四級翻譯精選練習(xí)天天練 11

1. I am not sure whether I want to take this course;_______________(我第一周可否旁聽)to see if I like it?

2. The police are on the trail of new evidence _______________(希望能有助于該案的處理).

3. The volume of trade between the two countries，as is reported，________________(增長了三倍多).

4. My question is _______________(誰將接任該基金會主席職位).

5. He looks honest，but ________________(外表有時是靠不住的)，aren’t they?

1. may I sit in for the first week

解析：分號之前表示原因：因為我不敢確定是否想學(xué)這門課程，所以能否讓我第一周旁聽看看是否喜歡它?“旁聽”英語里說成sit in，如：sit in a lecture(旁聽一個講座).另外，sit in也可以表示靜坐，如：There were reports of students sitting in at several universities to pretest against racial discrimination.(多次報道幾所大學(xué)學(xué)生靜坐抗議種族歧視.)

2. which they hope will help solve the case

解析：我們把中午句子的含義補全就是“警察希望這些新證據(jù)能有助于該案的處理”，“新證據(jù)”已經(jīng)在前文中出現(xiàn)，那么在這里我們需要把“能有助于該案的處理”譯成后置定語來修飾new evidence.on the trail of意思是“在尋找”.

3. has increased more than fourfold

解析：本題是考查數(shù)字的譯法，可以參考前面的節(jié)目.本句還要指出的是as在非限制性定語從句中的應(yīng)用：as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句時，其先行項通常是整個主句.As從句的位置很靈活，可以出現(xiàn)在句首，句中(如本句)或句末，并與主句之間用逗號隔開.如：As he pointed out，the steady rise in quality owes much to the improvement of our equipment.(正如他指出的，質(zhì)量的不斷提高在很大程度上取決于設(shè)備的更新.)The night has turned cold，as is usual around here.(夜晚變得很冷，在這一帶經(jīng)常如此.)

4. who will take over as president of the Foundation

解析：這是wh-詞引導(dǎo)的從句在句中作表語.本題的考點是：中文可以有“接任……的職位”的搭配，英文卻不能說take over the position of，因為take over本身就包括“接任某職”的含義，因此只要將某一職位的名稱譯出來即可，用take over as…來表達.“該基金會”在句中是特指，因而“Foundation”的首字母要大寫.

5. appearances are sometimes deceiving

解析：考生要看起來這是一個并列復(fù)合句.其規(guī)則之一是，疑問部分的主語要和后面句子的主語和謂語在人稱、數(shù)、性、時態(tài)方面保持一致.題干部分已經(jīng)給出 aren’t they?因此，“外表”要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語動詞也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式，不能說appearance is sometimes deceiving.