内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. Customs officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
2. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. Customs officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为Customs officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you,强调but之后的内容。when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare为时间状语从句,and连接are和have两个谓语动词,to declare作nothing的定语,主动形式表被动。
【词汇精讲】
customs /ˈkʌs·təmz/ n. 风俗,习惯,海关【动】accustom, be accustomed to习惯于
tolerant /ˈtɒl.ər.ənt/ adj. 宽容的,忍耐的【动】tolerate【名】tolerance 【组】be tolerant of
channel /ˈtʃæn.əl/ n. 频道,渠道,海峡 v. 引导,导入【组】the Channel 英吉利海峡【辨】tunnel 隧道
declare /dɪˈkleər/ v. 宣布,申报【名】declaration 宣言【形】declarative sentence陈述句
【参考译文】
海关人员现在已相当宽容了,但当你不申报任何东西就想通过绿色通道时,他们仍会拦下你。
2. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为The hardened professional smuggler is never troubled by such feelings。1. on the other hand作插入语,意为“另一方面”,表示与前述内容相反;2. even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase为让步状语从句,even if同even though,though;3. hidden in his suitcase可理解为“have sth done”结构,hidden作watches的补语,也可理解为hidden 作watches的定语。
【词汇精讲】
hardened /ˈhɑː.dənd/ adj. 硬化的,老练的【近】experienced 有经验的【组】be hardened to对…习以为常
professional /prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/ adj. 职业的,专业的 n. 专业人士【反】amateur 业余的(人)
smuggler /ˈsmʌɡ.lər/ n. 走私犯【动】smuggle
suitcase /ˈsuːt.keɪs/ n. 手提箱【辨】briefcase 公文包
【参考译文】
另一方面,老练的职业走私犯从来不会被这种感觉困扰,即便他的手提箱里藏着500只金表。
3、 长难句拓展
1. In an experiment published in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Wurzburg in Germany asked volunteers to hold a pen either