福师2014春《高级英语阅读(二)》课程练习题解析

《高级英语阅读（二）》课程练习题解析

（一）

1. 翻译以下句子：

Furthermore, mankind has dominion over the Earth, but mankind’s unsteady, serpentine path toward finer sentiments can be measured, in part, by evolving standards of what constitutes civilized dominion over lower animals.

解析：本题考点是词组dominion over的译法以及连词but引导两个并列成分的译法。

答题要点：

1）dominion over作为一个词组，意为：“统治权；支配”。

2）本句是but作连词，连接两个并列成分，意为“但是，然而”。

3）in part，在句中充当插入成分，意为“部分地；在某种程度上”。

参考答案：此外，尽管人类统治着地球，但人类走向更细致地控制自己情绪的道路却不稳定甚至曲折，这在某种意义上可以通过人类对较低级动物实行文明统治的不断演进的标准衡量出来。

2. 翻译以下句子：

The jobs filled by recent immigrants though poor-paying were important, for they helped to change the physical appearance of the United States. Immigrants helped make the steel that went into the buildings and the bridges that changed the urban landscape. 解析：本题考点是，副词though以及for作为连词引导原因状语从句的译法。 参考答案：尽管可怜的高薪填补了新移民的工作是重要的，因为它们有助于改变美国的物理外观。移民有助于使该走进大楼，改变了城市景观桥梁钢。移民建路基奠定了纵横交错美国在工业时代的轨道。

翻译以下句子：

The American people are as devoted to the idea of sin and its punishment as they are to making money - and fighting drugs is nearly as big a business as pushing them. Since the combination of sin and money is irresistible (particularly to the professional politician), the situation will only grow worse. 解析：本题考点是固定搭配devote to以及as as句型的译法。

参考答案：美国人对惩罚罪恶与抓钱同样投入，就好像打击毒品与贩毒是同样的大买卖。 由于这种金钱与罪恶的结合实在难以抗拒 （特别是对那些职业政客），这样的情况只会变本加厉。

（二）

翻译以下段落：

I have thought of going to work, but I am unwilling to admit that I do not know how to use my freedom and have to embrace the flunkydom of a job because I have no resources - in a word, no character. I made an attempt to enlist in the Navy last time I was reclassified, but induction, it seems, is the only channel for aliens. There is nothing to do but wait, or dangle, and grow more and more dispirited. It is perfectly clear to me that I am deteriorating, storing bitterness and spite which eat like acids at