分析与翻译材料范文

分析与翻译材料范文分析与翻译材料范文 1分析与翻译材料本材料共50篇 供分析与翻译之用 各篇字数大多在250字左右 翻译时间可掌握在一小时 英译汉和汉译英中各有一篇为优秀译品的回译 作演示英汉两种语 言差异之用 1BANANAS Advantage potassium Lowin calories and fat the bananais aperfect example of aflavorful foodthat isexceptionally goodfor you It contains a numberof minerals notably potassium one of the body s mostimportant elements Potassium provides a counterbalancingaction withsodium andis directlyconnected toproper fluidbalance andoverall muscletone A potassiumshortage canlead toweakness insomnia even anirregular heartrate Keep upyour naturalpotassium supplywith abanana aday sliced oncereal wrapped intopancakes orfrozen on a stick MILK 99 FAT FREE Advantage calcium andphosphorus Thesetwo essentialand plementaryminerals arefound togetherin milk and in a ratiobeneficial to the absorptionand utilizationof thetwo elements Calcium isneeded forregular musclefunction aswell asfor strongbones Phosphorus isinvolved innearly allmetabolic functions including heart and musclecontraction the digestiveprocesses and transferof cellularenergy What wedon t needare theexcess fatscontained inwhole milk products Niy nine percentfat free milkprovidesagood promise a smallamount offat toaid nutrientabsorption especiallyof thefat soluble vitaminsA andD usually addedto milk from Foodsto KeepYou Healthy by JoanA Friedrich2Here aresix pointersto keepin mindwhen youhave yourchildren dochores 1 Understand thereal goals The purposeisn t simplyto getonerous tasksdone or evento teachyoungsters how to work Sparkling dishesor atidy bedroomare lessimportant thandeveloping responsibility independence self esteem confidence andpetence the underpinningsof emotionalhealth Dong choresalso helpsa childunderstand thatpeople mustcooperate andwork towardmon goals The mostpetent adultsare thosewho knowhow to do this 2 Start early The urgeto help Mommy es almostas soonas achild canwalk A childof twocan fetchand carry or evensort laundry which alsoteaches aboutcolors andshapes And youcan makecleaning upa game let s putthe truckin thegarage for the night The childof fouror fivecan understandsimple instructions run smallerrands andbe expected sometimes to pitaway toys pick yoclothes orcarry of his owndinner dishes The seven year old cangraduate tofamily responsibilities A goodfirst assignmentis toset thedinner table but anysimple taskthat bringssatisfying resultswill do from Howto Raisea HappyChild by EdwinKiester Jr and SallyValente Kiester 3My mother couldn t standme wheno waslittle and Icouldn t stand her Neither of us waswhat theother wouldhave chosenfor alife panion The motherI hadin mindfor myselfwas middle aged withbrown hairpulled backin abun She worean apron baked a lot was serious and soft spoken and sanghymns Before hermarriage shehad been a schoolteacheror librarian My realmother hadquit schoolto gotoworkand helpout athome She was19when I was born a tall2tomboy withflyaway blondhair and the wideshoulders narrow hiosand longlegs of an athlete which shewas In thegrimmest circumstances my m0othercouldalways finda bitof fun and shehad agreat shout of alaugh thatexplored likefirecrackers An inbalidneighbor oftentold me I loveto hearyour motherlaugh That neighborlived twohouses away Other motherscalled theirchildren homein ashaky soprano My mothersput twofingers toher lipsand produceda whistlethat could be heardin thenext street from So You re Kate s Girl by JeanmarieCoogan4The springis beautifulin California Valleys inwhich the fruit blossomsare fragrantpink and white watersin ashallow sea Then the fruit tendrilsof thegrapes swellingfrom theold gnarledvines cascade downto cover the trunks The fullgreen hillsare roundand softas breasts And on the levelvegetable landsare themile long rowsof palegreen lettuceand thespindly littlecauliflowers the gray green unearthlyartichoke plants And thenthe leavesbreak outon thetrees and thepetals dropfrom thefruit treesand carperthe earthwith pinkandwhite The centersof theblossoms swelland growand color cherries and apples peaches andpears figs whichclose theflower in thefruit And allthe time thefruitswells and the flowersbreak outin longclusters on the vines And in the growingyear thewarmth littlegreen bird s eggs and thelimbs sagdown againstthe crutchesunder theweight And thehard littlepears takeshape and the beginning of the fuzzes outon thepeaches Grape blossomsshed theirtiny petalsand thehard littlebeads beegreen buttons and thebuttons growheavy The menwho workin the fields the ownersof the little orchards watch andcalculate The yearis heavywith produce And themen areproud for of their knowledgethey canmake theyear heavy They havetransformed the world with their knowledge from TheGrapes ofWrath by John Steinbeck5The onlyway toget to Krakatoa isby boat Fortunately our oldfriends Sigand LiloOldenburg long time residentsof Jakarta known aboutour dreamand inviteus toaompany themon their38 foot ketchEmma It is a sailthat willtake usto someof themost beautifuland untouchedwilderness inSoutheast Asiaand toKrakatoa Our journeybegins atTanjungpriok Jakarta s harbor We castoff atnoon heading west The weatheris hotand humid the waterfilthy fromcity spawned effluent A ten knot windfills Emma s sailsand weslip pastlegions ofrusty freightersand powerfulsupply boatsbound foroffshore oilrigs Two milesout the waterturns clear Small woodenfishing craft called prahus glide by their hullspainted inbright blues yellows andreds tattered sailsbillow from their masts Fishing stacks platforms ofbamboo risingfrom thewater onspindly legsset into the shallowseabed dot theBay ofJakarta almostas far as the eye can see Thousands offishermen spendthe nightshere luring shrimpinto swith the light fromsmall kerosenelanterns Evening findsus anchoredby atiny atoll As darknessfalls the gaslamps on the now distant shrimpstacks flickeron giving theimpression of a cityat sea In thewater ribbonsof phosphorescencefloat by caused bytiny animals invisible byflashlight that weaveyard long ephemeraltrails through the blackenedsea The SouthernCross the mariner s celestialbeacon belowthe equator twinkles overhead From VayagetoKrakatoa by Emilyand PerOla D aylaire6The styleof Rip Van Winkleis characteristicof Irving The sentencesare long but easy and balanced The toneis familiarand sympathetictoward thereader and the tale The openingparagraph showsIrving s abilityto paintwith detail with color and evenwiththevery shapeand soundofhissentences anatmospheric picture The lastsentences of the thirdparagraph showIrving s gentlewit The dialogueis similarlyeasyandfluent andunobtrusively suitedto thecharacter speaking Not onlyhas the story ofRipVan Winkle beesa tradition but manyof theelements in thestoryare3themselves traditionaland familiar Rip is a richexampleof the hen pecked husbandand likablegood for nothing and DameVanWinklean exampleof termagantwife The mountainsare thetraditional homeof magic and themagical sleepis foundthroughout folkand fairytale In spiteftheconventionality of these elementsin thestory Irving has by theskillful useof thespecific settingof theHudson Rivervalley andby suchdetails as the rustedgun Ripfinds when he wakesand thechanged Ripmeets whenhe returns to thevillage made thestory asreal tous asif itwere aneveryday ourrence from TheIntroduction to the Legendof SleepyHollow by LauriatLane Jr 7On each side ofa brightriver hesaw risea lineof brighterpalaces arched andpillared and inlaidwith deepred porphyry and withserpentine along thequays beforetheir gateswere tidingtroops ofknights noble inface andform dazzling increst andshield horse andman onelabyrinth ofquaint colourand gleaminglight the purple and silver and scarletfringes flowingover thestrong limbsand clashingmail like sea waves overrock atsunset Opening oneachsidefrom thewere gardens courts and cloisters long suessionsof whitepillars amongwreaths ofvine leaping offountains throughbuds ofpomegranate andorange and still along the garden paths and underthrough thecrimson of the pomegranateshadows moving slowly groups of the fairestwomen that Italy eversaw fairest because purestand thoughtfulest trained inall highknowledge as inall courteousart in dance in love able aliketo cheer to enchant or save the soulsof men Above allthis sceneryof perfecthuman life rose domeand hell tower thesloes ofmighty hills hoary witholive far in the north above apurple seaof peaksof solemnApennines the clear sharp cloven Carraramountains sentup theirsteadfast flamesof marblesummit intoamber sky the greatsea itself scorching withexpanse oflight stretching from their feetto theGorgonian isles from TheBeauty ofPisa in the Afternoon by JohnRuskin8From thishill I have watchedmany moonrise Each onehad its own mood There havebeen broad confident harvestmoons inautumn shy misty moonsin spring lonely white wintermoons risinginto theutter silenceof anink black skyand smoke smudged orangemoons over the dryfields ofsummer Each like finemusic excited myheartand then calmedmy soul Moongazing is an ancientart To prehistorichunters the moon overheadwas anunerring asheartbeat They knewthat every29days itbecame full bellied andbrilliant then sickenedand died and thenwas reborn They knewthe waxingmoon appearedlarger andhigher overheadafter eachsueeding sunset They knewthe waningmoon roselater eachnight untilit vanishedin thesunrise To haveunderstood themoon s patternsfrom experiencemust havebeenapro foundthing But we who liveindoors have lostcontact withthemoon The glareof streetlights sangthe dustof pollutionveil thenight sky Though menhave walkedon themoon it growsless familiar Few ofus cansay whattimethemoon willrise tonight Still it tugs at outminds If weunexpectedly encounterthe fullmoon huge andyellow over the horizon we arehelpless butto stareback atits mandingpresence from Spellof theRising Moon by PeterSteinhart9To the door of this the twelfthhouse whosebell hehad rung came ahousekeeper whomade himthink ofan unwholesome surfeited wormthat hadeater itsnut toa hollowshell and now soughtto fillthe vacancywith ediblelodgers He askedif there was aroom tolet Come in said thehousekeeper Her voicecame from her throat her throatseemed linedwith fur I havethe thirdfloor back vacant sincea weekback Should youwish tolook atit 4The youngman followedher upthe stairs A faintlight fromno particularsource mitigatedthe shadowsof thehalls They trodnoiselessly upona staircarpet thatitsownloom wouldhave forsworn It seemedto havebee vegetable to havedegenerated inthat rank sunless airto lushlichen thatgrew inpatches tothe staircase This is the room said thehousekeeper from herfurry throat It s niceroom It ain t oftenvacant I hadsome mostelegant peoplein itlast summer no troubleat all and paidin advancetotheminute The water sat the endof thehall Sprowls andMooney keptit threemonths They donea vaudevillesketch Miss B rerra Sprowls you may have heardof her Oh that wasjust thestage names right thereover thedresser iswhere the marriage certificatehung framed The gasis here and yousee there is plenty of closerroom It saroom everybodylikes It neverstays idlelong from TheFurnished Room by O Henry10Three yearsage a groupof plantscientists ledby IlyaRaskin at DuPont s agriculturallaboratory inDelaware discovered asurge of salicylic acid in the voodoo lilythe daybefore flowering Using asensitive analyticaltechnique they discoveredthat thelevel ofsalicylic acidin theplant leaptalmost100times andtriggered theexplosion ofrespiration This establishedsalicylic acidas apowerful chemicalsignal albeit ina ratherquirky plant But whatrole mightsalicylic acid have inless exoticplants Plants havea kindof immune system with whichthey fightdiseases When fungi bacteria orviruses infecta plant they oftentrigger a signal whichtravels touninfected leaveswhere itstimulates theproduction of disease fighting proteins This mechanismof diseaseresistance and thesignal whichprepares theplant s defences had beena mysteryto biologists A promisingclue cameto light however in1979 Raymond Whiteat Britain s Rothamstedresearch stationwas ableto preventtobao mosaicviruses frommultiplying byinjecting theinfected plantswith aspirin The aspirinappeared totrigger theproduction ofa groupofdisease fighting proteins Building onthis andhis owndiscovery withthevoodoolily Raskin continuedthe workwith graduatestudent JocelynMalamy and her colleaguesat RutgersUniversity New Jersey They measuredthe levelsofsalicylic acidintobao plantsthat wereinfected withtobao mosaicvirus Before anysigns ofinfection orresistance weredetected salicylicacidlevels surgedalmost five fold throughoutthe plantsthis surgethen setoff themanufacture of the disease fighting proteins from AspirinHelps theGarden Grow New Scientist Jan 5 199111As wedrove toNew York s tenementdistrict mymind wentback tothe yearswhen Ihad knownBenny Cremona He hada one chair barbershopin theneighborhood where I was bornand broughtup In thatbrawling neighborhood a toughtenement jungle a cockpitsof differentnationalities andcustoms andfeuds Mr Cremona s barbershopwas anoasis ofbeauty and good will He scornedthe usualbarbershop trappingsof thosedays the racycalendars the crime and sex gazettes The wayI m working he wouldsay I m alwayslooking down at heads A man s gotto havesomething tolook upto too When weyoungsters hadout haircut wegazed onreproductions of the MonaLisa the WingedVictory the Adorationof theMagi Michelangelo s David We learnedwho Dantewas and Shakespeare by hearingfor the first timethe splendid gleaming limesof poetry Mr Cremoinswas around butter ball ofa manwith anenormous flowing blackmustache andheacted outeverything hetold us He wasversatile withhis scissors They mightbe aconductor s baton the brushbetween Rembrandt s fingers or an hepirouetted ina Shakespeareanduel a rapier fromheMost UnforgettableCharacter I ve Known by MaxwellMaltz M D 512Raoons existonly inNorth andSouth Americaand havebeen herefor30million years Capt John Smithmentioned the Aroughcun in hisdispatches fromMassachusetts in1612 and settlerswere soonplaining aboutraoons eatingtheir corn Naturalist ErnestThompson Setonestimated therewere fivemillion raoonsin theNew Worldin the17th century There areabout the same numbernow the raoonappears tohave achievedzero populationgrowth More thanmost animals the raoonmanages tocoexist withman withoutbeing domesticated that is enslaved So long as theycan eandgo raoons willavail themselvesoftheadvantages ofhuman hospitality One regularlycalled atits benefactor s door and ranga dinnerbell toannounce itsarrival A rangerclaims tohave seencampers arounda firejoined byraoons thatgradually edgedcloser until they weresitting withthe group enjoying thefirelight andmunching hotdogs Ihavenot yetseen aclaim that they joinedthe singing Some raoonsdo craveentertainment though One indulgenthost swearshe isvisited regularlyby araoon thatsits onhis sofawatching TV yawning duringmercials andon oasionswitching channels A certainmusic lover avows thata neighborhoodraoon relishesBeethoven s NinthSymphony When theNinth boomsthrough theopen window the raoones out ofthewoods unlatches thescreen door walks tothe speakerand sitsbeside it immobile untilthe last barshave sounded Then itlets itselfout andreturnstothe forest That I suppose is worthalotof garbage From Canny Cunning Unconquerable The Raoon by Smithsonian13I knowwhat isbeing saidabout meand youcan takemy sideor theirs It smyword againstEunice sand Olivia Ann s and itshould beplain enoughto anyonewith twogood eyeswhich oneofushas theirwits aboutthem I justwant thecitizens ofthe U S A to knowthe facts that s all The facts on Sunday August12 this yearof ourLord Eunice triedto killme withher papa s CivilWar swordandOlivia Ann cutup allover theplace with a fourteen inch hogknife This is not evento mentionlots ofother things It begansix monthsago whenI marriedMarge That was thefirstthing Idid wrong We weremarried inMobile afteran acquaintanceof onlyfour days We wereboth sixteenand shewas visitingmy cousinGeorgia Now that I ve hadplentyoftime tothink itover I can t forthe lifeof mefigure howI fellforthelikes ofher She hasno books no body andnobrains whatsoever But Margeis anatural blondeand maybethat stheanswer Well we weremarried goingon threemonths whenshe startshollering thatshe s gotto gohome toMame only shehasn t gotno mama just thesetwo aunts Eunice andOlivia Ann So shemakes mequit myperfectly swellposition clerkingat theCash n Carry andmove hereto Admiral s Millwhich is nothing buta damngap in the roadany wayyou careto considerit From MySide ofthe Matter by TrumanCapote14MUSIC HATHHARMS Medicalcritics ofdeafeningly loudmusic tendto focustheir attackson youthwith apenchant forrock n roll Now earspecialist Dr Alf Axelssonand researchengineer FredrikLindgren reportin WorkingEnvironment1982that evenBeethoven cando damage Employed by the departmentof audiologyand oupationalmedicine atSahlgrenska Hospital Gothenburg Sweden the pairnoted thathalf ofclassical concertsthey monitoredin Gothenburg s ConcertHall andLyric Theatreexceeded85decibels the hearing damage levelfor eight hour workplaceexposure The139orchestral musiciansthe researchersstudied performedroughly40hours eachweek including practicesessions and59of themexhibited hearinglosses worsethat expectedfor theirage 6 Science NewsSUCCESS ANDMARRIAGE Suessin marriageand inbusiness gohand inhand finds Prof John E Tropman ofthe Universityof Michigan He measuredthe advancementof6000American males aged45to54 Those whohad progressedthe furthestwere thosewho remainedmarried orhad remarried The stereotypeofthehard driving ambitious breadwinnerwho workslong hoursand aeptsnew responsibilitiesat theexpense ofhis dutiesto hisfamily maynot bewholly aurate Professor Tropmansays It maynot bethe careerwhich jeopardizesthemarriage but themarital status if disrupted which hampersthe career The ideathat advancementcauses stressmayhavebeen warrantedin thepast Professor Tropmanadds But intoday s societymobility isbeing thenorm and itmay belack ofadvancement whichcauses disruptioninamarriage rather thanadva