2011年英语三级考试翻译辅导习题及答案51

英语三级考试翻译辅导习题

1. 开卷有益，是古人奖励读书的一句成语。

“Reading is always beneficial” is an old idiom first used by our ancients to urge people to do more reading.

2. 静下来想想，我这样一个出身贫寒，经历坎坷的人，居然能活到92岁，实在有点奇怪。

Often， in my calm moment of contemplation， I find it amazing that a man like me who was born of a poor family and has suffered a lifetime of frustrations should have lived to the age of 92.

3. 过了80岁，经常有人问我，有什么养生之道。我不仅不懂得养生，而且还有一些不好的习惯。

When I was in my eighties， people often asked me for advice on how to keep in good health. But the fact is， instead of a recipe for healthy living， I have some very bad habits.

4. Both science and technology imply a thinking process， both are concerned with causal relationships in the material world， and both employ an experimental methodology that results in empirical demonstrations that can be verified by repetition. （英译汉）

科学与技术都包含有一种思维的过程，两者都涉及物质世界的因果关系，两者都运用一套实验的方法论，这种方法论所产生的是能够通过重复得以验证的经验性的实证结果。