2019上半年翻译资格考试中级英语口译练习题（18）

　　1.这是民国六年的冬天，大风刮得正猛，我因为生计关系，不得不一早在路上走。

　　It happened during the winter of 1917. A bitter north wind was blowing but, to make a living, I had to be up and out early.

　　2.世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。

　　True learning implies a clear insight into human activities.

　　Genuine culture involves the skilful manipulation of human relationships.

　　3.太阳刚刚下了地平线。软风一阵一阵地吹上人面，怪痒痒的。

　　The sun had just sunk below the horizon and a gentle breeze caressed one’s face.

　　4.若是站在后山上看下去，晴天里一片头巾、花帕、草帽，雨天里一片斗篷、纸伞、布伞。

　　If you look down from the back of the hill on fine days, you saw turbans, kerchiefs, straw hats; on wet days, coir capes and umbrellas of cloth or oiled paper.

　　5.横眉冷对千夫指，俯首甘为孺子牛。

　　Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers.

　　Head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the youngsters.

　　6.长江后浪推前浪，世上新人换旧人。

　　Time makes it inevitable that in every profession, young men replace the old.

　　7.凡人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。

　　A man cannot be known by his looks, nor can the sea be measured with a bushel basket.

　　8.却当大雪之后，石是青的，雪是白的，树上枝条是黄的，又有许多松柏是绿的，一从一从，如画上的点。

　　After a recent heavy snow the rocks were black against the white snow; the twigs on the trees were brown; and the many pines and cypresses were green in tufts like the moss that painters represent by dots.

　　9.可我知道，不管他们变成什么，他们仍然在相爱着。······那是什么都不能使他们分开的。哪怕千百年过去，只要有一朵白云追逐着另一朵白云;一棵青草傍依这另一棵青草;一层浪花拍打这另一层浪花，一阵风紧跟着另一阵轻风······相信我，那一定就是他们。

　　But I know that, no matter what form they may take, they still love each other … Nothing could part them. Centuries to come, if one white cloud trails another, two grasses grow side by side, one wave splashes another, a breeze follows another … believe me, that will be them

　　10.我虽爱买书，而对于书却不甚爱惜。读书的时候，常在书上把我所认为要紧的处所标出。线装书大概用笔加圈，洋装书竟用红铅笔划粗粗的线。经我看过的书，统体干净的很少。

　　Much as I love books, I take little care of them. In doing my reading, I often mark out what I regard as important in a book.If it is a thread-bound Chinese book,I use a writing brush to draw small circles as markings. Otherwise, I use a red pencil to draw heavy underlines.Consequently, the books I have read are rarely clean.