09年六级翻译指导及练习(33)

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     Exercise Thirty-Three
  1.They've fully prepared to _______________(投身于革命).
  2. All things have passed; _______________(昔日的荣耀荡然无存).
  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).
  1. 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。

     2. 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。
  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.

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