2011笔译中级:十秒钟翻译训练(一)

来源:微学网发布时间:2011-07-07

  "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.