翻译篇第八章短文翻译练习p讲解材料.ppt

Progressive Translation 翻译篇,第八章 短文翻译练习,短文1,平静的海面上每个人都可以成为领航员 但只有晴天没有阴霾，只有快乐没有悲伤， 那就全然不是人生就拿最幸福的人来 说吧，他们的命运就是一团纠缠不清的纱 线丧亲之痛和神恩赐福此起彼伏，让 我们悲欢交替甚至连死亡本身也使生 命更加珍贵人们在生命的庄严时刻， 在哀伤和丧亲的阴影之下，最接近真 实的自我在生活或事业中，性格比才 智更能指导我们，心性比头脑更能引导 我们，而克制、耐心和教养比天分更能 让我们受益我一向认为，内心开始生 活得更为严谨的人，他外在的生活会开 始变得更为简朴在物欲横流的年代， 但愿我能向世人表明：人类的真正需求 少得有多么可怜反思自己的过错以至 于不重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟高人一 等并没有什么值得夸耀的真正的高贵 是超越原来的你短文1,In a calm sea every man is a pilot. But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. Take the lot of the happiestit is a tangled yarn. Bereavements and blessings, one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itself makes life more loving. Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss. In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment. I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. In an age of extravagance and waste, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are. To regret ones errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance. There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.,短文2,松树几乎总是长在凌乱荒凉的地方，但它却把周围的景色点缀得 井井有条，蔚然可观。

低地处的树木会东倒西歪，虽然让它们东 倒西歪的，不过是草地上吹过的一阵阵微风；或者，它们的躯干 倾斜到一边，不过是由于一排野樱草的影响可是，尽管风暴和 雪崩恣意摧残，尽管松树所能依附的只是陡壁上一块凸出的岩石， 它依然长得笔挺从它初发的嫩枝旁沿茎插一根笔直的杆子；只 要这树活着，杆子将一直指着地心低地处的树，可能为了获得 它们需要的东西，四处伸展枝桠，形成各种不规则的形状，任意 扩张然而松树却饱经锻炼，什么也不需要，什么都能忍受它 坚定完整，独立成长；除了长得挺拔正直，别无所求；虽受限制 而依然完美，它便感到满足不管是高是矮，它总是长得笔直短文3,老贝尔门是住在楼下一层的一个画家他六十开外，有一把像米开朗琪 罗的摩西雕像的胡子，从萨提尔似的头上顺着他半人半鬼一样的身体卷 垂下来贝尔门在艺术上是一个失败者他耍了四十年画笔，可是和艺 术女神隔着相当距离，连她长袍的边都碰不到他总说要作一幅好画， 但是还没有动手这些年来，他除了时不时画一些商业画或广告画之外， 没有画过别的东西他替艺术区里那些雇不起职业模特儿的青年画家做 模特儿，挣些小钱他喝酒总是过量，还总是唠唠叨叨地谈着他未来的 那幅杰作此外，他还是个暴躁的小老头儿，极端瞧不起人家的温情， 但却认为自己是保护楼上画室那两个青年画家的看门恶犬。

短文3,Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a Michael Angelos Moses beard curling down from the head of a satyr along the body of an imp. Behrman was a failure in art. Forty years he had wielded the brush without getting near enough to touch the hem of his Mistresss robe. He had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. For several years he had painted nothing except now and then a daub in the line of commerce or advertising. He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists in the colony who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For the rest he was a fierce little old man, who scoffed terribly at softness in any one, and who regarded himself as especial Mastiff waiting to protect the two young artists in the studio above.,短文4,在圣诞节这一天，许多美国人去做礼拜或是走亲访友。

他们会吃一顿特别 的大餐或者他们会给无家可归者提供食物，帮助他们庆祝这一节日在 圣诞节这一天，无论美国人走到哪里，他们都会互相祝福“圣诞快乐” 在美国，音乐是庆祝圣诞节的重要方式美国人喜欢各种各样的圣诞歌曲 Shirley Griffith在此为我们作一些介绍短文4,On Christmas Day, many Americans go to church or visit friends or family members. They eat a special meal. Or they help celebrate the holiday by serving meals to homeless people. But wherever Americans go on Christmas Day, they always wish each other “Merry Christmas.” Music is a big part of Christmas celebrations in the United States. Americans enjoy all kinds of Christmas songs. Here is Shirley Griffith to tell us about a few of them.,短文5,两千多年前，古罗马人就开始庆祝情人们的节日。

作为情人节庆祝活动 的一部分，姑娘们把各自的名字分别写在一张张纸条上，然后把纸条放 进一个大盒子里小伙子们把手伸进盒子里抽出姑,短文5,The ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers more than 2，000 years ago. As part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container. Boys reached into the container and pulled out the name of a girl. That girl became his girlfriend or sweetheart for a year.,短文6,其他和火鸡相搭配的传统感恩节美味有：红薯、越橘和南瓜派 据说，感恩节前后，商店出售的食物比一年中的任何时候都要 多当然，许多人在感恩节吃的食物比一年中其他的时候也要 多一些短文6,Other traditional Thanksgiving foods served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. And many people eat more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year.,短文7,近年来，美国人给感恩节增添了新的庆祝方式。

例如， 在感恩节这一天会举行职业橄榄球赛和大学生橄榄球赛 其中有些比赛在国家电视台播放短文7,Over the years, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration. For example, a number of profe- ssional and university football games are played on Thanks- giving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.,短文8,英格兰和苏格兰的居民将4月1日这天作为愚弄人的日子 一个在苏格兰家喻户晓的笑话是派人去一户人家送信信 中告诉收信人这是个玩笑收信人会说这封信是送给住在 路的另一头的人的在往返奔波后，这个精疲力竭的苏格 兰人回到家里，发现朋友们正在为这个恶作剧哈哈大笑短文8,People in Britain and Scotland recognize April 1st as a day of fooling. A famous joke in Scotland was to send someone to a house to deliver a letter. The letter told the receiver it was a joke. The receiver would say the let。