2016年翻譯專業(yè)資格考試三級筆譯長難句分析(三)

　　1. It may seem strange to put into the same packet an industrial revolution and two political revolutions. Bur the fact is that they were all social revolutions.

　　把一場工業(yè)革命和兩場政治革命歸作為一類似乎有點奇怪，但是事實上這三次革命都是社會革命。

　　2. Two things are outstanding in the creation of the English system of canals, and they characterize all the Industrial Revolution.

　　在修建英國的運河網(wǎng)的過程中，有兩點是非常突出的，而這兩點也正是整個工業(yè)革命的特點。

　　3. The canals were arteries of communications: they were not made to carry pleasure boats, but barges.

　　運河是交通的動脈，開運河不是為了走游船，而為了通行駁船。

　　4. James Brindley was a pioneer in the art of building canals or, as it was then called, ‘navigation’.

　　布雷德林是開鑿運河的先驅(qū)者，當時人們把開鑿運河叫做navigation。

　　5. 第一次世界大戰(zhàn)以后，帝國主義對中國加緊了侵略，北洋軍閥政府對外妥協(xié)投降，對內(nèi)殘酷鎮(zhèn)壓人民。北洋軍閥政府出動軍警鎮(zhèn)壓，捕去學生三十多人。

　　After World War I, the imperialists stepped up their aggression against China while the Northern Warlord Government resorted to compromise and capitulation externally and to ruthlessly oppression of the people internally. The government called out troops and policemen to suppress the movement and over thirty students were arrested.