英译汉篇章练习(一)(新闻)

英译汉篇章练习（一）（新闻）

1)“Your friend has ordered a song for you,please dial13XXXX for it.”Have you ever received a similar mobile phone text messages and thought it was a pleasant surprise?Beware,as it may be a costly trick.Starting this month,a nationwide campaign has been launched to fight against this type of scam,said Wu Heping, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security(MPS)at a press conference on Tuesday.

【参考译文】”你的朋友为你点播了一首歌，请拨13××××收听。”你是否收到过类似的手机短信并认为是一个惊喜。小心了，这可能是一个收费骗局。在周二的公安部新闻发布会上，发言人Wu Heping说，从这月开始，将在全国范围内开展打击此类骗局的行动。

2)What the two Chinese astronauts eat and how they sleep during their119-hour, zero-gravity space odyssey has aroused much attention.Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, who undertook China’s second manned space mission yesterday morning,helped themselves to pineapple-filled mooncakes for breakfast,Reuters reported.The traditional heavy pastries were to the liking of Fei Junlong,who was said to have a sweet tooth,while his partner,Nie Haisheng,apparently prefers spicier fare.

【参考译文】在119小时无重力的太空飞行中，两名中国宇航员吃什么？如何睡觉？这引起了人们的广泛关注。路透社报道，昨天早晨执行中国第二次载人太空任务的F和N早餐吃的是菠萝馅的月饼。这些具有传统浓口味的点心是爱吃甜食的F的最爱，而他的搭档，N显然更喜欢较辛辣的食物。

3)China dropped for the second straight year to No.49from No.44in2003,as the survey said it continues“to suffer from institutional weaknesses which,unless addressed,are likely to slow down their ascension to the top tier of the most competitive economies in the world.”India rose three places to come in just behind at No.50.

【参考译文】中国的排名连续两年下降，从2003年的44位下降到今年的49位。报告指出，中国“制度上的劣势还在继续影响它的排名，如果不解决制度上的弱

点，中国进入世界最有竞争力国家行列的进程仍将非常缓慢。”印度的排名上升了三位，紧随中国排在第50位。

4)Hundreds of people were being treated in makeshift hospitals and thousands were sleeping in tents yesterday in East China’s Jiangxi Province after Saturday’s earthquake which killed at least15.The Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday that seven teams have been dispatched to the worst-hit areas with food,water and tents for the thousands of the affected while supplies were also being rushed from neighbouring Anhui and Hubei provinces which also felt tremors.

【参考译文】周六中国东部江西省发生的地震造成至少15死亡。昨天有数百人在流动医院接受救治，另有数千人在帐篷里休息。昨天民政部宣布，已向重灾区派遣七支救援对，为数以千计的灾民带去食品、水和帐篷。邻省安徽和湖北也向江西远送了大量的救灾物资，而且这两个省份也有震感。

5)Pedestrians walk amid heavy snowfalls in Dalian,a coastal city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province December4,2005.The snowfalls began on Saturday and continued more than40hours to Sunday.Weather reports say this is the heaviest snow the city has ever witnessed since1951.Primary middle schools were closed on Monday due to the unprecedented snow.

【参考译文】2005年12月4日，在中国东北辽宁省海滨城市大连，人们行走在厚厚积雪的马路上。这场大雪从星期六一直下到星期日，持续下了40多个小时。天气预报说这是自1951年来，这个城市下过的最大一场雪。由于这场罕见的大雪，各中小学校已于星期一停课。

6)Before you took a shower this morning,you might have worried whether you had enough hot water.Folks in Rexburg,Idaho are probably grateful that’s all they have to worry about!That’s because an eight-foot-long pet python escaped a neighbor’s apartment two weeks ago and took refuge in the ceiling above their shower!A plumber found the reptile this week,hungry but alive.The snake,of course,was evicted.

7)Some memorize poetry;others go for game rules or movie lines.This kid