翻译选修课课堂课后练题

be all ears ------专心倾听

set persons by the ears ------挑拨离间

win one’s ears ------获得某人的好感

●He who would search for pearls must dive deep. 不入虎穴、焉得虎子

●Talk for the devil and he is sure to come . 说曹操、曹操就到。

●To lose face ---丢脸

●Mary left for New York as soon as she received the letter.玛丽一接到信就启程赴纽约。

●I cannot bear the sight of that man. 我一看到那个人就难受。

●There is nothing like leather for shoes. 用皮革做鞋再好不过了。

●Is it necessary for you to be so serious? 你一定要那么严肃吗

“披着羊皮的狼” ---- wolf in sheep’s clothing

“同舟共济”---- in the same boat

“破土动工”---- break earth

“三思而后行”---- think twice before you act

“蓝图”----blue print

● A research-oriented hospital 一所以搞科研为重点的医院

●Something important 重要的事情

●The banker’s little garden (两个以上的单词做定语，前置) 银行老板的小花园

●The ancient Chinese alchemists (两个以上的单词做定语，前置) 中国古代的炼金术士

● A little yellow, ragged, lame, unshaven beggar -----一个要饭的，身材短小，面黄

肌瘦，衣衫褴褛，瘸腿，满脸短髭（后置）

● A building project of high-rise apartment houses .(后置) 一个多层公寓大楼的建

筑项目

● a candidate with little chance of success (后置) 一个当选希望极微的候选人

●the decimal system of counting (后置) 十进制计算法

●John did not distinguish himself as a student , but he was very active in class.

约翰当年并不是出色的学生，但他在班上很活跃。

●Modern science and technology are developing rapidly.

现代科学技术正在迅速发展。

●The molecules of a gas are moving about extremely fast in all directions.

译文：气体的分子非常迅速地向四面八方运动着。

●He is running fast enough.

●Then with a bag of toys and books we walked across the garden in the gray light of

the dawn. 我们提着一口袋玩具和书籍，在晨曦中穿过了花园。

●*He was quick to use self-deprecating humor to throw anyone off the scent.

为了迷惑别人，他机灵地说些自我挖苦的笑话。

● A jeep, full, sped fast, drenching (湿透) me in spray.

一辆坐满人的吉普车疾驰而过，溅了我一身水。

●过了两个月，回信来了，两个人都被吸收为正式党员。（无连词的联合复句）●译文：When the reply came a few months later, both of them were enrolled as full

Party members.(主从复合句)

●Nothing has happened since we parted.(后置) 我们分别之后，一直没有发生什

么事情。(前置)

●Ｉwent out for a walk after I had my dinner. 我吃了晚饭后，出去散步。

●As the weather was fine ,we decided to climb the mountain.(前置) 译文：由于天

气很好，我们决定去爬山。（前置）

●He had to stay at home yesterday because he was ill .(后置) 译文：因为他病了，

昨天他不得不呆在家里，（前置）

●Suppose we can’t get the necessary equipment, what shall we do ? 译文：假定我

们弄不到必要的设备，那怎么办？

●He would be a rash man if he should venture to forecast the results of this event.

译文：如果有人敢于预言此事的结果，那他一定是个鲁莽之徒。

●Let’s work harder so that we may fulfill our plan ahead of schedule.

译文：让我们更加努力工作，以便能提前完成计划。

●He got up early in the morning in order that he might have time to fetch water

and sweep the yard for his aunt.

译文：他早晨起的很早，为的是可以有时间给他姑妈担水扫院子。

●They fought so bravely that the invasion was crushed in seventy-two hours.

译文：他们打得很勇敢，七十二小时内就粉碎了敌人的入侵。

●We worked fast and well, so that we over-fulfilled our production plan.

译文：我们工作的又快又好，超额完成了生产计划。

●译下列短语，注意英汉语中的多义性和搭配能力的不同。

●Soft pillow 软枕soft music 轻柔的音乐

●Soft cushion 靠垫soft wood 软木

●Soft money 纸币soft drink 不含酒精的饮料

●Soft breeze 和风soft light 柔光

●Soft voice 低声soft fire文火

●Soft hat 呢帽soft words 和蔼的话

●Soft answer 委婉的回答soft goods 毛织品

●Soft heart 易感动之心soft water 软水（不含矿物盐类而易溶解肥

皂的水

●.Unemployment is widespread in some countries.有些国家失业现象普遍。