内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1.We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don’t like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
2、 长难句翻译
1. We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don’t like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 We resolve to…,get, find, do, be, drive, take 为并列不定式。
【词汇精讲】
resolve /rɪˈzɒlv/ v. 解决,决定 【名】resolution 决心 【辨】involve 包括,涉及,dissolve 溶解,解除
resolution /ˌrez.əˈluː.ʃən/ n. 决心,决议 【辨】revolution 革命,evolution 进化,solution 解决方案
The couple resolved their differences and made an effort to get along. 这对夫妻消除了他们之间的分歧,尽力融洽相处。
She resolved that she would never speak to him again. 她决心再也不理他。
I made a resolution to give up chocolate. 我下决心不再吃巧克力了。
The United Nations passed a resolution to increase aid to developing nations. 联合国通过了一项向发展中国家增加援助的决议。
【参考译文】
我们决心每天早晨起得早点,吃得少点,陪孩子们玩的时间多点,家务多做点,对不喜欢的人友善点,开车小心点,每天溜溜狗。
2.Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement,because our schemes are too ambitious…为原因状语从句。
【词汇精讲】
scheme /skiːm/ n. 方案,计划 v. 密谋 【辨】schema 提纲,略图
ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ adj. 有抱负的,雄心勃勃的 【名】ambition 野心,抱负【辨】ambiguous 模糊不清的
Under the current marking scheme, you need 90 percent to get an A. 在现在的评卷系统下,你必须有90分才能得A。
For months he had been scheming to prevent her from getting the top job. 数月以来,他一直在密谋阻止她得到这个最高职位。
He’s very ambitious for his children. 他望子成龙。
【参考译文】
我们大多数人想自我提升都失败了,因为我们的规划过于宏大,根本没有时间去实施。
3、 长难句拓展
1. The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title, which was held by Hull in 2017 and has been awarded to Coventry for 2021.
①小词典
award [əˈwɔːd]
n. 奖,奖品;(收入的)增加;(赔偿)裁定额;(毕业证书等的)授予;奖学金
v. 授予,颁发;判给,裁