(完整word版)專八翻譯練習(xí)題

1、得病以前，我受父母寵愛，在家中橫行霸道，一旦隔離，拘禁在花園山坡上一幢小房子里，我頓感打入冷宮，十分郁郁不得志起來。before i was taken ill, i had been a spoiled child of my parents, gettingthings my way in the family. once isolated and confined to a small houseon the slope of the garden, i suddenly found myself in disfavour and my wings clipped.一個(gè)春天的傍晚，園中百

2、花怒放，父母在園中設(shè)宴，一時(shí)賓客云集， 笑語四溢。one spring evening, with myriads of flowers in full bloom in the garden,my parents held a garden party in honour of many guests, whose arrival at once filled the place with laughing chats.我在山坡的小屋里，悄悄掀起窗簾，窺見園中大千世界，一片繁華， 自己的哥姐，堂表弟兄，也穿插其間，個(gè)個(gè)喜氣洋洋。in the small house on the slope,

3、 i quietly lifted the curtain, only to be metby a great and prosperous world with my elder brothers and sisters and my cousins among the guests, all in jubilation.一霎時(shí)，一陣被人摒棄，為世所遺的悲憤兜上心頭，禁不住痛哭起來。all at once, seized by a fit of forlorn rage, i could not help bursting into tears.在人際關(guān)系問題上我們不要太浪漫主義。we sh

4、ould not be too romantic in interpersonal relations.人是很有趣的，往往在接觸一個(gè)人時(shí)首先看到的都是他或她的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。human beings are interesting in that they tend to first see good in a new acquaintance.這一點(diǎn)頗像是在餐館里用餐的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。this is like dining in a restaurant.開始吃頭盤或冷碟的時(shí)候，印象很好。吃頭兩個(gè)主菜時(shí)，也是贊不絕 口。you will be not only favorably impressed with

5、the first two courses.愈吃愈趨于冷靜，吃完了這頓筵席，缺點(diǎn)就都找出來了。however, the more you have, the more sober you become until the dinner ends up with all the flaws exposed.于是轉(zhuǎn)喜為怒，轉(zhuǎn)贊美為責(zé)備挑剔，轉(zhuǎn)首肯為搖頭。consequently, your joy would give way to anger; your praises to criticismor even fault-finding; and your nodding in agreemen

6、t to shaking the head.這是因?yàn)?，第一，開始吃的時(shí)候你正處于饑餓狀態(tài)，而餓了吃糠甜加蜜，飽了吃蜜也不甜。第二，你初到一個(gè)餐館，開始舉筷時(shí)有新鮮感， 新蓋的茅房三天香，這也可以叫做“陌生化效應(yīng)”。what accounts for all this is, in the first place, you are hungry when youstart to eat. as the saying goes, “hunger is the best sauce”, and vice versa.大自然對人的恩賜，無論貧富，一律平等。所以人們對于大自然，全 都一直并深深地依賴著。

7、the bounty of nature is equal to everyone, rich or poor, and therefore all men are strongly attached to her.尤其在鄉(xiāng)間，上千年來人們一直以不變的方式生活著。this is particularly true in the rural areas, where people have kept the same lifestyle for a millennium or so.種植莊稼和葡萄，釀酒和飲酒，喂牛和擠奶，除草和栽花；they plant crops and grapevines, brew wine to drink, feed cows to milk, and weed gardens to grow flowers.在周末去教堂祈禱和做禮拜，在節(jié)日到廣場拉琴、跳舞和唱歌；they go to church at weekends, and they meet in the square on holidays, playing the violin, singing and dancing.往日的田園依舊是今日的溫馨家園。the age-old land remains