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英译汉练习答案 ? 1.Scientists have developed glass fibres as thin as human hair which are designed to carry light signals. When the light reaches the other end, it is first changed into electrical signals, which are in turn converted into sound messages. 参考译文：科学家制造出像人头发一样粗细的玻璃纤维以用来传输光信号。当光达到另一端时，它先转变成电信号，电信号再转化成声音。 ? 2.This plan was expected to eliminate the long lines at many service stations. Those who tried to purchase more than twenty gallons of gas or tried to fill a more than half filled tank would be fined and possibly imprisoned. 参考译文：这一计划希望消除许多加油站前的长队。那些企图购买20加仑以上的汽油，或企图在油箱里的汽油还剩一半以上而再想加油的人将被处以罚款或监禁。 3.Officials at the school were concerned about the low attendance during the winter months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good winter sports program. 参考译文：学校的主管人员对冬季几个月里上学人数减少感到忧虑。他们认为学生此时不上学是因为学校里没有吸引人的冬季运动项目。 ? 4.To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and philosopher, “As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives.” 参考译文：学习一种外语就是学习另一种文化。一位诗人兼哲学家曾经说过：“一个人能说多少种语言，他就能体验多少种生活。” ? 5.Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English maxim has it, seeing eye-eye. 参考译文：目光的接触在英语里是极为重要的。直接的目光接触可达到相互理解，或是像英语里一句格言所说的“心灵相通” 英译汉练习 ? 1.?????? Scientists have developed glass fibres as thin as human hair which are designed to carry light signals. When the light reaches the other end, it is first changed into electrical signals, which are in turn converted into sound messages. ? 2.?????? This plan was expected to eliminate the long lines at many service stations. Those who tried to purchase more than twenty gallons of gas or tried to fill a more than half filled tank would be fined and possibly imprisoned. ? 3.?????? Officials at the school were concerned about the low attendance during the winter months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good winter sports program. ? 4.?????? To learn a fo