汉译英练习1

汉译英练习1

1. 委员会由七个人组成，其中包括两名妇女。 2. 人们越来越依赖计算机解决各种各样的问题。 3. 我不知道他们是怎么对付那些困难的。 4. 亨利和几百个他那样的青年谋求这个打字员的职位。(apply for) 5. 将研究成果应用到生产中去是很重要的。 6. 她的父母时常谈起他们在旧社会的苦难。 7. 玛丽结婚后不得不辞去工作。(give up) 8. 爱迪生失败了几千次以后才成功的制成了第一盏灯泡。 9. 我不想依靠父母，因为我已经是年轻人了。 10. 每个人都关心自己国家的前途。

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1. The committee is made up of seven people, including two women. 2. People depend more and more on computers to solve problems of various kinds. 3. I don't know how they cope with those difficulties. 4. Henry and hundreds of young people like him applied for the post of typist. 5. It is very important to apply the achievements in scientific research to production. 6. Her parents often spoke of their sufferings in the old society. 7. Mary had to give up her job after her marriage. 8. Edison failed thousands of times before he succeeded in producing the first electric lamp. 9. I don't want to be dependent on my parents, because I am already an adult. 10. Everybody is concerned about the future of his country.

汉译英练习2

1. 作为一名护士，你应该对病人十分耐心。 2. 他们没有上床睡觉，反而激烈地争论起来。(instead of) 3. 过了好几分钟我才明白发生了什么事。(be aware of) 4. 他几乎不

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可能完成这样困难的任务。 5. 除了一些有钱人外，多数人骑自行车上班。 6. 他愿意帮助他周围的人。 7. 他面临两种选择——死亡或者投降。 8. 人们普遍认为公共汽车司机应对乘客的安全负责。 9. 她丈夫平安地回来了，她总算解除了忧虑。(free from) 10. 他神经紧张，对任何响动都很警觉。

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1. As a nurse, you ought to be very patient with your patients. 2. Instead of going to bed, they had a hot argument. 3. It was several minutes before I was aware of what had happened. 4. He is hardly capable of such a difficult task. 5. Except some rich people, the majority of people go to work by bike. 6. He is willing to help those around him. 7. He was faced with two alternatives - death or submission. 8. It is generally believed that the bus driver should be responsible for the safety of the passengers. 9. Her husband returned safely and at least she was free from anxiety. 10. He was nervous and alert to every sound and movement.

汉译英练习3

1. 原谅我打断你们的谈话。 2. 他一做起实验来就把别的事情全都忘了。 3. 至于心脏病的原因一直有许多解释。 4. 至于我，我没有什么反对的话要说。 5. 为了节省几块钱，汤姆步行上班。 6. 她不想讨论这个题目，我也不想。 7. 我们得尽最大努力使工作顺利进行下去。 8. 我发现要理解他说的话是很困难的。 9. 只要你保证十一点以前回来，你就可以出去。 10. 玛丽太骄傲了，以至于看不到自己的缺点。

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1. Excuse me for breaking in on your conversation. 2. Whenever he makes an experiment, he forgets all other things. 3. These has been a lot of explanations as to causes of heart disease. 4. As for me, I have nothing to say against it. 5. For the sake of saving a few dollars, Tom walks to work. 6. She doesn't want to discuss this subject. Neither do I. 7. We should do our best to keep the work going smoothly. 8. I found it hard to understand what he had said. 9. You can go out as you promise to be back before 11 o'clock. 10. Mary is too proud to see her own shortcomings.

汉译英练习4

1. 大学生参加社会实践是非常重要的。 2. 原始人认为，吃鹿就可以使他们跑得像鹿一样快。 3. 这小孩把玩具拆开了，却不知道如何再组装起来。 4. 这两兄弟外貌十分相似，但性格却差别很大。 5. 她感到难以适应国外的生活。 6. 他有钱无处花，而我无钱可花。 7. 我知道我应该学习，但他却劝我去看电影。 8. 许多争吵都是由误会引起的。(come about) 9. 有些取得很大进步的人总还是对自己不满意。 10. 外宾对我们在那么短的时间所取得的成就感到惊讶。

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1. It is of great importance for college students to take part in social practice. 2. Primitive people thought that eating deer would make them run as fast as the deer. 3. The child took the toy apart but didn't know how to put it together. 4. The two brothers are quite similar in appearance but they differ greatly in character. 5. She found it difficult to adapt herself to the life in a foreign country. 6. He has nothing to spend his money, while I have no money to spend. 7. I knew I should study, but

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he persuaded me to go to the movies. 8. Many a quarrel has come about through a misunderstanding. 9. Some people who have made much progress are never satisfied with themselves. 10. The foreign visitors were amazed at our achievements made in such a short time.

汉译英练习5

1. 夜间他们用受过特殊训练的狗看守羊群。(watch over) 2. 不要为你的儿子过分担心，他大了，可以照顾自己了。 3. 当他知道了外语的用处后，他就开始学习英语。(take to) 4. 这男孩要求参加俱乐部，但因年级小而遭到拒绝。 5. 你们所谈得只是我们今天要解决的问题之一。 6. 他在学习上有些困难，但在老师的帮助下，他已跟上全班了。 7. 今年的钢铁生产在质量方面比去年如何？ 8. 如果你束手无策，就听其自然好了。(leave alone) 9. 他花了很长时间才习惯了这一事实，即他失业了。(come to terms with) 10. 他的痛苦多半是由于他对事物的价值认识上的错误。

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1. They use specially trained dogs to watch over their sheep at night. 2. Don't worry too much about your son. He is big enough to take care of himself. 3. When he learned of the usefulness of foreign languages, he took to studying English. 4. The boy wanted to join the club but was turned down because he was under age. 5. What you've talked about is only one of the problems we're going to solve today. 6. He has some difficulties in his study, but with his teachers' help he has kept up with the class. 7. How does this year's steel production compare with that of last year for quality? 8. You'd better leave things alone if you don't know how to deal with

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them. 9. It has taken him a long time to come to terms with the fact that he was without work. 10. His sufferings are largely due to his putting a false value on things.

汉译英练习6

1. 我们还需要些食品，因为食品不够这么多人吃的。 2. 我回家的路上遇上了雨，结果感冒了。 3. 据我所知，实验正在顺利进行。 4. 天渐渐黑了，我们离目的地仍有很远一段路。 5. 就气候而言，比起上海来，他更喜欢北京。 6. 调查一定会暴露出一些令人吃惊的事情。(bring out) 7. 你应当考虑老年人的特殊需要。 8. 我们应该采取行动消除不礼貌行为。 9. 只有少数学生了解，掌握好英语需要大量练习。 10. 你认为每天早上散步一小时对你有好处吗？

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1. We need some more food, because the food is inadequate for so many people. 2. I was caught in the rain on the way home and as a result I had a bad cold. 3. The experiment is going on smoothly, so far as I know. 4. It is getting dark and we are still a long way off our destination. 5. As far as climate is concerned, he prefers Beijing to Shanghai. 6. The investigation is sure to bring out some surprising things. 7. You must take into account the special needs of old people. 8. We should take some action to put an end to bad manners. 9. Only a few students understand that a good command of English needs a lot of practice. 10. Do you think that walking for an hour in the morning will do you any good?

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汉译英练习7

1. 通讯卫星使得远距离传送电视图像称为可能。 2. 要在科学上取得更新更大的成果，还有大量工作要做。 3. 他来看我的目的是找我借钱。 4. 他从自行车上摔下来，所以不能上班了。 5. 许多法律已变得有利于较贫苦的人民。 6. 从琼斯方面来说，不阅读协议就签字是一个错误。 7. 一般都同意，吸烟并不直接危及一个人的生命。 8. 直到他收到了信，他才意识到他母亲的病情严重。 9. 回到家时，她发现父亲已被送进医院。 10. 对我们年轻人来说，了解什么该做，什么不该做是很重要的。

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1. Communication satellites make it possible to send television pictures over long distances. 2. There is yet a lot of work to do in order to achieve still newer and greater results in science. 3. He came to see me for the purpose of borrowing some money form me. 4. He is unable to go to work as a result of the fall from his bicycle. 5. Many laws have been changed in favor of the poorer people. 6. It was a mistake on the part of Jones to sign the agreement without reading it. 7. It is generally agreed that smoking does not directly endanger a person's life. 8. It was not until he got the letter that he realized how serious his mother's illness was. 9. On returning home, she found her father had been sent to hospital. 10. It is important for us youngsters to learn what to do and what not to do.

汉译英练习8

1. 他谈起来好像他到过月球似的。 2. 委员会要求任何成员不得缺席。 3. 现在是六

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点，她一定到家了。 4. 我可能对你说过这件事，但现在我记不得了。 5. 这对孪生子像得使人无法分辨。 6. 他因对社区做出这样大的贡献而受到表扬。 7. 我们总可以指望约翰提供这样或那样的帮助的。 8. 我们必须整体的来考虑这些事，而不要一件件来考虑。 9. 他们想当然地认为他们的实验会成功。 10. 心脏病的死亡率在过去三十年中以惊人的速度增长。

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1. He talked as if he had been on moon. 2. The committee demands that on members be absent. 3. It is six o'clock. She must have come home. 4. I could have told you about it, but I don't remember it now. 5. The twins were so much alike that it was impossible to distinguish one from the other. 6. He was praised for having made such a contribution to his community. 7. We can always count on John to come up with help of one kind or another. 8. We must consider these matters as a whole, not one by one. 9. They took it for granted that they would succeed in their experiment. 10. The death rate from heart disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past thirty years.

汉译英练习9

1. 如果天不那么黑，你就有可能从这儿看到它。 2. 如果他们现在有时间，他们就会来参加我们的讨论了。 3. 当选为委员会主席，他感到十分光荣。 4. 假如上学期你努力学习，你的试卷就不会有那么多错误了。 5. 我们总结完工作以后，制订了今后的计划。 6. 我本来可以把钱借给你的。你当时为什么不向我借呢？ 7. 你本不该跟她结婚，戴维，那是个大错误。 8. 要是我做这件事的话，我会用别的方法去做。 9. 她要不是听了你的劝告，

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就要犯大错误了。 10. 他不可能已经听到了这个消息，因为它是几分钟前才发布的。

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1. It could have been seen from here if it had not been so dark. 2. If they had time now, they would come and join us in the discussion. 3. Being elected chairman of the committee was a great honor to him. 4. If you had studied hard last term, you would not have made so many mistakes in your paper. 5. Having summarized our work, we made a plan for the future. 6. I could have lent you the money. Why didn't you ask me? 7. You oughtn't to have married her, David. It was a great mistake. 8. If I were to do it, I should do it some other way. 9. If she hadn't take your advice, she would have made a bad mistake. 10. He couldn't have heard the new as it was released only a few minutes ago.

汉译英练习10

1. 他还记得很小的时候被带到上海。 2. 据估计在天津工作的外籍专家有二百多人。(estimate) 3. 他认真做作业，生怕出错。 4. 我可不喜欢总是挨批评。 5. 既然要我留下，我就不走好了。 6. 他被接收加入这个俱乐部的可能性很小。 7. 你看见那男孩受到警察审问了吗？ 8. 没有人告诉他什么时候出发，所以他来晚了。 9. 据说那本书他已经写了十年了。 10. 每天一定要留出足够的时间来看报，以便能跟上形势。

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1. He still remembers being taken to Shanghai when was a little boy. 2. There

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are estimated to be more than 200 overseas experts working in Tianjin. 3. He did his homework carefully for fear that he should make a mistake. 4. I don't like to be constantly being criticized. 5. Having been asked to stay, I couldn't very well leave. 6. There was little possibility that he would be admitted into this club. 7. Did you see the boy being questioned by the police? 8. Not having been told when to start, he came late. 9. He is said to have been writing that book for ten years. 10. Be sure to set aside enough time to read newspapers every day so that you may keep up with the situation.

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