成人学士学位英语翻译练习

英译汉

1.Safety experts say the problem is neither money not technology, but the indifference of a country that just

will not take fires seriously enough.

安全专家说，问题既不是钱，也不是技术。而是全国的漠不关心：不愿足够认真的对待火灾。

2.There are as many different library services as there are types of people who use them.

图书馆的服务种类之多,足以满足不同使用者的需要.

3.April Fool’s Day thus developed into an international fun feat, so to speak, with different nationalities

specializing in their own brand of humor at expense of their friends and families

结果四月份的愚人节发展成为国际性的娱乐行为。也就是说，不同的民族用他们特有的幽默感来捉弄朋友和家人。

4.This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures

are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.

人类学家认为我们应当独立地、不带任何阶级观念地去看各种文化。对语言的这一研究反过来使我们对这一主张有了新的认识。

5.If one considers the enormous variety of courses offered, it is not hard to see how difficult it is to select

the course most suited to his interests and abilities.

如果一个人考虑众多供其选择的课程，就不难理解要选一门非常适合他能力和兴趣的课程有多难。6.In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides

it with essential vitamins and minerals.

用易懂的话说，就是没有被使用过的植物滋养了土壤，给土壤提供了维生素和矿物质。

7.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what

point should you cease to treat the old body?

但千万不要忘记，不管其结果会有多好，这样的保养会是痛苦的经历。此外，你又该在何时停止保养衰老的肌体呢？

8.There are many ways in which man shapes his leisure, that is, the time when he is not working or

sleeping.

人们有多种方式来计划人们的空闲时间，即我们不工作或不睡觉的时间。

9.If you can, keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose purchasing power

falls away below his peers can feel left out.

如果能做到的话，使你孩子的零花钱不比他朋友的零花钱少。购买力低于同伴的孩子会感到没有得到关注。

stly, some calculators can print out the calculations, so that you can check the calculations as they are

being done, and also have a permanent record of them.

最后，有些计算器还能打印出计算结果，因而你可以核查所计算的数据，而且还能将它们永久保存。

11.Since the beginning of history, man has been fascinated by the idea of living for ever, of winning the

fight against death and disease.

有史以来，人类一直热衷于如何长生不死，如何战胜死亡和疾病。

12.Every hour of every day about there Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an

incredible 250,000 over the past decade.

平均每天每小时有3个美国人死于酒后驾车，死亡人数在过去的十年里达到了令人难以置信的25万。

13.Finally, there are many people around who are really enthusiastic about computers. These people are

always happy to be of help.

最后，周围有许多非常喜爱电脑的人，这些人总是乐于提供帮助的。

14.It doesn’t seem to make much difference whether a person sleeps immediately after learning or waits a