2011年笔译中级:十秒钟翻译训练(十九)

来源:微学网发布时间:2011-08-27

  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》
  总结:关于句中的几个词,对大家的回答做了以下统计。
  体验,experience
  责任,duty,responsibility,obligation
  交往,communication,intercourse,association,contact
  想法,mind,idea,perspective,opinion
  以上的说法都可以表达出本句的意思。