翻譯資格考試三級復習資料:英漢對照(3)

　　1. Sports and games build our bodies, prevent us from gaining weights, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only uses. They give us valuable practice in helping the eyes, brain and muscles to work together. In table tennis, the eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction, and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and sends its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where the player wants it to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at table tennis can do this successfully. For those who work with their brains, the practice of such skills is especially useful.

　　1、體育運動增強體質，防止我們發(fā)胖，使我們保持身體健康。但體育運動的作用不僅僅限于這些方面。體育運動給我們的眼睛、大腦和肌肉以寶貴的鍛煉，促使它們協(xié)同工作。打乒乓球時，眼睛看到球打過來，判斷其速度和方向，馬上將這個信息傳給大腦。接著大腦得決定怎么辦，并立即將其命令傳達給手臂、腿等人體部分的肌肉，結果球被擊回到運動員希望它著落的地方。整個行動必須以最快的速度發(fā)生，只有那些訓練有素的人才能成功地完成。對那些腦力勞動者來說，這樣的技能實踐特別管用，尤其有益。

　　2. Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as selflessness, courage, discipline and love of one's country, but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child's character as what is learned through experience. The ordinary school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the students' time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So what the students do in their spare time is of great importance. If each of them learns to go all out for his team and not for himself on the sports field, he wilt later find it natural to work for the good of society and for the good of his country.

　　2、體育運動對性格的培養(yǎng)也很有益處。男孩女孩們在課堂上也許對不自私自利、富有勇氣、遵守紀律、熱愛祖國這樣的美德有所了解，但是從書本上學到的東西不可能像通過親身體驗了解到的東西一樣對孩子的品質產(chǎn)生深刻的影響。普通的學校不可能在生活方面給孩子們很多實用的培養(yǎng)，因為他們的大部分時間用于上課，花在學習功課上。所以，學生們在課余時間所做的事非常重要。如果每個學生在球場上學會了為自己的球隊而不是為他自己竭盡全力，那么他以后會感到為社會的利益、為祖國的利益而工作是理所當然的了。

　　3. An old song says that "love makes the world go around." If you watch Americans on Valentine's Day, you can believe it. The whole country breaks out with little red hearts. Love-struck people give cards, flowers and candy to their sweethearts. You might call it an annual celebration of love.

　　3、有一首老歌中唱道“愛讓世界轉動”。如果你看到美國人是如何慶祝情人節(jié)的，你便會相信這句話。這一天在美國不論你走到哪里都能看到一顆顆小紅心。墜入愛河中的人向自己的心上人贈送卡片、鮮花和糖果。你可以將情人節(jié)稱之為一年一度的愛的慶賀日。

　　4. The American concept of love and romance begins with dating. Young people date in several ways. At first they might have group dates with several boys and girls together. Later, they start going on single dates―just one boy and one girl. Sometimes a boy and a girl will go to a movie. Maybe they will go to a party at a friend's house. Or they might go out to eat.

　　4、美國人的愛情和浪漫始于約會。年輕人有幾種約會方式。最開始，他們可能是好幾個男孩和女孩都參加的集體約會。之后，他們單獨出去約會??只有一男一女。有時他們會去看電影，也可能一起去參加朋友的聚會，或一起出去吃飯。

　　5. When two couple go out together, it's called double dating. A friend might even arrange a blind date for you with someone you don't know. That doesn't mean you keep your eyes closed the whole evening! You just don't know who your partner will be until the time of the date. If someone asks you out on any kind of date, and you don't want to go, you may politely say, "No, thanks."

　　5、如果兩對男女一起出去，這叫做雙重約會。一個朋友還可能為你和陌生人安排一個“蒙眼約會”。那并不是說你整個晚上都緊閉雙目。只是在約會之前你并不知道你的約會對象是誰。如果有人請你出去約會，不管是哪種約會，假若你不想去，你都可以禮貌地說聲“不，謝謝!”

　　6. Americans view dating differently from people in other culture. American young people see a date as a time just to have fun. They don't always have a romantic interest in mind. Someone may go out with one person this week, and another person the next. After a while, a boy and a girl may decide they want to go steady. This means they think of each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. It also means they don't want to date anyone else. Romance is beginning to bloom.

　　6、對于約會，美國人與別的文化國度的人有不同的看法。美國的年輕人把約會看成是玩得開心的時間，并不一定就抱著浪漫的念頭。有的人可能這星期與一個人出去，下星期又與另外一個人出去。經(jīng)過一段時間后，一個男孩和一個女孩可能決定保持穩(wěn)定的關系。這意味著他們把彼此看成“男朋友和女朋友”，這也意味著他們不想與別的人約會。浪漫之花開始綻放。

　　7. Romantic love is very much a part of American culture. Movies, TV shows and books in America all picture people falling in love. Americans know no romance is perfect, but still they try to find the ideal person. Actually, love is a part of every culture, not just American culture. People all over the world search for happiness in a loving relationship. Maybe love does make the world go around.

　　7、浪漫愛情是美國文化的重要組成部分。美國的電影、電視和書籍都描繪人們?nèi)绾螇嬋霅酆?。美國人知道沒有哪段愛情是完美的，但他們還是努力去尋找自己的意中人。事實上，愛不僅僅是美國文化，而是每種文化的組成部分。全世界的人們都在愛中尋求幸福。也許確實是愛使世界轉動。
　　8. They are the principles on which my wife and I have tried to bring up our family. They are the principles in which my father believed and by which he governed his life. They are the principles, many of them, which I learned at my mother's knee.

　　8、這些是我和我太太在教育子女的時候所盡力倚仗的信條，這些是我父親所深信并以之為人生律條的信條，這些信條中的大部分是我從母親的膝下秉承而來的。

　　9. They point the way to usefulness and happiness in life, to courage and peace in death.

　　9、這些信條告訴人們?nèi)绾慰鞓范兴鳛榈鼗钪?，也告訴人們?nèi)绾斡赂叶苍數(shù)孛鎸λ劳觥?/P>

　　10. If they mean to you what they mean to me, they may perhaps be helpful also to our sons for their guidance and inspiration.

　　10、假如這些信條于諸位的意義如同它們于我的意義，那么也許它們可以有效地指導和鼓舞我們的兒女們。

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