长句翻译练习(原稿)

英语长句翻译练习
1. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.
假如没有那些以昆虫为食的动物保护我们, 昆虫将吞噬我们所有的庄稼, 害死我们的牛羊家畜, 使我们不能生存于世。

2. Descendants of some of the 1,500 people killed when the Titanic sank a century ago were among the passengers on a cruise ship that set off from Britain on Sunday to retrace the route of the liner’s ill-fated voyage.
在泰坦尼克号沉没100年后，“巴尔莫勒尔”号上周日从英国出发，重温泰坦尼克号当年的悲剧航程。

当时1500名遇难者中一些人的后辈也搭乘了这艘游轮。

3. Eight years ago they were married. They have survived their families shock and disapproval and the stares and unwelcome comments of strangers.
这对异族男女八年前结的婚。

对此，双方的家庭都曾十分震惊，而且都不赞成这桩婚事。

不相识的人总以惊异的眼光打量他俩，还说些难听的话。

所有这一切他俩都挺过来了。

4.Obama won re-election on Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term and crimped the middle class dreams of millions.
尽管在奥巴马的第一届任期，经济疲软、失业率偏高等问题使千百万民众进入中产阶级的梦想受挫，奥巴马的总统之路也走得并不顺畅，但他还是战胜了来自共和党的强大竞选对手罗姆尼，于上周二晚获得连任。