名師英語四級(jí)翻譯備考課堂筆記:
1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course;_______________to see if I like it?
2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________.
3. The volume of trade between the two countries,as is reported,________________.
4. My question is _______________.
5. He looks honest,but ________________,aren t they?
答案與解析:
1. may I sit in for the first week
分號(hào)之前表示原因:因?yàn)槲也桓掖_定是否想學(xué)這門課程,所以能否讓我第一周旁聽看看是否喜歡它? 旁聽 英語里說成sit in,如:sit in a lecture.另外,sit in也可以表示靜坐,如:There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.
2. which they hope will help solve the case
我們把中午句子的含義補(bǔ)全就是 警察希望這些新證據(jù)能有助于該案的處理 , 新證據(jù) 已經(jīng)在前文中出現(xiàn),那么在這里我們需要把 能有助于該案的處理 譯成后置定語來修飾new evidence.on the trail of意思是 在尋找 .
3. has increased more than fourfold
本題是考查數(shù)字的譯法,可以參考前面的節(jié)目.本句還要指出的是as在非限制性定語從句中的應(yīng)用:as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句時(shí),其先行項(xiàng)通常是整個(gè)主句.As從句的位置很靈活,可以出現(xiàn)在句首,句中或句末,并與主句之間用逗號(hào)隔開.如:As he pointed out,the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.The night has turned cold,as is usual around here.
4. who will take over as president of the Foundation
這是wh-詞引導(dǎo)的從句在句中作表語.本題的考點(diǎn)是:中文可以有 接任 的職位 的搭配,英文卻不能說take over the position of,因?yàn)閠ake over本身就包括 接任某職 的含義,因此只要將某一職位的名稱譯出來即可,用take over as 來表達(dá). 該基金會(huì) 在句中是特指,因而 Foundation 的首字母要大寫.
5. appearances are sometimes deceiving
要看起來這是一個(gè)并列復(fù)合句.其規(guī)則之一是,疑問部分的主語要和后面句子的主語和謂語在人稱、數(shù)、性、時(shí)態(tài)方面保持一致.題干部分已經(jīng)給出aren t they?因此, 外表 要用復(fù)數(shù)形式,謂語動(dòng)詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式,不能說appearance is sometimes deceiving.
1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course;_______________to see if I like it?
2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________.
3. The volume of trade between the two countries,as is reported,________________.
4. My question is _______________.
5. He looks honest,but ________________,aren t they?
答案與解析:
1. may I sit in for the first week
分號(hào)之前表示原因:因?yàn)槲也桓掖_定是否想學(xué)這門課程,所以能否讓我第一周旁聽看看是否喜歡它? 旁聽 英語里說成sit in,如:sit in a lecture.另外,sit in也可以表示靜坐,如:There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.
2. which they hope will help solve the case
我們把中午句子的含義補(bǔ)全就是 警察希望這些新證據(jù)能有助于該案的處理 , 新證據(jù) 已經(jīng)在前文中出現(xiàn),那么在這里我們需要把 能有助于該案的處理 譯成后置定語來修飾new evidence.on the trail of意思是 在尋找 .
3. has increased more than fourfold
本題是考查數(shù)字的譯法,可以參考前面的節(jié)目.本句還要指出的是as在非限制性定語從句中的應(yīng)用:as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句時(shí),其先行項(xiàng)通常是整個(gè)主句.As從句的位置很靈活,可以出現(xiàn)在句首,句中或句末,并與主句之間用逗號(hào)隔開.如:As he pointed out,the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.The night has turned cold,as is usual around here.
4. who will take over as president of the Foundation
這是wh-詞引導(dǎo)的從句在句中作表語.本題的考點(diǎn)是:中文可以有 接任 的職位 的搭配,英文卻不能說take over the position of,因?yàn)閠ake over本身就包括 接任某職 的含義,因此只要將某一職位的名稱譯出來即可,用take over as 來表達(dá). 該基金會(huì) 在句中是特指,因而 Foundation 的首字母要大寫.
5. appearances are sometimes deceiving
要看起來這是一個(gè)并列復(fù)合句.其規(guī)則之一是,疑問部分的主語要和后面句子的主語和謂語在人稱、數(shù)、性、時(shí)態(tài)方面保持一致.題干部分已經(jīng)給出aren t they?因此, 外表 要用復(fù)數(shù)形式,謂語動(dòng)詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式,不能說appearance is sometimes deceiving.