自考“英漢翻譯教程”復習筆記（8）

　　5.Clyde， left alone in this fashion， and not knowing just what it meant， stared， wondering.

　　克萊德就這么給甩在這兒了，弄不明白什么意思， 兩眼直愣愣地想呀想呀。

　　6.著名翻譯家王佐良教授以翻譯英詩為主，兼及散文和戲劇。 1980年出版的他的<英國詩文選擇集>中，有他譯的袁斯詩11首，雪萊詩8詩，麥克迪兒米詩10首，有他譯的培根的散文3篇，科貝特的散文6篇。1985年出版了他譯的<彭斯詩選>.此外他還曾將曹禺的<雷雨>譯成英語。

　　7.I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers.

　　我記得兒時給各種小草和隱蔽的小花取的名字。

　　8.It required only a rich winter of rain to make it break forth in grass and flowers.

　　只要經(jīng)歷一個雨量充足的冬季， 草呀，花呀， 就會長出來。

　　9. when June came the grasses headed out and turned brown， and the hills turned a brown which was not brown but a gold anad saffron and red——an indescribable color.

　　到6月，草就已經(jīng)長高了，顏色也變成棕色了。山則顯出一種特別的棕色，說棕也不是棕， 有點金黃，有點桔黃，還有點紅——也形容不出是個什么顏色。

　　10. It was a rasping nervous wind， and the dust particles cut into a man‘s skin and burned his eyes.

　　大風讓人們煩躁焦慮，塵土的微粒剮著人的臉，刺痛人的眼睛。

　　11. The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twings.

　　土地龜裂，泉水干枯，牛兒無精打采地啃著干樹枝。

　　12. The tall， well-dressed gentleman standing before me was certainly a far cry from the old sea wolf of my imagination.

　　站在我面前的是一位身材高大，衣著講究的先生， 與我先前想像的老海怪完全不同。

　　13. A delighted giggle cut through the severe silence. The ice was broken. We all laughed.

　　一陣咯咯的歡笑聲打破了嚴肅而沉寂的氣氛。 誰也不拘束了，大家都笑了起來。

　　14.在舊社會， 我們評劇演員常常掙錢不夠吃飯，藝人們大都是拉家?guī)Э?，生活困難。

　　In the old society， Pinju players seldom made enough to live on. And as most were saddled with big families their life was hard.

　　15.臘月二十三封箱，把“祖師爺”請到前臺去， 后臺冷冷清清， 演員們就更苦了，要等到年初一開戲了，才能掙到錢。

　　On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month， when theatres closed and the patron saint of actors was invited to the front stage， leaving the backstage deserted， actors were even worse off， unable to earn any more until the reopening on New Year‘s Day.

　　16. 真是一個錢撕成八瓣用，心里總是想著怎樣能夠改善家里的困境。

　　Each single copper had to be eked out， and I kept racking my brains for ways to improve our difficult conditions.

　　17.每天天不亮戴著星星去排隊，工廠沒開大門就排上老長的隊了。

　　We had to queue up before dawn when there were still stars in the sky. A long queue formed before the mill‘s gate opened.

　　18.可我從頭到腳淋成了落湯雞了。

　　I was drenched from head to foot like a drowned rat.

　　UNIT 8 POPULAR SCIENCE

　　1. there were three groups of oils； animal， vegetable and mineral.

　　油可以分為三大類：動物油，植物油，礦物油。

　　2. a few other creatures yield oil， but non so much as whale.

　　有些動物也出油，但都沒有鯨魚出得多。

　　3. Vegetable oil has been known from antiquity.

　　植物油從古以來就為人們所熟悉。

　　4. To it we owe the existence of the motor-car， which has replaced the private carriage drawn by the horse， to it we owe the possibility of flying.

　　就是因為有了這種油，我們才能用上汽車，以代替馬車。就是因為有了這種油，我們才有可能飛行。

　　5. two metal surfaces rubbing together cause friction and heat； but if they are separated by a thing film of oil， the friction and heat are reduced. No machine would work for long if it were not properly lubricated.

　　兩個金屬面相擦，就要產生摩擦和熱；但如果在它們之間抹上薄薄的一層油，就可以減少磨擦，降低熱度。