英语翻译练习及答案

翻译练习一及答案

1. You would not have failed if you had followed my instructions/ orders. （按照我的指令去做）

2. Despite the hardship he encountered, Mark never gave up pursuing knowledge/ abandoned the pursuit of knowledge. （放弃对知识的追求）

3. Scientists agree that it will be a long time before we find the methods of curing cancer/ we find the cure for cancer. （我们找到治愈癌症的方法）

4. Production has to be increased considerably to keep pace with the constantly increasing demands/ needs of consumers（与消费者不断增加的需求保持同步）.

5.The more exercise you take, the fewer chances you will have

of catching a cold/the less likely you are to catch a cold（你越不大可能感冒）.

6.Medical researchers are painfully aware that there are many

problems to which they haven’t found answers/ come up with solutions（他们至今还没有答案）.

7.What most parents are concerned about/ What concerns most

parents（大多数父母所关心的）is proving the best education possible for their children.

8.You’d better take a sweater with you in case/ lest it (should)

turn/ get cold（以防天气变冷）.

9.Through the project many people have received training and

decided to launch their own enterprise / decided to start their own business（决定自己创业）.

10.The anti-virus agent was not known until a doctor discovered

it by chance（直到一名医生偶然发现了它）.

翻译练习二及答案

1.Thanks to a series of new inventions/ Thanks to a host of

inventions(多亏了一系列的新发明), doctors can treat this disease successfully.

2.In my sixties, one change I notice is that I am more inclined to

get tired than before/ I am more likely to get tired than before （我比以前更容易累了）.

3.I am going to pursue this course, no matter what kind of

sacrifice I will make/ whatever sacrifice I have to make（无论我要做出什么样的牺牲）.

4.I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department

store because it is more convenient and time-saving（它更加方

便和省时）.

5.Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life is

measured by how much they can borrow/ loan(是用他们能够借到多少来衡量的)，not how much they can earn.

6.Specialists in intercultural studies says that it is not easy to

adapt to life/ living in different culture（适应不同文化中的生活）.

7.Since my childhood I have found that nothing is more

attractive/ appealing to me than reading（没有什么比读书对我更有吸引力）.

8.The victim could have had the chance to survive（本来会有机

会活下来）if he had been taken to hospital in time.

9.Some psychologists claim that people may/ might/ could feel

lonely when (they are)away from home（出门在外时可能会感到孤独）.

10.The nation’s population continues to rise at the rate/ speed of

12million people per year/ at an annual rate of 12 million people（以每年1200万人的速度）.