笔译期末复习资料.doc

笔译期末复习资料 主编：王承水 副主编：张惠婷 （PS:1、此版本为先行版，后续另作补充。 2、转载请注明出处，谢谢。） 此资料主要包括三部分，它们分别是： 第一部分 （翻译材料中的前20题） 第二部分 （美句14句） 第三部分 （笔记） 第一部分 （翻译材料中的前20题） 1, Our village is not less beautiful than this picture. （我们的村庄不比这幅画逊色。） 2, A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. （傻瓜看不到自己的傻，正如他看不到自己的耳朵一样。） 3, A causeless event or thing, we cannot think of any more than we can of a stick with only one end. （我们无法想象一件无缘无故的事，正如我们无法想象只有一端的棍子一样。） 4, She was not aware of it, however, any more than she was aware that her desire that Martin take a position was an instinctive impulse of motherhood. （然而，她并没有意识到这一点，正如她没有意识到，她让马丁取的愿望是出于本能的母性冲动。） 5, Nobody with any sense expects to find the whole truth in advertisement any more than he expects a man applying a job to describe his shortcomings and more serious faults. （任何有头脑的人都不会指望广告说的都是实话，正如他不会指望因为应聘者会说出自己的缺点和更严重的过失。） 6, You got more nerve than brain. （你有勇无谋。） 7, It was a dry, cold land, and the grip was severe, with more a feeling of bones in it than friendliness. （这是一只干冷的手，紧紧的一握， 让人感觉到不是友情，而是一把骨头。） 8, No one can be in China for more than a few hours without sensing an enormous optimism. （任何人只要在中国待上几个小时，就会感受到一股强大的乐观主义精神。） 9, Everyone acknowledges that Newton was a great man, yet few have more than the vaguest acquaintance with his living personality. （大家公认牛顿是个伟人，但是对他生前为人品性很少有人能比较清楚的了解。） 10, If a president fails or refuses to make a clear-cut decision on a long-term policy, he will have less rather than more freedom to maneuver as events alter the facts and compel further action. （如果说一位总统无法或拒绝对一项长期政策做出明确规定的话，他的周旋余地会更少，而不是更多，因为一系列的事件会改变事实并迫使他采取进一步行动。） 11, Hampered in their movements, they hobble rather than walked. （由于行动受阻，他们蹒跚而行无法正常行走。） 12, I touched her elbow, maybe she thought I was pushing her on rather than trying to help her. （我碰了一下她的肘，也许她会以为我是在推她，而不是在帮她。） 13, Rather than condemnation there was some kindness in the mans voice. （ 这个男人的声音中流露出的是某种善意，而没有谴责的口吻。） 14, Rather than arrest him the police used him as an informer. （警方没有逮捕他