新世纪大学英语第三册翻译_汉译英.docVIP

Translation Unit One 1. 以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。 The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for the friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up. 2. 孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。 Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games. 3. 当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。 There spring up so many new things every day in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know / keep track of everything. 4. 诸如背弃朋友这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的“道德法庭”。 Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called the court of morality. 5. 有人把今天的文化描述成“快餐文化”。无论什么事，人们只是追求用最短的时间达到最大的满足。 Today’s culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time. 6. 常言道，天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么，就得去挣。 As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work for it. Unit Two A. 1. 无论是有情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少的认得到最多。 In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum. 2.我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现她根本不是个真诚的人。 I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all. 3. 我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，请按一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病。 We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease. 4. 情人节是一个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子。 Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / one’s affection. 5. 在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的。 In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous. 6. 爱情需要时间，因为只有慢慢习惯和学会欣赏对方才会产生爱情。 Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used to the other’s company and learned to ap