E-C 状语从句翻译练习translation

Exercise Unit 13

Exercise:

1. The first two must be equal for all who are being compared，if any comparison in terms of intelligence is to be made.

2. New forms of thought as well as new subjects for thought must arise in the future as they have in the past，giving rise to new standards of elegance.

3. If the small hot spots look as expected，that will be a triumph for yet another scientific idea，a refinement of the Big Bang called the inflationary universe theory.

4. While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians，modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.

5. If，like most of mankind，you have strong convictions on many such matters，there are ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own prejudice.

6. Every time you try to answer a question that asks why，you engage in the process of causal analysis—you attempt to determine a cause or series of causes for a particular effect.

7. While not every scientific fact is a numerical one，nor every scientific theory a predictor of numerical magnitudes，so many are that we cannot conceive of modern science without the process of measurement.

8. Where it is dry so much of the time that few plants can live，the destructive waters have their own way when the occasional rains come.

9. Whatever its underlying reasons，there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies，individuals and governments would make more efforts.

10. Now，commercial farmers have become increasingly specialized so that almost everything consumed on most farms is now bought from outside sources rather than homegrown.

Key:

1. The first two must be equal for all who are being compared，if any comparison in terms of intelligence is to be made.

结构分析:句子的框架是The first two must be equal for all who are…，if any

comparison…。if引导条件状语从句。主句中含有一个由关系代词that引导的定语从句，修饰all。in terms of译为“谈到，就…而论”。

参考译文 如果要从智力方面进行任何比较的话，那么对所有被比较者来说，前两个因素必须是一样的。