英语中级笔译：十秒钟翻译训练1-30.doc

英语中级笔译：十秒钟翻译训练　Mom,?you?must?have?been?terribly?bored?staying?at?home?when?I?was?a?child,I?said. 　　Bored??Housework?is?boring.But?you?were?never?boring“. 　　I?didn’t?believe?her,?so?I?said.“Surely?children?are?not?as?stimulating?as?a?career.” 　　A?career?is?stimulating,“?she?said.?”?I’m?glad?I?had?one.?But?a?career?is?like?an?open?balloon.?It?remains?inflated?only?as?long?as?you?keep?pumping.?A?child?is?a?seed?.?You?water?it,?你尽力照看他，他自己就可以长成一朵美丽的花。 　　单词提示： 　　stimulating?adj.?刺激的，有刺激性的 　　inflated?adj.?膨胀的 　　参考译文： 　　You?care?for?it?the?best?you?can?.?And?then?it?grows?all?by?itself?into?a?beautiful?flower.　In?retrospect,?I?realize?what?a?dynamic?educational?technique?Papa?was?offering?us.?Without?being?aware?of?it,?our?family?was?growing?together,?sharing?experiences?and?participating?in?one?another’s?education.?And?by?looking?at?us,?listening?to?us,?respecting?our?input,?affirming?our?value,?giving?us?a?sense?of?dignity,?毫无疑问爸爸是对我们影响最大的老师。? 　　参考译文：? 　　Papa?was?unquestionably?our?most?influential?teacher.　One?lunchtime?when?I?was?in?the?third?grade?will?stay?with?me?always.?I?had?been?picked?to?be?the?princess?in?the?school?play,?and?for?weeks?my?mother?had?painstaking?rehearsed?my?lines?with?me.?尽管在家里我能把台词念的多熟练,可是只要一上台,我就连一句都说不出来了。 　　单词提示： 　　painstaking?adj.?辛苦的，辛勤的 　　rehearse?v.?预演，排练 　　参考译文： But?no?matter?how?easily?I?delivered?them?at?home,as?soon?as?I?stepped?onstage,?every?word?disappeared?from?my?head.　Most?of?us,?however,?take?life?for?granted.?We?know?that?one?day?we?must?die,?but?usually?we?picture?that?day?as?far?in?the?future.?When?we?are?in?buoyant?health,?death?is?all?but?unimaginable.?We?seldom?think?of?it.?The?days?stretch?out?in?an?endless?vista.?于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度 　　单词提示： 　　buoyant?adj.?轻快的 　　unimaginable?adj.?想不到的 　　参考译文： 　　So?we?go?about?our?petty?tasks,?hardly?aware?of?our?listless?attitude?toward?life. 　　全文翻译:但是，我们大多数人把生活认为是理所当然的。我们知道，某一天我们一定会死，但通常我们把那天想象在遥远的将来。当我们心宽体健时，死亡几乎是不可想象的，我们很少想到它。时日在无穷的展望中延展着，于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识