专八之翻译练习讲解(解析)
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
Let
No. 1
it deceive them, then, a little longer; it can not deceive them too much.
can not do sth. too much 做某事,再怎么 做/做得再多也不会/算过分 那就让这事再骗他们一会儿吧,无论怎样 骗他们都不算过分。
have encountered 遇见过; have to encounter 必须见见;
have yet to encounter 还未见到过,得见见
事实上,有位办公制度专家最近说过,他还没见 到过有哪个办公场所的工作效率高于百分之六十。
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
He
No. 3
said that no one could beat him at tennis, but he had to eat his word after losing several games.
eat one’s word: admit what is said is wrong. 承 认说错了话,道歉。 The English for 食言 is “break one’s promise; break one’s word”。 他说打网球没人打得过他,但输了几场之后, 他只好承认自己说错了。
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
No. 2
We shall never get anywhere with all the criticism and fault finding. I believe in the principle "Live and let live". Never get anywhere with …: ……是行不 通的,是不行的 Live and let live:互相容忍 这一套批评挑剔的做法是行不通的。我相 信“互相容忍”的原则。
No. 6
Nobody with any sense expects to find the whole truth in advertisement any more than he expects a man applying for a job to describe his shortcomings and serious faults.
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
I
No. 4
had read too many novels and had learned too much aal about love.
too … to 太……以至不能……; too … not to … 太……以至不会不能…… 我读过很多小说,在学校里所见所闻也不 少,对于爱情自然就知道得很多。(原 意:……,对……不可能知道得不多)
在it's more than that we feel human 中,it所代的 是we feel human。 that指 we will make mistakes。 feel entitled 后省略了to make mistakes。 我们是凡人,而凡人远非十全十美。作为凡人就 是说我们会犯错误。但是,我们觉得自己是凡人 不仅仅由于我们会犯错误。我们如今感到有权利 犯错误。
there is no better way for sb. to do sth. than A 对 于某人来说,要做某事,最好的方法就是A。
对于外国人(甚至包括英国人)来说,要 欣赏丰富多采的英语,最好的办法也许就 是学习莎士比亚使用英语的各种方法。
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
No. 8
We are human and human beings are far from perfect. To be human implies that we will make mistakes. But it's more than that we feel human. We now feel entitled.
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
No. 5
In fact, one office-system expert recently said that he had yet to encounter a business work place that was functioning at more than 60 percent efficiency.
用拆译法。注意先说什么,后说什么,不 要把重点搞错。 有头脑的人谁也不会指望求职者说出自己 的缺点和严重过错,同样,也不会指望广 告里说的全是真话。
In-class Exercises of Unit 5
No. 7
There is probably no better way for a foreigner (or an Englishman) to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it.