高級口譯復習第五十六期

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「句1」Such subtle flattery got hime almost everthing.
    [譯文]由于他溜須拍馬的手段運用得如此嫻熟,他想撈到的東西幾乎都撈到了。
    [分析]這里的“flattery”起到原因的作用。
    「句2」這所全國重點大學為社會輸送了大批的人才。
    [譯文]The national key university has prepared batched of qualified graduates for the society.
    [分析]這里“輸送”是一個模糊的詞,其實真正的意思是“培養(yǎng)”?!叭瞬拧边@里指大學生。
    段子:
    每個女人都夢想著收到一顆閃閃發(fā)光的、價值連城的大鉆石?,F(xiàn)在科學家們發(fā)現(xiàn)了宇宙中的鉆石。但是這顆鉆石是絕大多數(shù)熱戀中的男人怎么也夠不著的——精確的說距離有50光年。宇宙科學家們透露他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊重達10的46次方克拉的寶石。這塊石頭直徑達2500英里,重5× 10的42次方磅,藏在人馬座中一顆白矮星的中心,是在情人節(jié)那天被發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
    [譯文]Every woman dreams of receiving a huge, sparkling and priceless diamond. Now scientists have discovered the largest diamond in the universe. But it's well beyond the reach of the most lovestruck men - 50 light years to be precise. Space scientists revealed that they had discovered a ten billion trillion trillion carat gem. Measuring 2,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion trillion pounds, the rock was found on Valentine's Day buried in the core of a white dwarf star in the constellation Centaurus.