译文1:If we could live an old age, we should keep learning at the old age.
译文2:We'd better keep on learning even though we are old.
译文3:Live and learn.
上面三种译法,大家认为哪一种可取呢?前两种是逐字翻译,将"老"字译出来,虽然说理解上不受影响,但总觉得说话拖泥带水,松散无力。"活到老,学到老"是表示一种坚持不懈的精神,即:人无时无刻要学习。译文3没有把"老"译出来,看似不忠于原文,但却充分传达了原文鼓励大家不懈努力,坚持学习的精神,而且语言生动简练,表达有力度,也符合英语习惯。所以说,这句用减词法恰到好处。
Exercise Five
1.In this way, I believe that all the people may be able to _______________ (像我一样享受乘坐公车的乐趣).
2.By practicing these, I have been able to _____________ (在智育方面我一直能不断进步).
3.According to a recent survey, four million people ______________ (死于与吸烟有关的疾病)each year.
4.______________(没有一项发明获得如此多的表扬和批评)than Internet.
5.An increasing number of people are beginning to realize ______________ (教育不能随着毕业而结束).
解析:
1. enjoy the bus ride like me
解析:"享受......的乐趣"直接用enjoy翻译即可。"乘坐公交车"在这里相当于一个名词短语,因此应翻译成bus ride而不是take the bus。如果将句子翻译成enjoy taking the bus,意思就与enjoy the bus ride稍有区别。前者强调动态,表示某个动作的进行,后者强调静态,表示某一经常性习惯性做法。
2. make constant progress in intellectual education
解析:"不断进步"是指不断取得进步,"取得进步"用短语make progress。"不断"应选择constant。"在智育方面"作状语置于句末。
3. die of diseases linked to smoking
解析:本句意为"由最近调查显示,每年有400万人死于与吸烟有关的疾病"。"死于......"既可以用短语die of也可以用die from,但考生应注意两者用法上的区别。"与......相关"可以选用related to,associated with,linked to.
4. No invention has received more praise and abuse
解析:本题考点是关于"没有......比......更......"的表达,前后比较的是物--"其他发明"与"因特网"。它的基本结构是:no + sth. ...more than...。也可以用于人的比较,如:Of all the people I know, perhaps none deserves my respect more than Miss Chang, my English teacher.
5. that education is not complete with graduation
解析:"随着......而结束/终结"要用be complete/ end with sth.,采用的是词性转换法。将句中的动词"结束"转换成英语里的形容词complete。当然,如果大家译成动词end也是可以的,即:that education cannot end with graduation。另外,本句需填入的是一个从句,因此不能遗漏that.