新题英语型翻译.doc

翻译练习：
1．I have had great deal of trouble keeping up with the rest of the class
(跟得上班上的其他同学) .

2．None of us expected the chairman to turn up (我们没有人料到主席会出现) at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.

3. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, as expected / as it was to be expected (正如预料的那样).

4. Most doctors recognize that medicine is as much a science as an art (是一门科学，也是一门艺术).

5. Some women could have made a good salary / a good income (本来能够挣一份很好的工资) in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.

6．Over a third of the population was estimated to have no access (无法获得) to the health service.

7. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used to students’ being late for (习惯了学生迟到) his lecture.

8. The price of beer ranges / varies from 50 cents to 4 dollars (从50美分到4美元不等) per liter during the summer season.

9.We’d like to reserve a table for (预订一张餐桌) five for dinner this evening.

10. There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means to make trouble (想找麻烦).

Mean doing / mean to do sth.

11. It may be necessary to stop at intervals (每隔…时间) in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.

12. The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell lest / for fear that / in case that he should injure himself (伤害自己).

13. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy preparing for / occupied preparing for (忙着准备) her examination.

14. The ship’s generator broke down and the pumps had to be operated manually (不得不用手工操作) instead of mechanically.

15. Why didn’t you tell me you could me the money? I needn’t have borrowed it from the bank (本来不必从银行借钱的）

16．By the time you get to New York, I will have left for / will have set off for (已经动身去) London.

17. Buying clothes is a time-consuming job (是一件很耗时的工作), because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her.

18. It’s time to take some measures / steps (采取措施) about the traffic problem downtown.

It's time + that clause 时，that可省略，time可由about修饰，从句中的谓语动词有两种形式，或者用动词的过去式(be用were)；或者用should + 动词原形（should不能省略)。此句型为虚拟语气句型，表示“现在某人该做某事了”。含有该事早该去做而未做，现在去做似乎都为时已晚的意思。例：

It's time （that）we went to bed.
我们该去睡觉了。

It's high time that the article were published.
发表这篇文章是适时的。

It's time you should do cleaning.
你该去打扫卫生了。

19. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon conquered /got over/ overcame this feeling/ it/ the fear (克服了这种心理).

20. Please don’t stand in the kitchen, you’re in my way/in the way（挡路了）.

In my way
On my way
On my way to success.

21．There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone had interrupted / disturbed me (打扰我) that evening.

It is the first time that +I have come to China.

一般说来，在It [This] is the first time＋that-结构中，that-从句通常用现在完成时：

It’s the first time (that) the boy has spoken to a foreigner.
这个男孩还是第一次同外国人说话。

It’s the first time that she’s seen an elephant. 这是她第一次见到大象。

有时以上结构中的 first 也可换成 second，third，fourth 等；其中的time也可换成其他名：
It’s the first month that he has lived here.
这是他第一个月住在这里。

This is the second cigarette that he has smoked today.
这是他今天抽的第二支烟。

若It was the first time that-结构中，that-从句通常用过去完成时，
I was lucky because that was the second time I had visited Japan that year. 我很幸运，那是我那年第二次访问日本。

It was the first time this year that he hadn’t worked on a Saturday. 这是今年来他第一次在星期六不上班。

22. It is because of / due to her lack of experience / It is because she is too inexperienced (正是由于她太没有经验) that she does not know how to deal with the situation.

23.When I caught him cheating me (发现他骗我) I stopped buying thins there and started dealing with another shop.

24. The manager would rather his daughter did not work in the same office (不在一个办公室内工作).

would rather后句子用虚拟语气

would rather后接句子时，句子谓语习惯上要用虚拟语气，具体用法为：
1．一般过去时表示现在或将来的愿望

I’d rather you went tomorrow (now). 我宁愿你明天(现在)去。

I’d rather you came next Saturday. 我宁愿你下星期六来。

I’d rather you were happy. 我愿你快乐。

I’d rather she sat next to me. 我宁愿她挨着我坐。

I’d rather Jack left on an earlier train. 我宁愿杰克乘前一班火车走。

You always go without me and l’d rather you didn’t. 你总是不带我去，我可不愿意你这样。

“Shall I open the window? ” “I’d rather you didn’t. ”
“我要不要把窗子打开? ” “我看不要打开好。”

2. 用过去完成时表过去的愿望

I’d rather you hadn’t said it. 我真希望你没有这样说过。

I’d rather you hadn’t done that. 我宁愿你没这样做。

l’d rather you had been / hadn’t been present。我 (宁) 愿你当时在场 / 不在场。

l’d rather he had told / hadn’t told me about it 我 (宁) 愿他告诉了 / 未告诉我这件事。

Katie went by car and I’d rather she hadn’t. 凯蒂是坐汽车去的，我宁愿她不坐汽车

25. The sports meet originally due to be held last Friday was called off / cancelled because of the bad weather (最终因天气不好而取消了).

Put off, delay, postpone doing sth.

call off, cancel

26.I will be doing /making / conducting / carrying experiments (将在做实验) from three to five this afternoon.

Carry/do/make/conduct experiments

27. How close parents are to their children has great influence / impact on / upon (有很强的影响) the character of the children.

28. But for his help, I would not have finished it so early (我不可能这么早完成).

If he had not helped me, I would not have finished it so early.

If I did not have classes now, I would go to the dining hall.

If it snowed /should snow / were to snow tomorrow, the English class would be called off.

29. His remarks left me wondering about his real purpose (想知道他的真实目的).

30. Mark often attempts to escape being fined (试图逃脱罚款) whenever he breaks traffic regulations.

31．If this can’t be settled reasonably, it may be necessary to resort to force (诉助武力).

32. The room is in a terrible mess; it can’t have been cleaned（肯定没打扫过）.

33. Everybody knows he was wrongly accused / charged（受到了冤枉指控）.

34. He wears a pair of sunglasses for fear that he should be recognized（惟恐被别人认出来）.

35. She never dreams of being sent abroad (被派到国外).

36. If you won’t agree to our plan, neither will they (他们也不会同意).

37. I should say Henry is not so much a writer (与其说是个作家不如说是) as a reporter.

38. Believe it or not (信不信由你), his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.

39. If you don’t like to swim, you may just as well stay at home (不妨待在家里).

40. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you stain the new carpet (弄脏了新地毯).

41．Frankly speaking, I’d rather you didn’t do anything (不采取任何措施) about it for the time being.

42. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play indispensable roles (起着不可缺少的作用) in raising children.

43. John seems a nice person, Even so (即使这样), I don’t trust him.

44. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, are being developed（正在研制) and perfected now.

45. What a lovely party! It’s worth remembering all my life (牢记一生).

46．Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not lose contact with (失去联系) the outside world.

47. Cancer is second only to (仅次于) heart disease as a cause of death.

48. It is a pity that we should stay at home when we have such fine weather (这么好的天气).

49. I would have never resorted to (不会诉诸法律) a court of law if I hadn’t been so desperate.

50. John cannot afford to go to the university, not to speak of / not to mention / let alone going abroad (更不用说出国了).

51．I don’t mind your delaying making (你延期做出决定) the decision as long as it is not too late.

52. I suggested he should adapt himself to（使自己适应）his new conditions.

53. I have no objection to hearing your story again（再听听你的故事）.

54. This popular sports car is now being turned（正在生产出来）out at the rate of a thousand a week.

55. Could you take a blank sheet of paper?（请你找张空白纸）and write your name at the top?