1、例 1. Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be, rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating（操纵）others . They are aware that there is a difference between being loved and act
2、ing loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask. 1. dedicate to 把时间，精力用于 2. pretence 虚伪，虚假6 1 斤斤于字比句次，措辞生硬 例 2. Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and
3、habits are conditioned by others. My table manners are atrocious( 丑恶 ) in this respect Ive slipped back hundreds of years in fact, I have no manners whatsoever（完全，全然）. If I feel like it, I eat with my fingers, or out of a can, or standing up in other words, whichever is easiest. 孤独是很好的实验室，正好适合观察一个人的
4、举止和习惯在多大程度上受人制约。如今我吃东西的举止十分粗野；这方面一放松就倒退了几百年，实在是一点礼貌也没有。我高兴就用手抓来吃，（eat out of a can）开个罐头端着吃，站着吃；反正怎么省事就怎么吃。1. Be conditioned by 受 制约2. Atrocious 丑恶3. Whatsoever 完全，全然6 2 结构松散，表达过于口语化 例 3 有一次，在拥挤的车厢门口，我听见一位男乘客客客气气地问他前面的一位女乘客：“ 您下车吗？ ”女乘客没理他。“您下车吗？”他又问了一遍。女乘客还是没理他。他耐不住了，放大声问：“下车吗？” ，那女乘客依然没反应。“你是聋子，还是哑
5、巴？ ”他急了，捅了一下那女乘客，也引起了车厢里的人都往这里看。女乘客这时也急了，瞪起一双眼睛，回手给了男乘客一拳。 （庄绎传， 英汉翻译教程 ， 1999 ：练习 3 ） 译文 1： Once at the crowded door of the bus, I heard a man passenger asked politely a woman passenger before him: “Are you getting off?” The woman made no answer. “Are you getting off?” the man asked again, but the
6、woman sill didnt pay attention to him. The man couldnt be polite any longer and asked loudly, the woman still had no response. “Are you a deaf or a dumb?” He became upset and gave a push to the woman, and also it attracted the attention of other passengers. At this time, the woman also became upset,
7、 stared at the man and gave him back a fist . 译文 2：Once at the crowded doorway in a bus, I heard a man asked politely a woman before him: “Are you getting off?” The woman had no response. He then repeated it but in vain. He got impatient and asked louder: “Getting off?” but still no answer at all. H
8、e became irritated（烦恼） , shouting: “Are you a deaf or a dumb?” and gave her a push, which drew other passengers attention. Annoyed, the woman glared at him and hit him back (with her fist). 例 4 Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temple
9、s and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds, ages ago. What was then(那时候) said and thought still speaks to us vividly as ever/ from the printed page. The only effect of time has been si
10、ft out( 筛落 ) the bad products, for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. 译文 1：书的特质在于永恒，是人类经努力奋斗而产生的最长久产品。庙宇和雕塑会腐朽，但书籍却能永存。时间在伟大思想面前毫无作用，许多年前闪现在作者心头的思想至今仍栩栩如生。当年的所言所思至今仍在印刷的纸上生动地回响。时间的唯一作用就是去掉糟粕。只要是真正的精华就能在文学上永存。 译文 2：书的实质在于世代永存，是迄今人类长期努力得来的最持久产品。庙宇会坍塌，雕像会腐蚀，但书籍却能永存。伟大的思想不会因
11、岁月的流失而消泯，前人的思想历久长新，其所言所思至今仍跃然纸上、声声入耳。悠悠岁月只会去尽糟粕，真正的好书经得起历史的淘汰和荡涤（反选）。6 3 语篇整体与局部 例 5 （前 6.2.1 例 2 ） 大家 都说，糟了，怕是遭了狼了 ！ (1) When seeing this, everybody there realized that something bad must have happened - he was killed by a wolf! (2) Everybody said that it was too bad! He was likely to meet with a w
12、olf! 例 6. “”, began Clyde, who did not quite like the looks of the man before him, but was determined to present himself as agreeable as possible . (1) “ ”，克莱德开口说。尽管他不太喜欢眼前这个人，但还是决定让自己表现得尽量随和一些 。 (2) 。尽管他不太喜欢眼前这个 领班 ，但还是决定让自己 尽量迎合一下对方 。 例 7 . 孔子很早就说：“ 四十而不惑 ”。意思是到了四十，就是肥肉一块吊到你嘴边，你饥肠辘辘馋涎欲滴，也不应该伸脖子去贪嘴
13、了。Dangle v. 摇晃地悬挂着 juicy meat6 4 形式与内容的统一 例 8 On one of those sober （严肃）and rather melancholy（忧郁）days, in the later part of Autumn, when the shadows of morning and evening almost mingle together, and throw a gloom over the decline of the year, I passed several hours in rambling （漫步） about Westminste
14、r Abbey. There was something congenial （适意的） to the season in the mournful （悲哀） magnificence of the old pile; and, as I passed its threshold, seemed like stepping back into the regions of antiquity, and losing myself among the shades of former ages. （ Washington Irving, Westminster Abbey ） 时方晚秋，气象肃穆
15、，略带忧郁，早晨的阴影和黄昏的阴影，几乎连在一起，不可分别，岁将云暮(岁聿云暮 su y yn m 指一年将尽。同“岁聿其莫”)，终日昏暗，我就在这么一天，到西敏大寺去散步了几个钟头。古寺巍巍，森森然似有鬼气，和阴沉沉的季候正好调和；我跨进大门，觉得自己已经置身远古，相忘于古人的鬼影之中了。 “ 西敏大寺 ”，夏济安译， 1976， p. 54 1. Sober adj. 严肃的2. Melancholy adj. 忧郁的3. Congenial adj. 适意的4. Mournful adj. 悲哀的5. Threshold n. 门槛6. Antiquity n. 古物例 9. 拿有些古都
16、来说，其建筑体现着三个层面：由宫殿府邸、皇家园林等构成的帝王古都；由道观神庙、社稷祭坛等构成的“鬼神”古都 ；由胡同、四合院及其它民居建筑构成 的老百姓古都 。 Three kinds of buildings make up China s architectural features of the ancient capital: (1) imperial palaces(宫殿) and official residences（府邸）; (2) temples and altars（祭坛）; (3) compounds with houses built around a courtyar
17、d, and the lanes and other buildings lived in by ordinary people. （名词新词）New words:1. 宫殿 imperial palace2. 府邸 official residence3. 祭坛 altar4. 四合院 courtyard house5. 胡同 lane/ Hutung例 10. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe me in myself. That was basic. If I hadnt been able to do that, I wo
18、uld have collapsed （消沉）and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in my life I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase（楼梯） alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assu
19、rance that I am, despite imperfection, a real, positive person, that somewhere【 in the sweeping (影响广泛的，大范围的), intricate（复杂的） pattern of people（定语）】 there is a special place where I can make myself fit. 我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己，这是基本条件。如做不到这一点，我的精神就会崩溃，只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。相信自己并不仅仅指支持我独自走下陌生的楼梯的那种自信，那是一部分。我指的是大事：是坚信（nv ）自己虽然有缺陷，却是一个真正的有进取心的人；坚信在芸芸众生错综复杂的格局当中，自有我可以安身立命的一席之地。New words:1. collapsed adj. 消沉的；2. chair rocker 摇椅3. assurance n. 自信4. sweeping adj. 影响广泛的，大范围的5. intricate adj. 复杂的
