恩波《考研英语难句突破300句》一

作者: 来源:恩波教育 时间:2006-08-15 11:58

2006 Part A Text 1

1. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse,and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture.

【译文】 (美国社会出现)服饰和话语趋于平民化的一致,随意和尊重的缺失,这样正是通俗文化的特点。

【析句】 注意句子的表语是引号中的句子成分,表语实际是三个内容:the democrat-izing uniformity,the casualnessabsence of deference。形容词短语(characteristic of popular culture)是表语的后置定语。对此句的理解在很大程度上取决于对单词的理解。

【讲词】 democratize意为民主化,本句中意为平民化

uniformity意为相同,一致Since then,the nation has sought uniformity in education to expand opportunities to all students.(自那时起,国家就致力于向所有的学生提供相同的教育机会。)This procedure has produced gratifying results in achieving uniformity in recommendations and decisions.(这一程序统一了建议和决定,效果令人满意。)

discourse表示书面和口头的表达,因此一般译成话语,语言学的说法是语篇

casualness表示随意的态度、举止、穿着等。

deference意为顺从,尊重In deference to my friend and colleague Dr. B-rundtland,I wont show those slides at this symposium.(为了以示对我的朋友和同事布伦特兰博士的尊重,我就不在这次研讨会上播放那些幻灯片。)Out of deference to Grandma,the father neglected to tell her that he had become a Christian.(为对尊重奶奶,父亲没有告诉她自己已经信了基督教。)

2. Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are f-ans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks,yet “some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immun-e to the nations assimilative power.

【译文】 罗德里古兹指出,尽管世界边远乡村的孩子崇拜阿诺德·施瓦辛格和加斯·布鲁克斯,然而有些美国人却担心生活在美国的移民不知何故不受这个国家同化力量的影响。

【析句】 这是一个复合句,yet在句中起转折作用。

【讲词】 note意为注意,记录,作笔记,作动词表示口头或书面表达他所注意到的事件或观点,因而有时可以译成指出,写到,注意到,说等。He noted that many issues had been discussed at the conference.(他说会上讨论了许多议题。)

immune意为免疫的;免除的;豁免的The criminal was told he would be im-mune from punishment if he helped the police.(罪犯被告知,如果他协助警方就可以免受惩罚。)Small businesses started by the unemployed urban dwellers are immun-e from taxes for a certain period of time.(城市失业人员经营小本生意在一定时间里可以享受免税待遇。)The operation of the company will be immune to any outsid-e interference.(公司的运营不会受外界的干扰。)

3. Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Ind-eed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when view-ed against Americas turbulent past,todays social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.

【译文】 美国是否存在分裂社会的问题和极度愤怒的群体?确实存在。美国太大了,什么都会存在。但是,尤其是与美国动荡的过去相比,今天的社会指数根本就不说明存在着黑暗和恶化的社会环境。

【析句】 此句的难点在于对一些词语的理解。a bit of everything是一种口语化的表达,意为什么都有一点

【讲词】 divisive意为区分的,分裂的divisive issues意为分裂社会的问题

pocket除了口袋之意,还可以表示孤立的地区,保护区:被隔离的或被保护的小地区或集团,在句中应该理解为社会群体

seething意为火热的,沸腾的,例如:a seething revolutionary struggle(火热的革命斗争),a seething flood(滚滚的洪水)。seething anger意为极度的愤怒

to be viewed against意为对着……观察;与……相比;鉴于Viewed against his family background,he must have worked hard to become what he is today.(鉴于他的家庭背景,他一定非常努力才有了今日的成就。)

 

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