2012年中级笔译考试翻译速度训练(37)

来源:考试吧发布时间:2012-10-29

  Promises are scary things. To keep them means relinquishing some of our freedom;to break them means losing some of our integrity. Though we have to make them today, promises are all about tomorrow--and the only thing we know for sure about tomorrow is that we don't know anything for sure! And it's not just the outer world that changes in unforeseeable ways;it's you yourself. 每种新的体验--新的责任, 新的交往--都会使你的想法改变!

  单词提示:

  relinquishing v. 放弃 ; integrity n. 正直 ; unforeseeable 不可预见的

  答案: Every new experience--new responsibilities, new contacts--changes your perspective.

  本句节选自《The Power of a Promise》