2018年成人学位英语考试英汉互译辅导资料2

　　1.Nevertheless, few people treasure their time as much as their life. Time must not be wasted if you want to do your bit in your remaining years or acquire some useful knowledge to improve yourself and help others, so that your life may turn out to be significant and fruitful.

　　答案：没有人不爱 惜他的生命，但很少人珍视他的时间。如果想在有生之年做一点什么事，学一点什么 学问，充实自己，帮助别人，使生命成为有意义，不虚此生，那么就不可浪费光阴。

　　2.One of the oldest, and let's face it, most bizarre sports from Briain is golf. Originating from Scotland in the 15th century, the game involves whacking a small white ball around a large field and trying to make it land in a series of eighteen tiny holes in the ground. At first, the game was only fully understood by middle-aged men, who spend considerable time at the nineteenth hole — the clubhouse bar.

　　答案：高尔夫是一项历史悠久的运动，也是起源于英国的一项极为奇特的运动。15世纪，高尔夫开始出现在苏格兰。这项运动要求在一片宽阔的草地上，用球杆将一个白色的小球打进18个小洞。最初，喜欢高尔夫的一般都是中年男性，他们打球的目的更 多是在俱乐部的第19个洞——酒吧里消磨时间。

　　3.Although signs of dishonesty in school, business and government seem much more numerous in years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?

　　答案：尽管在学校，企业和政府中不诚实的欺诈行为近年来比以往都要多，大那也许是因为我们在这些方面加大了揭露的力度。

　　4.Mathematicians who have tried to use the computers to copy the way the brain works have found that even using the latest electronic equipment they would have to build a computer which weighed over 10,000 kilos.

　　答案：使用计算机来拷贝大脑工作方式的数学家们发现即使使用最先进的电子设备，他们也要建造一台超过10，000公斤的计算机。

　　5.A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a mouse era and a major who says that they haven't.

　　答案：一场激烈的争论在一个女孩和一位少校中展开了，前者说女人们已经不再看到老鼠就从椅子上跳起来了，而后者说她们依然那样。