11 建桥翻译5-1.ppt

Exercises 1. Wherever the fault may lie, the fact remains that it is the theatre at Oxford and not at Cambridge, which is on the verge of exhibition, and the only fruit of the combination of industry and the rarefied atmosphere of learning is the dust in the streets and apathetic sense of being lost which hangs over some of the colleges. 译文1：姑且不论责任在哪一方，事实仍然是，在牛津的，而不是在剑桥 的剧院几乎已濒临绝境的边缘。那街上的尘垢和笼罩在某些学院 上空的那种茫然无所适从的悲哀之感，使工业和学术界的清高纯 洁的气氛相结合的唯一成果。 译文2：究竟是谁的过错姑且不论，事实仍然是，濒临绝境的是牛津的、 而不是剑桥的讲堂。在这有限范围的学术环境里兴办工业，其唯 一的结果是，街道上尘土飞扬，茫然若失的悲哀之感一直笼罩着 某些学院。 2. If they could not see the Winter Palace（圆明园）with their own eyes, they could dream about it --- as if in the gloaming they saw a breathtaking masterpiece of art as they had never known before --- as if there above the horizon of European civilization was towering the silhouette of Asian civilization. 译文1：如果不能亲眼目睹圆明园，人们就在梦中看到它。仿佛它在遥远 的苍茫暮色中隐约看见的一件前所未见惊人杰作，宛如亚洲文明 的轮廓崛起在欧洲文明的地平线上一样。 译文2：如果他们不能目睹圆明园的风姿，那么他们也能在梦幻中身临其 境：他们仿佛在暝暝之中见到一件闻所未闻而又令人叹为观止的 艺术杰作，宛如在欧洲文明的大地上巍然展现出一幅亚洲文明的 剪影。;Exercises 1. A few of the pictures are worth mentioning both for their technical excellence and interesting content. 照片中有几张拍摄技艺高超，内容风趣，值得一提。 2. I assimilated many skills and values that summer, but I will mention just one more: I remember objecting to having an election bumper sticker placed on my car. 那年夏天，我学到的技能、学会的道理举不胜举。不过，我还想提一件事： 记得当时我反对把大幅竞选宣传品贴在我的车上。 3. There is a flurry of hotels construction in metropolitan Manila, unmatched since 1976, when seven new hotels opened to coincide with the annual IMF- World Bank meetings held there. 大马尼拉市刮起了一股兴建宾馆之风，这种情况自1976年以来还是首现。 1976年，马尼拉曾有七家宾馆落成开张，迎来了国际货币基金组织和世界 银行在该市举行的年会。 4. Husbands, kids, careers and avocations---all require attention; too often, making time for our friends comes