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外研必修一Unit 2课文中译英练习
第一关:完成句子模式
Understanding ideas
你有没有问过自己,为什么人们学英语经常遇到困难?
_____________ _____________ _____________ asked yourself why people often_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________?
我没有问过,直到有一天我五岁的儿子问我汉堡里有没有火腿。
I hadn’t, _____________ _____________ _____________ my five-year-old son_____________ _____________ whether there was ham _____________ _____________ _____________.
里面没有。这让我意识到茄子里也没有鸡蛋。
There isn’t. This_____________ _____________ _____________ that there’s_____________ _____________ in eggplant either.
菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。这让我开始思考,英语怎么会是一门学起来如此奇怪的语言。
_____________ is there pine _____________ apple in pineapple. This_____________ _____________ _____________ how English can be_____________ _____________ _____________to learn.
例如,在空闲时间,我们可以雕刻一件雕塑,画一幅画,但我们是拍一张照片。
For example, _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo.
而且当我们旅行时,我们说我们在汽车里或出租车里,但却说在火车上或公交车上!
And when_____________ _____________ _____________we say that we are _____________ _____________ _____________or the taxi, but _____________ _____________ _____________or bus!
在我们进行所有这些旅行时,我们会在海上晕船,在空中晕机,在车里晕车,但当我们回到家时却不会 “晕家”。
While we’re doing_____________ _____________ _____________, we can get _____________ _____________ _____________, _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________and_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, but we don’t _____________ _____________ when we _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________.
说到家,为什么家庭作业和家务不是一回事呢?
And _____________ _____________ _____________, why aren’t_____________ _____________ _____________ the same thing?
如果 (硬的)是 (软的)的反义词,为什么(几乎不)和 (轻柔地)不是一对反义词呢?
If “hard” is_____________ _____________ _____________ “soft”, why are “hardly” and “softly” not _____________ _____________ _____________?
如果无害的行为是有害的行为的反义词,为什么无耻的行为和可耻的行为是一回事呢?
If harmless actions are _____________ _____________ _____________ harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviors_____________ _____________?
当我们望向窗外,看到雨或雪时,我们可以说 (天在下雨)或 (天在下雪)。
When we_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ and see rain or snow, we can say “_____________ _____________” or “_____________ _____________”.
但当我们看到阳光时,我们不能说(天在出太阳)。
But when we_____________ _____________, we can’t say “_____________ _____________”.
即便是最小的单词也可能让人困惑。
Even _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ can _____________ _____________.
当你在医疗报告中看到大写的 “WHO” 时,你会把它读成 “(那是谁?)里的 “who” 吗?
When you see the capitalized “WHO” _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, do you read it as the “who” in “_____________ _____________?”
那 “IT” 和 “US” 呢?
_____________ _____________ “IT” and “US”?
你还会对这门语言独特的怪异之处感到疑惑:一栋房子在烧毁的同时也在烧尽;
You also_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ the unique madness of a language in which a house can _____________ _____________as it _____________ _____________,
你通过填写表格来填充它;
in which you _____________ _____________a form by_____________ _____________ _____________,
而警报只有在响起时才能被听到!
and in which an alarm _____________ _____________ _____________ once it _____________ _____________!
英语是由人创造的,不是由电脑创造的,它反映了人类的创造力。
English _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, not computers, and it reflects _____________ _____________ _____________the human race.
这就是为什么当星星出来时,它们是看得见的,而当灯熄灭时,它们是看不见的。
_____________ _____________ _____________ when the stars are out, _____________ _____________ _____________, but when the lights are out, _____________ _____________ _____________.
这也是为什么当我给手表上弦时,它开始走了,而当我结束这篇文章时,它就结束了。
And that is why when I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, it starts, but when I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, it ends.
Developing ideas
上周,我们的论坛询问大家是否有任何关于使用英语的有趣或奇怪的故事。
_____________ _____________, _____________ _____________ asked if you had any _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________about using English.
我们没料到会收到这么多帖子。
We_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ so many posts.
以下是一些我们最喜欢的,用以提醒我们,有些我们在课堂上学的英语和外面世界里的英语相当不一样!
Here are _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ , to remind us that some of the English_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________is rather different from the English _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________!
人们说英国人在吃的方面总是很谨慎。
_____________ _____________ _____________ the British always_____________ _____________ _____________what they eat.
不是这样的!我去曼彻斯特的一所暑期学校,我的英语老师叫玛吉。
Not true! I went to _____________ _____________ _____________in Manchester and_____________ _____________ _____________ was called Maggie.
有一天,另一位老师来给我们上课。
One day, _____________ _____________ _____________took our class.
他告诉我们,玛吉那天不能上课,因为她嗓子哑了(字面意思:她喉咙里有一只青蛙)。
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________.
可怜的玛吉 —— 但她为什么要试着吃这么大一只青蛙呢?
Poor Maggie—but why did she try to eat _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________?
我第一次去纽约的时候,去市中心的购物中心想买一些冬靴。
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________New York, I went to _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ to buy _____________ _____________ _____________.
在入口处的咨询台,我问一位女士鞋区在哪里。
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________at the entrance, I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ where the shoe section was.
她说在一楼。
She said that it was _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________.
于是我上到一楼,却没找到任何鞋子。
So I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, but couldn’t _____________ _____________ _____________.
我决定离开。
I _____________ _____________ _____________.
当我找出口的时候,发现鞋子实际上是在楼下的一楼卖,而不是在一楼。
When I was_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, I saw that shoes _____________ _____________ _____________ downstairs_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, not the first floor.
她为什么给我错误的信息呢?
Why did she_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ______________?
我有一个英国笔友,今年夏天我终于在伦敦见到了他。
I’ve got _____________ _____________ _____________, who I finally _____________ _____________ _____________ in London this summer.
他告诉过我,他的祖父 “非常 wicked(字面意思:邪恶)”。
He _____________ _____________ _____________ that his grandfather was “really wicked”.
但当我见到他的祖父时,我非常喜欢他。
But when I_____________ _____________ _____________, I liked him_____________ _____________.
我觉得很奇怪。
I found it_____________ _____________.
为什么我的朋友要用一个贬义词来形容这么好的一个人呢?
Why did my friend use _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ such a nice man?
英国人的标准一定非常高。
The British must have_____________ _____________ _____________.
我参加了一个英国的一所大学和我所在的中国大学之间的学生交换项目。
I_____________ _____________ _____________ a student exchange programme between _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ and _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ .
我花了好几天准备并写了我的第一篇英语论文。
I spent days _____________ _____________ _____________my first English paper.
我知道我做得很好,期待着得到一个积极的评价。
I knew I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ and was looking forward to _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________.
当我拿回论文时,发现老师写的评语是 “不错!”
When I _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________, I found my teacher _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ “Not bad!”
不错?可我的论文里没有任何错误啊。
Not bad? But there weren’t any errors_____________ _____________ _____________.
第二关:中译英模式
Understanding ideas
你有没有问过自己,为什么人们学英语经常遇到困难?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我没有问过,直到有一天我五岁的儿子问我汉堡里有没有火腿。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
里面没有。这让我意识到茄子里也没有鸡蛋。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。这让我开始思考,英语怎么会是一门学起来如此奇怪的语言。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
例如,在空闲时间,我们可以雕刻一件雕塑,画一幅画,但我们是拍一张照片。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
而且当我们旅行时,我们说我们在汽车里或出租车里,但却说在火车上或公交车上!
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
在我们进行所有这些旅行时,我们会在海上晕船,在空中晕机,在车里晕车,但当我们回到家时却不会 “晕家”。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
说到家,为什么家庭作业和家务不是一回事呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
如果 (硬的)是 (软的)的反义词,为什么(几乎不)和 (轻柔地)不是一对反义词呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
如果无害的行为是有害的行为的反义词,为什么无耻的行为和可耻的行为是一回事呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
当我们望向窗外,看到雨或雪时,我们可以说 (天在下雨)或 (天在下雪)。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
但当我们看到阳光时,我们不能说(天在出太阳)。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________即便是最小的单词也可能让人困惑。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
当你在医疗报告中看到大写的 “WHO” 时,你会把它读成 “(那是谁?)里的 “who” 吗?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
那 “IT” 和 “US” 呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
你还会对这门语言独特的怪异之处感到疑惑:一栋房子在烧毁的同时也在烧尽;
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
你通过填写表格来填充它;
__________________________________________________________________________________________________而警报只有在响起时才能被听到!
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
英语是由人创造的,不是由电脑创造的,它反映了人类的创造力。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
这就是为什么当星星出来时,它们是看得见的,而当灯熄灭时,它们是看不见的。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
这也是为什么当我给手表上弦时,它开始走了,而当我结束这篇文章时,它就结束了。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Developing ideas
上周,我们的论坛询问大家是否有任何关于使用英语的有趣或奇怪的故事。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我们没料到会收到这么多帖子。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
以下是一些我们最喜欢的,用以提醒我们,有些我们在课堂上学的英语和外面世界里的英语相当不一样!
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
人们说英国人在吃的方面总是很谨慎。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
不是这样的!我去曼彻斯特的一所暑期学校,我的英语老师叫玛吉。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
有一天,另一位老师来给我们上课。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________他告诉我们,玛吉那天不能上课,因为她嗓子哑了(字面意思:她喉咙里有一只青蛙)。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________可怜的玛吉 —— 但她为什么要试着吃这么大一只青蛙呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我第一次去纽约的时候,去市中心的购物中心想买一些冬靴。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
在入口处的咨询台,我问一位女士鞋区在哪里。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________她说在一楼。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________于是我上到一楼,却没找到任何鞋子。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________我决定离开。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
当我找出口的时候,发现鞋子实际上是在楼下的一楼卖,而不是在一楼。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
她为什么给我错误的信息呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________我有一个英国笔友,今年夏天我终于在伦敦见到了他。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________他告诉过我,他的祖父 “非常 wicked(字面意思:邪恶)”。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________但当我见到他的祖父时,我非常喜欢他。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________我觉得很奇怪。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________为什么我的朋友要用一个贬义词来形容这么好的一个人呢?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________英国人的标准一定非常高。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我参加了一个英国的一所大学和我所在的中国大学之间的学生交换项目。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我花了好几天准备并写了我的第一篇英语论文。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
我知道我做得很好,期待着得到一个积极的评价。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
当我拿回论文时,发现老师写的评语是 “不错!”
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
不错?可我的论文里没有任何错误啊。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案
Understanding ideas
你有没有问过自己,为什么人们学英语经常遇到困难?
Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English?
我没有问过,直到有一天我五岁的儿子问我汉堡里有没有火腿。
I hadn’t, until one day my five-year-old son asked me whether there was ham in a hamburger.
里面没有。这让我意识到茄子里也没有鸡蛋。
There isn’t. This made me realize that there’s no egg in eggplant either.
菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。这让我开始思考,英语怎么会是一门学起来如此奇怪的语言。
Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.
例如,在空闲时间,我们可以雕刻一件雕塑(sculpt a sculpture),画一幅画(paint a painting),但我们是拍一张照片(take a photo)。
For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo.
而且当我们旅行时,我们说我们在汽车里或出租车里,但却说在火车上或公交车上!
And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus!
在我们进行所有这些旅行时,我们会在海上晕船,在空中晕机,在车里晕车,但当我们回到家时却不会 “晕家”。
While we’re doing all this traveling, we can get seasick at sea, airsick in the air and carsick in a car, but we don’t get homesick when we get back home.
说到家,为什么家庭作业和家务不是一回事呢?
And speaking of home, why aren’t homework and housework the same thing?
如果 (硬的)是 (软的)的反义词,为什么(几乎不)和 (轻柔地)不是一对反义词呢?
If “hard” is the opposite of “soft”, why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair?
如果无害的行为是有害的行为的反义词,为什么无耻的行为和可耻的行为是一回事呢?
If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviors the same?
当我们望向窗外,看到雨或雪时,我们可以说 (天在下雨)或 (天在下雪)。
When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing”.
但当我们看到阳光时,我们不能说(天在出太阳)。
But when we see sunshine, we can’t say “it’s sunshining”.
即便是最小的单词也可能让人困惑。
Even the smallest of words can be confusing.
当你在医疗报告中看到大写的 “WHO” 时,你会把它读成 “(那是谁?)里的 “who” 吗?
When you see the capitalized “WHO” in a medical report, do you read it as the “who” in “Who’s that?”
那 “IT” 和 “US” 呢?
What about “IT” and “US”?
你还会对这门语言独特的怪异之处感到疑惑:一栋房子在烧毁的同时也在烧尽;
You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down,
你通过填写表格来填充它;
in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
而警报只有在响起时才能被听到!
and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!
英语是由人创造的,不是由电脑创造的,它反映了人类的创造力。
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race.
这就是为什么当星星出来时,它们是看得见的,而当灯熄灭时,它们是看不见的。
That is why when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
这也是为什么当我给手表上弦时,它开始走了,而当我结束这篇文章时,它就结束了。
And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends.
Developing ideas
上周,我们的论坛询问大家是否有任何关于使用英语的有趣或奇怪的故事。
Last week, our forum asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English.
我们没料到会收到这么多帖子。
We didn’t expect to get so many posts.
以下是一些我们最喜欢的,用以提醒我们,有些我们在课堂上学的英语和外面世界里的英语相当不一样!
Here are some of our favourites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world!
人们说英国人在吃的方面总是很谨慎。
People say that the British always play safe with what they eat.
不是这样的!我去曼彻斯特的一所暑期学校,我的英语老师叫玛吉。
Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie.
有一天,另一位老师来给我们上课。
One day, a different teacher took our class.
他告诉我们,玛吉那天不能上课,因为她嗓子哑了(字面意思:她喉咙里有一只青蛙)。
He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat.
可怜的玛吉 —— 但她为什么要试着吃这么大一只青蛙呢?
Poor Maggie—but why did she try to eat such a big frog?
我第一次去纽约的时候,去市中心的购物中心想买一些冬靴。
When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots.
在入口处的咨询台,我问一位女士鞋区在哪里。
At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe section was.
她说在一楼。
She said that it was on the first floor.
于是我上到一楼,却没找到任何鞋子。
So I went up to the first floor, but couldn’t find any shoes.
我决定离开。
I decided to leave.
当我找出口的时候,发现鞋子实际上是在楼下的一楼卖,而不是在一楼。
When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor.
她为什么给我错误的信息呢?
Why did she give me the wrong information?
我有一个英国笔友,今年夏天我终于在伦敦见到了他。
I’ve got an English penfriend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer.
他告诉过我,他的祖父 “非常 wicked(字面意思:邪恶)”。
He had told me that his grandfather was “really wicked”.
但当我见到他的祖父时,我非常喜欢他。
But when I met his grandfather, I liked him a lot.
我觉得很奇怪。
I found it very odd.
为什么我的朋友要用一个贬义词来形容这么好的一个人呢?
Why did my friend use a negative word about such a nice man?
英国人的标准一定非常高。
The British must have really high standards.
我参加了一个英国的一所大学和我所在的中国大学之间的学生交换项目。
I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China.
我花了好几天准备并写了我的第一篇英语论文。
I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper.
我知道我做得很好,期待着得到一个积极的评价。
I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment.
当我拿回论文时,发现老师写的评语是 “不错!”
When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!”
不错?可我的论文里没有任何错误啊。
Not bad? But there weren’t any errors in my paper.
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