2018年成人學(xué)位英語考試英漢互譯輔導(dǎo)資料13

　　1.The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?”had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.

　　答案：當(dāng)鋪設(shè)一條從歐洲到美洲的海底電報(bào)光纜的時(shí)候，出于商業(yè)動機(jī)，人們第一次不得不回答這個(gè)問題“海底是什么東西”。

　　2.We are，however，not the less obliged by your kind offer，though we refuse to accept it;and，to show our grateful sense of it，if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons，we will take care of their education，teach them in all we know，and make men of them.

　　答案：當(dāng)然，對于你們的盛情我們沒有被逼迫的感覺，盡管我們拒絕接受。而且，為了表示我們的感謝，如果維吉利亞洲的紳士們愿意派來一些他們的子弟的話，我們會盡全力教育他們，并把他們培養(yǎng)成為真正的男人。

　　3.But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things，and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours.

　　答案：但是你們也要明白不同的民族看待事物有不同的方法，所以如果剛好我們的看法與你們的不一樣的話，你們也不應(yīng)覺的被冒犯了。

　　4.We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges，and that the costs of living of our young men，while with you，would be very expensive to you.

　　答案：我們知道你們很看重你們在大學(xué)里面教育的學(xué)習(xí)方法，而且我們的年輕人與你們生活的花費(fèi)即使對于你們來說也不便宜。

　　5.Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain， which relate to intellect(智能)and emotion， and determine the human character.

　　答案：計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)幫助研究人員獲得人腦前部和側(cè)部的準(zhǔn)確體積，這是與人的智能和情緒有關(guān)的部分，而且也決定人的性格特點(diǎn)。