英语综合4翻译

Unit 1

1 I live in a world of skinned knees, double-knotted shoelaces, riddles that I’ve heard a dozen times, stale birthday cakes, hurt feelings, wandering stories and one lost shoe (―and if you don’t find it my mother’ll kill me).

我天天要面对的是：磕破了的膝盖、系成死扣的鞋带、已经听了十多遍的脑筋急转弯、发霉的生日蛋糕、受到伤害的情感、不知所以的故事、丢了的单只鞋子（“你要找不到它，妈妈会杀了我的。” ）。

2 I don’t have the singular power over language of a lawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, the command over fellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman.

我没有律师非凡的语言能力，没有建筑工人强大的体力，没有外科医生卓越的指挥能力，也没有商人的方法与手段。

3 A few years ago, when I was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position, every principal told me with confidence that, as a male, I had an advantage over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers.

几年前，当我面试一个小学教师职位的时候，每位校长都充满信心地对我说，作为男性我比女性求职者更有优势，因为他们缺少男教师。

4 Becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me, as a male, to want to climb higher on the career stepladder.

成为教务长或校长从来不是我的职业目标，但他们似乎希望我作为男性愿意在这个职业的阶梯上继续攀登。

5 Possibly, men would have more to say to me, and I to them, if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs.

如果我的工作在福利待遇方面更像传统的男性工作的话，或许我和男士们之间的话会更多一些。

1 尽管我在那家公司有机会升职，我仍然选择了离开，去从事我热爱的工作。(although + could have done; promotion)

Although I could have got promotion in that company, I chose to leave and pursue the job I love.

2. 你最先要遵从的不是你的老板，而是这个行业的规则。(comply with)

It is not your boss but the rules of the industry (that) you should first comply with.

3. 一份好的简历是找到工作的第一步，因此今天我们提出讨论的是如何写份好简历。(what-clause; bring up)

A good résumé is the first step to getting a job. So what we bring up for discussion today is how to write a good résumé.

4. 人们工作往往是为了谋生，而不是出于爱好。(more often than not; for the sake of) People work, more often than not, for the sake of making a living rather than out of passion.

5. 据面试官反馈，大部分接受面试的毕业生都说不出他们能为公司做些什么。(feedback; contribute to)

According to the interviewer’s feedback, most graduates couldn’t say what they can contribute to the company.

Unit 3

1 No history of fashion in the years 1960 to 2010 can overlook or underestimate two constant

factors: jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines for women’s skirts and dresses.

从1960年到2010年的任何一部时尚史都不能忽略或低估两个恒在的因素：牛仔裤和女性裙子长度的变化。

2 There is consensus among fashion editors that there is a precise relation, with only a few exceptions, between the length of women’s skirts and the economy.

时尚编辑们一致认为：除了个别情况外，女性裙子的长度和经济之间有着密切的联系。3 As the world economies bounced back again in the 1990s, fashion for young people became more daring.

随着20世纪90年代世界经济的再次反弹，年轻人在时尚方面变得更为大胆。

4 Sometimes hemlines can even predict a change in the mood of the stock market long before it actually happens.

有时裙子底边甚至可以预测股市行情。

5 During the whole period, fashion styles have ranged widely, and have usually been sparked off by a desire to identify people as belonging to a particular sub-culture.

在整个50年期间，时尚风格变化巨大，而且变化通常由人们想要归属某个亚文化群体的愿望所激发。

1 他对时尚的东西有一种天生的抵制，因此和他谈时尚毫无意义。(resistance to; there is no point in doing sth)

He has a natural resistance to anything fashionable. So there is no point in talking / discussing fashion with him.

2 很多知名品牌是以设计师本人的名字命名的。(name after)

Quite a few / many well-known brands are named ater the designers.

3 过去的30年见证了中国经济的发展，也见证了时尚的变迁。(see; as well as) The past 30 years saw the development of China¡¯s economy as well as the changes in fashion.

4 今年夏季的流行服装究竟会是什么，现在还很不清楚。(using a clause as the subject) Exactly what will be the fashionable clothes this summer remains unknown yet.

5. 有人认为，如今女性的穿着越来越暴露了，而相比之下，男性的穿着却很保守。(expose; incontrast)

Some people think that nowadays women are exposing more and more of

themselves, while in contrast men are dressing conservatively.

Unit5

1 Men were certainly found to be no more likely than women to discuss “important” or “highbrow” subjects such as politics, work, art and cultural matters —except (and this was a striking difference) when women were present.

研究发现，男人并没有比女人花更多的时间去谈论诸如政治、工作、艺术和文化事务等“重要”或“高雅”的话题——除非有女人在场（女人在场时情况会有明显的不同）。

2 Despite these findings, the myth is still widely believed, particularly among males, that men spend their conversations “solving the world’s problems”, while the womenfolk gossip in the kitchen.

即便如此，让人费解的是人们，尤其是男性，仍然普遍认为男人交谈是“解决世界问题”，而女人们则是厨房里闲聊。

3 The English women I interviewed all agreed that a particular tone of voice was considered