2012年中级笔译考试翻译速度训练(55)

来源:考试吧发布时间:2012-10-29

  "Mom, you must have been terribly bored staying at home when I was a child",I said.

  "Bored? Housework is boring.But you were never boring”.

  "I didn't believe her, so I said.”Surely children are not as stimulating as a career.”

  "A career is stimulating,” she said. “ I'm glad I had one. But a career is like an open balloon. It remains inflated only as long as you keep pumping. A child is a seed . You water it, 你尽力照看 他,他自己就可以长成一朵美丽的花。

  单词提示:

  stimulating adj. 刺激的,有刺激性的

  inflated adj. 膨胀的

  参考译文:

  You care for it the best you can . And then it grows all by itself into a beautiful flower.