經(jīng)典四級翻譯必背真題附答案及拓展練習(xí)

1、Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them不要害怕強(qiáng)大：有的人天生強(qiáng)大，有的人成就強(qiáng)大，有的人被迫強(qiáng)大。四級翻譯練習(xí)In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. 教育不是為了教會青年人謀生，而是教會他們創(chuàng)造生活。 I would rather see a young man blush th

2、an turn pale. 我寧可看到青年人臉紅，也不愿看到他臉色變得蒼白I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. 我不同意你說的話，但我愿意誓死捍衛(wèi)你說話的權(quán)利。 The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired. 我們的交通狀況令人不滿意。 Smoking has a great influence on our health. 抽煙對我們的健康有很大的影響。 Reading does good to our

3、 mind. 讀書對心靈有益。 Overworking does harm to ones health. 工作過度對健康有害。 Pollution poses a great threat to our existence. 污染對我們的生存造成一大威脅。 We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life. 我們應(yīng)盡全力去達(dá)成我們的人生目標(biāo)。 It pays to help others. 幫助別人是值得的。 The progress of society is based on harmony. 社會的進(jìn)步是以和諧為基礎(chǔ)的。 We sh

4、ould spare no effort to beautify our environment. 我們應(yīng)該不遺余力地美化我們的環(huán)境。 We should bring home to people the value of working hard. 我們應(yīng)該讓人們明白努力的價值。 Exercising is closely related to health. 做運(yùn)動與健康息息相關(guān)。-不知道是由于我太以自我為中心或是太孤僻，以致總是無法和我所認(rèn)識的人成為坦誠相交的朋友。 一般來說，在我們太空時代的幼年期，人類對太空的探索，就是靠其想象力。 他大意是說：“同樣一個象征符號，不同的文化中卻有著不

5、同的含意”。 東京的人口是日本人口的十分之一。 他的年齡是我的三倍。 Im either too self-centered or too reserved to be on confidential terms with anyone I know at all well. In the early years of our space age, generally speaking, mans exploits in space relied upon his imagination. He speaks to the effect that the same symbol can car

6、ry different implications in different cultures. The population of Tokyo is one-tenth of Japans as a whole. He is three times as old as me. 她種植了各種不同類型的珍貴花卉，更不用說是玫瑰和茉莉花了。 不能花太短的時間來完成關(guān)系一生的大事。 說實在話，他二十年前沒能接受到正規(guī)學(xué)校教育。 中國超過日本二十倍大的面積。 她肯定在做白日夢，看起來她的心思好像在千里的地方。 She raised quite different kinds of precious f

7、lowers to say nothing of roses and jasmine. Take not too short a time to do well something that will influence you all through your life. To tell the truth, he did not receive a normal education twenty years ago. The land area of China is more than twenty times larger than that of Japan. Her head wa

8、s certainly in the clouds: she looked like her mind was a thousand miles away.She can speak seven foreign languages to say nothing of her English. 她能講七種外國語言，更不用說英語了。 “say nothing of”是用來表示“更不用說是”的意思?！皀ot to speak of”與“no to mention”也是用來表示相同的意思?！皀ot to say”則表示“即使不能說”的意思。 To tell the truth, I dont like

9、 her at all. 說實在話，我一點也不喜歡她。 to tell the truth= to say the truth，是用來表示“說實在話”、“說老實話”的意思，它是一個獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)，用來修飾整個句子。 to be frank with you（坦白地說），to make a long story short（簡單地說），to do one justice（公平的說），與to tell the truth是個相類似的句型。 When I was a boy, I was too cowardly to go out at might. 當(dāng)我還是個小孩時，我太膽小以致夜晚不敢出門。 T

10、his mountain is twice as large as that one. 這座山大約是那座山的兩倍高。 Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. 我從不憐惜自負(fù)的人們，因為我覺得他們無處不能自我安慰。（艾略特） The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. 對于詩人來說，最大的悲劇莫過于由于誤解而受到欽佩。 “the + b

11、estworstmost effective waymeasure is to”結(jié)構(gòu)結(jié)合該句學(xué)習(xí)。 If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. 如果你年輕時不學(xué)會思考，那就永遠(yuǎn)不會。 We should get into the habit of keeping good hours. 我們應(yīng)該養(yǎng)成早睡早起的習(xí)慣。 Due to/Owing to/Thanks to + n./Ving, （因為） Thanks to his encouragement, I finally realized my

12、dream. 因為他的鼓勵，我終于實現(xiàn)我的夢想。 （1）句型以及其倒裝使用2008年6月翻譯真題第91題：_(直到他完成使命)did he realize that he was seriously ill. (Key：Not until he accomplished / finished the mission )建議：以此類推，掌握如下常用句型（以倒裝方式給出）Not only .but alsoSo ( Such )that.恒星英語學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng)Not until.Neither.nor.您看到來自 Hardly .when.No sooner than.Only by /through /

13、in ., .例：Not only _ (他向我收費(fèi)過高)but he didnt do a good repair. （key：did he charge me too much）（2）從句a. 定語從句2008年12月翻譯真題第87題：Medical researchers are painfully aware that there are many problems _(他們至今還沒有答案) （Key :which/that they havent found answers to）b. 狀語從句真題中出現(xiàn)過如if 條件狀語從句（2007 年6月第 91題），no matter引導(dǎo)的讓

14、步狀語從句（2007年12月第89題和2008年6月第89題）建議：關(guān)于定語從句，到目前為止所考察的均為關(guān)系代詞which/ that等所引導(dǎo)的，所以考生需額外留意關(guān)系副詞where/ when/how 所引導(dǎo)的定語從句。對于狀語從句，繼續(xù)復(fù)習(xí)如時間狀語從句，方式狀語從句，因果狀語從句等其他類狀語從句。除卻定語從句，狀語從句外，名詞性從句也需加強(qiáng)，如賓語從句（特別注意wish/ would rather 引導(dǎo)的賓語從句中虛擬樣式），表語從句，同位語從句甚至主語從句。（3）非謂語動詞a. 分詞做伴隨狀語2008年6月第90題：_(與我成長的地方相比) this town is more pros

15、perous and exciting. (key : Compared with the place where I grew up)注意，答案中除過去分詞（compared with ）做伴隨外，還含有where引導(dǎo)的定語從句。b. 動詞不定式做目的狀語2006年6月第88題 恒星英語學(xué)習(xí)網(wǎng)_(為了掙錢供我上學(xué))，Mother often takes on more work than is good for her. (Key : to support my university studies )建議：由于非謂語動詞除分詞和動詞不定式外，還包括動名詞，但尚未考察過，所以考生有必要預(yù)備非

16、謂語動詞之“動名詞”情況。（4）其他類語法如：虛擬語氣，比較級，情態(tài)動詞。（5）常用詞組：尤其是動介詞組，如adapt to ., have trouble doing ， be likely to do. , attribute to.等類似樣式。多積累習(xí)慣句型和固定搭配，在“翻譯”時盡可能多用這些模式化的句型，少一些逐字對譯。沒有復(fù)雜句不能得高分。但是在寫復(fù)雜句的同時，我們還要注意不能寫太多這樣的句子。全是復(fù)雜句，文章讀起來會很累很煩很不自然。因此考試作文的句子要長短結(jié)合。一些基礎(chǔ)不好的同學(xué)最好少些甚至不寫復(fù)雜句，因為如果復(fù)雜句寫錯了會影響得分，而簡單句只要不錯分?jǐn)?shù)反而不會低到哪里去。把近

17、三年的范文看看，主要看結(jié)構(gòu)，然后自己寫寫，讓同學(xué)或老師修改，再寫一遍。這樣做可以，一、熟悉英文寫作的結(jié)構(gòu); 有些大學(xué)允許學(xué)生自由選擇某些課程的任課教師 2.學(xué)生選擇教師時所考慮的主要因素 3.學(xué)生自選任課教師的益處和可能產(chǎn)生的問題 范文： OnStudentsChoosingLecturersNowadays,someuniversitiesgivestudentstherighttochoosewhoteachessomeoftheirclasses.Thishasledtosomedebateoverwhetherstudentsshouldbegiventhismuchpower. Th

18、ereareseveralfactorsthatstudentsconsiderwhenchoosingalecturer,includingtheteachingstyleofthelecturer,thelecturersacademicbackground,andthelecturersreputationamongstudents.Theideallecturerisonewhohasaninterestingteachingstyle,adiverseacademicbackground,andagoodreputationamongstudents. Therearebothpos

19、itiveandnegativeaspectstoallowingstudentstochoosetheirlecturers.Givingstudentsthechoiceencouragesthemtotakeownershipfortheirclasses,andalsoputspressureonteacherstoimprovetheirteachingquality. However,thefactorsthatstudentsconsidermightnotbetheonesthatleadtothehighestqualityofeducation.Schoolsmighten

20、dupwithlecturerswhoteachinterestingclasseswithoutmuchcontent.NothingSucceedsWithoutaStrongWill “NothingSucceedsWithoutaStrongWill”isaccumulatedexperienceweinheritedfromourforefathers.Itstandstoreasonthatpersistenceisvitaltosuccess;nevertheless,onesendcanneverbeaccomplishedwiththelackingfirmnessofwil

21、l. Acaseinpointisthequittingofsmoking.OntheeveoftheWorldNo-TobaccoDaythisyear,theMinistryofEducationandMinistryofPublicHealthadvocatedthatcampussmoking-controlinterventionshouldbetheforerunnerofthenationwidesmoking-controlefforts,which,undoubtedly,hasmotivatedthecampaignof“Smoking-freeSchool”thathas

22、beensweepingthewholeofChina.Intheadvanceofthemovement,thehumoroussayinghasacquiredaproverbialcurrency,“Quittingsmokingistheeasiestthingworld.Ivedoneithundredsoftime.”O(jiān)bviously,wantinginperseverance,thesesmokerswillneverfulfilltheirpurposes. Fromwhathavebeendiscussedabove,wecanreasonablycometotheconc

23、lusionthatonlythosetough-mindedpeoplecanreachthesummit.Otherwise,evenifyouhavetriedhundredsoftimes,youarestillatthefootofthemountain,admiringthosesuccessfulclimbers. WillNetworkClassroomsReplaceTraditionalClassrooms? WiththepopularizationoftheInternet,networkclassroomsaregainingmoreandmorepopularity

24、.Asanewteachingpattern,networkclassroomshavebecomeaneffectivecomplementtotraditionalclassrooms.Sosomepeopleproposeonequestion:willnetworkclassroomsreplacetraditionalclassrooms? Astothisquestion,theopinionsvaryfromonetoanother.Somepeoplethinkitquitepossiblefornetworkclassroomstotaketheplaceoftraditio

25、nalclassrooms.First,networkclassroomsneednthaveface-to-facecommunicationandarenotlimitedbytimeandplace,whichfacilitatebothteachersandstudents.Secondly,networkclassroomsreleaseteachersfromrepeatingthesamecontentssincethevideooraudiomaterialcanbeplayedtimeandagain.However,manypeoplehaveoppositestandpo

26、ints.Theysaythatwithonlinecourses,studentslackdirectcommunicationswithteachersandtheirconfusioncannotbesolvedinstantly.Inaddition,thecomputersystemcannotbeguaranteedtoworkstablyallthetime. Personally,bothnetworkclassroomsandtraditionalclassroomsarenecessaryforstudents.Iftraditionalteachingpatternsan

27、dthemodernoneslikenetworkclassroomscanbecombinedtogether,morefruitfuleducationissuretoberealized. AWitnessofaTheftIncident Yesterday,Iwitnessedatheftincidentonmywayhome.Thethiefwassorampantthatitleftmeaverydeepimpression. Itwasintherushhour,whenmanypeoplewerebuyingticketsatthesubwaystation.Awomantoo

28、kherpurseoutandpaidfortheticket.Thensheputherpursebackintoherbagandturnedtoleave,whenamid-agedmanbrushedpasthermuttering“Excuseme”.Shedidntfeelunusualandwentintothestation.Indeed,herpursehadbeenstolenbythatman.Tooursurprise,thethiefseemsnottobenervousatallandevenbegantolookothersupanddown.Maybehewas

29、searchingforthenexttarget.Atthattimesomepersons,includingme,witnessedtheprocess.Butunfortunately,noonedaredtowarnthatwoman. Thisincidentmakesmeashamedandleavesmeadeepthought.Thepickpockethasposedagreatthreattoresidentsandvisitorspropertysafety.Undoubtedly,itisanurgentthingtotakeactiontopreventpickpo

30、cket.However,itcannotdependonthepoliceonly.Instead,itneedsourcommonefforts.Wecannotshutoureyesandmouthstothepickpocketanymore.Itshouldbekeptinourmindsthatourforcesarefarbeyondthosethieves. AnEarlyMorningWalk OnemorningIgotupveryearly，andeverythingaroundwasveryquiet.Thesunhadjustrisen，shiningbrillian

31、tlyandeverythingseemedtobecoveredwithalayerofgoldensilk.Therewereonlysomebirdssingingoccasionallyinthetalltrees.Istrolledalongthestreettowardthepark，breathingthefreshairandfeelingextremelyhappy. WhenIarrivedatthepark，Ifound，tomysurprise，thatthereweresomanypeoplethere.Menandwomen，boysandgirls，allwere

32、enjoyingthemselvesintheirvariousactivities.Someweredoingmorningexercises，somewereplayingbadmintonandsomeoldpeoplewerehavingtheirteawhiletalkingtoeachothercheerfully. Iwanderedaroundthepark.Tomydelight，Ifoundafewmiddle-schoolstudentstalkingtoeachotherinEnglishinonecornerofthepark.Iwentupandspoketothe

33、minEnglish.Wesoonbecamefriends.IwasverygladtofindanotheropportunitytopracticemyspokenEnglish.Onthewayhome，Irealizedthatanearlymorningwalkreallywasgoodandhealthful.TakingearlymorningwalksmakesonehealthyandwiseAMostUnluckyDay Ihadastreakoftoughluckyesterday.Everything，itseemedtome，wentwrong.AndIsimply

34、couldntunderstandwhyallthebadthingshappenedtomeinonesingleday. Inthemorning，asluckwouldhaveit，myalarmclockdidntring，andwithanachingheadIwokeuphalfanhourlaterthanusual.Iwasinsuchahurrythat，whenmakinganomelet，Igotmyfingersburntandsplashedtheomeletalloverthefloorofthekitchen. Havingnotimeformybreakfast

35、atthatpoint，Irushedoutofmyhousewithanemptystomachandhurtingfingers.Ihadintendedtocatchthe7:30subway，butsomehowIcouldntmakeit.IbecameverynervousatthemerethoughtofbeinglateformyEnglishclass，becausemyEnglishteacherisverystrictanddemanding，andhegetsangrywheneveranystudentislateforhisclass. Aftergettingo

36、ffthe7:40subway，Iracedallthewayfromthestationtomyschool，thinkingitwouldbeimpossibleformetoflagataxiatthishouroftheday.Atthecornerofthestreetnearmyschool，Iabruptlybumpedintoamanand，worseluck，broketheglassesIhadboughtfor500yuanjustlastweek.Withscarcelyanytimetoreceiveorofferanapology，Ijustkeptonrunnin

37、gandrunning.Atlonglast，Iarrivedattheschoolonlytofind，withgreatsadnessmixedwithsomerelief，thattheschoolwasemptyandtheclassroomswerealllocked.ItwasSaturday. Myillluckshowednosignofcomingtoanend.WhenIreturnedhomegreatlyfrustrated，Ifoundmyselflockedout.InmyhurryIhadforgottentobringthekeywithme.Justmyluc

38、k! GoonaMediterraneanJourney MywifeandIhavealwaysenjoyedtravelingbysea，andlastyearwedecidedtogoonaMediterraneanjourney.Althoughourholidaywasratherexpensivewethoughtthatthehighstandardofaccommodation，thefirst-classfoodandthemanyinterestingplaceswesawwerewellworththepricewepaid. Wefoundthatmostoftheot

39、herpassengerswerefriendlyandinteresting，buttherewasoneman，aMr.James，whoirritatedandannoyedus.Whateversubjectwetalkedabout，itseemedthathewasanexpertatit.Hehad，apparently，readmorebooks，visitedmorecountriesandstudiedmorelanguages，thananyoneelsehad.Afterafewdays，weateourmealsinsilence，becausenobodywante

40、dtobeginaconversationthatwouldsoonbetakenoverbythisman. Thenmywifehadanidea.Shesuggestedthatwemightthinkofanunusualsubject，lookitupinanencyclopediaandthentalkaboutitatdinner.Ifitwereanunusualsubject，Mr.Jamescouldnotpossiblyknowanythingaboutit.Thesubjectwechosewas“EnglishAgricultureintheEleventhCentu

41、ry.”Atdinnerthatnightwediscussedthissubjectwithgreatenthusiasm.A Famous Clock When you visit London， one of the first things you will see is Big Ben， the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834， the great clock wou

42、ld never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size， but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked

43、 twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once， however， it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands

44、and slowed it downGoals Everyonehasgoals.Manypeopledonotreachtheirgoalsforlackofplanning.Thesethreesetsofgoalsshouldbedeveloped：lifetime，intermediateandshortterm. Lifetimegoalsshouldbewrittenout.Thesegoalsshouldbeclearandreasonable.Forinstance，thegoaltowinaresearchprizeisclearandmeasurable.Otherlife

45、timegoalsmightincludepublishingacertainnumberofinfluentialbooksorarticles，earningadepartmentalchairmanshipatamajoruniversity，successfullycompetingforagrantfromtheNationalScienceFoundationorsecuringaconsultantshipwithabigcorporation. Intermediategoalsrelatetooutcomesduringthenextfewyears.Forthebeginn

46、ingdoctoralstudent，intermediategoalsmayincludecompletionofcourseworkandpreparationofadoctoralresearchproposal.Likelifetimegoals，thesearemeasurableandclearlystated. Short-termgoalsinvolveoutcomesexpectedduringthenext12months.Thesegoalsaremoreperformanceoriented，andtheyhelpwithachievementofintermediat

47、egoals.Examplesofshort-termgoalsareearninganAinacourse，learninghowtoprogramacomputerorperforminganexperiment. (1)TheLayoutofaHospital Direction：Youareaskedtowriteacompositionabout“TheLayoutOfaHospital”。Locatesomeimportantdepartmentsinthehospitalbasedonthepictureandinformationgivenbelow.Yourcompositi

48、onsshouldbenolessthan100words. 1)theEmergencyDepartment 2)theOut-patientDepartment 3)theSurgeryDepartment 4)Dispensary/Pharmacy 5)PhysicianDepartment 6)theEye，Ear，andThroatDepartment 7)theDentalDepartment 8)theLaboratory 9)theX-rayDepartment 10)theAdministrativeBuilding 11)theWard 參考范文 Nearthegate，o

49、nthewestsideoftheroadistheEmergencyDepartment.OppositetheEmergencyDepartmentacrosstheMainRoadistheOut-patientDepartment.ThebuildingtothesouthwestofthelakeistheDispensary，whichfacestheSurgeryDepartmentlyingontheothersideoftheroad.Alongthewestwall，fromsouthtonorth，standthreebuildings：thePhysicianDepar

50、tment，theEye，Ear，andThroatDepartment，andtheDentalDepartment.TheLaboratoryistothenorthwestoftheroundabout，andbesidetheLaboratory，theX-rayDepartmentislocatedonthesamesideoftheroad. AwindingroadbythelakeleadstotheWard.Neartheendofthemainroad，theAdministrativeBuildingissituatedontheeastside.Thehospitali

51、snicelyandconvenientlylaidout. CertificatesCrazeonCampus Inrecentyears,togetacertificatehasbecomeanewcrazeamongcollegestudents.Justrandomly,askastudentoncampuswhatheorsheisbusydoing,quitepossibly,youmaygettheanswerthatheorsheispreparingforacertificateofsomekind. Whydoesthiscrazeappear?Therearetwomai

52、nlyreasonsbehindthisphenomenon.First,itistheemploymentspressurethatforcescollegestudentstogetmorecertificates.Withtheadmissionexpansionofcolleges,alargemoregraduateshavetofacethefiercecompetitioninthejobmarkets.Howcanonemakehimselfmorecompetitive,morecertificatesathandsmaybe.Second,thediplomasandcer

53、tificatesarestillimportantstandardbywhichmanyemployersmeasureapersonsabilityinordertoincreasequalificationforajob,thestudentscompelthemselvestorunfromoneexamtoanother. Formmypointofview,weshouldbemorerationalwhenitcomestocertificates,sincecertificatesdonotnecessarilyproveonesability,beingcrazyingett

54、ingcertificatesblindly.Itisnothingbutwastingtime.Toconclude,weshouldfocusonimprovingourabilitybutnotgettingacertificateofnopracticalvalue. Howtodealwithpeerpressure? Collegestudentsareoftenobsessedbypeerpressurefromtheirclassmatesorschoolmates.Facingothershardworkandgoodperformanceinacademicandother

55、aspects,manystudentsfeelgreatpressure. Then,howtodealwiththiskindofpeerpressure?Thefollowingmeasurescanbetaken. First,youshouldtakeacarefullookatyourpresentlevelandsetapracticalobject.Youneedntalwayscompareyourselveswiththoseonthetopandjustmakeyoureffortstowardsyourobject. Second,underpeerpressure,y

56、oushouldntfeeldiscouragedandpressed.Instead,youshouldmakeityourmotivationforharderwork. Finally,ifyoufindpressureisnearlybeyondyourcontrol,youdbetterturntoprofessionalpsychologicalguidance. Asacollegestudent,Ihavenowaytoavoidpeerpressure,soItrytofigureoutthewaytodowithitwell.Isetmyowngoal,includingm

57、ypracticallevelandmypositionamongthepeers.Becauseofmyfocusonmyowngoal,Ihavenotimeandenergytothinkaboutthepressure.SoImlittletroubledbyit. Toconclude,weshouldnotescapefrompeerpressure,butlearntomakebestuseofit,sinceitcanhardlybeavoided. Shouldcollegestudentsbetutors? Nowadaystherearemoreandmoreprovid

58、edtutorsamongcollegestudents.Somestudentseventakeafewtutorjobsatthesametime.Peoplehavedifferentopinionsaboutthisphenomenon. Somepeoplebelievecollegestudentscanbenefitalotfrombeingtutors.Ontheonehandtheycanearnsomemoneyandlessentheburdenontheirfamily.Ontheotherhandtheycanhavechancestoapplytheirknowle

59、dgetothesolutiontothepracticalproblems. Howeverstillothersobjecttocollegestudentsbeingatutor.Theythinkthatastudentshouldfocusonhisstudyinsteadofdoingapart-timejob.Iftheyspendtoomuchtimeonteaching,theywillnothaveenoughtimetostudy,andnaturallytheiracademicperformancewillbeaffected. Inthetwoarguments,I

60、minfavoroftheformerone.Inmyopinion,tobeatutorisagoodpracticalactivityforuscollegestudents,fromwhichwecangainpracticalexperienceandskills.Butitisworthnotingthatwecannotspendtoomuchtimeinbeingtutors.Weshouldbalancetherelationshipbetweenthetutorjobandstudy. Welcometothecameraclub Welcometothecameraclub