2011年英语三级考试翻译辅导习题及答案64

英语三级考试翻译辅导习题

1. 我只当过十年的教师。那是一九二六年我从美国留学回来，在母校燕京大学国文系当了一名教师。那时系里的主任和教师大半是我的老师。校内其他科、系里也有我的老师。总之，全校的教师都是我的师辈！因此在开教授会的时候，我总是挑个极边极角的座位，惶恐地缩在一旁。大家都笑着称我为Faculty Baby（教授会的婴儿）。那一学期我还不满二十六岁。

I was a teacher for only ten years. In 1926， on my return to China after finishing studies in the United States， I began to teach at my alma mater Yenching University， Peiping， as a lecturer in Chinese. The deans and teachers of the Department of Chinese then were mostly my former teachers. Other faculties and departments also had no lack of my former teachers. I may well say that practically all the teaching staff of the University were my seniors. Therefore， at a faculty meeting， I always chose a seat at an unobservable corner of the room. Everybody jokingly called me “faculty baby”。 I was then on the right side of 26.

2. Everyone understands the nature of war; we also understand that victory depends on the cards that we have been dealt. Some when faced with a bloody battle simply give in， but for some surrender is unacceptable， even though they know it would be a fight to the death。（英译汉）

每个人都清楚战争的本性，我们也知道胜利取决于我们打出的那些牌。有些人在面对血战时会从容放弃；但是对某些人来说投降是无法接受的，尽管他们清楚即将决一死战。