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翻译实训一 Translate the following text into English 大自然对人的恩赐，无论贫富，一律平等。所以人 们对于大自然，全都一致并深深地依赖着。尤其在 乡间，上千年来人们一直以不变的方式生活着。种 植庄稼和葡萄，酿酒和饮酒，喂牛和挤奶，锄草和 栽花；在周末去教堂祈祷和做礼拜，在节日到广场 拉琴、跳舞和唱歌；往日的田园依旧是今日的温馨 家园。这样，每个地方都有自己的传说，风俗也就 衍传了下来。 【概述】 本文的理解基本上不构成问题。表达时，要注意恰当的断句、恰当的使用关联词，以及恰当的使用平行结构。比如第一句和第二句是因果关系，应该合二为一。第三句有7个分句，原样照译会造成相当大的困难，容易失误，并且毫无必要，可以按照其内在逻辑和表达需要分为三句来译。同时，在众多同义词、近义词中选择恰当的词汇仍然是一大考察重点，请注意琢磨下面评析要点。 【参考译文】 The bounty of nature is equal to everyone, rich or poor, and therefore all men are strongly attached to her. This is particularly true in the rural areas, where people have kept the same lifestyle for a millennium or so. They plant crops and grapevines, brew wine to drink, feed cows to milk, and weed the gardens to grow flowers. They go to church at weekends, and they meet in the square on holidays, playing the violin, singing and dancing. The age-old land remains the same as their family hearth. Each place boasts its folklore and thereby social customs go down/on. 老太太有女 海洋 有位老太太生了两个女儿。大女儿嫁给了伞店老板，小女儿则当上了洗衣作坊的女主管。于是老太太整天忧心忡忡。每逢下雨天，她担心洗衣坊的衣服晾不干；逢上晴天，她深怕伞店的雨伞卖不出去。天天为女儿担心，日子过得很忧郁。 见到老太太如此忧郁，一位老叟对她说：“老太太，您真是好福气！下雨天，你大女儿家生意兴隆；大晴天，你小女儿家顾客盈门；哪一天你都有好消息呀！”是呀，老太太翻然醒悟，为什么自己没有想到呢？这时天下雨了，看着路上行人都打着伞，老太太笑了。 世间有许多事，只要脑筋变一变，生活的色彩就会焕然一新。 （254字，选自2002年4月29日《扬子晚报》） An Elderly Lady with Two Daughters Hai Yang An elderly lady had two daughters. Her elder daughter was the wife of the boss of an umbrella shop and the younger one, the manager of a laundry. Not a day passed without her feeling worried and depressed. On wet days she would fret hat the wet clothes in the laundry would not get dry and sunny days would find her anxious that nobody came for the umbrellas. Seeing her so blue, one wise old man said to her, “Madam, how blessed you are. Rain means brisk business to your first daughter, and sunshine brings throngs of customers to your second