英语翻译考试

1．短语翻译（英译汉5个，汉译英5个，1分1个，共计10分）对牛弹琴_______________________________________________________________滚石不生苔_______________________________________________________________众人拾柴火焰高_______________________________________________________________一箭双雕_______________________________________________________________棋逢对手_______________________________________________________________Every dog has his day._______________________________________________________________Hoist your sail when the wind is fair._______________________________________________________________Still waters run deep._______________________________________________________________A small leak will sink a great ship._______________________________________________________________born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth_______________________________________________________________2．英译汉，9个句子（8个短句+1个长句，短句2分1个，长句1个4分），即2｀﹡8+4=20What he told me was a sheer lie._______________________________________________________________ Whoever has made a trip to Mt. Huangshan must remember the clouds there._______________________________________________________________It seemed incredible that she should have lied to us._______________________________________________________________It is strange that she should have failed to see her own shortcomings._______________________________________________________________I don’t know that he swam across the river._______________________________________________________________I regard it as an honor that I am chosen to attend the meeting._______________________________________________________________The result of invention of steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power._______________________________________________________________The independence won by our people at a high price will be meaningful only if we can satisfy the vital needs of masses of the people and raise their standard of living._______________________________________________________________Only seven of our state's high schools offer even one course in Latin, but over 80percent of the graduates who study Latin at those seven schools enrolled in college._______________________________________________________________3．汉译英，4个句子（3个短句+1个长句，短句2分1个，长句1个4分）2｀﹡3+4像空气、水或金属之类的东西都是物质。

_______________________________________________________________我相信，他所列举的是铁一般的事实。

_______________________________________________________________我们要永远对生活抱乐观的态度。

_______________________________________________________________中国是个大国，百分之八十的人口从事农业，但耕地只占土地面积的十分之一，其余为山脉、森林、湖泊和其他用地。

_______________________________________________________________4. 段落翻译（英译汉）（10｀）The existence of a standard interface between the light-bulb stem and the light bulb socket gives engineers plenty of freedom to improve the design inside of the light bulb—as long as they build the stem so that it can fit the established light bulb socket specifications. That’s why the new compact fluorescent bulbs fit so easily into our old lamps. Establishing a basic set of descriptive rather than prescriptive educational standards would do the same thing for students—enabling them to follow whatever learning approach best suits their needs, motivations, and ways of learning, so long as the end result is mastery of the required material._____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _2.1．短语翻译（英译汉5个，汉译英5个，1分1个，共计10分）如鱼得水_______________________________________________________________多如牛毛_______________________________________________________________一箭之遥_______________________________________________________________水中捞月_______________________________________________________________石沉大海_______________________________________________________________a yellow dog_______________________________________________________________blue jokes_______________________________________________________________blue blood_______________________________________________________________as cowardly as a rat_______________________________________________________________Time and tide wait for no man._______________________________________________________________2．英译汉，9个句子（8个短句+1个长句，短句2分1个，长句1个4分），即2｀﹡8+4=20How he is going to do it is a mystery._______________________________________________________________The number of young people in the United States who cannot read is incredible --- about one in four._______________________________________________________________In order to survive, to feed, clothe and shelter himself and his children, man is engaged in a constant struggle with nature._______________________________________________________________ Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched._______________________________________________________________ Hemingway is an outstanding contemporary American writer._______________________________________________________________ Mother had made her a new dress._______________________________________________________________They have read little, but they have much experience._______________________________________________________________ Down runs the river through the gorges._______________________________________________________________A friendly correspondence as neighbors and old acquaintances had continued between me and Mrs. Read’s family, who all had a regard for me from the time of my first lodging in their house.3．汉译英，4个句子（3个短句+1个长句，短句2分1个，长句1个4分）2｀﹡3+4那城市及周围的地方是不冻港和无核区。