第一节 分句、合句法练习

第四章英语句子的翻译

第一节分句、合句法

练习题

1.The men were sorry, but did not know how to say they were sorry.（合句法）

2.Only a person who has fought in the woods knows what a radio means. （合句法）

3.He didn’t want to revolt against the authority of the Church.

He didn’t want to make trouble. （合句法）

4.There’s a man downstairs who wants to see you. （合句法）

5.The people who worked for him lived in mortal fear of him. （合句法）

6.What if she was mistaken and nothing could save the young plants?（分句法）

7.You cannot legally conclude a peace treaty with West Germany alone. （分句法）

8.These pure verbal artifices do not change the essence of the matter. （分句法）

9.We were late getting home, and in the relief of seeing us Mother forgot to ask any question. （分句法）

10.Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm around my shoulder. （分句法）

11.She went back home to take care of her husband.

He was seriously ill. （合句法）

12.How was he to distract them from what was happening overhead? （合句法）

13.Franklin Roosevelt listened with bright-eyed smiling attention. （分句法）

14.We began selecting our people and took only those who had their own guns. （合句法）

15.We built a huge bonfire. （分句法）

16.It burns the throat like vinegar! （分句法）

17.They properly have to be very factual. （分句法）

18.A few things were evident. He had been an actor. He had a name. He was well regarded by his fellow actors,

for they signed photographs that they gave him. He had stamped the boards before great audiences and his resounding voice was still with him. （合句法）

19.I tried vainly to put the pieces together. （分句法）

20.“It’s very bad, madam, obviously.”（分句法）

21.He expected, not unnaturally, that his father would help him. （分句法）

22.That is a NATO matter and any comment on it should appropriately come from NATO. （分句法）

23.The young are admittedly better educated and not so dependent on their parents. （分句法）

24.“An unhappy alternative is before you…Elizabeth…”（分句法）

25.The President gave Victor Henry a hearty handshake, his grip warm and damp. （分句法）

26.Nixon was greatly impressed by Stassen’s firm handshake. （分句法）

27.She is very busy at home. // She has to take care of the children and do the kitchen work. （合句法）

28.Darkness fell. // An explosion shook the earth. // It did not shake his will to go to the front. （合句法）

29.Her father became the mayor of the city. // He was a murderer in the Second World War. （合句法）

30.Throughout his life, Benjamin Franklin continued his education, learning from human contacts as well as

from books. （分句法）

31.His failure to observe the safety regulations resulted in an accident to the machinery. （分句法）

32.It is necessary that he (should) speak.

33.There on the snow was a newspaper. She unfolded it. It looked familiar. It was The Times. （合句法）

34.On the surface, then; all was well that ended well.

35.Personally, I see no objection to your leaving at once. （分句法）

36.Briefly, there is nothing new in his story. （分句法）

37.Surely I have met you before somewhere. （分句法）

38.Curious, we looked around for other guests. （分句法）

39.His visit gave me a pleasant surprise. （分句法）

40.Indeed, they were defeated, but it was victorious defeat. （分句法）

41.Sometimes, to his delight, he was allowed to take short trips outside Charleston Harbor. （分句法）

42.All citizens who have reached the age of eighteen have the right to vote and to stand for election, with the

exception of persons deprived of these rights by law. （分句法）

43.The lion eats the zebra that eats the grass.

44.The snake catches the toad that eats the insect that nibbles the green leaves.

45.Such fear is not as far-fetched as it may seem.

46.They prolonged the clasp for the photographer, exchanging smiling words. （分句法）

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