灵活运用高级词汇

三、【一句多译显身手】从呆板重复到富于变化：

1. 我感谢您的帮助。

a. Thanks for your help.

b. I greatly appreciate your help.

c. I’m thankful to you for all this help.

d. I’m grateful for the favor you did for me.

2. 他喜欢踢足球。

a. He enjoys playing football.

b. Football is his favorite sport.

c. He' s fond of playing soccer.

d. He' s crazy about soccer.

3. 外公身体很好。

a. Grandpa is very well.

b. Grandpa is in good health.

c. Grandpa is fine and healthy.

d. Grandpa, my mother’s father, is sound in body.

4. 南极洲是世界上最冷的洲。

a. The Antarctic is the coldest continent in the world.

b. Of all the continents, the Antarctic is the coldest.

c. The Antarctic is colder than anywhere else on the earth.

d. No other continent is colder than the Antarctic on our planet.

5. 大雪影响了火车的运行。

a. The train couldn’t run because it was snowing heavily.

b. The heavy snow prevented the train from running.

c. As a result of the heavy snow, the train couldn’t run.

d. It was the heavy snow that held up the train.

6. 杰克这次考试又没及格。

a. Jack didn’t pass the exam again this time.

b. Jack failed again in the test this time.

c. Jack didn’t do well in the exam again this time.

d. Jack did badly in the test again this time.

7. 我可怜的父母最终还是供我上了大学。

a. At last, my poor parents sent me to a university.

b. Finally, my poor parents managed to send me to a university.

c. In the end, my poor parents succeeded in sending me to a university.

d. Eventually, my poor parents were able to send me to a university.

8. 如果你不努力学习，你就不会成功。

a. If you don’t study hard,you’ll not succeed.

b. You’ll not succeed unless you study hard.

c. Study hard, or （else） you’ll not succeed.

d. Study hard, otherwise you won’t succeed.

9. 听到这个消息，他很吃惊。

a. When he heard the news, he was very surprised.

b. Hearing the news, he felt much surprised.

c. He was greatly surprised at the news.

d. The news made him （feel） amazed.

10. 她竭尽所能帮助那个孩子。

a. In order to help the child she tried her best.

b. She did all that she could to help the child.

c. She did what she could do to help the kid.

d. She made every effort to help the kid.

e. She went all out to help the kid.

11. 老师认为汤姆的中文讲得不太好。

a. The teacher thought that Tom did not speak Chinese very well.

b. The teacher held the view that Tom spoke Chinese not so fluently.

c. The teacher believed that Tom’s spoken Chinese still needed improving.

d. The teacher thought little of Tom’s spoken Chinese.

e. In the teacher’s opinion, Tom’s oral Chinese remains poor.

12. 据说大约十七位旅客在事故中丧生。

a. It was said that about 17 passengers died in the accident.

b. Seventeen passengers or so were said to have died in the accident.

c. People said that some 17 passengers were killed in the accident.

d. They said that around 17 passengers lost their lives in the accident.

e. I was told that about 17 passengers had died in the accident.

13. 几天前我在超市遇到了露西姑妈。

a. The other day I met my aunt Lucy in the supermarket.

b. The other day I came across my aunt Lucy in the supermarket.

c. The other day I ran across my aunt Lucy in the supermarket.

d. A few days ago I happened to meet my aunt Lucy in the supermarket.

e. A few days ago I met my aunt Lucy in the supermarket by chance.

f. A few days ago I met my aunt Lucy in the supermarket by coincidence.

14. 刚一听到警报声，消防队员就集合待命了。

a. The firemen fell in for action as soon as they heard the alarm.

b. On hearing the alarm, the firemen fell in for action. （Upon）

c. No sooner had they heard the alarm than the firemen fell in for action.

（Hardly…when…/ Scarcely…before…）

d. The moment they heard the alarm, the firefighters fell in for action. （The minute/ second/ instant…）

e. The firefighters fell in for action immediately they heard the alarm. （instantly/ directly...）

f. The firefighters fell in for action at the hearing of the famous football star.

（at the sight/ thought/ idea/ mention of …）

15. 众所周知，马克·吐温是一位伟大的美国作家。

a. As is known to all, Mark Twain is a great American writer. （定语从句）

b. Mark Twain is a great American writer, as is known to all. （定语从句）

c. It is known to all that Mark Twain is a great American writer. （名词性从句）

d. What is known to all is that Mark Twain is a great American writer. （名词性从句）

e. That Mark Twain is a great American writer is known to all. （名词性从句）

16. 如果明天下雨，我们就推迟旅行。

a. If it rains tomorrow, we will put off our trip.（真实条件句）

b. If it rained tomorrow, we would put off our trip.（与将来事实可能相反的虚拟条件句）

c. If it were to rain tomorrow, we would put off our trip.（与将来事实可能相反的虚拟条件句）

d. If it should rain tomorrow, we would put off our trip. （与将来事实可能相反的虚拟条件句）

e. Were it to rain tomorrow, we would put off our trip.（与将来事实可能相反的虚拟语气，倒装句）

17.任何人犯了法，都要受到惩罚。

a. Anyone who breaks the law will be punished.（定语从句）

b. One who breaks the law will be punished.（定语从句）

c. He who breaks the law will be punished.（定语从句）

d. Those who break the law will be punished.（定语从句）

e. Whoever breaks the law will be punished.（主语从句）

f. No matter who breaks the law, he will be punished.（让步状语从句）

小结：

总之，同一个意思可以采用多种表达方式，只要做一个“有心人”，灵活运用不同词块表情达意，才能提升语言的表现力，凸显异曲同工之妙。

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