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翻译理论课程学位考试试题（参考答案见题后）Part I Translate the following sentences into Chinese: (20%)1、The problem is staring us in the face.问题明摆着，我们想回避也回避不了。2、New price hikes hit LA supermarketing housewives.(LA洛杉矶)物价又涨，洛杉矶购物主妇的利益受到损害。3、He is always telling, never doing.他只说不做。4、Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。5、Knowledge, as much as capital, material resources and sweat, has become an essential factor of production -maybe the essential factor.知识，如同资本，物质资源和吃苦耐劳精神一样，已经成为生产的一个基本要素，也许是基本要素吧。6、Their language was almost unrestrained by any motive of prudence.他们几乎爱讲什么就讲什么，都没有顾及到什么谨慎不谨慎的问题。7、The news is too good to be true.消息太好，恐不可靠。8、She was my angel of wife.她是一位天仙一般的妻子9、Make it the first object to be able to fix and hold your attention upon your studies.要把专心致志于学业并且持之以恒作为首要目标。10、People were born survivors. 人的生存能力是与生俱来的。11、The talented scholar and his wife are perfectly made for each other.这位学者和他的妻子郎才女貌，可谓是天造地设的一对。12、Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。13、She was so angry at her husband that she took it out on her children.她因和丈夫生气，就拿孩子来作出气筒。14、Early Reagan was a mirror image of early Garter.里根刚上台时在做法上跟执政初期的卡特别无二致。15、There was another man who seemed to have answers, and that was Robert McNamara.另外有一个人似乎胸有成竹，那就是罗伯特麦克纳马拉16、University applicants who had worked at a job would receive preference over those who had not.报考大学的人，有工作经验的优先录取。17、Strange as it was, he passed TOFEL.虽然似乎很奇怪，但他通过了托福考试。18、As a result of the recently increasing demand, wholesale tea prices have almost doubled.由于日益增长的需求，批发茶价几乎翻了一番。19、To error is human and to mend is a supreme merit.人非圣贤，孰能无过；过儿改之，善莫大焉。20、At the beginning of the New Year, this area saw a big snowfall.新年一开始，这个地区就下了一场大雪。21、It is only shallow people who judge people by appearance.只有浅薄的人才会以貌取人。22、Mother stopped at the supermarket to buy bread and then went to get Jane at dancing class; she killed two birds with one stone.妈妈一举两得，既在超级市场买了面包，又顺便去舞蹈班接了琼.23、He has a strong dislike for the sentimental.他非常讨厌多愁善感无病呻吟。24、I prefer driving to being driven.我喜欢开车，不喜欢坐车。25 I havent heard from him since he lived in Beijing.自从他从北京搬走以后，我就再没收到过他的信。26、The availability of water power helped make New England a manufacturing center.由于具有水力的便利条件，新英格兰才得以成为一个制造中心。27、Much is left to be desired.还有许多需要改进的地方。28、He had left a note of welcome for me, as sunny as his face.他留下一封短信，对我表示欢迎；那信里的字里行间热情洋溢，一如其人。29、Language is shaped by, and shapes, human thought.人的思想形成了语言，而语言又形成了人的思想。30、Our hopes had plans are scattered to the four winds.我们的希望和计划全落空了。31、Two train derailments at the weekend cut Sydneys rail links with Melbourne and the New North Coast.周末发生了两起火车出轨事故，使悉尼与墨尔本和新南威尔士州北部海岸的铁路运输中断。32、If there is anything in the world that a young man should be are grateful for than another, it is the poverty which necessitates starting life under very great disadvantage.世界上如果真有青年人最为感激的东西，那就是初涉人生时的贫困经历。青年人在开始谋生阶段，受些艰苦的磨练是有必要的。33、His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.他辩解说，因为日记本丢了才忘记了她的生日。34、The burning question of my childhood had been richly answered.我小时候梦寐以求想得到答案的问题，终于得到了圆满的回答。35、The raising of twenty-five thousand pounds was a task altogether beyond her powers.要筹集两万五千镑钱她完全无力办得到。36、They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.据说他没有受过大学教育，但他看上去好像有学者的样子。37、National universities, the pride of the prewar educational systems, were closed to women.国力大学，在战前是教育制度上的骄傲，当时是不收女生的。38、Knowledge, as much as capital, material resources and sweat, has become an essential factor of production -maybe the essential factor.知识，如同资本，物质资源和吃苦耐劳精神一样，已经成为生产的一个基本要素，也许是基本要素吧。39、He is very ignorant so much so that he cannot read his own name.他非常无知，甚至连自己的名字都不认识。40、It was all I could do not to laugh.我差点笑出来。41、Theres a woman like a dewdrop, shes so purer than the purest.有女洁如露珠。42、It is now generally accepted that reform is necessary in the factory.现在全厂上上下下都普遍认为工厂必须进行改革。43、Her recent novel got a mixed reaction.她最近出版的一部小说引起了强烈反响，不过有褒有贬。44、Business took me to town.我因事进城去了。45、Capital is the only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.资本只不过是劳动的成果。如果不首先存在劳动，就不可能存在资本。46、The sight and sound of our jet planes filled me with special longing.看到我们的喷气式飞机，听见隆隆的机声，真令人特别神往。47、Hardly a week passes but she receives several invitations.她每个星期都会收到几个邀请的。48、See-sawing between partly good and faintly ominous, the news for the next four weeks was never distinct.从那以后的四个星期内，消息时而部分有所好转，时而又有点儿不妙，两种情况不断地交替出现，一直没有明朗化。49、He proved to be a very good listener.他善于听取别人的意义。50、Your temper is more than I can bear.我忍受不了你的脾气。51、I challenge my own conclusion.我重新考虑我的结论。52 I always thought she was a common-sense person who discussed things the way they ought to be discussed.我一向认为她是一个明达的人，讨论问题总是该怎么讨论就怎么讨论。、53、His being neglected by the host added to his uneasiness.主人对他的冷漠使他更加不舒服。54、That nobody was killed or even slightly injured in such a serious accident was incredible.如此严重的事故竟无一人伤亡，（这）真叫人难以置信！55、I dont think we have asked for anything that they havent done.我认为我们要求的事情，他们都一一办到了。56、Whether you die at a young age or when you are older is less important than whether you have fully lived the years you have had.人生的意义不在于你能活多久，更重要的是看你是否活得很充实。57、Theory is something but practice is everything.理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。58、I challenge my own conclusions.我重新考虑我的结论。59、She opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy.她为这个无家可归的男孩打开了自家的房门，同时也向可怜的孩子敞开了爱心。60、Sima Xiangru said to Zhuo Wenjun: “you are too beautiful and gifted not to make me fall in love with you!”司马相如对卓文君说：“你太美丽多才了，我怎能不爱你！61、A little forethought would have saved you much trouble afterwards.事先略作盘算就会省却你以后不少的麻烦。62、Your temper is more than I can bear.我忍受不了你的脾气。63、She had such a fright that she fainted.她吓得昏了过去。64、A turn of the path and we were in a fairy land, whose existence no one a hundred yards off would have suspected.从那条路转个弯进去，我们便到了一个仙境，只消离开那里一百码的地方，就没有人会想到有那么一个仙境存在了。65、The availability of water power helped make New England a manufacturing center.由于具有水利的便利条件，新英格兰才得以成为一个制造中心。66、Your temper is more than I can bear.我忍受不了你的脾气。67、You compare her with your English-women who wolf down from three to five meat meals a day; and naturally you find her a sylph.你们英国女人每天狼吞虎咽地吃上三餐到五餐肉食，你们拿她来比她们，当然觉得她是个窈窕仙女了。68、History has never been kind to this place.这个地方长期以来都是多灾多难。69、The economy of the four economic tigers in Asia became weak last year.亚洲四小龙的经济去年出现了疲软。70、They told me that by the end of the year they would have been working together for thirty years.他们告诉我，到年底时他们在一起工作就要满30年了。71、He is admittedly reliable.他十分可靠，这是大家都公认的。72、We will put off the outing until next week, when we wont be so busy.我们把郊游推迟到下星期，到那时候我们不会这么忙了。73、I am struck by the passionate dedication and devotion to country by all classes of people, from the leadership down to all the citizens.这里各阶层人民，从领导到老百姓，都热情地忠于祖国，这使我印象很深。74、No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.最普遍的抱怨就是说钱不够用。75、Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情。76、Every man is not polite, and all are not born gentlemen.不见得每个人都懂礼貌，也不见得所有的人天生都是文质彬彬。77、)Be a pupil before you become a teacher.先做学生，再做先生。78、Sima Xiangru said to Zhuo Wenjun: “you are too beautiful and gifted not to make me fall in love with you!”司马相如对卓文君说：“你太美丽多才了，我怎能不爱你！”.79、It is only shallow people who judge by appearance.只有浅薄的人才会以貌取人。80、War was avoided by a master stroke of statesmanship.由于运用了高超的政治策略，战争才得以避免。81、He is more of a scholar than a teacher.与其说他是教师，不如说他是学者。82、Such is human nature in the West that a great many of people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情。83、He is more of a scholar than a teacher.与其说他是教师，不如说他是学者。84、Hardly a week passes but she receives several invitations.她每个星期都会收到几个邀请的。85、If there is anything in the world that a young man should be more grateful for than another, it is the poverty which necessitates starting life under very great disadvantage.世界上如果真有青年人最为感激的东西，那就是初涉人生时的贫困经历。青年人在开始谋生阶段，受些艰苦的磨炼是很有必要的。86、True greatness has little, if anything, to do with rank or power.真正的伟大几乎是与地位或权利无关的。87、Over the past several weeks, she had grown increasingly restless.过去几周，她越来越六神无主。88、A home without love is no more a home than a body without soul is a man.正像没有灵魂的躯体不能称其为人一样，没有爱情的家庭也不称其为家庭。89、He quarreled with his boss and bread and butter last month. Now he has to be among the job-hunters again.上月他同老板闹翻了，结果砸了自己的饭碗，现在又不得不加入求职者的行列。90、When deeply absorbed in work, which he often was, he would forget all about eating and sleeping.他常常聚精会神的做工作，这时他废寝忘食.91、Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情。92、A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it can not last too long; if bad, you can not get rid of it too early.一本书可以比作邻居。如果是好的，结识愈久愈好；如果是坏的，分手愈早愈好。93、Such is human nature in the West that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.许多人常常宁愿牺牲比较高的工资以较高的工资以换取成为白领工人的社会地位，这在西方倒是人之常情。94、We had scarcely left our school before it began to rain.我们刚离开学校，天就下雨了。95、There is no getting along with him.跟他是无法相处的。96、Despite the great age gap between them, an instant affinity asserted itself.尽管他们是忘年，但却一见如故，情谊甚笃。97、There is more to their life than political and social and economic problems; more than transient everydayness.他们的生活远不止那些政治的、社会的和经济的问题，远不止一时的柴米油盐问题。98 Not too much can or should be read into the percentages.这些百分比不能说明太多的问题，也不应利用它们来说明太多的问题。99、The challenge today is not merely to improve the material standards of living.当今人们的要求不仅仅在于提高物质生活水平。100、Thinking that you know when in fact you dont is fatal mistake to which we are all prone.自认为知道而实际上并不知道，这是一个致命的弱点，我们都容易犯这种错误。Part II Translate the following sentences into English: (20%)1、北京的春天来得晚，三月份还很冷。March is the rather reluctant beginning of spring in Beijing.2、我走累了，想停下来歇歇脚。I dont mind taking the weight off my feet.3、三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮。Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang the ancient master mind.4、她听人说深圳遍地是黄金，于是就来了。She had been drawn to Shenzhen by tales of unimaginable wealth.5、我纵然饿死，也不去向他求助。Though I were starving, I would not ask a favor of him.6、踢足球的，踢足球去了，打篮球的，打篮球去了。Some played soccer and others played basketball.7、这是九月的一个晴朗的下午，纽约的大街上，人来人往，五光十色。It was a bright September afternoon, and the streets of New York were brilliant with moving people.8、没有人知道这个坏家伙这些年都在干些什么。Nobody knew what this rascal had been doing all these years.9、当前我们最重要的任务是发展国民经济，提高人民生活水平。Our primary task at present is to develop national economy and improve the standards of living.10、尽管两国高唱关系热化，但双方在互相侦察方面的急切程度，丝毫不减于冷战高潮时期。The two countrieswith all the talks of warmer relationsare spying on each other as avidly as at the height of the cold war.11、当前最重要的任务是发展国民经济，提高人民生活水平。Our primary task at present is to develop national economy and improve the standards of living.12、我们不知道她的地址，没法和她联系。Not knowing her address, we couldnt get in touch with her.13、公众的利益高于个人利益。The needs of the community must take precedence over individual requirements.14、不搞改革，不坚持开放政策，我们制定的战略目标就不可能实现。这是一个关，这个关必须过。We cannot reach our strategic goal unless we carry out reforms and adhere to the open policy. This is a key process we must go through.15、他并没有病到不能上学的程度。He is not so sick but he can come to school.16、我连一句话也没来得及说他就跑了。Before I could say a single word, he ran away.17、他本来在南方从事一项建筑工程，任务完成后，他就上格鲁吉亚去度假，享受高加索的阳光，昨天才坐飞机回来。He had flown in just the day before from Georgia where he had spent his vacation basking in the Caucasian sun after the completion of the construction job he had been engaged in the south.18、努力实现从扩大规模数量向提高质量效益为主的转变。Efforts should be made to shift priority of expanding scale and quantity to improving quality and efficiency.19、本公司顾客至上，质量超卓，效率快捷，取价公道。Our company always values its customers satisfaction in taking care of every quality requirement and providing best speeding services in reasonable prices.20、见到自己的故乡，他想起了童年的情景。The sight of his native place called back his childhood.21、路上挤满了男男女女，他们熙熙攘攘，正在买卖各种各样的东西。The road was packed with a noisy crowd of men and women, who were selling and buying all kinds of things.22、他只要听到几句恭维话就会得意忘形。A little flattery would set him carried away.23、这些工人都是篮球的热心观众。These workers are avid watchers of basketball matches.24、我们取得了很大的成绩，但这并不意味着我们就可以从此吃老本而无需进取了。We have achieved a lot, but that doesnt mean we can therefore rest on our laurels without aiming high.25、顷刻之间，滚滚的洪水像堵墙一般压了下来，一古脑儿连人带车都给冲走了。这情景直到现在还印在我的脑海里。The image of a sudden wall of dark water carrying the man and his car away in an instant is still imprinted on my mind.26、走廊里放着一片雨伞，少说也有二十把，五颜六色，大小不等。Along the corridor lie at least twenty umbrellas of various sizes and colors.27、成绩有两重性，错误也有两重性。Achievements have a dual character, so have mistakes.28、课程的目的在于训练英语技能。The course aims at practice of English.29、对于妇女在社会中的地位问题，我们的许多看法来自封建时代，与今天的社会格格不入。Many of the ideas we have about the roles of women in society are derived from feudal times and are not relevant in todays society.30、为了保证产品质量，我们对所有元件都进行了严格的筛选。In pursuit of excellent quality of our products, all the parts are selected or chosen strictly before being picked up together.31、当地政府为了改善生态环境采取了许多措施。The local government has done much for the improvement of the ecological environment.32、有志者事竟成。Where there is a will, there is a way.33、我国去年农业取得大丰收。Our country saw good harvests last year.34、中国是一个文明古国，幅员辽阔，面积达到960万多平方公里。China is a country with an ancient civilization. She has a vast territory and covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.35、有志者事竟成。Where there is a will, there is a way.36、每逢假日的下午，我总要漫游周围的乡村。My holiday afternoons were spent in ramble about the surrounding country.37、我们搞一点核武器完全是为了自卫。It is purely for self-defense that we have produced some nuclear weapons38、要提倡顾全大局。We should advocate the spirit of taking the whole situation into consideration39、我们学校鼓励学生独立思考,不要受老师观点的束缚。In our school, students are encouraged to do independent thinking and not to be restricted by their teachers points of view.40、他疲惫不堪，天气也越来越热。他于是下了决心，一碰到舒适的阴凉处，就坐下休息。His weariness and the increasing heat determined him to sit down in the first convenient shade.41、没有什么比光阴更可贵的东西了。Nothing is more precious than time.42、我正在劝她。I am trying to persuade her.43、这是九月的一个晴朗的下午，纽约的大街上，人来人往，五光十色。It was a bright September afternoon, and the streets of New York were brilliant with moving men.44、李先生就要和他的同事告别了。他与他们一道工作了很长时间，因此大家不愿让他离开这里。Mr. Li was about to say goodbye to his colleagues. He had worked with them for a long time. So, all of them were not willing that he world leave here.45、他想到把这件事全部交给他的妻子去办。It occurred to him to leave the whole thing to his wife.46、他总算把记者招待会对付过去了。After all, he survived the press conference.47、方才落了一阵雨，天气还是闷热难堪。人们心里还是热燥燥的，期望着再来一次暴雨。Despite a downpour a moment ago, it was still so unbearably hot and close that people expected to have another rainstorm.48、这种技术资料太难懂，我简直就像看天书一样。The technical materials of this kind are extremely difficult for me to understand.49、看到这种情况，他们开始跳舞，他们跳呀，跳呀，一直跳了整个通宵。When they saw this, they began to dance. And they danced and danced all night.50、还看不出他能挑得起这副担子。Nothing suggests that he will be equal to such a task.51、健康状况不佳就无法有效地工作。Ones poor health will incapacitate him for efficient work.52、在学习中我们应该互相促进。In our studies, we should help each other forward.53、课程的目的在于训练英语技能。The course aims at practice of English.54、多年的教学经验，帮助我改变了主意。Years of teaching experience had helped me to change my mind.55、她老是批评她丈夫马虎邋遢。Shes always criticizing her husband for being sloppy.56、天已经相当晚了，我们决定在那座庙里过夜。As it was getting quite dark, we decided to stop at the temple for the night.57、古今中外，这种情况概莫能外。There is no exception to this in modern or ancient, in China or elsewhere.58、中国是一个文明古国，幅员辽阔，面积达到960万多平方公里。China is a country with an ancient civilization. She has a vast territory and covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.59、我国的社会主义建设，需要一个和平的国际环境，需要一个国内安定团结，天下大治的局面。For its socialist construction, China needs an international environment of peace and a domestic situation of stability, unity and great order. 60、野心不仅是罪恶的根源，也是毁灭的根源。Ambition is the mother of destruction as well as of evil.61、这个我自己决定不了，我得请示请示上边儿。I cant decide on it personally. I have to ask the top kick.62、卢沟桥位于北京西南郊。