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1、Translation & Interpretation Exercises Sophia1Cultural Differences in Body Language: Major cultural differences occur in eye contact, body motions, touch and perception of time and space. /For instance, Chinese, Indonesians, and rural Mexicans lower their eyes as a sign of defense. / To them direct

2、eye contact shows interest./ There are also differences in use of eye contact in the subcultures of the United States./For example, blacks use more continuous eye contact than whites when they are speaking but less when they are listening.2彈性工作制-上班可以晚到，下班可以提前-/在歐洲司空見慣，而在美國則屬新鮮事物。/制定這種制度是為了緩解交通和解決上下班

3、乘車的問題。/再者，隨著越來越多的婦女走向工作崗位，可以為她們增加與家人相聚的時間，/以及讓人對自己的生活有更強的控制感。 3When you stay with American friends, they will probably enjoy introducing you to their friends and family./They usually make a point of trying to make you feel comfortable and relaxed./On the whole, they tend to be informal./Men shake ha

4、nds, but usually only when they are introduced./4失敗并不意味著你一敗涂地，它只能說明你尚未成功；/失敗并不意味著你一無所獲，它只能說明你學(xué)有所成；/失敗并不意味著你愚蠢至極，它只能說明你信念篤深；/失敗并不意味著你疲弱無能，它只能說明你還不完美。/5The many lakes and rivers, as well as the long coastline, have been of great importance to the development of the country,/since they made possible th

5、e easy transportation of people and all the things people need./Transportation by water is still necessary and important./In modern times, however, trains, automobiles, trucks and airplanes are doing much of the work./6The job interview is the time to sell yourself by giving examples of experiences

6、you have had related to the job and by revealing your good points. Its a good idea to have handy job resume or a list of school course that prepared you for the job.71).The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing about the rights of animals is fruitless. 2). It leads the di

7、scussion to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should be treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans, or with no consideration at all. 3). This is a false choice. 4). Arguing from the view that humans are different from animals in every relevant resp

8、ect, extremists of this kind think that animals lie outside the area of moral choice. 5). Any regard for the suffering of animals is seen as a mistake-a sentimental displacement of feeling that should properly be directed to other humans. 81). The lives of most men are determined by their environmen

9、t. 2). They accept the circumstances amid which fate has thrown them not only with resignation but even with good will. 3). They are like streetcars running contentedly on their rails and they despise the motorcycle that dashes in and out of the traffic and speeds so jauntily across the open country

10、. 4). I respect them; they are good citizens, good husbands, and good fathers, and of course somebody has to pay the taxes; but I dont find them exciting. 5). I am fascinated by the men, few enough in all conscience, who take life in their own hands and seems to mould it to their own liking. 91). I

11、have never had much patience with the writers who claim from the reader an effort to understand their meaning. 2). You have only to go to the great philosophers to see that it is possible to express with lucidity the most subtle reflections. 3). One cause of obscurity is that many writers think, not

12、 before, but as they write. 4). The pen originates the thought. 5). The disadvantages of this, and indeed it is a danger against which the author must be always on his guard, is that there is a sort of magic in the written word. 6). The idea acquires substance by taking on a visible nature, and then

13、 stands in the way of its own clarification. 10在希臘，人們非常注意把生意和消遣混在一起同時進行。/他們通常不吃午餐，3點30分左右下班，回家休息。/以便享受一頓款待來訪生意人的豐盛晚宴。/在晚宴上做東是件榮耀的事。/樹立慷慨形象十分重要。/因此事物和酒都很豐富。11Australians always take great pride in displaying their hospitality to others./This was built up hit by hit when the first settlers began to explore a living on the vast, wide land./ At that time, convicts and free immigrants had to fight together against the changeable nature/, which could put them on the verge of risks and disasters at any time./ For