四级翻译常见考点总结

四级翻译常见考点总结
（1）句型以及其倒装使用
__________________________(直到他完成使命)did he realize that he was seriously ill.
(Key：Not until he accomplished / finished the mission )
建议：以此类推，掌握如下常用句型（以倒装方式给出）
Not only ……..but also……
So ( Such )…that……..
Not until……….
Neither…..nor……..
Hardly …..when……..
No sooner ……than…….
Only by /through /in …., …………..
例：Not only __________ (他向我收费过高)but he didn’t do a good repair. （key：did he charge me too much）
（2）从句
a. 定语从句
Medical researchers are painfully aware that there are many problems _______________ (他们至今还没有答案) （Key :which/that they haven’t found answers to
（2）非谓语动词
a. 分词做伴随状语
______________(与我成长的地方相比) this town is more prosperous and exciting.
(key : Compared with the place where I grew up)注意，答案中除过去分词（compared with …）做伴随外，还含有where引导的定语从句
b. 动词不定式做目的状语
_____________(为了挣钱供我上学)，Mother often takes on more work than is good
for her. (Key : to support my university studies
四级考试常考句型
最……之一
（1）他是他们班最高的孩子之一。

He is one of the tallest children in his class.
（2）纸是最有用的发明之一。

Paper is one of the most useful inventions.
（3）故宫是北京最有名的风景名胜之一。

The Palace Museum is one of the most famous places of interest in Beijing.
（4）北京是中国最大的城市之一。

Beijing is one of the largest cities in China.
（5）他是跑的最快的学生之一。

He is one of the students who runs fastest.
带来/送给/寄给/借给/传递/告诉某人某事（物）
（1）请递给我那支笔。

Please pass me that pen.
（2）她妈妈给她了一辆自行车作为生日礼物。

Her mother gave her a bicycle as her birthday gift.
（3）到达美国后请立刻给我寄一封信。

Please send me a letter as soon as you get to America.
（4）他给我带来一支玫瑰。

He brought me a rose.
（5）我借给他10元钱。

I lent him 10yuan.
或者……或者；不是……就是
（1）要么进来，要么出去。

Either come in or go out.
（2）我想要去巴黎或伦敦。

I want to visit either Paris or London.
（3）你喝茶也行，喝咖啡也行。

You can have either tea or coffee.
（4）手机不仅能打电话，还能上网。

The Mobile phone is used to either make a phone call or surf the Internet.
（5）不是他就是你喜欢蓝色。

Either you or he likes blue.
喜爱/喜欢、讨厌做某事
（1）我喜欢集邮。

I enjoy collecting stamps.
（2）我讨厌排队很长时间。

I hate waiting for a long time.
（3）她喜欢在业余时间读书。

She likes reading in her spare time.
（4）他喜欢独处。

He enjoys staying alone.
（5）妈妈不喜欢坐飞机。

Mum hates taking a plane.
be busy doing sth./be busy with sth. 忙于做某事/忙于某事
（1）他正忙于做作业。

He is busy doing his homework.
（2）他们正忙于打篮球。

They are busy playing basketball.
（3）我妈妈正忙于家务劳动。

My mother is busy with the housework.
（4）我们正忙于准备迎接即将到来的期末考试。

We are busy preparing for the coming final exam.
（5）他正忙着通过听磁带来学习英语。

He is busy studying English by listening to tapes.
be famous for …以……著名
（1）北京以烤鸭著名。

Beijing is famous for Beijing Roast Duck.
（2）中国以长城著名。

China is famous for the Great Wall.
（3）澳大利亚以悉尼歌剧院著名。

Australia is famous for Sydney Opera.
（4）西班牙曾以其强大的舰队而闻名。

Spain used to be famous for its strong armada. （5）巴黎以埃菲尔铁塔著名。

Paris is famous for Eiffel Tower.
…for…为……准备/……迟到了/对……感到歉意
（1）我们已经准备好聚会了。

We have got ready for the party.
（2）上学不要迟到。

Don't be late for school.
（3）我对我所说的话感到歉意。

I am sorry for what I've said.
（4）Tom开会又迟到了。

Tom was late for the meeting again.
（5）很抱歉我又迟到了。

I'm sorry for being late again.
be glad that.... 高兴……
（1）我为自己是八一中学的学生感到高兴。

I am glad that I'm a student of Ba Yi Middle School.
（2）有你这样的朋友他感到很高兴。

He is glad that he has a friend like you.
（3）我很高兴我通过了考试。

I'm glad that I have passed the exam.
（4）你能来，我们很高兴。

We are glad that you can come.
（5）你应该高兴，你能去美国旅游。

You should be glad you will travel to America.
ask/tell sb. （how） to do sth.请/告诉某人（如何）做……
（1）那个女士问警察她应如何到颐和园。

The lady asked the police how to get to the Summer Palace.
（2）昨晚晚餐后我妈妈让我洗的碗。

My mother asked me to do the dishes after dinner yesterday evening.
（3）昨天我们老师告诉我们应该如何用英汉字典。

Our teacher told us how to use English-Chinese dictionary yesterday.
（4）我妈妈经常要我在周末帮助她做家务。

My mother often asks me to help her with the housework on weekends.
（5）Tom的爸爸经常告诉Tom应该如何正确面对问题。

Tom's father often tells Tom how to deal with the problems in the correct way.
ask/tell sb. not to do sth. 请/告诉某人不做某事
（1）我妈妈经常告诉我不要花费太多时间玩电脑游戏。

My mother often tells me not to spend so much time in playing computer games.
（2）刚才警察告诉孩子们不要在街上踢足球。

The police told the children not to play soccer in street just now.
（3）老师总是告诉学生们不要迟到。

The teacher always asks the students not to be late for class.
（4）Peter的妈妈经常告诉Peter上课不要说话。

Peter's mother often tells Peter not to talk in class.
（5）我们老师经常告诉我们在面对问题时不要放弃。

Our teacher often tells us not to give up when we face problems.
be afraid of doing sth. / that+从句担心（某事可能产生的后果）
（1）学生们为考试担心不足为奇。

It's no surprise that students are afraid of having exams. （2）她担心会吵醒正在熟睡的孩子。

She is afraid of waking up the sleeping baby.
（3）不要担心犯错误。

Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
（4）别担心，没什么可怕的。

Don't worry. There's nothing to be afraid of.
（5）她担心她会迟到。

She is afraid that she will be late for class.
be afraid to do sth. 害怕去/不敢去做某事
（1）我害怕去看牙医。

I am afraid to see the dentist.
（2）她害怕晚上独自外出。

She is afraid to go out alone at night.
（3）他害怕与外国人练习对话。

He is afraid to practice conversations with foreigners. （4） Mary害怕参加英语演讲比赛。

Mary is afraid to take part in the English speech contest. （5） Peter害怕在别人面前说话。

Peter is afraid to speak in front of other…as soon as… 一……就……
（1）一到家我就给你打电话。

I will call you as soon as I get back home.
（2）一见到她我就会告诉她。

I will tell her about it as soon as I see her.
（3）我一进家门，Peter就高兴地喊起来。

As soon as I went in, Peter cried out with pleasure. （4）我一到那里就给你写信。

I will write to you as soon as I get there.
（5）Peter一听到消息就兴奋地喊起来。

As soon as Peter heard it,he cried out excitedly. as…as 和……一样 & （not）as/ so…as ……不如……
（1）这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。

This film is as interesting as that movie.
（2） Peter和Tom一样高。

Peter is as tall as Tom.
（3）这本书不如那本书有趣。

This book is not so interesting as that book.
（4）第二课不如第三课难。

Lesson 2 is not so difficult as Lesson 3.
（5）听磁带和看英语电影一样重要。

Listening to tapes is as important as watching English-language movies.
as … as possible尽可能地……
（1）我们在英语课上应该尽可能地多讲英语。

We should speak English as much as possible in English classes.
（2）你能不能尽可能慢一些读这个句子？Could you please read the sentence as slowly as possible？
（3）请尽可能快地发邮件给我。

Please send me the e-mail as soon as possible.
（4）这项工作必须尽快完成。

The work must be finished as soon as possible.
（5）当你感冒的时候，你应该喝尽可能多的水。

When you have a cold,you should drink as much water as possible.
ask sb for sth……向某人要……
（1）当你迷路时，你可以向警察需求帮助。

When you get lost, you can ask the police for help.
（2）一些学生经常向父母要钱去买零食。

Some students often ask their parents for money to buy snacks.
（3）他向父母要一辆自行车作为生日礼物。

He asked his parents for a bike as his birthday gift. （4）我们向成人寻求帮助是明智的做法。

It's wise for us to ask adults for help.
（5）当你不知道问题的答案时，你可以向你的老师寻求帮助。

When you don't know the answer to any questions， you can ask your teacher for help. people.
四级翻译长难句精编
1. Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general.
美国人对于多元化和个人个性感到骄傲，因此他们更加喜欢和看重的不是制服，不管是一个电梯操作员的制服还是五星上将的制服。

2 Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.
由于我们是社会动物，我们的生活质量在很大程度上取决于我们的人际关系。

3Finally, other people may give us instrumental support——financial aid, material resources, and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.
最后，其他的人给我们提供物质性支持—经济援助，物质资料和必需服务—通过帮助我们处理问题来减轻我们的压力。

4 I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn’t care if you have values or were flexible.
我就上了这样的大学，自以为比那些在工程“工厂”里的学生有更大的优势，在那里根本每
人管里是否有价值观和灵活。

5 Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material. 回收也能够通过创造就业机会来刺激本地经济，治理污染，通过给企业提供更加精练的原材料达到减少能源消耗的目的。

6 These ads were strategically placed among family-oriented TV shows and programs involving nature and America in order to most effectively reach target audiences.
这些广告被放置在面向家庭的与自然和美国有关的电视节目里面,以便最有效的接触到目标观众。

7 Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
为什么奶油比黄油坏的快呢?已有些研究者认为他们找到了答案,这与食物的结构有关,而不是它的化学成分—这一发现使得有些化学处理保存食物的方法无效了。

8 If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standa rd of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
研究者们认为：如果国际足球裁判组织FIFA想要在下一届世界杯比赛中提高评判水平的话，就应该远距离观察比赛，而不是冲进球场光盯着足球。

9 While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states at least in getting people off welfare.
还在初级阶段的时候，福利改革在很多国家就是一个成功了—至少它使许多人摆脱了对福利的依靠。

10 But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.
但是对许多人来说，穷人们在没有政府的援助下自己养活自己本身就是一个巨大的胜利
11And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights
尽管有些航空公司禁止旅客在飞机起飞和降落的时候使用这些装备，考虑到许多旅客希望在飞行时工作，大多数公司还是不愿意全面禁止。

12 The rise of multinational corporations, global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relation or PR.
跨国公司，全球市场营销，新兴通讯技术和文化融合的发展，使全球公共关系或者说PR
得到了不平行的发展。

13 The progress from a rattle used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness.
公元前三千年的一个婴儿所发出的呱呱声到今天的婴儿的呱呱声的进步，并不能算是一种发明。

14 Bent stripes, called chevrons painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.
喷刷在马路上的弯曲的人字型条纹,使司机们觉得他们驾驶的速度比实际的快,因此司机会减速行驶。

15Therefore, the task for DDB Needham was to encourage consumers to consider other aspects of train in order to change their attitudes and increase the likelihood that trains would be considered
for travel in the west.
因此, DDB Needham的任务就是鼓励消费者考虑火车的其他好处来改变他们的态度,使西方乘坐火车的可能性提高
16 The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over
the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings——these are still common sights
in parts of England.
在英格兰的某些地方，依然能够见到狭谷中环绕着教堂的茅草屋组成的小村庄，驾车穿过
村庄里狭窄的街道时两旁是刷成了白色或者紫色的茅草小屋，从绵延的山顶上能看见美丽
的茅草农场建筑。

17 Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.
竞争的价值不仅在其本身，通过竞争这种方式，其他的诸如个人自由，公平机会和勤奋劳
动等美国价值观得以实现。

18. The function of teaching is to cerate the conations and the climate that will make it possible
for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read.
教育的功能是创造学习的欲望和气氛，使孩子们能够设计出一种最有效的方式来自学阅读。

19 Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.
如果老师创造出一种环境，使孩子们能够通过阅读来解决阅读的问题的话，学习阅读就变
的简单多了。

20 The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.
这种干扰的来源还没有被确定，专家们指出可能是由于各种移动电子设备引起的，例如笔
记本电脑，随身听和手机
Craze for Civil Service Examinations
1. 现在有越来越多的大学毕业生报考公务员
2. 引起此现象的原因
3. 你的看法(例文271词) Nowadays, the phenomenon of craze for civil service examinations has arouse wide concern among the people who care about the young people. Especially to the young generation living in the big cities, they tend to take a part in the examinations, ignoring the fact that this behavior may pose underlying threat to their present career and may even endanger futures.
Ample reasons can account for this issue，the followings might be the most critical ones .Firstly, for the majority of young people, they have been always considering the examination as a chance
to change their lives or a opportunity that can add color to the dull routine of every day life.And
the second is the pressure. Experts see three kinds of pressure working on people today: pressure from education, family and career. It is easy to blame the school for charging too much money but teaching too little knowledge, the family members for the heavy burden, and the society for the fierce competition. In fact, It is important for us to keep a good mood under whatever circumstances.
To my way of thinking, the problem mentioned above will bound to generate severe consequences if we keep turning a blind eye and deaf ear to it, the phenomenon of craze for civil service
examinations.We should appeal to the relevant administration departments to strengthen supervision over.It is high time that all of us ,parents，educators，and the authorities, make combined efforts to put an end to this situation. With this measure taken, it is reasonable for us to believe that this problem can be perfectly solved in the near future
Jobs for Graduates
1大学生难找工作 2)原因很多 3)解决的办法(例文269词)
Nowadays, the difficulty of finding jobs for graduates has arouse wide concern among the people who care about the young people. Especially to the young generation living in the big cities, they tend to see finding job as impossible , ignoring the fact that why graduates can find no jobs. Ample reasons can account for this issue，the followings might be the most critical ones .Firstly, for the majority of young people, they have been always considering the time which they can spend in the college as a endless game or opportunity that can add color to the dull routine of every day life.So,in the college,most of they are learning nothing.And the second is the pressure. Experts see three kinds of pressure working on people today: pressure from education, family and career. It is easy to blame the school for charging too much money but teaching too little knowledge, the family members for the heavy burden, and the society for the fierce competition. In fact, It is important for us to keep a good mood under whatever circumstances.
To my way of thinking, the problem mentioned above will bound to generate severe consequences if we keep turning a blind eye and deaf ear to it, the difficulty of finding jobs for graduates.We should appeal to the relevant administration departments to strengthen supervision over.It is high time that all of us ,parents，educators，and the authorities, make combined efforts to put an end to this situation.With this measure taken, it is reasonable for us to believe that this problem can be perfectly solved in the near future
My View on Job-hopping
1. 有些人喜欢始终从事一种工作，因为…….
2.有些人喜欢经常换工作，因为…..
3.我的看法(例文212词)
Nowadays, the phenomenon of job-hopping has arouse wide concern among the people who care about the young people. Especially to the young generation living in the big cities, they tend to regard the job-hopping as a ordinary thing/, ignoring the fact that this behavior may pose underlying threat to their present career and may even endanger futures.
Does anyone maintain the same attitude towards this issue?Definitely not，as a matter of fact，opinions vary from person to person. Some argue that something is beneficial to them, because, by this way,they can earn mare money. However，quite a few people hold the opposite opinion that something is detrimental to learn the skills which can only get through hard works. And,most of people agree that The demerits of job-hopping far outweigh its merits.
To my way of thinking, the problem mentioned above will bound to generate severe consequences if we keep turning a blind eye and deaf ear to it, the phenomenon of young people's job-hopping.It is high time that all of us ,parents，educators，and the authorities, make combined efforts to give
an advice to this situation.With this measure taken, it is reasonable for us to believe that this problem can be perfectly solved in the near future。