六级汉译英讲义
一、汉译英应试原则和基本程序 (一)汉译英应试原则
手法灵活(如遇难译之处,换用其它相近说法表达)
语法正确(避免时态、语态、单复数等语法错误)
内容忠实(必须把原文的内容准确而完整地表达出来,不得有任何歪曲、遗漏或增删) 语言闪光(译文符合英语表达习惯,且用词准确、多样)
(二)汉译英基本程序
1.理解 通读并透彻理解原文含义
2.翻译 确定译文句子的时态、句型、结构和用词
3.审校 首先检查译文是否正确地转述了原文内容,是否有错译和漏译;其次,检查是否有语言上的明显错误,如时态、语态、单复数、拼写、大小写、标点符号等。发现
错误,及时改正。
二、汉译英专项练习 一、倍数增减的表示法
1: Force N1 _______________(比力N2大2.5倍).
2:This substance
_______________(反应速度是另外那种物质的三倍).
1.is 2.5 times greater than Force N2 (考点:倍数 + 形容词/副词比较级 + than)
2.reacts three times as fast as the other one
(考点:倍数 + as + 形容词/副词 + as)3:The earth _______________(是月球大小的49倍).
4:The landlord
_______________(想将租金提高三分之一).
5:They _______________(计划将投资增加一倍).
3.is 49 times the size of the moon (考点:倍数 + 名词)
4 wants to raise the rent by a third (考点:动词 + by + 数词/百分比/倍数) 5 plan to double their investment (考点:double + 名词)
二、时态
1:Be quick, _______________(否则等我们到达教堂时婚礼就已经结束了).
2:When she got home,
_______________(孩子们已经睡着了). 3:When I prepare for the college entrance examination,
_______________(我姐姐将在海边度假).
1 or the wedding will have finished by the time we get to the church (考点:将来完成时)
2 the children had fallen asleep (考点:过去完成时)
3 my sister will be taking her vacation at the seaside
(考点:将来进行时)
4:I_______________(一上午都在修改我的简历).
5:Do you often go on holiday? _______________(不,我已经有五年没有度假了).
6:He joined the army in October, 2001. _______________(他参军已五年了).
4 have been revising my resume all the morning
(考点:现在完成进行时)
5 No. It has been five years since I went on holiday (考点:It has been „ since sb. did sth. 表示某人有多长时间没有做某事了)
6 He has been in the army for 5 years (考点:1. 现在完成时;2.要用持续性动词才能接一段时间
三、被动语态
1:The blackboard and chalk _______________(正在被电脑和投影机所取代).
2:The book _______________(到今年年底就将已出版).
3:Computer models
_______________(可以用来演示细胞工作的方式).
1 is being replaced by the computer and the projector
(考点:被动语态的现在进行时)
2 will have been published by the end of this year
(考点:被动语态的将来完成时) 3 can be used to demonstrate the way that cells work
(考点:1. 被动语态与情态动词联用; 2. 汉语有些没有“被”字等标志词的句子也表示被动, 要译成英语的被动语态)
4:When the bill of fare was brought, _______________(我惊呆了,价格大大超出了我的预料).
5:_______________(必须立即采取有效措施)to eliminate sandy storms.
4 I was startled, for the prices were a great deal higher than I had anticipated (考点:同“3”的考点2)
5 Effective measures must be taken immediately
(考点:汉语的无主句通常翻译成英语的被动语态)
四、情态动词
1.The phone is ringing, _______________(但是没人接听。她一定不在家).
2.I can’t find my sunglasses. _______________(我可能昨天落在咖啡店里了).
3.You screamed in your sleep last night. _______________(你一定梦见什么可怕的东西了).
1 but there is no answer. She can’t be at home
(考点:情态动词可以表示可能性,can’t 表示“一定不”)
2 I may have left them in the coffee shop yesterday (考点:“情态动词can/could, may/might, must + 完成式”用于表示对过去发生的动
作的主观判断)
3 You must have dreamed of something terrible
(考点:同上)
4.It’s a pity.
_______________(你本应该邀请她来参加你的毕业典礼的). 5 _______________(其实我没必要穿上我最好的套装去参加那次聚会的); most of the guests were wearing jeans and sweaters.
4 You should have invited her to your graduation ceremony
(考点:“情态动词should/ought to + have done” 用于评论过去应该做而实际并未做的动作,含有批评的意思)
5 I needn’t have put on my best suit to go to the party
(考点:“情态动词needn’t + have +
done”表示对过去发生的动作进行评论,认为“无须发生”,“不必做”) 五、虚拟语气
1.I wish _______________(我年轻的时候有你们这样的机会).
2 If only _______________(他知道这病是可以治好的)! Then he would not have killed himself. 1 I had had your opportunities when I was young
(考点:I wish后的that从句中用过去完成式表示过去没有实现或不可能实现的愿望)
2 he had known this disease is curable (考点:If only 引导的感叹句表示“但愿”或“要是„„就好了”,用法与 I wish„基本相同)
3 Would you like him to paint your door with yellow stars?
I’d rather he
_______________(漆成蓝色的,而且不带任何装饰).
4 It’s high time that
_______________(采取措施解决交通堵塞的问题).
5 Hugh usually talks
_______________(仿佛在大会上发表演说似的).
3 painted it blue, and without any decorations (考点:would rather 后的that从句中用过去式表示不是事实)
4 measures were taken to solve the problem of traffic jams
(考点:It’s (about/high) time 后的that从句中用过去式,表示“该是„„的时候了”)
5 as though he were delivering a speech at an assembly
(考点:as if / as though引导的从句中用过去式表示和现在事实相反或对现在情况有所怀疑)
6 We insist that _______________(让杰克立刻进医院).
7It was advised that
_______________(在居民区设立更多的流动商店).
6 Jack (should) be sent to hospital right now
(考点:表示“建议、命令、要求、想法”的动词所接的宾语从句通常用“(that) sb. (should) do”的虚拟形式)
7 more mobile shops (should) be set up in the residential area
(考点:表示“建议、命令、要求、想法”的动词所接的主语从句通常用“(that) sb. (should) do”的虚拟形式)
8 His proposal was that
_______________(他们成立一个专门委员会来检查这个问题).
9 We are going to discuss his suggestion that _______________(取消期中考试).
8 they (should) set up a special
board/committee to examine this problem (考点:表示“建议、命令、要求、想法”的名词所接的表语从句通常用“(that) sb. (should) do”的虚拟形式)
9 the mid-term exams (should) be canceled
(考点:表示“建议、命令、要求、想法”的名词所接的同位语从句通常用“(that) sb. (should) do”的虚拟形式)
表示“建议、命令、要求、想法”的动词及其名词常见的有:advise (advice), agree (agreement), decide (decision), decree, demand, determine (determination), grant, indicate (indication), insist (insistence), order, prefer
(preference), propose (proposal), request, require (requirement), resolve (resolution), stipulate
(stipulation), suggest(suggestion), urge, vote;常见的这类动词还有:allow, arrange, ask, beg, concede, demonstrate, ensure, intend, move, pledge, pray等
10 It is ridiculous that _______________(我们在一个总是下雨的国家还缺水).
10 we (should) be short of water in a country where it is always raining 考点:在It is/was +形容词后的that从句中常用“sb. should do”的形式表示建议惊奇等。这类形容词常见的有:advisable, anxious, appropriate, compulsory,
crucial, desirable, eager, essential, fitting, imperative, important, impossible, improper, natural,
necessary, obligatory, preferable, proper, urgent, vital, willing等)
11 It is essential that
_______________(每个人都为紧急情况做好准备).
12._______________(如果他按照我告诉他的办法订票), we would have had quite a comfortable journey.
13 I was to have made a speech _______________(要不是有人把我的话打断了).
11 everyone (should) be prepared for emergency
(考点:同上)
12 If he had booked tickets in the way I told him
(考点:在非真实条件句中用过去完成式表示与过去的事实相反)
13 if I had not been interrupted (考点:同上)
14 It didn’t rain last night. _______________(要是下了,地就会湿的). 15 _______________(如果我一直住在纽约), I would know the U.S. well now 16 If the doctor had not come in time, _______________(他现在就不在人间了).
14 If it had rained, the ground would be wet
(考点:在非真实条件句中,当主句与从句表示的动作不是同时发生时,就根据情况用适当的谓语动词形式)
15 If I had been living in New York (考点:同上)
16 he would be dead now (考点:同上)
17But for his help, __________ _____(我们就不会以这么低的价格租到房子了). 18 I used my calculator; _______________(否则,我会花更长的时间才能算出这道题).
19 Were I in your place, _______________(我会毫不犹豫地抓住机会).
17 we could not have rent a house at such a low price
(考点:but for经常作为非真实条件句中if的代用语)
18 otherwise, it would have taken me more time to work out this question (考点:otherwise也经常作为非真实条件句中if的代用语) 19 I would seize the opportunity without hesitation
(考点:在非真实条件句中如果有were, had, should这三个词,可以省去if,采用主谓语倒装的形式来表示条件)
20 Had it not been for their opposition, _______________(这项法案早就通过了). 21 Should there be another world war, _______________(人类的继续存在就会有危险).
22 He walked lightly _______________(以免惊醒婴儿).
20 this act would have been passed much earlier
(考点:同上)
21 the continued existence of the human race would be in jeopardy (考点:同上)
22 lest he should awaken the baby (考点:lest (以免)引导的从句通常用sb. should do的形式表示虚拟)
六、不定式
1 It was a great achievement _______________(10个月建成一栋24层的楼).
2 It is necessary
_______________(我们在考试前好好地睡一晚上觉).
1 to complete a 24-story building in 10 months
(考点:不定式作主语时常用it作形式主语放在句首代替不定式,而将不定式移到谓语后面)
2 for us to have a good night’s sleep before the test
(考点:有时用“介词for + 代词/名词”来表示不定式的逻辑主语,这时整句的谓语描述的对象是事情,这种情况下谓语中常用的形容词有:necessary, important, possible, impossible, all right, essential等)
3 It is generous _______________(你把这么多钱捐给灾区人民).
4 The teacher decided
_______________(不惩罚那些上课迟到的学生).
3 of you to donate so much money to the people in the disaster area (考点:有时用“介词of + 代词/名词”来表示不定式的逻辑主语,这时整句的谓语描述的对象是人,这种情况下谓语中常用的形容词有:absurd, bold, brave, careful, careless, cowardly, cruel, foolish, generous, good, honest, kind, nice, polite, rude, selfish, silly, stupid, thoughtful, thoughtless, wicked, wise, wrong等)
4 not to punish those students who had been late for class (考点:1. 用不定式结构作decide的宾语;2.不定式的否定形式是在to前加not) (能带不定式作宾语的动词常见的有:
afford, agree, ask, attempt, beg, begin, bother, care, choose, claim, consent, decide, demand, desire, dislike,
endeavor, expect, fail, fear, forget, happen, hate, help, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, like, love, manage, mean, neglect, offer, plan, pledge, prefer, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, resolve, start, threaten, undertake, venture, volunteer, vow, want, wish)
5 Mr. Green was wondering
_______________ (是否去看望在法国的儿子).
6 The gardener
_______________(刚才警告我不要在中午给花浇水).
5 whether to visit their son in France (考点:“疑问词+不定式”作动词wonder的宾语。能以这种结构作宾语的动词通常有ask, consider, decide, discover,
explain, forget, guess, know, learn, observe, remember, see, tell, understand, wonder等) 6 warned me just now not to water flowers at noon
(考点:不定式作宾语补语)
7 We _______________(请他给我们做有关现代艺术的讲座).
7 invited him to give us a lecture on modern art (考点:同上)
(能带不定式结构作宾语补语的动词有advise, allow, ask, beg, cause,
challenge, command, compel, enable, determine, encourage, expect, feel, find, force, get, hate, have, hear, help, inform invite, let, like, make, mean,
need, notice, notify, oblige, order, permit, persuade, remind, request, require, see, send, teach, tell, tempt, trouble, urge, want, warn, watch, wish等。注:划线的动词后面的不定式不带to) 8 He feels it challenging
_______________(在这么大一所大学做学生会主席).
9 We hope to have more opportunities _______________(把我们在课堂上学到的东西应用于实践).
8to be the chairman of students’ union in so large a university
(考点:动词 + it + 形容词/名词 + 不定式。it是形式宾语,不定式是真正宾语) 9 to apply what we have learned in class to practice
(考点:不定式作定语)
(不定式常用作以下名词/代词的定语:ability, ambition, anything, attempt, capability, chance, curiosity, desire, decision, determination, effort,
failure, intention, need, nothing, opportunity, place, plan, promise, reason, right, something, tendency, time, way, wish等)
10 The bad weather
_______________(破坏了我们在露天放电影的计划).
11 The environmentalists are against _______________(在郊区建一座核电站的决定).
12 Sally Ride was the first _______________(探索外部空间的美国妇女).
10 ruined our plan to show the film in the open air (考点:同上)
11 the decision to build a nuclear power station in the suburbs (考点:同上)
12 American woman to explore the outer space
(考点:由only, last, next,序数词或形
容词最高级修饰的名词常用不定式作定语)
13 They lifted a rock
_______________(结果砸了自己的脚). 14 He was surprised
_______________(在这个山村遇见一个中学同学).
15 I am sorry
_______________(占用了您这么多时间).
13 only to drop it on their own feet (考点:不定式作结果状语)
14to meet a high school classmate in the mountain village
(考点:不定式作原因状语)
15to have taken up so much of your time (考点:1. 不定式作原因状语;2. 不定式的完成时)
16 I happened _______________(在他冲进来的时候站在门口).
17 She doesn’t like _______________(被当作客人).
18 If you want to save money, you’d better _______________(到校园书店买旧书).
19 We did nothing
_______________(除了整天打桥牌). 20 We were made
_______________(进屋之前在垫子上擦擦脚).
16 to be standing in the doorway when he rushed in
(考点:不定式的进行式) 17 to be treated as a guest (考点:不定式的被动形式) 18 go to the campus bookstore to buy used books
(考点:不带to的不定式)
19 but play bridge the whole day (考点:同上)
20 to wipe our feet on the mat before going into the room
(考点:当动词see, make, hear等用于被动语态时,不定式要保留to)
七、分词
1 This is the first time that I heard _______________(用意大利语唱“祝你生日快乐”).
2 The cars _______________(停在消防通道的) will be ticketed.
1 “Happy birthday to you” sung in Italian
(考点:分词作宾语补语)
(catch, discover, feel, find, get, have, hear, keep, leave, make, notice, see, watch等动词常用分词形式作宾语补语)
2 parked in the fire lane (考点:分词作定语)
3 The war went on for years,
_______________(夺去了成千上万人的生命).
4 The farmers used a new
insecticide, thus _______________(将平均产量提高了15%).
5 Einstein watched the toy in delight, _______________(想推导出它的运转原理). 6 _______________(看到大家都在聚精会神地看书), we stopped talking and began to study.
3 killing thousands upon thousands of people
(考点:分词作结果状语)
4 raising the average yield by 15 percent
(考点:同上)
5 trying to deduce its operating principle
(考点:分词作伴随状语)
6 Seeing that everyone was bending over his/her book
(考点:分词作原因状语)
7 _______________(被这个男孩的事迹深深打动了), they decided to pay for his education. 8 _______________(从一个年轻朋友的眼光来看), Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man. 9 _______________(好久没有收到父母的来信了), he was worried about them.
7 Deeply moved by the boy’s deeds (考点:同上)
8 Seen from the eyes of a young friend (考点:分词作方式状语)
9 Not having heard from his parents for a long time
(考点:1. 分词作原因状语;2.分词的否定形式;3.现在分词的完成式)
八、动名词 1 _______________(每天洗冷水澡) does him a lot of good. 2They tried to avoid
_______________(让女儿做她不喜欢的事情).
1 Taking a cold bath every day (考点:动名词作主语)
2 making their daughter do what she didn’t like to do
(考点:动名词作动词的宾语)
(下列动词后的宾语只能是动名词而不能是不定式:admit, advise, allow,
anticipate, appreciate, avoid, delay, deny, dislike, dread, encourage, enjoy, escape, excuse, fancy, finish, can’t help, imagine, keep, mind, miss, permit, postpone, practice, prevent, propose, recall, recollect, resent, resist, risk, can’t stand, stop, suggest)
3Developing varieties is the key to _______________(使我们的产品进入国际市场).
4 It is no use
_______________(为洒了的牛奶而哭泣). 3 getting our goods into the international market
(考点:动名词作介词的宾语) 4 crying over spilled milk
(考点:动名词用于固定结构。动名词经常与以下词组连用:be worth, have difficulty (in), it be no
good/use/worthwhile, there be no need/no point in, how/what about,
what’s the point of, what’s the use of)
5 He denied_______________(偷看了同桌的试卷).
6 We congratulated her on _______________(被提升为经理).
5 having peeked at his neighbor’s test paper
(考点:动名词的完成式) 6 being promoted to manager (考点:动名词的被动式) 九、非谓语动词用法区别 1 Success means
_______________(非常努力地工作). 2 John meant _______________(开车去那儿,但他的车出了故障). 1working very hard. (考点:mean表示“意味着”)
2 to drive there, but his car broke down (考点:mean表示“打算”)
(类似需要区别的动词还有forget, remember, regret, go on, stop等)
3 I heard him _______________(在跟他的母亲谈话). 4I heard him _______________(跟他的母亲谈了一个小时). 5 He jumped into the pool to save the child _______________(结果却摔断了自己的腿).
6 He jumped from the burning house, _______________(摔断了双腿). 3 talking to his mother (考点:强调正在进行)
4 talk to his mother for an hour (考点:强调整个过程)
5 only to break his own leg (考点:意料之外的结果) 6 breaking his legs
(考点:意料之中的结果)
7 He was happy _______________(看到父母很健康). 8 _______________(看到父母安然无恙), he issued a sigh of relief. 9 _______________(跟随着它的脚印), the zoologists spotted the hungry panda.
10 The pop, _______________(后面跟着两个保镖), came to meet his fans. 7 to see his parents in good health (考点:不定式作原因状语位于句末) 8 Seeing his parents safe and sound (考点:分词作原因状语位于句首) 9 Following its footprints (考点:现在分词强调主动)
10 followed by two body guards (考点:过去分词强调被动)
十、名词从句
1_______________(他们为什么离开家乡去云南) is still a secret.
2_______________(最让我不解的) was that he spoke English so well. 3_______________(这么做是故意的) became obvious.
4 It is not clear yet
_______________(谁应该为这件事负责). 1 Why they left their hometown for Yunnan
(考点:主语从句)
2 What confused me most (考点:同上)
3 That this was done on purpose (考点:同上)
4 who should be responsible for this matter
(考点:较长的主语从句可以后置,用it作形式主语)
5It is none of your business _______________(玛丽与谁订婚). 6Don’t put off till tomorrow _______________(今天能做的事).
7 This novel is just _______________(我一直在寻找的).
8 It is not yet known
_______________(机器人是否有一天能拥有象人一样的视力).
5 whom Mary is engaged to (考点:同上)
6 what can be done today (考点:宾语从句)
7 what I have been looking for (考点:表语从句)
8 whether/if robots will one day have vision as good as human vision
(考点:whether/if引导后置的主语从句)
9_______________(她是否喜欢那个礼物) is not clear to me.
10My main problem right now is _______________(我是否应该请求另一笔贷款).
11 It all depends on
_______________(他们是否会支持我们). 12You have yet to answer my question _______________(我是否可以指望你的投票).
9 Whether she likes the present (考点:whether引导前置的主语从句) 10 whether I should ask for another loan (考点:whether引导表语从句) 11 whether they will support us (考点:whether引导宾语从句)
12whether I can count on your vote (考点:whether引导同位语从句) (9-12中的whether不可以替换为if)
13 Finally, the workers got an answer _______________(政府做不了什么事来提高他们工资).
14 Obviously, there was little certainty _______________(主席会同意他的提议).
13 that the Government could do nothing to raise their wages (考点:同位语从句)
14 that the chairman would agree to this proposal
(考点:同上)
十一、定语从句
1 Everyday many tourists come to visit _______________(鲁迅出生的那栋房子).
2 The old lady died
_______________(在她儿子到达的那天). 3 This is _______________(我赞成这一改革的理由).
1 the house where Lu Xun was born (考点:先行词为地点,定语从句通常由where引导)
2 on the day when his son arrived (考点:先行词为时间,定语从句通常由when引导)
3 the reason why I am in favor of this reform (考点:先行词为reason,定语从句通常由why引导)
4 Let ABC be _______________(一个三边不等长的三角形). 5 Some of the roads were flooded, _______________(这使我们的旅程更为艰难).
6 He introduced me to his students, _______________(他们大部分是英语专业的学生).
7 _______________(众所周知), water is a liquid.
4 a triangle whose three sides are of unequal length
(考点:whose引导的定语从句)
5 which made our journey more difficult (考点:非限制性定语从句)
6 most of whom were English majors (考点:同上)
7 As is known to all
(考点:as 引导的定语从句)
十二、状语从句
1 _______________(不管我们谈论什么), Jim brings polities into the discussion.
2 _______________(不管哪一方获胜), I shall be satisfied.
3 _______________(不管观众中的一些人如何使劲地难为他), the comedian always had a quick, sharp reply. 4 We climbed high
_______________(这样我们就可以看到更好的风景).
1 Whatever we talk about
(考点:让步状语从句) 2 Whichever side wins (考点:同上)
3 However hard some people in the audience tried to upset him (考点:同上)
4 so that we might get a better view (考点:目的状语从句)
5 The problem so very complicated _______________(花了我们两个周才解决). 6 You can go out
_______________(只要你答应晚上11点以前回来).
7 I remember the whole thing _______________(仿佛是昨天发生的). 5that it took us nearly two weeks to solve it
(考点:结果状语从句)
6 as long as you promise to be back before 11 at night (考点:条件状语从句)
7as if it happened yesterday (考点:方式状语从句)
十三、比较级最高级
1 Does she dance
_______________(跟她姐姐一样地优美)? 2 The buildings look
_______________(在伦敦比在这儿难看得多).
3 This is _______________(他画的最好的画之一).
4 The higher you climb, _______________(空气就越稀薄). 1 as gracefully as her sister (考点:同级比较)
2 far uglier in London than here (考点:用副词或词组来修饰比较级) 3 one of the best pictures that he has ever painted (考点:最高级)
4 the thinner the air becomes (考点:“越„„越„„”结构)
十四、倒装句
1 Scarcely had she fallen asleep _______________(一阵敲门声就把她吵醒). 2 No sooner had Anne arrived _______________(就生病了).
3 The husband was not hospitable to the visitor. _______________(他妻子也没说一句欢迎的话).
4 Only then _______________(那个医生才意识到他的病人需要手术).
5 Only when you adjust down your price _______________(我们才能做成这笔买卖).
1 when a knock at the door awakened her (考点:Hardly„when„结构) 2 than she fell ill
(考点:No sooner„than„结构)
3 Nor did the wife say a word of welcome. (考点:nor表示“后者与前者一样地不„„”)
4 did the doctor realize that his
patient needed surgery (考点:only引导的状语位于句首,句子倒装)
5 can we conclude the business (考点:同上)
十五、强调句
1 _______________(正是
Jefferson写下了)the Declaration of Independence.
2 _______________(作者是带着真挚的情感)praises all that is progressive.
3 _______________(正是因为水涨了)we could not cross the river. 1 It was Jefferson who wrote(考点:强调主语)
2 It is with genuine feeling that the author(考点:强调状语) 3 It was because the water had risen that
(考点:强调状语从句)
4 _______________(人们听见正是Jim 这个无情的家伙) shouting at his mother in the dead of night.
5 _______________(直到我告诉她) Mrs. Williams knew anything about it. 4 It was Jim, the heartless fellow, who was heard(考点:强调主语)
5 It was not until I told her that(考点:强调状语从句)
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