. You hadn’t told Jackie what I said
解析：本题考查虚拟语气，if only是if的强调式，用来表达强烈的愿望或遗憾，意思为：“但愿……，要是……就好了”，谓语动词多用虚拟语气。本句意为：“要是你没把我的话告诉杰吉就好了，那样就不会出什么问题了”。If only也可以用来引导感叹句，如：If only she would stop singing!（但愿她不要再唱了！）
3. as overpraise you to your face
解析：本题考查as用作关系代词或关系副词引导出限制性定语从句的结构。这种结构在从句中通常左主语、宾语、表语和状语。as在这里作主语，指人。这句话相当于Don’t trust those men who overpraise you to your face。as用作关系代词或关系副词除了可以用在such…as的结构中，还可以用在the same…as的结构中。如：We drove out of the town by the same road as we had entered by.（我们沿着我们进城的同一条路开车出城。）as在这个句子中作关系副词。
4. some of which are very interesting
解析：本题考查of which在句中引导非限制性定语从句，当of which，of whom结构和some，all，both等代词或数词连用时，可以有不同的语序。所以答案也可以这样：of which some are very interesting。
5. The two countries broke off diplomatic relationship
解析：on the eve of表示“在……前夕”，on用来指代某一特定的时间。Break off是指to cease to be friendly，“断绝（关系），不再友好，绝交”。
