professionals专升本英语辅导：翻译

2021年1月13日发(作者：朱旦华)

专升本英语辅导：翻译
高职升本科《英语综合》辅导 Translation 翻译(英译中) 旅游学院英语系
Translation
1. Translate with special attention to the different meanings of the
same word or
words which happen to have the same spelling.
1) The critical period was over. Her condition was now quite stable.
2) He was very critical about some of the doctors in that hospital.
He called them real
jerks.
3) The train suddenly jerked to a stop.
4) Between gambling and women, he was broke.
5) The orderly broke his leg and an old peasant hid him in his
stable.
6) The general has very orderly habits.
7) When Muslims fast, they don’t eat anything. They just drink some
water. 8) When he woke up, he found his dog licking his wound.
9) The general opinion at the time was that the enemy was already
licked.
10) The picture is stuck fast on the wall.
11) The bank denied that it had been lying to people about its bad
debts.


12) Some young people were lying on the grassy bank, listening to
the singing of the
birds.
13) She was terribly worried about her son, who was thick as thieves
with some
loafers.
14) He was rather thick- headed. It took him quite a while to
understand what was
happening.
15) The fighting was basically over. But one could still hear a few
occasional shots.
16) We are pinning our hopes on her to win the women’s shot-put
gold medal.
17) The driver denied having drunk strong liquor. He said that he
had merely taken a
few shots of mild beer.
18) She is on the national basketball team, and she is a wonderful
shot.
2. Translate with special attention to the different meanings of the
same word or
words which happen to have the same spelling.
1) A bore is a person who talks when you want him to listen.(Ambrose
Bierce) 2) If you haven’t struck oil in your first three minutes, stop
boring.(George Jessel)


3) She got fired just before Christmas.
4) She fired at the strange object. Then it suddenly disappeared.
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高职升本科《英语综合》辅导 Translation 翻译(英译中) 旅游学院英语系
5) I’m sure he will object to your going into business. 6) Today a
wise businessman will not take profit-making as the only objective. He
will also stress social responsibility. 7) The jam looked so
inviting that we all bought a few jars. 8) You are inviting self-
destruction if you don’t quit drinking immediately. 9) The language
used in scientific literature is usually quite formal. 10) They have
struck oil in seven of the ten oil wells they have dug this year. 11)
How old is he? Well, I don’t know. He must be well over 80, and I
believe that he
may very well live to be a hundred.
12) At the edge of the forest, the game-bird hunter ran into the
game keeper.
13) Americans say that they used to fight wars as if they were
playing games. But no
longer.
14) I’m sorry I’m late. I was caught in a traffic jam on my way
here.
15) We used to have a price edge over our competitors. But now our
labor is no
longer so cheap either.


16) He opened the trunk of the car and found nothing but some odds
and ends.
17) We knew that we were fighting against heavy odds.
18) This trunk has quite a history. My great grandfather bought it
in India.
3. Translate with special attention to the different meanings of the
same word or
words which happen to have the same spelling. 1) Can you say it in
plain English?
2) The rain in Spain is mainly in the plain
3) She was a plain-looking woman, but she had a heart of gold. 4)
Apart from armed police, there were many plain clothes, too.
5) I don’t know why he did this. It was plain stupid.
6) The total import increased by 10 percent in the first quarter.
7) I’m changing my quarters. I’ll give you my address as soon as
I’m settled. 8) This boy should be quartered!(Charles Dickens)
9) You are the very person I’m looking for.
10) Cross the bridge and walk south for about 10 minutes. It’s two
blocks away.
11) With tears in her eyes, Lin Daiyu began to tear up all her poems
and threw them
into the fire.
12) Put a cross by it if you think the statement is false.
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高职升本科《英语综合》辅导 Translation 翻译(英译中) 旅游学院英语系
13) She was extremely cross because she knew that with the shortest
road blocked,
she was going to be late.
4. Translate with special attention to the different meanings of the
same word or words that happen to have the same spelling.
1) We should remain neutral on this issue. We should not lean to
either side.
2) The following year was also a lean year. They got practically
nothing from their
plot of land.
3) That tall man with a lean face was accused of being involved in
the plot to rob a
bank.
4) He leaned his umbrella against the wall, sat down at a table and
took up the
menu.
5) Old people often complain about young people. The reverse is also
true. This is a
reflection of the generation gap.
6) This essay contains some of his reflections on our social
problems.
7) I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.(Thomas
Jefferson)