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1、 长难句翻译 1. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle? 2. With novels, the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way they are printed on the page, whereas the 'reader' of a painting must attend just as closely to the material form of marks and shapes in the picture as to any ideas they may signify. 2、 长难句翻译解析 1. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle? 【语法详析】 本句的主干为 Who has not stood in awe…?1. pouncing on a fly 作spider的定语;2. triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle 作 ants的定语。 【词汇精讲】 awe / / n. 敬畏,惊叹 v. 使敬畏【形】awesome 令人敬畏的,了不起的【辨】owe 欠(债),归因于 pounce /pa ns/ v. 猛扑,突然袭击【辨】bounce v. n. 弹起,蹦蹦跳跳 【记忆】 谐音“扑n撕” - “扑上去” and “撕扯它” column / k l. m/ n. 专栏,石柱,一队【名】columnist 专栏作家 【记忆】】“靠乐木” 靠着木头柱子乐,引申为“专栏” triumphantly /tra ' mf ntli/ adv. 胜利地,得意洋洋地【名/动】triumph 胜利,狂喜;战胜 【记忆】tri(缩写:三个)+um(联想:游民)+ph(ph试纸) 三个游民的试验获得成功。 enormous / n m s/ adj. 巨大的【近】tremendous, colossal 【记忆】e出+norm+ous 出了正常状态 巨大的,过分的 As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather. 小的时候,我们对祖父非常敬畏。 The police were waiting to pounce when he arrived at the airport. 他到达机场时,警方正等着抓他。 A column of smoke rose from the chimney. 烟囱里冒出了一柱烟。 They marched triumphantly into the capital. 他们怀着胜利的喜悦列队进入首都。 The Channel Tunnel has enormous symbolic significance for a united Europe. 英吉利海峡隧道对于建立一个统一的欧洲具有重大的象征意义。 【参考译文】 看到一只蜘蛛猛扑向一只苍蝇,或一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋而归,谁不肃然起敬呢? 2.With novels, the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way they are printed on the page, whereas the 'reader' of a painting must attend just as closely to the material form of marks and shapes in the picture as to any ideas they may signify. 1) 结构分析 层次一: 主句: with novels..... ,( 主句①) whereas the reader...... signify(主句②). (whereas连接两句话,前后对比) 层次二: 主句①内部: 主体:the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way 修饰