中级口译教程梅德明第四版句子精炼单元全
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句子精炼 ( Sentences in Focus )
Unit 2
接待口译（机场迎宾、宾馆入住、宴会招待、参观访问）
1. This is a
fantastic airport, absolutely one of the top-notch
international
airports.（这个机场太美了，绝对是一个顶尖的国际机场。）
2.
I’m very bad with a jet-lag. But I will be all
right in a couple of
days.
（我倒时差很慢，但两天后自然就回复了。）
3. I’d like
to have a 7 o’clock morning call, breakfast sent
up to my room,
laundry done, some documents
photocopied, an express mail sent out, and
something like that.（我要早上7点钟叫醒，早餐送到我房间，衣服要熨，文件
要复印，邮件要快递，诸如此类的事情需要服务。）
4. We all
maneuvered successfully to get our job done, so to
speak.（可以
说我们每个人都成功的使我们的使命得以完成。）
5.
Let’s delight ourselves completely in the foods
that Mother Nature
grants
us.（让我们尽情享受大自然赋予我们的食物吧。）
6.
我要是没认错的话，您一定是从伦敦来的泰莱科教授吧。(You must be Prof.
Tallack from London, if I’m not mistaken.)
7. 我是海通集团人力资源部经理。(I’m manager of Human
Resources, the Haitong
Group.)
8. 感激您不辞辛劳，从百忙之中抽空来我公司指导。(We are very
grateful that
you took time from your busy
schedule and came to our company to give us
advice.)
9. 今晚我们设宴为您洗尘。(We will host a
reception dinner in your honor this
evening.)
10. 我在你们的酒店预订了一间双人间，有确认函。(I
have made a reservation for
a double room with
your hotel. And here is the confirmation
letter.)
11. 提前10天预定房间可以享受8折优惠价。(You will
have a good rate with 20％
off when you make a
reservation 10 days in advance.)
12.
我们有许多现代化的健身设备可以满足客人的不同需求。(We have many modern
fitness facilities catering to the different
needs of our guests.)
13.
没有凯兰女士的最后努力，现在还不知道怎样呢，恐怕我们还在谈判之中呢。
(Without Ms.
Keland’s last-minute effort, we would still be in
the middle
of nowhere, probably in the middle
of negotiations, I’m afraid.)
14. 同中国其他菜系一
样，“本帮菜”具有“色、香、味”三大要素，特点是注重
调料的使用、食物的质地和菜的原汁原味。(
Like all other Chinese regional
cuisines, Ben
bang cuisine takes “color, aroma and taste” as its
essential
quality elements. It emphasizes in
particular the expert use of seasonings,
the
selection of raw materials with quality texture,
and original flavors.)
15.
这些菜绝对是首选，你一定喜欢。别客气，请随意。(These dishes are
absolutely tasters′ choice. I bet you will
like them. Please help yourself
to the
dishes.)
16. 各位能够赏光来此共度一年中的这个美好时光，我感到非常荣幸，
让我们共同
举杯，祝各位身体健康，事业有成，阖家幸福。(I consider it a
great honor to
have you all here for this
wonderful time of the year. Let us drink to the
health, great career and happy family of
everybody present.)
17. 我们先来鸟瞰一下整个园区吧，然后在园
区内各处转悠一下，用我们的话来说
就是“走马观花”。(First of all, we
will take a bird’s-eye view of the Park.
And
then we will look around in the Park and, to use a
Chinese metaphor, we
will “cast a passing
glance at flowers while riding on a
horseback”.)
18.
高科技园区享有国家授予的项目审批权和优惠政策，是一个与国际管理体质接
轨的经济区域。(The
high-tech Park is authorized by the state
government to
approve projects with
preferential policies, operating under the
management
system of international
standards.)
19.
园区注重产业、教育和研发的整合，为引入企业提供一条龙服务。(The Park
focuses
on the integration of industry, education, and R＆D
and provides a
stream-lined one-stop service
for incoming enterprises.)
20. 为了确保环境质量，我们
始终坚持“以绿引资、以资养绿”的发展战略，园区
绿化率达到45％以上。(To ensure
the quality of the environment, we stick
steadfastly to our development strategy
of “attracting investment with a
green
environment and maintaining a green environment
through investment”.
As a result, the Park has
a green coverage of more than 45％.)
Unit 3
会谈口译（欢迎光临、投资意向、合资企业、文化差异）
1. It is my
great pleasure and privilege to have received your
gracious
invitation and work with a
distinguished group of China’s automobile
spec
ialists.（我为自己能受到贵方的友好邀请，与一组优秀的中国汽车专家合作
公事而深感愉快和
荣幸。）
2. A growing number of American firms
have been pouring into China’s inland
provinces, although coastal cities such as
Shanghai and Tianjin are still
among their
first choices of investment with many foreign
investors. （虽
然上海、天津这些沿海城市任然是许多外国投资者的首选目标，但越来越多
的美国
公司纷纷涌入中国的内地省份。）
3. I would like to
discuss with you the possibilities of establishing
a joint
venture with your company to
manufacture progressive-scan DVD home theater
systems of the latest model. （我想同您商讨一下能否与贵公司合资
建立一家企
业，共同生产最新款式的逐行扫描DVD家庭影院系统。）
4. I
suggest that we should set up a board of directors
for the management
of the company and share
rights and obligations as equal partners.
（我建
议成立董事会来监管公司的运作，并以平等的伙伴关系分享权力，承担义务。）
5. I cannot decide what exactly the
phrase indicates. They failed to make
any
sense to me. （我难以断定这个词究竟意味这什么，我未能理解其中的含义。）
6. In our school, discussion is given top
priority and seminar is the way
of class.
（在我们学校，讨论享有至高无上的地位，讨论就是课堂教学的主旋律。）
7. The
flexible and adaptable capacity makes a popular
teacher among students.
（具有灵活应变才能教师最受学生欢迎。）
8. Confucianism
sings high praises for individuals to uplift
themselves for
the benefit of communal
harmony, that is, communal harmony takes
precedence
over individual freedom.
（儒家思想强调整体和谐，强调整体和谐高于个体自由。）
9.
我希望您太太能早日与您在此团聚，我公司会支付包括国际机票在内的一切费
用。(I hope
your wife will soon join you here. The company
will pay for all
the needed expenses,
including her international flight.)
10.
中央政府很重视全面对外开放，不仅开放沿海城市，也开放内地，尽可能吸引
外资。(The
central government focuses a lot of attention on
opening the
country up to the outside world in
all directions, including coastal cities
and
interior areas.)
11. 由于外国直接在华投资可以最大限度发挥有关各
方的优势，所以许多海外机构
与个人投资者认为，他们在中国直接投资比同中国公司做生意更有利可图。
(Because
direct investment in China can
maximize the strengths of all parties
concerned, many overseas institutional and
individual investors have found
it more
profitable to invest directly in China than to do
trading with Chinese
companies.)
12. 中
国幅员辽阔，自然资源丰富，劳动力低廉，税收低，消费市场潜力大，社会
环境稳定，投资政策诱人，经
济回报率高。(China is known for her massive land,
abundant natural resources, cheap labor, low
taxation, potential consumer
market, stable
social environment, attractive investment
policies, and high
economic returns of
investment.)
13. 在华投资的方式很多，你可以同中方合资办企业，也可以
独资办公司，选择自
己最喜欢的方式经营，但不可超越中国法律。(There is a
variety of ways to invest
in China. You may
establish a joint venture with a Chinese partner
or a company
solely-funded by yourself, in
which case you may manage your business in
whatever way you prefer within the boundary of
the Chinese laws, of course.)
14. 投资兴办合资企业
时，通常外方提供资金、机械设备、先进技术和管理方法，
而中方则提供土地、劳动力以及部分用于基础
设施建设的资金。(When establishing
a joint venture,
the foreign partner usually brings into the
enterprise
capital funds, machinery, advanced
technology and management, while the
Chinese
partner supplies land, labor, and a portion of the
funds for the
infrastructure.)
15. 我们来
讨论一下建立合资企业的事宜吧。您能告诉我您的设想吗？例如，您打
算在合资企业中占有多少投资份额
？(Let’s get down to the business of
establishing a joint venture. May I have some
idea of your plan? For instance,
how
much would be your share of investment in this
venture?)
16.
我们之间的投资份额可以对半开，在经营管理责权和利润分配上也可以对半开。
(My
suggestion for the investment share in this
partnership is in the vicinity
of 50 to 50,
and the same applies to business management and
profits share.)
17.
我们合作期定位10年，只要双方愿意，期满后我们还可以续签合同。(Let’s say
we
begin with a 10-year term of a renewable
partnership; we can extend our
contact for
another term before it expires, if both parties
intend to.)
18. 我们的想法不谋而合。(Your idea
coincides with me.)
19.
我们是否可在下周再举行一轮会谈，集中讨论一些技术性的问题吧。(Shall we
hold
another round of talk next week focusing on some
technical problems?)
20.
由于时间关系，我们今天暂且谈到这里，以后再接着聊吧。(As time is limited,
we have to stop here today, but we will find
some other time to continue our
talk.)
Unit 4 访谈口译（行在美国、艾滋哀之、经营之道、音乐天才）
1.
This is basically a correct observation, which
says something about the
American way of
life.（这种看法基本正确，它反映了美国人的生活方式。）
2. Each
state has its own traffic laws, and a driver from
another state is
expected to know and
understand the local laws.
（各州都有自己的交通规则，
外州来的开车者应该辽机的当地的法规。）
3. My country has the most developed
car rental industry in the world, so
you may
very well want to reserve a car through your
travel agent in your
own country if you intend
to drive while traveling in my country. （我国
有世界
上最发达的租车业，你若打算在我国开车旅行，完全可以通过自己国家的旅
行社办理租车预定事宜。）<
br>
4. Airfare in this country is not
regulated, and airlines often make special
offers in order to attract customers.
（这个国家没有统一的飞机票价，各航
空公司经常以竞相销价的方式来吸引更多的旅客。）
5. It’s actually easier to call a taxi company
listed in the Yellow Pages
of a telephone
directory and ask them to send a cab to pick you
up at your
doorstep. （事实上一种较为便利的做法是按电话薄黄页部分所列的
出租车公司的
号码打电话叫车，让他们派车上门来接你。）
retation is
a communicative ically,it is a verbal
translation of the speaker’s speech from the
speaker’s language to the
language of the
target audience to achieve the purpose bilingual
or
multilingual communication in various situa
tions.(口译是一种交际活动，具
体来说，是将发言者的说话内容口头翻译成目标听众的语言，以
达到双语或多语的
交际目的。）
7. Simultaneous
interpretation requires a specialized audio system
with
headsets for the audience,a soundproof
booth for the team of interpreters
and two
interpreters per language. （同声传译要求配有专门的音频系统，要
为听众提供耳机，为译员小组提供隔音的同传厢，并为每种语言配备两名译员。）
interpreter has to do his utmost to remember everything that's been
said and is being g all that stuff in the head while at the same
time figuring out how to orally translate in the language of the target
audience,the interpreter faces a tremendous mental task that really
stretches both memory and intellect.（口译 员必须竭尽所能记住讲话者已说过
和正在说的内容，同时还要考虑如何以目标语言传译给目标听众，这对 人的记忆能
力和思维能力都是莫大的考验。）
9. I think Chinese businesspeople, who are said to work with the”
get-to-business-first” mentality. （我认为中国人 在商务谈判时倾向于使用一
种与会婉转的方式，而那些被认为在工作时具有一种“公务为先”的心态的美 国人
则往往表现出较为直截了当的作风。）
10. The Chinese- type management encourages cooperation among employees,
between the labor and the management, and gives employees a joy of
participation and fulfillment, as well as a sense of pride in their work.
（中国式的管理方式鼓励员工之间的 合作，也鼓励普通员工与管理人员之间的合作，
始于员工有一种喜悦的参与感和成就感，使他们对自己的 工作产生一种自豪感。）
11. I think most Chinese try to find the meaning of life through working in
their jobs, and view works as essential for having membership in a community.
（我认为大多数中国人想从 工作中找到生活的意义，他们将视为能是自己成为团体
的一份子的必不可缺的条件。）
12. Put it in another way, many Chinese
people regard work as a prerequisite
to gain
social acceptance in the community.
（换言之，许多中国人认为工作
是是自己得到社会认可的先决条件。）
13.
Songwriting is an expression of my personal
experience, and if people
find that
interesting, then that’s the icing on the cake.
（歌曲创作是我
自我体验的一种表白。如果人们觉得很有意思，那就是锦上添花了。）
14. 听说美国城市的公共交通不尽如人意，有没有这回事？(It is said that
the
public transportation if American cities
are not very desirable isn’t it?)
15.
司机在高速公路上开车时必须将自己的行车速度控制在标牌规定的最高限速与
最低限速之间。(When
driving on expressways, the driver must control
his or
her speed within the range of the
posted maximum and minimum speed. )
16.
一直听说您很忙，很高兴能把您请来谈一下翻译，尤其是谈一下口译。(We know
that
you're always on a busy schedule，and we’re very
delighted to have
you here with us and talk
about translation and in particular interpretation
and interpreting.)
17.
美式经营之道在我们中国人看来常常显得咄咄逼人。(The American way of
business practice often appears to us Chinese
to be very aggressive.)
18.
我们应该承认我们之间的文化差异，应该尊重这些差异，以免产生误解。(We
have to
recognize and respect our cultural differences, so
as to prevent any
possible
misunderstanding.)
19.
我把首张专辑献给母亲，因为她对我的艺术生涯产生了巨大的影响。(I
dedicated my
debut album to my mother because she had a
tremendous impact
on my art career.)
20. 请你用三个词来总结一下自己走过的人生道路，并给那些想成为歌手和作曲家
的年轻人
提些建议。(Please describe your life in just three
words and give
some tips to the aspiring
singers and songwriters.)
Unite 5 礼仪性口译--
英译汉（故地重游、愉悦之旅、共创未来、新的长征）
1. Permit me
first of all to thank you, our host, for your
extraordinary
arrangements and
hospitality.（首先请允许我感谢东道主的精心安排与好客。）
2.
Thank you very much for your gracious words of
welcome. This is a happy
and memorable
occasion for me personally as well as for all the
members of
my delegation. （我非常感谢您热情洋溢的欢迎词，对我本人
以及代表团所有成员
来说，这是愉快而难忘的一刻。）
3. To come to
China, one of the early cradles of civilization
has long been
my dream and therefore, I feel
much honored to be your guest. （访问中国
这个古老文明的摇篮是
我梦寐以求的愿望，我为自己能成为贵国的客人而深感荣
幸。）
4. In
accepting Your Excellency’s gracious invitation to
visit this great
country, I have had an
excellent opportunity to renew old friendships and
establish new contacts. （我接受阁下的盛情邀请访问这个伟大的国家，这
使得
我有极好的机会重温旧情，再交新友。）
5. I wish
to thank you for the incomparable hospitality, for
which the Chinese
people are justly famous
throughout the world.
（对中国人民所独有的，着称
于世的款待，我谨向你们表示感谢.）
6. We
have acquired a keen sense of the diversity,
dynamism, and progress
of china under the
policies of reform and opening to the outside
world. （我
们都已强烈感受到，贵国在改革开放政策的引导下，气象万千，充满活力，不断进<
br>步。）
7. I have a special regard and
personal friendship for the people of China,
in which I never experienced anything other
than the utmost courtesy and
genuine
friendship of your people. （我对中国人民怀有一种特殊的敬慕之情和
个人友谊，在这里我所感受到的是归国人民的高度礼貌和诚挚友情。）
8. Our
friendly and cooperative ties have become
extensive, affecting all
aspects of our
national lives, including industry, agriculture,
commerce,
culture, public health, education,
and scientific and technological exchange.
（我们
友好合作的领域十分广泛，已涉及我们国家生活的方方面面，如工业，农业，
商业，文化，卫生，教育，
以及科学交流等领域。）
9. I’m looking forward, in the
few days, to the opportunity of learning
something from your endeavors and experience
in promoting economic and social
development
in the service of your people. （我期待着在今后几天里能有机会
向你们学习，从你们为造福贵国人民而促进经济和社会发展的奋斗和经验中学到一
些东西
。）
10. We recognize that our differences
are greatly overshadowed by issues
which bind
us and strengthen our relationship. （我们已经注意到，那些将我<
br>们联系在一起并且强化我们关系的已经在很大程度上弱化了我们之间的差距。）
11.
Our visit to your country is a symbol of a good
faith with which we seek
to build up the
strength of or friendship, our cultural and
commercial ties
and our important strategic
relationship. （我们对贵国的访问是一种良好诚
意的象征，我们怀着这种良好的诚意，
希望能在友谊的基础上建立文化关系和商业
关系，建立重要的战略关系。）
12.
It is absolutely vital that all nations, big or
small, strong or weak,
should conduct their
relations with each other on the basis of mutual
respect,
equality and mutual benefit. （所有国家，无论
其大小强弱，都应该在相互尊重，
平等互利的基础上处理相互间的关系，这一点是至关重要的。）
13. We must frankly acknowledge the
fundamental differences in ideology and
institutions between our two societies.
（我们必须坦率的承认我们两个社会
在意识形态上和制度上的根本差异。）
14.
I have come to China not to hold forth on what
divides us, but to build
on what binds us, not
to dwell on a closed-door past, but to urge us to
look
to the beautiful future. （我来中国不是为了评说那些将我们
分割开来的东西，
而是为了强化那些将我们联系在一起的东西，不是为了回顾闭关锁国的
过去，而是
为了敦促我们去展望前程似锦的未来。）
15. I have
always believed the heritage of our past is the
seed that bring
forth the harvest of our
future. （我一向认为我们的历史传统孕育着未来的丰
收。）
16.
Today China’s economy crackles with the dynamics
of change, and you are
beginning to reach out
toward new horizons, and we salute your courage. （
今
天，中国经济突飞猛进，日新月异。你们开始迈向新的高度，为此，我们向你们表
现出的勇气
致敬。）
17. Let the pacific tide roll
peacefully on, carrying a two-way flow of people
and ideas that can break down barriers of
suspicion and mistrust, and build
up bonds of
cooperation and shared optimism. （让这股太平洋的浪潮平顺的滚
滚向前，促进人民的双向交流，促进思想的双向交流，打破猜忌和不信任这两大障
碍，建立合作关系，
树立共有的乐观精神。）
18. Let us start a long march
together along different roads leading to the
same goal of building a new world of peace and
justice, a world in which all
people may stand
together with equal dignity, and a world in which
each nation
has the right to determine its own
course of development. （让我们沿着通
往共同目标的不同道路一起开始新的
长征。这个目标就是建立一个和平与正义的新
世界，在这个世界里所有人都可以站在一起，享有同等的尊
严，所有国家都有权选
择自己的发展道路。）
19. I’d
like to take this opportunity to extend to Your
Excellency an
invitation to visit Canada, so
that we will have an opportunity to return
the
warm welcome and generous hospitality you extended
to us. （我愿借此
机会邀请阁下访问加拿大，以便使我们能有机会回报你们给予我们的热情欢迎
和盛
情款待。）
20. May I ask all of you
present to join me in raising your glasses to the
friendship and cooperation of our two peoples!
（我敬请各位一起举杯，为我
们的友谊与合作而干杯。）
Unite 6
礼仪性口译—汉译英（新春联欢、圣诞晚会、开幕祝词、展望未来）
1.
我谨代表总经理以及公司的全体同仁，感谢各位从百忙中拨冗光临我们的新年联
欢晚会。On
behalf of the general manager, and on behalf of
all my colleagues
of the company, I wish to
thank you all for taking time off your busy
schedule
to come to our New Year’s party.
2.
今晚我们请到了从伦敦远道而来的贵宾与我们一起共度中秋佳节，我为此而深感
自豪与荣幸。I
feel very proud and honored tonight to have the
attendance of
the distinguished guests, who
came here all the way from London to join us
in our celebration of the Mid-Autumn
Festival.
3.
我谨代表我们一行的全体成员，感谢董事长先生的盛情邀请，使我们有幸参加这
次精彩的圣诞晚会。On
behalf of all the members of my group, I’d like to
thank
you, Mr. Chairman, for granting us the
gracious invitation to attend such
an
enjoyable Christmas party.
4.
我感谢各位嘉宾的光临，并祝各位新年身体健康，万事如意。I’d like to thank
you for your presence at the party, and wish
everyone good health and the
very best of luck
in everything in a new year.
5.
我希望这次晚会可以使我们有机会无所拘束的了解彼此，增进个人之间的友谊。
I hope this
party will give us an opportunity to get to know
each other better
in a less formal way and to
increase personal friendship..
6.
晚会组织的完美无缺，令人尽兴。对于这次美好的安排，我感激不尽。
The party
was perfectly organized and I enjoyed every minute
of it. And I
am very grateful for this nice
arrangement.
7. 让我们在这年终岁末之际，共同举杯，祝贺这喜庆佳节。I
would like to toast
with you to this happy
occasion at the close of the year.
8.
有了信念，我们将无所畏惧的跨入充满挑战和机遇的新一年。Armed with that
faith, we should be able to embark undaunted
upon the New Year with all its
challenges and
chances.
9. 今年我们合资企业的销售额显着增长，我希望我们能继续保持这种务
实的合作关
系，使明年的业绩更加辉煌。It has been a great year; a
year in which our joints
venture had a
remarkable sales growth. I hope we will be able to
maintain
the practical cooperative
relationship and make the New Year a more fruitful
year.
10.
我宣布“重庆城市建设国际研讨会”现在开幕。May I hereby declare open
“Chongqing International Symposium on Urban
Construction”.
11.
请允许我代表筹委会的全体成员，向海内外各界来宾表示热烈的欢迎. Permit
me, on
behalf of the organizing committee, to extend a
warm welcome to our
guests of various circles,
from home and abroad.
12.
大会所在地的很多教育界人士对本次会议的成功召开给予了很大的帮助，对此
我谨致以诚挚的谢意。I
wish to express our sincere thanks to the people
of
the local education community, whose
generous help has made possible the
successful
commencement of this conference.
13.
这是一次具有历史意义的开拓性的会议，它对形成一个新的世界格局将产生积
极影响。The
conference is one of a pioneering endeavor and
historic
significance, one that will have a
positive impact on the shaping of a new
world
order.
14. 我相信本届年会对于推动中国社区服务事业的蓬勃开展，促进经济发展
和社会
稳定，具有积极地作用和意义。I am certain that this annual
meeting will prove
to be constructive and
significant in promoting the prosperous
development
of China’s community service
program as well as China’s economic
development and social stability.
15.
一些发达国家和地区在环境保护方面积累了不少经验，值得我们借鉴和研究。
Some
developed countries and regions have accumulated
much experience in the
field of environmental
protection, and their experience certainly merits
our
reference and study.
16.
中国和拉美虽然相距遥远，但中拉友好源远流长。
Though
geographically far apart，China and Latin America
enjoy a friendship
that dates back to
antiquity.
17.
不论在治国理政方面，还是在国际事务中，我们双方都拥有越来越多的共同语
言。
We have found increasingly more common
language whether in nation-building
and
governance or in international affairs.
18. 我们两国虽然远隔重洋，但我们的心是相通的。联结我们的不仅是深厚的传统
友谊、密
切的利益纽带，还有我们对美好梦想的共同追求。
While there lies a
vast ocean between the two countries，we have
shared
aspirations. What binds us together
is not only our profound traditions
of
friendship and close bonds of interest .but also
our common pursuit of
a beautiful dream.
19. 中华民族历经磨难，自强不息，从未放弃对美好梦想的向往和追求。实现中华
民族伟大
复兴的中国梦是近代以来中华民族的夙愿。
Throughout
history，with great tenacity the Chinese nation has
emerged
resilient from trials and
tribulations. It has never given up its pursuit
of great dreams，The great rejuvenation of the
Chinese nation has been a
long-cherished dream
of the Chinese nation since modern times.
20. 我们的奋斗目标分两步:第一，到2020年国内生产总值和城乡居民人均收入在
20
10年的基础上翻一番，全面建成小康社会；第二，到本世纪中叶，建成富强、民
主、文明、和谐的社会
主义现代化国家，实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦。
We have set up a
two-fold goal:Number one ,doubling the 2010 GDP
and
per-capita income of both urban and rural
residents and accomplishing the
building of a
moderately prosperous society in all respects by
the year
2020;and number two, building a
modern socialist country that is
prosperous，democratic，culturally advanced and
harmonious，and fulfilling
the Chinese dream of
achieving the great revitalization of the Chinese
nation
by mid-21st century.
Unit 7
介绍性口译—英译汉（绿色城市、浪漫香槟、游客之居、教堂之游）
1. Here
many cultures blended and created new knowledge
and built innovative
ways to
live.多种文化在此交织融合，创造了新的知识，也构建了前所未有的生活
方式。
2. This university blends amazing cultural
diversity, unexcelled natural
beauty,big
life,and cutting-edge education and discovery.这所大学
融合了
精彩纷呈的文化多样性、无与伦比的自然景观、包容大气的生活方式、先进的教育
和前沿的研究
3. No matter where you want to
go in life, you can get there from here .We
provide promising students with an ideal space
to realize their dreams. 无
论你志在何方，这里就是你的起航之地，是志
向远大的青年才俊实现梦想的理想之
地。
4. This university
is so distinctive，so charged with the energy of
people
and place，so strong in academic power
and research capacities,so flexible,so
supportive in helping you arrive at your futur
e.这所大学特色鲜明，这里人
杰地灵、充满活力，这里学风浓郁、科研强大，这里体制灵活、服务真诚
，可助莘
莘学子早日成才、施展宏图。
5. You will broaden
your horizons and explore your you are willing
to work hard and think big，any career is possi
ble.你要拓展视野、陶冶情
操，只要志向远大、勤奋进取，你就能梦想成真、事业有成。
6. Wherever you come from，you’11 discover
endless surprises and limitless
possibilities
on your academic journey，led by talented faculty.
无论你
来自何方，你将在才华横溢的导师的率领下，踏上学术的发现之旅，历经无限的惊
喜和无
限的奇遇。
7. Energized by both the national
and local spirit，you can focus more
clearly，feel more deeply，and accomplish more.你
同时从国家精神和地域精
神中获取养料，目标会更明确，感受会更深切，成就会更突出。
8. The legendary Route 66 is America’s
renowned country road imbued with
a rich
history of local cultures.
传奇的66号公路是美国的一条闻名遐迩、充满风土人情地方色彩的乡间公路。
9.
There is indeed something special about learning
in a place where
centuries of culture
enlighten forward-looking research and
innovation.
人文教育开启了面向未来的研究者和创新者的心智，这样的教育确实意义非凡。
10. The Chinese really understand food and the
art of eating
Westerners sometimes forget the
medicinal value of food but Chinese people
understand this well .They gratify themselves
by eating but many of my
Chinese friends also
choose medicinal meal.中国人真的很懂食物，懂得饮食
艺术。我们西方人有时
忘了食物的医药价值，而中国人却深谙食物的药膳作用。
e eateries come
in many modest range includes small
street
vendors , small stalls and home style
cafes.中国餐馆形形色色、名
目繁多。最简朴的有路边小摊、小排挡和家庭式小餐馆。
the Chinese ,being together--food as medicine
and banqueting to
establish social harmony--
can create specific types of outcomes for
participants and create a sweet and harmony me
mory.中国人以药膳和宴席为
媒介而相聚在一起，共同营造社会的和谐，并留下难以忘怀的美好记忆
。
ts create occasions to negotiate and
strengthen social connections
among people who
work together. Feasters of banquets all strive
for the
harmonious and balanced aim，and
in this way，banquets and traditional
medicine
happen to generate the same positive results.
宴席为增进同事之间的交流提供了良机。赴宴者为达到和谐平衡的共同目标而努力，
就这方面而
言，宴席和中医所产生的积极作用是不谋而合的。
14. Few flavors in
the world can match that of champagne, which is a
truly
unique taste, created by a complex and
painstaking process. 世界上几乎没
有哪一种酒的口味可以与香槟酒的口味相媲
美，这种独特的口味是通过艰辛复杂的
酿造过程获得的。
15. One of
the delights of Chinese food is its range—it’s
fairly easy to
tailor a perfectly good Chinese
meal that will go well with wines.
中国菜
的好处之一在于品种繁多的菜式，我们很容易选择一种可与葡萄酒相得益彰的菜肴。
16. A good wine, or a vintage champagne, is
like a person you’ve met whose
personality you
don’t forget. 遇到一瓶上等葡萄酒，或者说一瓶上品香槟酒，
感觉就像遇到一个其个性
让你难以忘怀的人一样。
17. A bottle of good champagne
is nothing but the ideal companion for a
delicious meal where you don’t want your
personality to be easily forgotten.
一桌美味佳肴，配上一
瓶上等香槟酒助兴，你的个性会给客人留下难以忘怀的深刻
印象。
18.
Built with money from private citizens, the
Washington National Cathedral
is one of the
largest and most famous religious centers in the
United States.
由私人赞助建造的华盛顿国家大教堂是美国规模最大、
最富盛名的宗教中心之一。
19. The colored glass windows
color the sunlight as it clean the building
and spills across the floor.
彩色玻璃窗将射入建筑物的阳光染的五彩缤纷，洒
落在大教堂一侧的地上。
20.
The Washington National Cathedral is open to all
people for many religious
events throughout
the year, and also holds many religious services,
family
activities, weddings, funerals,
concerts and educational programs for
children. 华盛顿大教堂全年对举办各种宗教活动的人士开放，还举办许多宗教活
动
、家庭活动、婚礼、葬礼、音乐会、儿童教育活动。
Unit 8
介绍性口译—汉译英（丝绸之路、传统节日、教育之本、出版王者）
1.
连接亚欧两大洲的贸易通道“丝绸之路”全程长达7千公里，其历史可以追溯到
公元前二世纪。The
7000-kilometer-long “Silk Road”, whose history
dates
back to the second century B.C., is a
trade thoroughfare linking Asia and
Europe.
2. 我社安排的“丝绸之路游”，始于古城西安，止于新疆首府乌
鲁木齐，沿线游客
可以领略自然景观的魅力，欣赏古代艺术家的高超工艺，品尝地方风味小吃，结识当地居民。 “The Silk Road Tour” that we offer follows
a route beginning
from the ancient city of
Xi’an and winding up at Urumqi, the capital of
Xinjiang, along which the tourist will take
pleasure in the charms of the
natural
landscape, appreciate the superior workmanship of
ancient artists,
enjoy local delicacies
and meet local people.
3. 丝绸之路沿途的大批历史文物、引人
入胜的自然风景以及富有情趣的地方文化，
使“丝绸之路游”成了世界上最精彩的旅游项目之一。A
wealth of history relics,
fascinating scenery
and interesting local cultures along the Silk Road
makes
this trip one of the world’s most
exciting tourist attractions.
4.
中国农历5月5日的端午节旨在纪念古代诗人屈原。The Dragon Boat Festival
on the 5
th
day of the 5
th
month of China’s lunar calendar is set aside and
celebrate in the memory of the ancient poet Qu
Yuan.
5. 中秋节的特制食品是一种内含核桃仁、蜜饯、豆沙或蛋黄等食物的圆形月饼
，圆
象征着圆满，进而象征着家庭团聚。The moon cake, a special
food of China’s
Mid-autumn Festival, is a
round pastry filled with nuts, candied preserved
fruits, bean paste, duck egg yolk, etc. ,
symbolizing completeness and
perfection, and
by extension, family reunion.
6.
春节是中国的农历新年，其日期按农历而定，通常出现在公历2月份前半个月的
某一天。The
Spring Festival, or the Chinese lunar New Year, is
celebrated
according to the lunar calendar,
and generally occurs some time in the first
half of February.
7. 大饱口福历来是春节的主要内容，除了
常见的海鲜、家禽和肉类之外，人们还要
按照各自的地方习俗烹制一些传统菜肴。Lavishly
consuming food and drink is
customarily a
major activity during the Spring Festival season.
In addition
to the popular seafood,
poultry and meat, regional custom dictates that
some
traditional favorite dishes should be
prepared and consumed.
8. 汉语“年糕”这个词里的“糕”字与
“高”谐音，寓意来年“节节高”，而香甜
的汤圆则象征着合家团圆。The Chinese
character gao in the word niangao is
homonymous with the word “tall”, suggesting
“growing up and prospering”
in the new year,
and the round sweet dumpling is a symbol of family
reunion.
9.
熟练的高跷表演者能够在高跷上展现异常惊人的技艺，表演高难度的动作。
Skillful
performers can perform truly amazing feats and
extremely difficult
movements on stills.
10. 春节是合家欢聚的日子，出门在外者总要想方设法在除夕夜到来之前赶回家，
吃上一年
之中最重要的一顿饭——“团圆饭”。The Spring Festival is the
occasion
for a family reunion. People away
from home for various reasons will always
try
their best to come back home before the New Year’s
Eve for the family
reunion dinner, the most
important meal of the year.
11. 香港中文大学，简称中
大，是一所研究型综合大学，以“结合传统与现代，融
会中方与西方”为创校使命。The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK for short,
is a leading research-oriented comprehensive
university with a global vision
and a mission
to combine tradition with modernity, and bring
together China
and the West.
12. 我们一直致
力于弘扬中华传统文化，坚持双语教育，并推行独特的书院制度，
在高等教育界卓然而立
。We have been distinguished from other local
universities by virtue of our rich Chinese
culture heritage, bilingual
education, and a
unique college system.
13. 多元教育学分制赋予学生更大的学
习自主权，不仅有助于培养又专又博的人才，
而且有助于充分发挥每一个学生的潜能。The
credit unit system of multi-faceted
education
allows students more freedom in designing their
own learning and
brings out the best in every
student.
14. 我校的校训“博文约礼”出自《论语》，讲求智育与德育并重，注
重培养怀抱理
想，目光远大，品德高尚的年轻人。Our university motto
“Broadening one’s
intellectual horizon and
keeping within the bounds of propriety”, which is
taken from the Analects of Confucius, gives
equal stress to the intellectual
and moral
aspects of education and attaches importance to
nurturing young
people with vision, moral
character and a global mindset.
15.
诗与乐能够打动人心，陶冶性灵，可收到潜移默化之效果，并非一般知识传授
所能做到。Poetry
and music can touch the soul, cultivate the
spirit, and
influence the temperament
unobtrusively and imperceptibly, something which
classroom pedagogy cannot achieve.
16.
我们矢志发展成为一所国内领先、国际知名的卓越学府。欢迎你们加入我们的
行列，与我们一起来实现这
个愿望。Join us in our journey to become a leading
university in China and an excellent
university with established reputation
in the
world.
17.
我们并没有在取得的丰硕成果面前停止前进的脚步。We have not ceased our
advancement in front of the prolific
achievements.
18. 提高人民健康水平，实现病有所医，保障人人都能享受
安全、有效、方便、价
廉的基本医疗卫生服务，是一个重大民生问题。It is a major
issue concerning
people’s well-being to
improve people’s health，ensure their right to
medical care and provide every citizen with
safe，effective, convenient and
affordable
healthcare.
19.中医药以其费用低、疗效好、副作用小等特点，深受中国公众
喜爱,在医疗卫生
保健中发挥着不可替代的重要作用。As a very popular
method of healthcare among
the Chinese public
for its low cost,satisfactory curative effect and
mild
side effects，TCM plays an irreplaceable
role in China's medical and
healthcare
endeavors.
20. 国家把人才培养视为中医药事业发展的根本，特别注重名老中
医药专家学术思
想和经验的传承和高级中医临床人才的培养。
The state
takes the cultivation of qualified professionals
as the
cornerstone for the development of
TCM;and in particular，the government
gives
importance to the efforts of communicating and
passing down the
academic philosophies and
professional experience of renowned and senior
TCM experts，in addition to the increased
efforts of training high-
caliber。
professionals in clinical
practice.
Unit 9
说服性口译—英译汉（强市之路、广而误之、大学精神、继往开来）
1. With
your indulgence, I would like to highlight some of
my personal
experience in leading a small
American company and turning it into a
multinational corporation with more than 11
billion dollars in net income.
您若不介意的话，我想着重谈一下
我是如何带领一家美国小公司，由小到大，发展
成为一家净收入超过110亿美元的跨国大企业的。
2. I believe the key to our success as an
innovator in China derived from
our core
strengths and our innovative culture, which enable
us to quickly
adapt to the changing market
circumstance in China. 我认为，作为创新者，
我们在中国取得成功的秘诀在
于我们的核心竞争力和创新文化，这使我们很快适应
了中国市场不断变化的环境。
3. Innovation starts at the top, and it is
important for leaders to create
an environment
of virtuous cycle where innovation is constant,
where people
have the skill and incentives to
think creatively. 创新从领导层开始做起，
领导层必须营造一个可以不断创新、良
性发展的环境，以激励的人们的创新思维，
吸引乐于创新的人人才。
4. We
should encourage universities, research
institutions and corporations
to corporate in
striving to do the basic research for great
growing in the
future.
我们应该鼓励产、学、研之间的合作，开展基础性研究，增强发展后劲。
5. Global
competition requires quality education. One of the
success stories
in this regarding is
that of China Europe International Business
School,
which combines international
management education with an understanding of
the Chinese business environment. 参与全球竞争需要高质量的
教育，这方面的
一个成功的范例就是将国际管理学课程与中国商业环境结合起来的中欧国际工商学
院。
6. The long term strategy has also
been laid out; we will enhance our
independent
innovative capabilities, strengthen our ability to
conduct basic
research, speed up our efforts
to join the ranks of innovative countries,
and
secure our position as a global center of
creativity and innovation as
clearly as
possible. 长期战略蓝图已经拟就，我们要增强自主创新能力，加强基
础研究能力，加快进入
创新型国家的行列，早日成为全球的一个创造发明中心。
7. We are
blessed to live in a world where technology allows
us to connect
instantly with just about anyone
on the planet.我们有幸生活在这样一个世
界，在这个世界，科技使我们与地球上的任何
人联系在一起，与他们保持即时的交
流。
8. There will never
be a substitute for family love and support and
that’s
uniquely true for fathers.
没有什么东西可以替代家庭的关爱和支持，尤其是无
法替代父亲的爱和支持。
sible parents are not only around but
involved;they are role models
and give their
children the foundation to envision a brighter
future for
themselves. 富有责任心的父母不仅在生活中陪伴着孩子，而且还
融入孩子的生活;
他们的榜样作用为孩子的光明前程奠定了基础。
10. Being a good parent demands your constant
attention,frequent
sacrifice,and a healthy
dose of patience.
做一名称职的家长需要持之以恒的
关心、源源不断的付出以及体贴入微的耐心。
11. We should reform our child-support laws to
get more men working and
engaged with their
children.我们应该改革儿童抚养法规，使更多的父亲为自己
的孩子尽心尽职。
12. My Administration will continue to work on
a publicity campaign to
encourage strong
parenting,as well as fatherhood and motherhood. 本届
政
府将发动一场宣传运动，激励家长们尽心尽责，激励那些为人父为人母者争做一名
好父亲好母
亲。
13. All our personal successes shine
less brightly if we fail at
I look back on my
life,I’ll be thinking about whether I did right to
my
family.如果我们在家庭生活中是失败者，那么我们个人的成功便会黯然失色。当我
回首往事，我会反思自己是否尽到了家庭的责任。
14. In this
globalized economy, universities should prepare a
great number
of graduates who will extract the
best and explore the greatest in this
increasingly complex society. 在这个经济全球化的时代背景下，大
学应该为这
个日新月异、充满变数的社会培养一大批善于取精用弘的学生。
15..Most of my remarks will focus on the role
of innovation and research in
the
university since that is the university spirit, as
well as the primary
source of economic growth
and new technologies. 今天我演讲的重点是大学创
与研究的作用，因为这是大
学精神之所在，同时也是经济增长和新技术产生的主要
源泉。
16. A
research-interrelated educational program will
create a flow of young,
bright and uninhibited
minds to work on the frontier of discovery.
研究型
教育可以培养一大批活跃在探索前沿、聪颖开放的青年才俊。
17.
Creating highly innovative centers requires
adequate funding for
research, great freedom
of the team, availability of first-class repertory
and equipment, committed and innovative
students, and smooth communication
and mutual
respect between the research community and the
industry. 创建
富于创新精神的研究中心需要充足的研究经费、宽松的研究团队、一流的物资
与设
备、一批勤勉且善于创新的学生，以及研究机构和产业界之间的良好沟通与相互尊
重。
18. Our challenge will be to take advantage
of this opportunity, to make even
greater
contribution, and to improve the welfare of our
society. 我们的历
史使命是抓住时代赋予我们的机遇，为社会福祉做出更大的贡献。
19. We find the fullness of life not only in
options, but in commitments.
生活的充实不仅在于做出选择，还在于承担义务。
20. Our public
interest depends on private character, on civic
duty, family
bonds and basic fairness,
and on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which
give direction to our freedom. 我们的公共利益依赖于个人品格，
依赖于公民职
责、家庭纽带及基本公平的原则，依赖于将我们引向自由的无数的默默无闻的高尚
行为。
Unit 10
说服性口译—汉译英（第二文化、环境保护、迎接挑战、习武健身）
1. 对一个作家来一说
，最好的说话方式是写作。我该说的话都写进了我的作品里。
用嘴说出的话随风飘散，用笔写出的话永不
磨灭。For a writer，the best way to
speak is by
writing. You will find everything I need to say in
my works.
While what is spoken fades away
easily in the wind，what is written down
stands
the test of time.
2.我该干的事情其实很简单，那就是用自己的方式，
讲自己的故事。我的方式，就
是我所熟知的集市说书人的方式，就是我的爷爷奶奶、村里的老人们讲故事
的方式。
What I am supposed to do is something very
simple. That is， I write my own
stories in my
own way. My way is the way that marketplace
storytellers follow，
the way that I feel most
at home with，the way my grandfather and my
grandmother and other village old-timers told
stories.
3.这件事让我悟到一个道理，那就是当众人都哭时，应该允许有的人不哭
。当哭成
为一种表演时，更应该允许有的人不哭。
That event led
me to the conviction that when people around you
are crying，
you are entitled to the choice of
not crying and that when crying is no more
than a put-up show，you have all the
more reason not to join the chorus.
4. 因为讲
故事我获得了诺贝尔文学奖。我获奖后发生了很多精彩的故事，这些故事
让我坚信真理和正义是存在的。
Storytelling earned me the Nobel Prize for
interesting stories have come about in the wake of
winning
the prize，and these stories have
convinced me that truth and justice arc
prevalent.
5.
中国作为一个发展中国家，面临着发展经济与保护环境的双重任务。As a
developing
country, China is confronted with the dual task of
developing its
economy and protecting its
environment.
6. 中国在全面推进现代化的过程中，不仅将实现经济持续发展
视为一项重要战略，
同时也将生态环境的保护视为一项基本国策。In the process of
promoting its
overall modernization program,
China has not only regarded the realization
of
sustained economic development as an important
strategy but also made
environmental
protection one of its basic state policies.
7.
中国作为国际社会的一员，，认真履行国际义务，积极参与国际环保事务，促进
国际环保合作。As a
member of the international community, China has
earnestly
fulfilled its international
obligations, and takes an active part in the
affairs of international environmental
protection to promote international
cooperation in environmental protection.
8. 我们必须在人民中宣传环保知识，提高人们对环保道德与行为准则的认识。We
must popularize knowledge about
environmental protection among the people
and
raise their awareness of environmental ethics and
the code of conduct.
9. 我们欣慰的看到，越来越多的珍惜濒危的
野生动物和植物在人工照料下保持了稳
定的种群，有的以成功回归大自然。We are
relieved by the fact that more and
more stable
populations for rare and endangered species of
wild fauna and
flora are maintained under
human watch, some of which have been successfully
reintroduced to nature.
10. 我们在解决环境与发展
的问题上仍面临着大量的难题，任重而道远。我们将一
如既往地为保护我们的生存环境，为人类的幸福和
繁荣，为造福下一代而奋斗。There
is a grand task to perform
and a long way to go in solving the problems of
the environment protection and development. We
will, as always, strive for
the protection of
the environment for human survival, for the
happiness and
prosperity of humanity, and for
the benefits of our children.
11.我们将一如既往地为
保护我们的生存环境，为人类的幸福和繁荣，为造福下一代
奋斗。We will,as
always,strive for the protection of the
environment for human
survival ,for the
happiness and prosperity of humanity,and for the
benefits
of our children.
12.
我们正处在一个由工业化社会向服务与信息社会接轨的过程中。We are in
process
of transforming from an industrial society to a
service and
information society.
13. 拜金主义、自我关注以及对公益事业的淡漠使许多传统美德受到了冲击。The
phenomenon of money worship and obsession, a
growing concern with
self-interests, and
neglect of public welfare exert negative impact on
people's attitude towards many traditional
virtues.
14.
这些问题源于经济和社会条件的变化，是都市化和现代化进程中产生的问题。
Arising from
the changed economic and social conditions, these
problems are
inevitable in the process of
urbanization and modernization.
15.
我们要实施科教兴国战略，优先发展教育，形成全民学习、终身学习型社会，
促进人的全面发展。We
will implement the strategy of developing the
country
through science and education and
giving priority to the development of
education and build a society of lifelong
education for all the people which
values
highly the all-round development of a person.
16. 中华民族素有携幼爱幼的传统美德，中国古语“幼吾幼以及人之幼”流传至今。
The
Chinese nation has long cultivated the traditional
virtues of bringing
up and caring for the
young. An old Chinese saying that our own children
and love others' children in the same
manner
17.
在全球经济日趋一体化的今天，让我们迎接挑战，拥抱机遇，承担责任，共同
建设更美好的未来。In
the economic globalization today, let us meet
challenges,
embrace opportunities, shoulder
responsibilities, and work together to make
tomorrow a better day.
18.
武术在我国源远流长，是中华民族传统文化的瑰宝，也是人类的共同财富。
Wushu, or
Chinese martial art, can be traced back to the
ancient times. It
is gem of the Chinese
traditional culture and the shared wealth of all
humanity.
19.
您在这里可以欣赏精彩，扣人心弦的武术表演，也可以欣赏京剧节目和杂技表
演。Here you
will not only enjoy fabulous and exciting
performances by martial
artists, but also
Peking opera and acrobatics shows.
20.
我不想说服任何人去习武健身，因为这是个人的事，是人们为将来所做的投资。
I have no
intention of persuading anyone, nor am I prepared
to convince anyone,
either, because practicing
martial art for your health and fitness is a
matter
of personal choice, and an investment
for your own future.
Unit 11
学术性口译—英译汉（语言系统、人机之争、生物革命、股票市场）
1. I
believe that there is one way to scratch the
surface一the language，
that is, learning culture
through language.我认为揭开历史面纱、解开历史
谜底的方法只有一种，那就是学习
语言，也就是说要以语及文。
2Just by briefly analyzing
why the Chinese ask these kinds of
questions，
we can start to understand a little
more about the way the country is today，
and
how it might have been in the only by studying
Chinese are we
exposed to the Chinese mindset.
只要我们稍对中国人通常所问的这些问题做些
分析，便会对今日中国及其历史渊源产生更为深入的认识。
我们只有通过学习中文
才能了解中国人的思维方式。
3.
Living in China without studying Mandarin only
grants you access to a
fraction of what is a
truly fascinating culture.生活在中国如果不学习汉语，
那么你对于这个
国家博大精深的文化的了解，充其量只是一些微不足道的皮毛而已。
4. I'm very
happy to be invited and talk about my personal
experience and
observations as an American
teaching in
China.我很高兴应邀与各位交流一下我作为在华教学的一名美国人的
个人经历和体会。
5. People in every culture tend to regard the
way they speak as“normal.”
What seems natural
is actually ritualized behavior,generated and
governed
by cultural norms.来自不同文化背景的人们往往都认为自己的
说话方式是正常的。
所谓很自然实际上是一种源自文化规范并受其约束的程式化行为。
6. The use of speech patterns depends upon
many factors，of which context
is includes
social background and status，geographical
background，and ethnicity and identity.使用何种话语模式
取决于诸多因素，
而语境是是其中至关重要的的因素。语境包括说话人的社会背景和社会地位、地域背景、民族背景和社会身份。
7. Americans consider
speaking directly as having the upper hand:holding
the power，while many Chinese believe that an
indirect person has more power
because he or
she can choose to be indirect.美国人认为，直截了当的表达是
话语权的表现，是权势的象征。而许多中国人认为，间接表达者被认为更有话语权，
因为这是
说话人主动做出的一种选择。
8. Speaking indirectly does
not correlate with being d，
indirect speech is
often perceived as a way to show empathy or act
kindly,and
a face-saving technique..间接表达并不与卑躬屈
从划等号，间接表达是富有同情
心、待人宽厚的表现，也是一种保面子的交集策略。
9. Effective communicating is very
challenging. Know your cultural
communication
styles and meanwhile seek to understand the
differences in
communication patterns employed
locally.有效的交际活动极具挑战性。我们既
要了解自己的传统的交际模式，同时又要弄懂当地
交际模式中的一些特点。
10. New breakthroughs in
biomedical technology are announced daily;
achievements such as the completion of the
human genome project portend much
serious
changes to come. 在生物医学技术领域里，每天都有新的突破，人类基因
组项目的完
成预示了将要出现更为重大的变革。
11. We don’t have to wait
the arrival of human genetic engineering to
foresee
a time when we will be able to enhance
intelligence, memory, emotional
sensitivity,
as well as manipulate behavior in a host of other
ways. 我们
无须等待人类基因工程的降临便可做出预示，未来的某个时候，我们将通过各种方法来提高自身的智力、记忆力、情绪敏感性，来控制自己的行为。
12. While
many medical advances have increased the quality
of life for older
people, many have had
the opposite effect by prolonging only one aspect
of
life and increasing dependence. 虽然医学取得的很多成果
提高了老年人的生活
质量，但是另外一些成果的取得却产生了相反的作用，即在延长人生命的同时也强<
br>化了人的依赖性。
13. We could find ways to
preserve bodily health but would fail to put off
age-related mental deterioration.
我们可以找到保持身体健康的方法，但无法
推迟与老龄有关的脑力衰退的时间。
14. Stem cell research might yield ways to
grow new body parts, but without
a parallel
curer for Alzheimer’s, this wonderful new
technology would do
no more than allow more
people to persist in vegetative states for years
longer than is currently possible.干细胞研究可能会使人们找
到新器官的培育
途径，但是如果我们未能同时找到医治老年痴呆的良方，这种奇妙的新技术智能让
更多人在植物状态下苟活而已。
15. I should thank you for
the privilege of speaking here and for ensuring
me such an attentive audience. 感谢您给我如此殊荣在此发表演讲
，同时也感谢
您为我请来了如此专心致志的听众。欢迎各位的光临。
16. I’m
very happy to see such a large audience, but this
lecture on cloning
technology is meant for
beginners.
我很高兴捡到这么多的听众，不过这只是一
个克隆技术的知识普及性讲座。
17.
People buy stock as an investment, in the hope of
making a profit on an
increase in the
stock’s price. 人们作为一种投资购买股票，希望通过股价上
涨而获利。
18. The stocks on the New York Stock Exchange
represent about 80％ of the
value of all
publicly owned companies in America.
纽约股票交易所的股票总
股价约占全美上市公司总市值的80％。
19. The
Internet has made it easy for the general public
to get information
about financial investment.
因特网的出现使普通老百姓易于活得有关金融投资
的信息。
20. The
performance of the stock market is measured by
stock indexes, such
as the Dow Jones
Industrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite Index.
股票
市场的行情是以股票指数来衡量的，例如道琼斯工业平均指数和纳斯达克综合指数。
Unit 12 学术性口译—汉译英（语言能力、文化冲突、书法艺术、社区服务）
1.我童年辍学，混迹于成人之中，及早地开始阅读社会人生这本大书。我做梦也想
不到有朝一日这
些东西会成为我的写作素材。I left off my studies in my early
school years,was thrown into the world of
adults,and had an early start on
reading the
great book of society and life.I had never
expected,even in my
wildest dreams,that one
day my writing career would feed on the stuff I
experienced in those early days.
2.文学作
品无论是起源于梦境还是发端于现实，最后都必须和个人的经验相结合，
才有可能变成一部优秀作品。W
hether conceived in dream or in reality,a
literary work must be integrated with
the experiences of individuals before
it
becomes a work of distinction.
3.每个人心中都有一片
地带，正是文学家施展才华的广阔天地。只要是准确地、生
动地描写了这个充满矛盾的朦胧地带的作品，
也就必然地具备了优秀文学作品的品
质。An undefined territory
exists in the mind and heart of every
is this
open-ended territory that a literary writer is
rendered freedom to
give full play to his
long as his work aptly and vividly describes
this nebulous,massively conflicting
territory,it is bound to be imbued with
literary excellence.
4.我写的还是人的命运与人的情感，
人的局限与人的宽容，以及人为追求幸福、坚
持自己的信念所做出的努力与牺牲。I wrote of
man’s fate and emotions,man’s
limitations and
tolerance,as well as man’s pursuit of happiness
and the
efforts and sacrifices he makes to
uphold his belief.
5.我对全球冲突起源于文化冲突这样一种观点深
感不安。这种观点反映了人们对西
方文明的前途怀有一种与日俱增的困惑感。I am deeply
concerned with the view
that global clashes
result from clashes between different view
reflects people’s growing confusion about the
future of the Western
civilization.
6.
亚洲的经济成功使这个地区的人民觉悟起来，对自己的才智与创造力有了新的认
识，他们开始重新思考西
方的社会模式与政治模式是否适用于自己的国家。The
economic success in
Asia has given rise to Asians’ awakening
recognition
of their own wisdom and
creativity. They have model to consider whether
the
Western social and political model is
applicable favorably to their own
countries.
7. 东亚的经济成功代表了一种新文化的诞生，代表了一种
集东西方传统优点之大成
的新价值体系的诞生。East Asia’s economic
success represents the emergence
of a new
culture, a new value system that incorporates the
strengths of both
Oriental and Western
traditions.
8. 我赞同许多东亚学者的观点，东亚社会的自我约束性、集体责
任感以及温厚儒雅
的传统可以医治盛行于西方世界的许多顽疾。I share the same
view with many East
Asian scholars that the
Oriental civilization with its self-discipline,
corporate responsibility and pacific tradition
can offset many stubborn ills
prevailing in
the West.
9. 在这个信息时代，世界已缩小为一个地球村，我们鼻息之间无须冲
突，我们之间
的关系是一种友好合作、平等互利、和睦相处的关系。At this age of
information,
the world has shrunk into a
global village in which we do not necessarily
have to come into clash with each other, and
in which our relationship is
but one of
friendly cooperation, of equality and mutual
benefits, and of
peaceful and harmonious
coexistence.
10.
中国有句古话是这么说的：“山不在高，有仙则名；水不在深，有龙则灵“。An
ancient
Chinese saying goes that “Any mountain can be
famous with the
presence of an immortal, and
any river can be holy with the presence of a
dragon”.
11.
许多汉字属象形文字，人们常可以从字的形状揣知其义。Many Chinese
characters are pictographs; often the meaning
of a particular character is
apparent in the
pictorial form of the character.
12. 汉字在其漫
长的发展史演化成许多不同的书写艺术形式，例如甲骨铭文、青铜
器铭文、篆书、隶书、楷书、行书、草
书等书写形式。During their long history
of
development Chinese character have evolved and
been written into many
different artistic
styles, including inscriptions in bones or
tortoise shell
and ancient bronze objects, the
seal character, official script, regular
script, running script and cursive script.
13. 在以石碑闻名遐迩的桂林七星岩区域内，每个朝代的铭文随处可见。Wherever
you go in the Seven-Star Cave of Guilin,
widely known for its stelae, you
are likely to
see a lavish number of inscriptions from various
dynasties.
14. 对于那些有兴趣把书法作为一种艺术形式来研究的人士来说，
曲阜孔庙和泰山
岱庙是必游之地。Qufu’s Confucius Temple and
Mountain Tai’s Dai Temple are
undoubtedly
visitors’ choice for those who are interested in
studying
calligraphy as an art form.
15. 中国历史上许多诗人和高僧在浪迹名山时撒墨于悬崖峭壁上，他们以此来抒发
自己的情
感。Historically, many poets and senior monks wrote
inscriptions on
precipices to express their
feeling when they visited famous mountains
16. 中国与国际劳工组织、联合国开发计划署、世界银行、亚洲开发银行等众多国<
br>际机构以及许多国家进行了卓有成效的交流与合作，为促进就业、消除贫困和维护
劳动者的合法利
益发挥了积极作用。China has conducted fruitful exchanges
and
cooperation with many countries and
international organizations, such as the
International Labor Organization, United
Nations Development Program, World
Bank and
Asia Development Bank. It has played a positive
role in the
international community in
promoting employment, eliminating poverty and
protecting the legal rights and interests of
workers.
17. 新建立的市场导向就业机制和社会保障体系，为进一步推动劳动和
社会保障失
业的发展奠定了良好的基础。The newly established
market-oriented employment
mechanism and
social security system that have been established
across China
have laid a good foundation for
further promotion of the labor and social
security undertaking.
18. 人口老龄化和农村富余劳动
力的增加将进一步加大对社会保障的压力，发展农
村社会保障事业任重而道远。The aging
of the population and the increase of
surplus
and redundant labor force in the rural areas put
more pressure on
social security, and
promotion of social security in rural areas will
take
a long uphill journey.
19.
我国社区服务起步较晚，发展还很不平衡，还有许多不足之处和薄弱环节需要
克服。China’s
community service has a late start and its
development is by
no means balanced;
therefore, much work need be done to offset the
problems
and strengthen the weak
links.
20.
各位专家学者所作的学术报告对促进和改善我们的工作，必将产生积极的影响。
The
presentations given by various scholars and
specialists at this
conference are sure to
exert a positive impact on the furtherance and
improvement of our work lying ahead.
Unit 13 商务性口译—英译汉（企业文化、认识债券、硅谷之贵、专利法规）
1. Today I’ll focus on the importance of
entrepreneurial culture, drawing
on the lesson
from a few outstanding cases.
今天我以几个突出的案例给予我
们的教训为例来谈一下企业文化的重要性。
2.
The truth is that really successful
transformations are the exception
rather than
the rule. 事实是，真正成功转型的公司是极个别的现象。
3.
Changing the core values, the attitudes, and the
fundamental relationships
of a vast
organization is overwhelmingly difficult.
转变一家大型公司的核
心理念，态度和基本关系极其困难。
4. Too much
emphasis on earnings growth and individual
initiative, coupled
with a shocking absence of
the usual corporate checks and balances, turned
the company’s entrepreneurial culture from one
that rewarded aggressive
strategy to one that
increasingly relied on unethical means. 过分强调收益
增长和个人主动性，加之缺乏那种常规的公司制约平衡机制，使这个公司的企业文
化从推崇进取性战略蜕
变为日益依赖不道德的手段。
5. The new
entrepreneurial culture encourages the “loose and
tight”
environment. The idea is to combine
tight controls with maximum individual
authority to allow entrepreneurial to flourish
without the culture edging
into chaos. 新型的企业文化
鼓励“张弛有度”的企业环境。这种张驰结合的理念
是指将严格控管与最大限度的个人权利结合起来，从
而使企业家的才能得到充分发
挥，同时也避免企业文化陷入混乱。
6.
Entrepreneurial culture, also known as corporate
culture, is a form of
ideal, which is based on
the value system of an enterprise and closely
related
to the management philosophy as well
as the management behavior of the
enterprise.
It is where the kernel of business management
lies. 企业文化
是一种观念形态，它以企业的价值体系为基础，与企业的管理理念和管理行为产生
紧密的联系，是企业管理的核心所在。
7. In the narrow
sense, entrepreneurial culture refers to some
fundamental
spirit and agglomerating force
that come into being in the production and
management practices of an enterprise, as well
as the common values and norms
of behavior
shared by the whole staff. This is the starting
point for us to
understand and know about
entrepreneurial culture. 从狭义上来说，企业文化
是指企业在生产经营的
实践中所形成的一种基本精神和凝聚力，以及全体职工共同
具有的价值观念和行为准则。这是我们了解和
认识企业文化的出发点。
8. Bonds appeal to investors
because of their scope for capital appreciation.
债券吸引投资者是因为债券有增值的机会。
9.
Investors consider investing some money in bonds
because they will be able
to achieve a higher
return than cash deposits.
投资人将一部分资金投在债券
上是基于这么一种考虑，他们期望获取高于现金存款的回报率。
10. In a nutshell, an investor should consider
investing in bonds as an
alternative for the
purpose of diversification in investment.
总的来说，
投资者应该考虑把债券投资当作一种投资选择，以达到多元化投资的目的。
11. In recent years, financial markets have
become increasingly polarized
between growth
and security. 近年来金融市场的投资增值与投资安全日趋两极分
化。
12. Credit rating agencies, such as Moody’s
and Standard & Poors, indicate
possible risk
in financial investment.
信誉评级机构，如穆迪和标准普尔评估
机构，提供有关金融投资可能遇到的风险的信息。
13. Silicon Valley is a magnet to which
numerous talented engineers,
scientists and
entrepreneurs from overseas flock in search of
fame and gain.
硅谷犹如一块磁铁，把许多天资聪颖的工程师、科学家、企业家从世界
各地吸引到
这里来寻求功名和财富。
14. First and
foremost, Silicon Valley has the largest
concentration of
brilliant computer
professionals and the best supporting services in
the
world.
首先，硅谷有着全球最密集的优秀电脑专业人才群体和最佳支持服务体系。
15. The
never-say-die approach is the sine qua non for the
ultimate triumph
in the
entrepreneurship and technological breakthrough.
这种永不言败的作
风是企业成功和技术创新必不可缺的。
16. They
willingly support promising start-ups with
urgently needed initial
capital to get them
started.
他们愿意支持那些前途看好的创业者，给予他们急
需的启动资金，帮助他们起步。
17. Paper qualification, though useful, is not
a be-all-and-end-all.
文化
虽然有用，却不是一切，一纸定不了终生。
18. Because of
its high-risk nature, for every success story
there are
hundreds who will fall by the
wayside. 由于其高风险的特点，一家公司的成功
可能意味着数百家公司的落败。
19. Today, we, pioneers and leaders of
electronic commerce, are meeting here
to call
together for changes in the existing patent laws.
今天我们这些电
子商务的创始人和领导人在此集会，共同呼吁修改现行的专利法。
20. I propose a one-month period of public
consultation before patents are
issued.
我提议，专利发布前应该有一个月的公示期。
Unit 14 商务性口译--
汉译英（双边经贸、亚洲合作、外资企业、经济关系）
1.
在经济全球化不断发展的背景下，贸易自由化问题日益受到人们的关注。Against
the
backdrop of growing economic globalization, trade
liberalization has
captured increasing
attention.
2.
正确认识和把握经济全球化和贸易自由化问题，对促进全球经济的健康发展具有
十分重要的意义。To
put economic globalization and trade
liberalization in
their right perspective is
one of great importance to the healthy development
of the global economy.
3.
关键在于要以冷静而明智的态度正确对待和处理摩擦和纠纷。The key lies in
how
to cope with trade frictions and disputes
correctly in a cool and wise
manner.
4. 我们一贯主张，对于双边和多边经济贸易关系中出现的摩擦和争端，有关方面应
当本着相
互尊重的原则，通过友好协商谋求解决，we have always advocated that
parties involved should adhere to the
principle of mutual respect and settle
bilateral or multilateral trade disputes
through friendly consultation.
5.
互利共赢的经济贸易关系给两国人民带来了实实在在的经济利益。Mutually
beneficial and win-win trade and economic ties
have delivered tangible
economic benefits to
the two peoples.
6. 虽然两国贸易摩擦时有发生，但是具有很大互补性
的经贸合作的总体发展是不可
逆转的。Although trade disputes
between the two countries often arise, the
overall development in the bilateral trade and
economic cooperation, which
enjoys
complementarities in the vast fields, is
irreversible.
7.
我们希望两国在对待贸易分歧和摩擦时要有一种高瞻远瞩的战略眼光。As for
the
differences and frictions over trade, the two
countries need to take a
strategic
perspective of vision and foresight toward trade
frictions and
disputes.
8. 我们也希望贵国采取更为
切实有力的政策措施，促使两国在经济、贸易、科技、
文化、教育、卫生等领域里的合作有更大的发展。
We wish the government of your
country will
take forcible policy measures to feul stronger
growth in the
all-round cooperation between
our two countries in such areas as economy,
trade, science and technology, culture,
education and health.
9. 学习中文会给英国学生在竞争中增加很
多优势。中国正在振兴，在世界上发挥一
个大国的作用，掌握中文将大大增加年轻人的职业发展机会。L
earning Chinese
provides great advantages for
British students to compete in the
e language
skills will open immense career opportunities as
the
invigorating China is resulting its role
as a leading nation of the world.
10. 中华文化
是世界上唯一未曾中断的古老文明，英国开辟了近现代世界文明史，
两国都对人类文明发展作出了巨大贡
献。Chinese civilization is the world’s
only
ancient civilization with a continuous history,and
the U.K is a pioneer
of the world’s modern
the regard,both China and the
made incredible
contributions to human civilization.
11.
遗憾的是，许多英国民众对中国的了解可能还停留在功夫片的程度。
Regrettably,the
knowledge about China on the part of the large
number of
the general public in the possibly
at martial arts.
12.
英国大学纷纷加强对当代中国研究的投入，当代中国研究在英国正成为一门显
学。Many
sities have scaled up their input contemporary
Chinese
studies,which is gaining ever-
increasing importance as a “catchy
subject”of
academic research.
13. 中英应共同促进世界的多样性。一种文明、
一种社会制度、一种发展模式放之
四海而皆准已被证明并不可行。China and the
work together to
preserve diversity in the
has been proven that there is no such
thing as
an exclusive one-for-all civilization,or social
system,or model
of development.
14.
设立外贸企业的申请，由国务院对外贸易经济主管部门或者国务院的机关审查
批准。The
application to establish a foreign-capital
enterprise shall be
submitted for examination
and approval to the department under the State
Council which is in charge of foreign economic
relations and trade, or to
another agency
authorized by the State Council.
15. 外资企业分
立、合并或者其他重要事项变更，应当报审查机关批准，并向工商
行政机关办理变更登记手续。In
the event of separation, merger or other major
changes, a foreign-capital enterprise shall
report to and seek approval from
the
authorities in charge of examination and approval,
and register the
change with industry and
commerce administrative authorities.
16. 外
资企业终止，应当及时公告，依照法定程序进行清算，并向工商行政管理机
关办理注销登记手续，缴销营
业执照。When terminating its operation, a
foreign-capital enterprise shall
promptly issue a public notice and proceed
with liquidation in accordance with legal
procedures. At the termination,
the foreign-
capital enterprise shall nullify its registration
with the
industry and commerce administrative
authorities and hand in its business
license
for cancellation.
17. 推动新经济的发展，不仅要求我们用先进科学
技术更新经济，而且要求我们适
应这个发展趋势来更新经济结构、经济体制、经济机制，更新国与国、企
业与企业
之间的经济关系，更新推进各国开展经济技术合作的指导思想。To promote the
development of the New Economy, we must not
only update our economy with
advanced science
and technology, but also, in response to this new
trend of
development, revamp the economic
structure, system, and mechanisms
accordingly,
readjust the economic relationships between states
ang between
enterprises and update our
philosophies and concepts for economic and
technological cooperation across national
boundaries.
18.
在推动经济全球化和贸易自由化的过程中，世贸组织应充分考虑经济发展处于
弱势的国家和人民。The
WTO should give full regard to the interests of
the
economically disadvantaged countries and
people while pushing forward
economic
globalization and trade liberalization.
19. 改革开放以来，中国企业与国外、海外企业积极开展经济技术合作，取得了巨
大成就，
取得了互利和共赢的结果。Since China’s reform and opening up,
Chinese
enterprise have vigorously undertaken
economic and technological
cooperation
with overseas enterprises and scored tremendous
achievements,
hence mutual benefit and all-
win.
20. 中国将以更加积极的姿态参与区域及全球范围的经济技术合作，进一步推动
全
方位、多层次、宽领域的对外开放。China will take a more active
part in regional
and global economic and
technical cooperation, and endeavor to promote a
multi-directional and multi-level opening-up
in a wide range of areas.
Unit 15
科普性口译—英译汉（睡眠与梦、音响今昔、遗传信息、左脑之忧）
1. The era
of big data challenges the way we live and
interact with the
world.
大数据时代对我们的生活方式以及与世界交流的方式提出了挑战·
2.
Not only is the world awash more information than
ever before,but that
information is growing
change of scale has led to a change of
quantitative change has led to a qualitative one.
这个世界不仅
允斥着比以往更多的信息，而且信息也正以前所未有的速度增长。广度带来高度.
量变带来质变。_
3. Big data refers to things one
can do at a large scale that cannot be done
at
a smaller one,to extract new insights or create
new forms of value,in
ways that change
markets,organizations,the relationship between
citizens
and governments.大数据指的是人们可以大规模地做一些小规模无
法完成的事·可
以获取新的知识。可以创造新的价值形式，使用大数据可以改变市场，改变组织机
构，改变公民与政府的关系。
4. Big data does not
seek to know why but only the data
overturns
centuries of established practices and challenges
our most basic
understanding of how to make
decisions and comprehend reality.大数据不求
原由，只求事实。
让数据说话。这就推翻了数百年来形成的惯例，我们在做决策以
及解读现实时的最基本的思维方式也因而
受到了挑战。
5. The benefits of big data to
society are myriad,and people are beginning
to
realized the scientific and societal importance of
big data as well as
the degree to which big
data can become a source of economic this
era,a treasure hunt is under way.大数据给社会带来的好处是多
方面的，人们
开始意识到大数据的科学价值、社会价值和经济价值。大数据开启了一场寻宝游戏。
6. From recorded time, man has been
fascinated with music and the hardware
of
sound reproduction.
有史记载以来，人类一直痴迷于音乐，痴迷于录制音乐的
音响设备。
7.
American inventor Thomas Edison, who was
considered the father of sound
recording,
developed the phonograph, the first device to
record voice in the
world. It was not long
before the musical uses of his invention were
recognized and marketed. 被誉为录音之父的美国发明家托马斯爱迪生发明
了留声
机，这是世界上第一台录音设备。时隔不久，爱迪生这项发明的音乐应用价值便为
世人所
知，并推向了市场。
8. The modern recording industry
was born to satisfy an enormous market for
all
types of music: folk, classic, orchestral and
popular. 现代录音行业的
诞生，旨在满足旨在满足市场对各种音乐（如民乐、
古典乐、管弦乐、流行音乐等
音乐）的巨大需求。
9. The
widespread use of electricity led to the invention
of the invention
the portable record player,
while the rise of the electronic industry fed
the growing demand for hi-fi stereo systems. 电
的广泛使用使便携式电唱机面
世，而电子行业的出现则刺激了人们对高保真音响系统不断增长的需求。<
br>
10. The CD system is based on the
technology of computers with music
information
stored and reproduced digitally.
CD音响系统是一种用数码存储
设音乐与再现音乐的电脑技术音响设备。
11.
It is certain that the ever-improving technology
will give rise to another
development beyond
digital sound, making the CD obsolete from general
use.
可以断定，不断改进的技术必将产生一种超越数码阶段的音响系统，致使CD光碟推
出大众使用的舞台。
12. The advancement of times has
turned many electronic devices that were
regarded as luxury possessions into affordable
and mass-produced commodities
used by the
general public. 随着时代的发展，许多昨日被视为奢侈品的电子产
品，今日已成为了
普通人消费的起的、批量生产的日用品。
13. Every living thing
is a unique combination of the tiny pieces of
matter
called genes that carry information
from parents to offspring. 每个生物都
由一些叫做基因的物质独特组合
而成，基因则是一种将遗传信息由父代传给子代的
微小物质。
14.
There are people who are obsessed with cloning
experiments and wish to
apply the theory of
genetical replication in cloning human beings.
某些热
衷于克隆实验的人想把遗传复制理论运用到复制人类上去。
15. The
idea of combining animal genes with plant genes,
or animal genes with
human genes, has upset
many people for ethical reasons. 一想到将动物基因
与植物基因
组合起来，或者将动物基因与人类基因组合起来的做法，许多人由于伦
理方面的原因颇感不安。
16. The human brain contains an average of ten
billion neurons that
participate in countless
electrical microcircuits, the process of which
makes possible thought, perception,
communication, and other types of mental
activity. 人的大脑平均有100亿个神经元，每个神经元都从事着不可悉数的微电
路脉冲活动，由此而产生思维、感觉、交流以及其他一些脑力活动。
17. In the
cortex of the brain reside human cognitive
abilities such as
sophisticated reasoning,
linguistic skills and musical ability.
人类的认
知能力，如复杂的推理、语言、音乐等能力，无不寓居于人类大脑的脑皮层上。
18. The cortex, which is not present to a
comparable degree in any other
species,
represents man’s relatively recent evolutionary
step in
neurological development. 其他物种都不具有人类特有
的脑皮层，脑皮层的出现
是人类在其神经发展过程中近期出现的一次进化结果。
19. The brain is divided into two
roughly symmetrical hemispheres which
appear
to specialize in handling various tasks. Current
evidence suggests
that in most individuals,
the left hemisphere has primary responsibility for
language, while the right hemisphere controls
visual and spatial skills as
well as the
perception of nonlinguistic sounds and musical
melodies. 大脑
可以分为两个大致对称、各司其职的半球。据目前所知，大多数的人的左半球
主要
负责语言行为，而右半球则掌握着与视觉和空间相关的技能，以及对非语言声音和
音乐旋律
的感知。
20. It is believed that left brain
dominance for linguistic functions appear
to
exist prior to birth and this linguistic asymmetry
is maintained
throughout life. 据说左半脑的语言功能优势似乎在
婴儿出生前便已存在了，而且
这种大脑的语言不对称现象伴随人的终身。
Unit
16 科普性口译—汉译英（汉语概要、进化本质、蚊虫之祸、用筷技艺）
1. 对于那些
只熟悉普通的欧洲语言的人来说，汉语是一种截然不同的语言。在他们
看来，汉字的笔划错综复杂的令人
难以置信。To people who are familiar only with
the
common European languages, the Chinese language is
strikingly different.
For them, Chinese
characters are formed with many strokes that
appear
incredibly intricate.
2. 如果我们仔细
观察一下汉语的结构，我们便可以发现汉语在许多方面较西方语言
更为简单。例如，汉语基本上没有什么
动词变化形式，也没有名次变格现象。If we
examine the structure
of the Chinese language more closely, we find it
simpler
in many ways than Western
languages. For example, the Chinese language has
virtually no conjugation for its verbs and no
declension for its nouns.
3. 由于上下文常常可以清楚地表
明汉语动词的时态和语态，以及名词的数，因而汉
语无需依靠这种特别的语法上的重复结构。Becau
se most of the time it is quite
clear from the
context what tense or mood is intended for a verb
and what
number is intended for a noun, the
Chinese language does not bother much with
this particular type of redundancy in its
grammar.
4. 尽管我们目前还无法确定人类的语言是否同宗同源，但是它们都可以
追溯到朦胧
的史前时期。Although at present we have no way
of knowing for sure whether
or not human
language can be traced back to the same root, they
go back to
the dim uncertainty of
prehistory.
5. 汉语有丰富的源远流长的古代文字作品，其悠久的历史任何其
他一种语言的书面
作品都无法与之相提并论。Chinese has an abundance
of ancient writings that
reach back
continuously in time further than the writings of
any other
language in the world.
6. 今天
所存的最早的汉字均是甲骨雕文，其中大部分为神谕圣言，内容大都与政治
事件和宗教活动有关，或者与
战争和天气有关。The earliest written forms of
Chinese
in existence today are incisions on bone and
tortoise shell. Most
of these inscriptions are
oracular, dealing mostly with political or
religious events, or with weather or
warfare.
7. 让我们深入探讨一下汉语的发展史与语言结构，探讨
一下汉语对中华民族的文化
和思维所起的影响。Let us probe into the
history and the structure of the
Chinese
language, and into the influence this language has
had on the cultural
and intellectual
development of the Chinese people.
8.
今天的讲座题目是生命的起源与人的未来，不过我想先从信息的本质及其重要性
谈起。My
lecture today will focus on the origin of life and
the future prospect
of humans, but I will
begin my lecture with a touch on the nature as
well
as the importance of information.
9. 信息存储、传输和处理是提高社会整体发展水平的最重要的保障条件之一，也是
世界各国
高技术竞争的焦点之一。Information storage, transmission and
processing constitute some of the most
important guarantee conditions for
enhancing
the level of overall social development and a
focal point in the
competition of high
technologies between various countries.
10. 人类基因组蕴含有人类生老病死的绝大多数遗传信息，破译他将成为疾病的诊
断、新药
物的研制和新疗法的探索带来一场革命。The human genome contains most
of the hereditary information related to the
birth, aging, disease and death
of humankind.
Its decoding will bring about a revolution to the
diagnosis
of disease, to the development of
new medicines and to the e of new therapies.
11. 破译人类遗传密码的重要性不亚于人类登月的“阿波罗计划”。The work to
decipher the human genetic code is no less
important than the Apollo moon
lading
program.
12. 请不要误解我的意思，我并没有说人类基因工程是
件好事，我只是说它很可能
会在下一个千年里发生，不管我们喜欢与否，这种趋势是无法改变的。Don
’t get me
wrong here. I’m not saying that
human genetic engineering is a good thing,
I’m
just saying that it is likely to happen in the
next millennium, whether
we want it or not.
This is the trend that we cannot alter.
13. 人类需要以某种方式提高自己的心理素质，以应付复杂性日益增长的周边世界，
并迎接
像太空旅行这样的新挑战。In a way the human race needs to
improve its
mental and physical qualities if
it is to deal with the increasingly complex
world around it and meet new challenges like
space travel.
14.
蚊子是世界上最危险的害虫。也是人类最古老的宿敌和最致命的杀手。The
mosquito is
the most dangerous insect pest in the world, and
man’s oldest
and deadliest killer.
15.
研究表明蚊子产生免疫力的速度远远快于人类发明杀虫剂的速度。Studies
show that
it takes a much shorter time for mosquitoes to
develop resistance
to man’s invention of a new
drug than it takes man to develop the drug.
16. 我们必须在全球范围内展开这场控制虫害的战争。We must fight a
global war
to control this mosquito
rampage.
17. 制作筷子这一最简单、最有效的进食工具所用的材料多种多样，如
竹子、木材、
漆器、玉石、象牙、塑料、铝、银、金等都可以用来制作筷子。Chopsticks,
the simplest
and most effective eating tool,
can be made of a variety of materials, such
as bamboo, wood, lacquer, jade, ivory,
plastic, aluminum, silver and gold.
18.
我们中国人用筷子很讲究艺术性，各人有各人的方法，就好似签名一样，不尽
一致。The way
we Chinese use chopsticks is quite artistic and
varies from
person to person, similar to the
way people write their signature.
19. 对于那些
午餐时只会使用刀叉的西方人士来说，若想享用一顿真正意义上的中
餐，那么花些时间耐心学习用筷技艺
是有好处的。For Westerners who use only
forks and
knives for the meals, spending some time learning
to use chopsticks
with patience can be very
rewarding if they wish to enjoy a real Chinese
dinner.
20.
无论做什么事情，光靠蛮力是无济于事的，只要恰到好处，便可以轻松完成任
务。Whatever
you do, there is no use straight force. As long as
you use strength
appropriately, you can
accomplish your mission effortlessly.