1、翻译进阶自测 以下是为进一步训练翻译技巧的综合运用能力而按照难易程度遴选出来的一些翻译材料，可供课下练习之用。对于斜体部分，尤其要注意翻译技巧的综合应用。Step 11. The first snow came suddenly, and was very heavy.2. Carrington had an invitation to diner that evening, and he spent several pleasant hours with his old friends.3. The farm workers today drive tractors, not horses,
2、 and a man is not much use on the farm unless he knows all about machines.4. Most of the offices of the United Nations are in New York City.5. No one can stop the debates at the U.N. Even the smallest country on earth can have its voice heard.6. There are other accounts of flying objects which have
3、been seen from the air or from the ground. And many of those who have told us about them are men like Captain Howard - men of sense and experience, men whose word can be trusted.7. Londons population of eleven million makes it the second largest city in the world.8. He would cunningly lead the conve
4、rsation round in such a way that at the end of it people would suddenly see for themselves what was really true and right.9. My trouble is that Im one of those hopelessly impractical and incurably lazy people.10. When she arrived, Mr. Hummer was sitting at a small unsteady table and could hardly be
5、seen for a forest of paint-brushes in pots of water.Step 21. He (Mark Twin) also brought realism and western local color to American fiction.2. On the other hand, his mother had the rare ability to say humorous things with perfect innocence.3. When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and h
6、ow evil their thoughts were all the time, he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth.4. Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth.5. If the subjects I have wanted to express have suggested different ways of expression
7、, I have never hesitated to use them.6. In this century the camera has made it unnecessary for painters to make exact representation of what they see.7. She was the first person ever to say, “That boy will one day be a leader.“ Although she tried to be careful not to single him out for special treat
8、ment at family gatherings, it was nevertheless noticed that Almira was especially attached to Richard.8. Trying doors as he went, swinging his club with many clever movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye down the peaceful street, the officer, with his strongly-built form and slight
9、 air of superiority, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. 9. Such considerations have caused a number of English and American judges to try other kinds of punishment for “light“ criminals, all unpleasant enough to discourage the offenders from repeating their offenses, but safe for them b
10、ecause they are not exposed to dangerous company.10. A bigger and better loaf of bread, then, attracted most of the inpouring hordes of people to America.11. “She is the girl I want to marry,“ Jimmy Carter told his mother after his first date with 17-year-old Rosalynn Smith, who had grown up as a fr
11、iend and neighbor of the Carter family in Plains, Georgia.12. She grew up in a small-town atmosphere that nurtured strong ties to family and dedication to church and community.13. Martin left Melbourne in December last year to sail 30000 miles around the globe, unassisted and nonstop. He said Sunday
12、 that along the way he was battered by huge seas, narrowly escaped a collision with a tanker and once hit a whale in the South Atlantic.14. From then on John Kennedy, with his serious manner and easy charm, became the golden boy of American politics.15. Furthermore, the changes these proteins underg
13、o in the business of living can only take place against a watery background.16. But the effectiveness of the engineer depends as much on his ability to make other people understand his work as it does on the quality of the work itself.17. A great leader must have a certain irrational quality, a stub
14、born refusal to face facts, infectious optimism, the ability to convince us that all is not lost even when were afraid it is.18. But the heroes and heroines that we are going to consider now constitute a third group. They are the giants, the out-of-the-ordinary figures whose superiority fills our he
15、arts with admiration and awe; the men and women who give us a high example to follow, a purpose in life, or sometimes just a dream, because they represent the person that we would like to be.19. In addition to improving the quality of existing products, the space program has been responsible for the
16、 development and improvement of new ones.20. Or perhaps you had the right religion but the wrong politics. Perhaps you thought a few people in your country had too much power, or that there should be no kings, or that the poor people paid too much taxes, or that the masses of people should have more
17、 to say about governing the country.21. Thats why we have called him the “youngest“ painter. Young people are always trying new things and new ways of doing things. They welcome new ideas. They are restless and alive and never satisfied. They seek perfection.Older people often fear change. They know
18、 what they can do best. They prefer to repeat their successes, rather than risk failure. They have found their own level in life and dont like to depart from it. We know fairly well what to expect from them.22. He was already a fine painter. He painted scenes of town life -people in the streets and
19、in restaurants, at horse races, bull fights and circuses. They were painted in bright colours, lovely to look at.But life was not easy for an unknown painter. Their struggle began to show in a new choice of subjects. For several years he painted people from the poorer parts of the city, he painted m
20、en and women who were thin, hungry, tired, sick and blind. His colours got darker. Most of these pictures were painted in shades of blue and showed very clearly what the artist saw and felt. The paintings of this “blue period“ are full of pity and despair.23. Throwing criminals in jail is an ancient
21、 and widespread method of punishment, but is it a wise one? It does seem reasonable to keep wrongdoers in a place where they find fewer opportunities to hurt innocent people, and where they might discover that crime doesnt pay. The system has long been considered fair and sound by those who want to
22、see the guilty punished and society protected. Yet the value of this form of justice is now being questioned by the very men who to apply it; the judges, the reason, they say, is that prison doesnt do anyone any good.24. Does it really help society, or the victim, or the victims family, to punish a
23、man who, while drunk at the wheel of his car, has injured or killed another person? It would be more helpful to make the man pay for his victims medical bills and compensate him for the bad experience, the loss of working time, and any other problems arising from the accident. If the victim is dead,
24、 in most cases his family could use some financial assistance.Step 31. Somewhere in our early education we become addicted to the notion that pain means sickness. We fail to learn that pain is the bodys way of informing the mind that we are doing something wrong, not necessarily that something is wr
25、ong. We dont understand that pain may be telling us that we are eating too much or the wrong things; or that we are smoking too much or drinking too much; or that there is too much emotional congestion in our lives or that we are being worn down by having to cope daily with overcrowded streets and h
26、ighways, the pounding noise of garbage grinders, or the cosmic distance between the entrance to the airport and the departure gate. We get the message of pain all wrong. Instead of addressing ourselves to the cause, we become pushovers for pills, driving the pain underground and inviting it to retur
27、n with increased authority.2. In short, winter is a tomb, spring is a lie, and summer is a pernicious mirage. Thus, if only by some crude law of relativity, autumn is the preferred stock of seasons. Autumn is the truth. It had to be autumn (unless the fabled apple fell unseasonably) that inspired Ne
28、wton to discover the law of gravity. More books and most of the best come forth in the autumn. In theatrical circles, autumn is spoken of as the season. Autumn is for stamping on ripe grapes. Even now the vintners are prowling the prodigal vines.3. The Orphanage is high in the Carolina mountains. So
29、metimes in winter the snowdrifts are so deep that the institution is cut off from the village below, from all the world. Fog hides the mountain peaks, the snow swirls down the valleys, and a wind blows so bitterly that the orphanage boys who take the milk twice daily to the baby cottage reach the do
30、or with fingers stiff in an agony of numbness.4. A 1940s book on divorce asserted: “children are entitled to the affection and association of two parents, not one.“ In the 1950s most Americans believed parents should stay in an unhappy marriage to avoid damaging the children.5. But by the mid-1970s
31、what had once been regarded as hostile to childrens best interests was considered essential to adults happiness. “A two-parent home is not the only emotional structure within which a child can be happy and healthy,“ a popular divorce book of this era proclaimed. “The parents who take care of themsel
32、ves will be best able to take care of their children.“As this optimistic view took shape, may experts believed that the psychological impact of divorce on children was like a bad cold. There was a phase of acute discomfort, then a short recovery. Kids would be back on their feet in no time, with no
33、lasting harm.By the time Jamie was two she was “helping“. Of course the small hands were really a hindrance. But Mother and Dad wanted their child nearby because they had another job to do, one that had nothing to do with field work: they had to tell Jamie about college.“When you go to college, litt
34、le boy,“ Dad would say, “youll be our pioneer.“ He didnt say if you go to college. At home in the evening, too, Dad prepared Jamie for a good education. It cost about 65 cents a month to subscribe to the Pine Bluff, Ark., Commercial. But even in winter, when the food theyd put down from the garden w
35、as gone and they were forced to accept government rice and beans, Dad kept up his subscription.He started using that newspaper to teach Jamie before his little girl could understand what she was hearing. After work, hed settle her at the kitchen table, and while Mother sang softly and fixed supper, hed pull the kerosene lamp near him and spread out the newspaper. Then in the yellow light hed point to pictures and paraphrase the new items. When Jamie began to wiggle, he switched to Bible stories, which were more interesting
