英语A期中考试快速阅读翻译Fast+reading11-15摘要.ppt

* Passage 11 to 15 in Speed Reading Passage11 Captivating: adj.capturing interest as if by a spell.迷人的;有吸引力的.Someone or something that is?captivating?fascinates or attracts you. ...her captivating smile and alluring looks. 她那迷人的微笑和妩媚的眼神 Synonym: bewitching;enchanting; fascinating Translation 1. If a foreign film is captivating – say the Chinese drama Raise the Red Lantern– within a few minutes the subtitles melt away 如果一部外国电影非常有吸引力，比如说，中国电影“大红灯笼高高挂”，几分钟之内你就不注意字幕了。 ? 2. One forgets that the characters are speaking a different language, and the message of the film, its plot, its humor, come through. 观众会丢开演员们讲不同语言这一事实，而看懂影片传递出的信息、情节和幽默 3. On his song My Heart, My Life, he also experiments with phrasing that is more direct than the unworldly style of his qawwali work. 在歌曲My Heart, My Life中，他也尝试了比那超凡脱俗的克瓦利（苏菲派穆斯林用于祈祷的音乐）音乐更直接的表达方式。 4.?Purists?may?not?like?the?fact?that?hes?recorded?such?boldly?entertaining?secular?songs.?他的这些极其世俗的、以享乐为目的的音乐作品在清教徒看来可能是难以接受的。? 5. Some American?rock?stars,?perhaps?seeking?to?fill?a?spiritual?void?in?their?own?music,?have?gravitated?to?Khan.?一些美国的摇滚巨星可能是为了填补自己音乐中的精神空白，也逐渐向Khan靠拢。? Hunting rifle crossbow Passage 12 Hunting Translation 1. Is hunting, as Oscar Wilde said, “the unspeakable（the worst people, the fox hunters） in pursuit of the uneatable,” or is it a countryside tradition, misunderstood and defamed by over-sentimental city dwellers?狩猎是否真如王尔德所说，是一种“残杀不可食用之生灵的让人唾弃之人的行径，”还是一个被过于多愁伤感的城里人所误解和诽谤的乡下习俗？ 2.On the other are the hunt saboteurs, who often pride themselves on strong working- class accents , tatty clothes and unkempt hairstyles.与之对应的阵营里是那些狩猎活动的“破坏分子”，他们引以为豪的是他们浓厚的工人阶级口音、破旧的衣服和乱糟糟的发型 3. They use guerrilla tactics to disrupt hunts and end up in violent struggles with the riders , much to the delight of television crews 他们用游击战术破坏狩猎，最后同狩猎者发生武力冲突结束，而这正合电视台工作人员的心意。 4. They see hunting as cruel, elitist and an inefficient way of controlling animals that may not to be controlled anyway. 他们认为狩猎是残忍的，精英主义的，以非有效方式来控制动物（数量）的活动，而动物的数量是不需要