大学英语精读后汉译英练习.doc

1.史密斯太太对我抱怨说,她经常发现与自己十六岁的女儿简直无法沟通。
Mrs. Smith complained to me that she often found it simply impossible to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter.
2.我坚信，阅读简写的英文小说是扩大我们词汇量的一种轻松愉快的方法。
I firmly believe that reading simplified English novels is an easy and enjoyable way of enlarging our vocabulary.
3.我认为我们在保护环境不受污染方面做的还不够。
I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our environment from pollution.
4.除了每周写作文外，我们的英语老师还给我们布置了八本书在暑假里阅读。
In addition to/Apart from writing compositions on a weekly basis, our English teacher assigned us eight books to read during the summer vacation.
5.我们从可靠的消息来源获悉下学期一位以英语为母语的人将要教我们英语口语。
We’ve learned from reliable sources that a native English speaker is going to teach us spoken English next term/semester.
6.经常看英语电影不仅会提高你的听力，而且还会帮助你培养说的技能。
Seeing English movies on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills.
7.如果你们对这些学习策略有什么问题，请随便问我。我将更详细地进行讲解。
If you have any questions about these learning strategies, please feel free to ask me. And I’ll explain them in greater detail.
8.那个加拿大女孩善于抓住每个机会讲汉语。这就是她为什么三年不到就熟练地掌握了汉语口语的原因。
The Canadian girl is good at seizing every opportunity to speak Chinese That’s why she has gained a good command of spoken Chinese in less than three years.

1.那位名演员似乎很乐意在剧中扮演一个次要角色。
That famous actor seemed content to play a minor part in the play.
2.国庆节要到了，咱们把寝室彻底打扫一下吧。
National Day is round the corner. Let's give our bedroom a thorough clean.
3.她非常勉强地同意让一位年轻医生为她做手术。
She agreed, very reluctantly, to be operated on by a young doctor.
4.他们已安排好让我们明天去游览长城，我相信我们在那儿一定会玩的很开心。
They've arranged for us to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. I'm sure we'll have a good time there.
5.老人读完信后失望之极，竟用颤抖的手指把它撕得粉碎。
After reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.
6.老两口为他们的孙子感到骄傲，因为他在第28届奥运会上获得了两枚金牌和一枚铜牌。
The old couple were proud of their grandson, who won two gold medals and a bronze at the 28th Olympic Games.
7.即使他的祖母不能来参加他的生日宴会，她也会寄给她一件可爱的礼物。对这一点汤姆深信不疑。
Even if his grandmother could not come to his birthday party, she would send him a lovely present. Tom was sure of that.

8.昨天是玛丽的二十岁生日。她父亲给她一双靴子，她母亲为她买了一盒巧克力。而她男朋友则带给她一束红玫瑰。
It was Mary's twentieth birthday yesterday. Her father sent her a pair of boots. Her mother bought her a box of chocolates. And her boyfriend brought her a bunch of roses.

1.接受这份工作就得经常在周末上班，但约翰并不在意。
To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didn't mind.
2.众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的。
It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much.
3.我祖父母说，发明电视的那个人曾住在他们那个地段。
My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood.
4。我提议咱们会后马上去办公室找史密斯教授，邀请他参加我们的英语晚会。
I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening.
5.她因那病开过两次刀，身体十分虚弱，几乎站不起来。
Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up.
6.教育家们认为，伴随着电视机长大的一代人，在电视机前花的时间太多，以致没有足够的时间学习了。
Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study.
7.我真希望你能拿出一个比这更好的解决办法来。
I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one.
8.乍一看，这幅画并不好，但经过仔细观察，我们才发现他的确是一幅杰作。
At first glance the picture didn't look very good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.

1.萨姆买不起他极想要的那种照相机，因为那相机太贵了。
Sam could not afford (to buy) the camera he longed for because it was too expensive.
2.整个上午他都在忙于写那篇故事，只是偶尔停下来喝杯茶。
He was busy writing the story all the morning, only breaking off occasionally to have a cup of tea.
3.他是个富人家的儿子，不过是看上去已经家道中落了。
He is the son of a wealthy family, but he seems to have come down in the world.
4.他常利用她缺乏生意头脑而欺骗她。
He often took advantage of her lack of business sense to cheat her.
5.王教授，请您赏光来参加我们星期六的英语晚会好吗？
Prof. Wang, would you do us a favor by coming to our English evening this Saturday?
6.看外表他一点也不像是个八十多岁的老人。
He does not seem to be an old man in his eighties, considering his appearance.
7.他们肯定没打算把他培养成一名工程师,我猜想他们永远也不会这样做。
Undoubtedly they do not have the intention of making an engineer of him, and I suspect they never will.
8.我怀疑这家工厂什么质量控制也没有。经过一周的观察，我发现情况果真如此。
I suspected there was no quality control whatsoever in the factory. After making observations for a week I found this was indeed the case.

1.我很幸运，在我年轻的时候就学会了许多不同的技能。
I am lucky to have acquired a wide range of skills when I was young.
2.这些画价值在五千万美元左右，绝不能直接暴露在阳光之下。
These drawings, which are worth something like 50 million dollars, must not be exposed to direct sunlight.
3.我儿子写出他第一首诗的时候，我就知道他有天赋。
I knew my son got talent when he composed his first poem.
4.由于流感在社区传播，她用暖和的冬衣将自己裹起来，以防传染上这种疾病。
As the flu was spreading in the community, she wrapped herself in warm winter clothing to avoid catching the disease.
5.被告否认他曾经向政府官员付钱以获得合同。
The defendant denied that he had ever made any payment to the government official to get a contract
6.我吃惊地看到，当他妻子泄露了一个家庭秘密的时候，他掴了她一记耳光。
I was startled to see he slapped his wife in the face when she revealed a family secret.
7.他说他掌握了一个关于战争的秘密文件，这使每一个在座的人都大为吃惊。接着他啪的一声打开公文包便开始读起来。
He astonished everyone present by saying that he possessed a secret paper about the war. He then snapped open his briefcase and began to read it.
8.当他渐渐地获得了信心的时候，他的语调变得自然了，说起话来也就自然脱口而出了。
As he gradually acquired confidence, his tone became natural and his words came out spontaneously.

1.工厂和汽车排出的一氧化碳和一类气体严重污染了大气。
Gases such as carbon monoxide, emitted by factories and automobiles, have seriously polluted the atmosphere.
2.那位工业管理工程师的来信说明，他对该项计划是否可行有怀疑。
The industrial engineer's letter indicates that he doubts the feasibility of the plan.
3.在美国，许多父母在孩子出生之前就为他们的教育留出一笔专款。
Many parents in the United States set aside a fund for their children's education before they are born.
4.我已了解清楚，她的结论是以事实为根据的。
I have made sure that her conclusion is based on facts.
5.几天前，由三位医生和两名护士组成的医疗队出发到山区去了。
The medical team, composed of three doctors and two nurses, set off for the mountain area a few days ago.
6.这个村庄是以矗立在它面前的那座高山命名的。
The village is named after the high mountain that stands in front of it.
7.他病了一个月左右，这使他在学习上耽误了很多。
He was ill for about a month, which has really set him back in his studies.
8.南方和北方之间于一八六一年爆发的那场战争在历史上成为“美国内战”。
The war that broke out between the North and the South in 1861 is known in history as the American Civil War.