翻译题和作文复习2.doc

Translation. 1.For three centuries after the Norman conquest, two languages were used side by side in England. Latin and French were the languages of the upper classes, spoken at courts and used in churches and schools. However, the common people clung to the Anglo-Saxon which had undergone remarkable changes. The original system of Old English was weakened and a large number of French words had been absorbed. 诺曼征服后的三个世纪里，两种语言同时在英国并存。拉丁语和法语是上流社会的语言，用于法庭、教堂和学校。不过，普通百姓仍坚持使用已发生很大变化的盎格鲁·萨克逊语言。“古英语”原有的体系被削弱，大量的法语单词被吸收进来。 2.It is interesting to note that as most of the noblemen were French, so words that are related with enjoyment and pleasure are usually of the French origin whereas words that have to do with labor are usually of Old English origin. Hence, different words for the live animals and for their meat after they are killed. The live animals looked after by poor English peasants had English names but the meat going to the tables of the French speaking lords had French names. 有趣的是，大多数贵族都是法国人，因此与享受和愉悦相关的词汇通常都起源于法语，而那些鱼体力有关的词汇往往起源于英语。 因此，用来表达活的动物和它们被杀后的肉的单词不尽相同。由贫苦的英国农民看管的活的动物有英语名字，而说法语的地主们饭桌上摆的动物的肉却用法语名字。 3.In the 14th century, thousands of words and expressions were borrowed from French and Latin and Greek, Printing brought into English the wealth of new thinking that sprang from the Europe Renaissance.Translations of Greek and Roman classics were poured onto the printed page.Today we still borrow from Latin and Greek to name new inventions. 在第十四世纪的时候，成千上万的词汇从法语和希腊语和拉丁语中借来。印刷术把欧洲文艺复兴运动中涌现的大量新思想传入英国。希腊罗马经典著作的译文纷纷印成书册。今天，我们仍然借用拉丁，希腊语命名新的发明创造。 4.This village was once famous for its beautiful natural surroundings. All the year round, the trees were green and the flowers in bloom. Clear streams flowed out of the hills through a checkerboard of rice fields. Birds sang all day, and deer came and went in a leisurely manner. However, with the coming of DDT and other pesticides, an evil spell seemed to have settled over the village. Misfortunes came one after an