中国人民大学同等学历考试--英语翻译

Part B (10 points)

Direction: Translate the following Chinese paragraph into English on your ANSWER SHEET.

中国已经发展成为一个全球极富吸引力的、现实的大市场。世界各国和地区不少有远见卓识的企业家，都将目光投向了中国, 并从投资活动中获得了丰厚的回报。我相信，中国加入世贸组织后，外商参与中国投资活动的机会将越来越多，自身发展的空间也越来越大。在中国的投资活动一定能成为沟通世界各国和地区的企业家与中国市场的一座桥梁，促进中国和世界经济共同发展、共同繁荣。

Part B (10 points)

Direction: Translate the following Chinese paragraph into English on your ANSWER SHEET.

这一年，中国各族人民万众一心、团结奋斗，战胜突如其来的非典疫情和地震、洪涝、干旱等多种自然灾害带来的困难和挑战，继续推进改革开放，促进社会主义物质文明、政治文明和精神文明协调发展，保持了国民经济较快增长和各项社会事业全面发展的良好势头。我们将坚持以经济建设为中心，坚持全面、协调、可持续的发展观，深化改革、扩大开放，保持国民经济持续快速协调健康发展，全面推进各项社会事业，继续推进全面建设小康社会的进程，努力开创中国特色社会主义事业新局面。

China has evolved to an extremely attractive and realistic big market in the global context. Many farsighted businesspeople have paid their attention to China and got generous profits in return of their investment activities. I believe that more opportunities will be created for foreign businesspeople to participate in their investment following our WTO accession and greater space for development of themselves. The investment activities will surely serve as a bridge connecting businesspeople all over the world and the Chinese market, and promote China and the world to achieve common economic development and prosperity.

This year, Chinese people of all nationalities, worked hard with one heart and one mind, overcame numerous hardships and challenges such as the SARS epidemic and many natural disasters, like earthquakes, floods and drought. Meanwhile, the Chinese people also made concerted efforts to continue to push forward the reform and opening up process, to coordinate the development of socialist material progress, political progress and ethical and cultural progress and to maintain relatively speedy economic growth and overall development in all social undertakings. We shall continue to make economic construction the central task and stick to the pursuit of comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. We will continue to deepen reforms; open wider to the outside world; and maintain steady, rapid, coordinated and healthy development of the national economy. We shall improve our social undertakings in a comprehensive manner and continue making efforts to push forward the building of a well-off society in an all-round way and to open a new chapter for a socialist cause with Chinese characteristics. 否定句的翻译 部分否定

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a. All this is not necessary. b. I don’t remember all their names. c. They did not part good friends.

d. I don’t think it’s right to make such a hasty decision. e. We haven’t called the meeting to discuss this question.

否定词 deny, neglect, fail to refuse to, absence, ignorance, exclusion

free of, far from, inferior to, but against, out of, instead of, (have) yet to, too…to, rather than, more

than

a. It is “one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and

Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.”

b. The almost total absence of any U.S. sway with the parties directly involved in such a

dangerous situation is sobering to say the least.

c. Six months after the invasion, they have yet to establish themselves as anything approaching

the masters of all they survey. d. I was not unprepared for it.

e. This is a matter of no small consequence.

f. One such major breakthrough occurred late in 1956, although it wasn’t until later we were

filled in on its ramification.

g. Says a Pentagon officer with undisguised delight: “ I think it’s great. It tickles me to death.” h. That sort of thing was so much in the air that I, for one, didn’t question it. i. They get the second shot, they throw you off balance.

8．特殊句式：

1． He went to the seaside only to be drowned.

他到海边去，结果却被淹死了。

Only to +infinitive phrase 不定式短语＝与主观愿望相反的客观结果。

They don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theater, the cinema, or the opera, only to discover, perhaps, that the show is disappointing.

结果他们也许会发现所演出的节目很令人失望。 2. Every man can’t be a scientist. All is not gold that glisters.

不是人人都能成为科学家。 闪闪发光的东西未必都是黄金。

对主语的部分否定常用否定式谓语，把否定式not移到动词中。 2． He had words with her.

Have a word with sb. 与某人谈话 Have words with sb. 与某人吵架 3． We shall not want for food.

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Want. Vt. 想要 Want for vi. 缺乏

4． Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of

more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools. (1994) Not so much…as… 与其说……不如说……

他们（新学派科学家）说，科学的发展与其说源于天才伟人的真知灼见，不如说源于改进了技术和工具等更为普通的东西。

5． In short, a leader of the new school contends, the scientific revolution, as we call it, was largely the

improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions. (1994)

新学派的以为领袖人物坚持说：“总之，我们所称之为的科学，主要是指一系列器具的改进，发明和使用。这些改进，发明和使用使科学发展的范围无所不及。

6. Alone in a deserted house, he was so busy with his research work that he felt anything but lonely. (1990)

……一点也没有感到孤独…. Anything but= not at all Anything but= anything except He seldom talked of anything but painting. 除了绘画他很少谈别的。

7. The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind; it is simply the mode by which all phenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation. (1993)

科学研究的方法不过是人类思维活动的必要表达方式…… 8.She all but fainted when she heard the news. All but= almost, nearly几乎

All but the little children thought that the trip was exciting. All but= all except

9. But for the rain we should have a pleasant journey.

要不是下雨……

10. He would have helped us but that he was short of money at that time. 若不是他那时缺钱，他是会帮助我们的。

11．Moreover, technology includes techniques, or ways to do things, as well as the machines that may or may not be necessary to apply them.

名词＋or＋名词＝ 同位语 “即……”

再者，除机器外技术还包括技艺，即制作方法……

12. The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this, which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food. (1991) not nearly= by no means, far from

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食品供应将远远赶不上人口的增长…

13. The convenience that Americans desire reflect not so much a leisurely lifestyle as (but) busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable to be wasted. (1995)

美国人所需要的各种便利条件与其说是反映一种从容不迫的生活方式，还不如说反映一种忙碌的生活方式……

14.He didn’t so much as thank me for returning his money that I found. 我把找到的钱还给他，他却连谢都不肯谢。 Not so much as = 连……都不肯

15. The bridge was not so crowded but the bicycle could go through. 这桥虽然很拥挤，但是自行车还能穿过去。 Not so + 形容词＋but + 从句＝ 虽然…….但是

16. I could not agree to, much less participate in such proceedings. Much less, still less=更不用说，更不必说

我不能同意这种行为，更谈不上参加这些行动了。

17．In old China, there was hardly any machine-building industry, to say nothing of an electronic industry. To say nothing of=更不用说＝not to speak of (而且还) 18. I don’t know algebra or geometry, not to mention calculus. 我连代数几何都不懂，更不必说微积分了。

Not to mention= 更不必说 （而且还） Let alone= 更不必说

19.The heart is no more intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. 心脏和胃一样都无智力可言，因为它们都是由大脑控制

no more ….. than… 和…一样都不

20. It seems, then, that these two branches of science are mutually dependent and interacting, and that the so-called division between the pure scientist and the applied scientist is more apparent than real.

More… than …与其…..不如…..

……与其说实际存在，不如说是表面的。 21．He is a man who is more brave than wise. 他是个有勇无谋的人 22.He is more mad than stupid. 与其说他笨不如说他疯

23．Some of the suggestions are more than we can accept. More than +从句 （can, could）＝实在不能

有些建议我们实在不能接受。

24．A big elephant is not more an animal than a little cat is.

Not more ＋名词 ＋ than + 名词＝ 与……一样是

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25. He is more of a politician than a scholar. More of a ….than a… 与其说是……不如说是 与其说他是个学者，不如说他是个政客

26．It is no less than blackmail to ask such a high price.

如此高价，这实在是敲诈。 No less than 完全是

27．What the man said was nothing else than nonsense.

Nothing else than 完全是

Your success was due to nothing else than your own diligence. 28.It is not that ….but that…这不是说…..而是说

It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former. 29.We cannot be too faithful to our duties. Cannot….too..再…也不过分， 应该， 必须

我们必须尽力忠于职守。

30．You can’t attach too much importance to the matter. 你应该十分重视这件事情。

31．Plants which refine crude ores are often located in countries other than those in which the crude ores are mined.

Other…than other than 不同于。 非， 除了

提炼矿石的厂房通常不是设在采矿石的国家而是设在其它国家。

32. Reactions other than the desired one often occur when reactants are brought together.

当这些反应物放在一起时，常发生不希望有的一些反应。 33. All parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition.

除了窗子外，房子的其它部分都完好无缺。 34. She would be the last person to go along with the scheme.

…the last + N + to V = 最不可能的 他可能是最不同意这项计划的人。 35．That’s the last thing I’d expect you to do. 那是我最不期望你做的事。

36． It is asserted that….有人断言……. It is believed that…..

It is considered that….. It is reported that….. It is said that…. It is supposed that… It is told that….

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