【汉译英】新题型之段落翻译

第一期

在林林总总的笔类制品中，毛笔算是中国独有的品类。传统的毛笔不但是古人必备的文房用具，而且在表达中华书法、绘画的特殊韵味上具有与众不同的魅力。

In all kinds of pens,writing brush is particular of China.Traditional writing brush is necessary tool to ancient chinese,but also has distinctive charm in expressing calligraphy and the special flavor of the drawing.

参考答案：
Of the various writing and painting instruments, the writing brush is unique to China. Traditional writing brushes not only were an everyday necessity for ancient people of literature in their studies, but also have the unique charms in expressing the special style of Chinese calligraphy and paintings.

词汇搭配(错题集)

1.

Charles Babbage is generally considered____the first computer.
A.to invent B.inventing C.to have invented D.having invented
consider后接动名词作宾语，意思是“考虑”
consider后接带to的不定式作宾语补足语或主语补足语，意思是“认为”，分别构成consider sb to do sth．和be considered to do sth两个句型。
如果表示过去发生的事情，动词不定式要用完成式。
因为电脑是过去发明的，所以选择to have invented。

2.

Paul doesn't have to be made____.He always works hard.
A.learn B.to learn C.learned D.learning
感官动词see,watch,feel,hear,notice,observe,listen to,look at和使役动词let,make,have等后接不带to的动词不定式变为被动句的时候，不定式前要加to。
比如：
(主) He made me laugh.

(被) I was made to laugh by him.

(主) I saw him go upstairs just now.

(被) He was seen to go upstairs just now

He was seen to come．
The boy was made to go to bed early.

3.

There are five pairs____,but I'm at a loss which to buy.
A.to be chosen B.to choose from C.to choose D.for choosing
choose 表示“选择”，其实是指“选择出来”(pick out)，而不是指“从……选择”，要表示后者的意思，要用 choose from，有时也用 choose among。
同样地，下面两例中的介词 from 也不可省略：
Here are some books for you choose from.
这些书可供你选择。
There are too many cakes to choose from.
蛋糕太多了，不知要选哪个好。

再比较一下下面两个句子：
He didn’t know what to choose. 他不知道选什么。
He didn’t know what to choose from. 他不知道从哪儿去选。

4.

____late in the morning,Bob turned off the alarm.
A.To sleep B.Sleeping C.Sleep D.Having slept
句子的意思是：Bob把闹钟关掉的目的是为了早上能够多睡一会儿。
这里的to是表示目的，“为了……”。
to sleep是In order to sleep的省略形式。