2017年翻译考试英语初级笔译材料（16）

　　强化训练

　　l. I wanted to be a man, and a man I am.

　　2. Keeping the intricacies and complexities out of the picture, let us take the binary opposites of the rich and the poor in the global system.

　　3. Their host carved, poured, served, cut bread, talked, laughed, proposed health.

　　4. In line with the latest trends in fashion, a few dress designers have been sacrificing elegance to audacity.

　　5. There had been too much publicity about their relationship.

　　6. She was more royal than the royals.

　　7. I've known several people who have overcome nail-biting simply by buying 50 nail files and distributing t:hem everywhere: in their pockets, desks and bedrooms.

　　8. After the light was turned off, the rat had to wait a short time before it was released from its cage.

　　9. Amy settles into her seat, takes out her computer and reads over the agenda for the meeting to which she's traveling.

　　10. Some people accuse me of being rude because I always introduce myself to other people I meet on trains; but I answer by telling them that the reason for my action is not curiosity but friendliness.

　　答案

　　1. 我立志做一个真正的人;我现在终于成了一个真正的人。

　　2. 姑且把其中的错综复杂的问题放到一边，让我们先看世界格局的贫富两极分化现象。

　　3. 热情的主人又是切肉，又是倒茶，又是上菜，又是切面包，谈啊，笑啊，敬酒啊，忙个不停。

　　4. 有些时装设计师为了赶时髦，舍弃了优雅别致的式样，而一味追求大胆创新。

　　5. 他们的关系已经闹得满城风雨，人人皆知了。

　　6. 她比皇家成员更有皇家气质。

　　7. 我认识几个人，为了克服啃指甲的坏毛病，买了50把指甲剪，并分放到各个地方。不管口袋里，书桌上，还是卧室里，到处都放着指甲剪。

　　8. 把灯关掉后，必须等一会才把老鼠从笼子里放出来。

　　9. 坐好后，埃米拿出电脑，查阅她前往参加的会议的议程。

　　10. 有人指责我粗鲁，因为我总是喜欢把自己介绍给在火车上遇到的那些人;但是我对他们说，我之所以这样做不是出于好奇，而是想向他们表示友好。