大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)翻譯:精講精練

　　1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course; _______________to see if I like it?

　　2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________.

　　3. The volume of trade between the two countries, as is reported,______________.

　　4. My question is _______________.

　　5. He looks honest, but ________________，arent they?

　　參考答案與解析：

　　1. may I sit in for the first week

　　解析：分號(hào)之前表示原因：因?yàn)槲也桓掖_定是否想學(xué)這門課程，所以能否讓我第一周旁聽(tīng)看看是否喜歡它?旁聽(tīng)英語(yǔ)里說(shuō)成sit in，如：sit in a lecture.另外，sit in也可以表示靜坐，如：There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.

　　2. which they hope will help solve the case

　　解析：我們把中午句子的含義補(bǔ)全就是警察希望這些新證據(jù)能有助于該案的處理，新證據(jù)已經(jīng)在前文中出現(xiàn)，那么在這里我們需要把能有助于該案的處理譯成后置定語(yǔ)來(lái)修飾new evidence.on the trail of意思是在尋找。

　　3. has increased more than fourfold

　　解析：本題是考查數(shù)字的譯法，可以參考前面的節(jié)目.本句還要指出的是as在非限制性定語(yǔ)從句中的應(yīng)用：as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，其先行項(xiàng)通常是整個(gè)主句.As從句的位置很靈活，可以出現(xiàn)在句首，句中或句末，并與主句之間用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi).如：As he pointed out，the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.The night has turned cold，as is usual around here.

　　4. who will take over as president of the Foundation

　　解析：這是wh-詞引導(dǎo)的從句在句中作表語(yǔ).本題的考點(diǎn)是：中文可以有接任的職位的搭配，英文卻不能說(shuō)take over the position of，因?yàn)閠ake over本身就包括接任某職的含義，因此只要將某一職位的名稱譯出來(lái)即可，用take over as來(lái)表達(dá).該基金會(huì)在句中是特指，因而Foundation的首字母要大寫(xiě).

　　5. appearances are sometimes deceiving

　　解析：考生要看起來(lái)這是一個(gè)并列復(fù)合句.其規(guī)則之一是，疑問(wèn)部分的主語(yǔ)要和后面句子的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)在人稱、數(shù)、性、時(shí)態(tài)方面保持一致.題干部分已經(jīng)給出 arent they?因此，外表要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，不能說(shuō)appearance is sometimes deceiving.

　　1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course; _______________to see if I like it?

　　2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________.

　　3. The volume of trade between the two countries, as is reported,______________.

　　4. My question is _______________.

　　5. He looks honest, but ________________，arent they?

　　參考答案與解析：

　　1. may I sit in for the first week

　　解析：分號(hào)之前表示原因：因?yàn)槲也桓掖_定是否想學(xué)這門課程，所以能否讓我第一周旁聽(tīng)看看是否喜歡它?旁聽(tīng)英語(yǔ)里說(shuō)成sit in，如：sit in a lecture.另外，sit in也可以表示靜坐，如：There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.

　　2. which they hope will help solve the case

　　解析：我們把中午句子的含義補(bǔ)全就是警察希望這些新證據(jù)能有助于該案的處理，新證據(jù)已經(jīng)在前文中出現(xiàn)，那么在這里我們需要把能有助于該案的處理譯成后置定語(yǔ)來(lái)修飾new evidence.on the trail of意思是在尋找。

　　3. has increased more than fourfold

　　解析：本題是考查數(shù)字的譯法，可以參考前面的節(jié)目.本句還要指出的是as在非限制性定語(yǔ)從句中的應(yīng)用：as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，其先行項(xiàng)通常是整個(gè)主句.As從句的位置很靈活，可以出現(xiàn)在句首，句中或句末，并與主句之間用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi).如：As he pointed out，the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.The night has turned cold，as is usual around here.

　　4. who will take over as president of the Foundation

　　解析：這是wh-詞引導(dǎo)的從句在句中作表語(yǔ).本題的考點(diǎn)是：中文可以有接任的職位的搭配，英文卻不能說(shuō)take over the position of，因?yàn)閠ake over本身就包括接任某職的含義，因此只要將某一職位的名稱譯出來(lái)即可，用take over as來(lái)表達(dá).該基金會(huì)在句中是特指，因而Foundation的首字母要大寫(xiě).

　　5. appearances are sometimes deceiving

　　解析：考生要看起來(lái)這是一個(gè)并列復(fù)合句.其規(guī)則之一是，疑問(wèn)部分的主語(yǔ)要和后面句子的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)在人稱、數(shù)、性、時(shí)態(tài)方面保持一致.題干部分已經(jīng)給出 arent they?因此，外表要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，不能說(shuō)appearance is sometimes deceiving.