中译英练习16

中译英练习（16）

1. 年轻人犯错误是很自然的，我们都应该从失败中学习。(It…)

It is quite natural that young people make mistakes. We should all learn from our failures.

2. 他们一次又一次地试验，直到成功为止。(one…after another)

They made one experiment after another till they succeeded.

3. 请你们一个一个地进来。你们一次只能借两本书。(at a time)

Please come in one by one. You can borrow two books at a time.

4. 只有少数学生出国，其他的都进了上海的各所大学。(rest)

Only a small number of students went abroad, and the rest of them entered different universities in Shanghai.

5. 妇女干得和男子一样多，所以应该得到同样的报酬。(pay vi.)

The women have done as much as the men, so they should be paid as much too.

6. 我所知道的就是这些，还能说什么呢？(else)

This is all I know. What else can I tell you?

7. 只过了几分钟，敌人又开始发动进攻了。(It…before…)

It was only a few minutes before the enemy made another attack.

8. 在这样愉快的环境中学习一定是既有趣又有效。

It must be both interesting and effective to study in such pleasant surroundings.

9. 他们遇上了二十年来最严重的洪水，但没有一个人挨饿受冻。(suffer)

They met with the most serious flood in twenty years, but none of them suffered from hunger and cold.

10. 如果你不满足他们的要求，他们会不断抱怨的。(till)

They will keep complaining till you meet their needs.

中译英练习（12）

1. 你将来做什么样的工作完全取决于你，希望你不会后悔你作出的选择。(up to)

It is up to you what kind of job you are going to take up. I hope you will not regret making your choice.

2. 你学了几年英语？你讲起英语来就好像你真是个美国人呢。(as if)

How many years have you been learning English? You speak English as if you were a real American.

3. 这里不允许抽烟。要抽烟的人请到露天去抽。(allow, in the open air)

Smoking is not allowed here. Those who would like to smoke will have to smoke in the open air.

4. 人人都知道抽烟对健康有害，但为什么这么多人仍不愿意戒烟呢？(harm)

Everyone knows that smoking is harmful to our health, but why don’t so many people stop smoking?

5. 他被辞退的原因是因为他不能说正确流利的英语。(why)

The reason why he was fired was that he couldn’t speak fluent English.

6. 本世纪凡是不会使用电脑的人不可能做办公室工作。

In this century those who can’t use the computer will not be allowed to work in an office.

7. 作出决定前你应该仔细考虑是否接受这个工作。(whether to)

Before you make a decision, you will have to consider carefully whether to accept the job.

8. 他及时给了我们帮助，没有他的帮助我们的成功是不可能的。(without)

He offered us help in time, without which we could not have succeeded.

9. 他是我们中间唯一的大学毕业生，自然他懂的东西比我们多得多。(college graduate)

He is the only college graduate among us, and so naturally he knows much more than any of us.

10. 我回到家乡时，发现旧房子都已拆除，我大为惊奇。(pull down, to my… surprise)

When I returned to my hometown, I found, to my great surprise, all the old houses had been pulled down.

中译英练习（13）

1. 我不习惯吃冷的食物，所以觉得在英国生活受不了。(be used to, feel it terrible to do)

I am not used to eating cold food, so I feel it terrible to live in England.

2. 她不喜欢你说话的样子，你不能说得小声些吗？(the way)

She does not like the way you speak. Can’t you speak softly?

3. 你不在房间时别让灯开着，别忘了关灯。(leave)

Don’t leave the lights on while you are away from the room. Don’t forget to turn off the lights.

4. 我建议你做功课前先复习一下课文，这样你可以避免犯许多错误。

I suggest you should review the texts before you do the exercises. In this way you can avoid making many mistakes.

5. 我们说话时有人敲门，所以她只得告退去应门。(excuse oneself to do)

There was a knock on the door while we were talking, so she had to excuse herself to

answer the door.

6. 警察赶到老汉被害的地方，很快就抓到了杀害老汉的那个坏人。(hurry)

The police hurried to the place where the old man was murdered. Soon they caught the murderer who had killed the old man.

7. 你就是我一直在寻找的人。是你帮我排除了困难，我不知道怎样感谢你呢。(强调句)

You are the right person I am looking for. It was you who helped me to get over my trouble. I don’t know how to thank you.

8. 为什么不去爬山呢？爬山很累，但是我并不介意走上几个小时。

Why not climb the mountain? Mountain-climbing is tiring, but I don’t mind walking a few hours.

9. 我丢失了自行车的钥匙，哪儿也找不到。(nowhere to be found)

I lost my key to the bike, and it was nowhere to be found.

10. 今天能结束的事不应该留待明天。学会利用时间就意味着取得成功。

What can be done today should not be left over till tomorrow. Learning to make good use of time means achieving success.

Translation (14)

1. When I learned the news that China would become the host nation of the 2008 Olympic Games, I jumped with joy.

2. The book on/ about WTO was so popular that it was sold out within ten days.

3. That China joined WTO is not only a great challenge but also an opportunity.

4. Never has he forgotten to do something good for his country although he has been abroad for more than ten years.

5. If only I had checked the answers before I handed in my test paper!

6. Only those who face up to difficulties will make every effort to solve them.

7. Whenever my grandfather sees this photo, it will remind him of the meeting held fifty years ago.

8. It is necessary that you should set aside some time to go over the knowledge

which you have learnt.

9. Whether a person is successful or not mainly depends on how hard he works, not how clever he is.

10. Only when he got home did he realize that he had left the key to the door in the drawer in his office.