大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)翻譯必備經(jīng)典句型(1)

　　第一步：經(jīng)典句型展示

　　1. I am all but ready. 我?guī)缀鯗?zhǔn)備好了。

　　【分析】① all but = almost; nearly表示“幾乎”。它是個(gè)含有副詞功能的詞條。 ② all but… 有時(shí)可表示“差一點(diǎn)就…”的意思。③ all but…有時(shí)也表示“除…外，全部都…”的意思，這時(shí)all but = all except。

　　2. That little bridge is anything but safe. 那座小橋一點(diǎn)也不安全。

　　【分析】① anything but=not at all; far from, 表示強(qiáng)烈否定，是“決不”的意思。② anything but有時(shí)也可以表示“除…之外的任何…”等意思。

　　3. It is far from all of the students who are able to speak Chinese. 并不是所有的學(xué)生都講中文。

　　【分析】It is far from all…not. 表示“并不是所有的…都”。

　　4. You must leave her a message, and immediately at that. 你必須給她留言，而且馬上就要行動(dòng)。

　　【分析】at that放于句尾表示強(qiáng)調(diào)

　　第二步：練習(xí)與進(jìn)步

　　A. 翻譯

　　1. 過(guò)去的20年中，他幾乎做好了所有的準(zhǔn)備，差一點(diǎn)就可以畢業(yè)了。

　　2. 國(guó)慶就要到了，除他之外，所有的人都正在為此慶典準(zhǔn)備著。

　　3. 并不是所有的外國(guó)游客都來(lái)自歐洲。

　　4. 他們兩個(gè)都沒(méi)有去過(guò)中國(guó)。

　　5. 由于交通堵塞，公交車不規(guī)律地向前移動(dòng)，而且速度非常的慢。

　　6. 他獨(dú)自一個(gè)人生活，但是一點(diǎn)兒也不覺(jué)得孤獨(dú)。

　　7. 別聽(tīng)他的甜言蜜語(yǔ)，去年他把我騙了。那是條披著羊皮的狼。

　　8. 我購(gòu)物時(shí)，總請(qǐng)朋友們幫我選擇顏色。

　　9. 除非在各方面都準(zhǔn)備得周密，否則在應(yīng)付入侵之?dāng)车臅r(shí)候，我們將處于不利地位。

　　10. 除了一些無(wú)聊的行為外，我什么都喜歡。

　　【參考答案】

　　1. In the last 20 years, he has all but graduated from that university.

　　2. National Day is coming, and everyone but him is preparing for the celebration.

　　3. Not all of the foreign visitors came from Europe.

　　4. Neither of them have visited China.

　　5. Because of the heavy traffic, the bus moved forward irregularly, and the speed even then was very slow.

　　6. He lived alone, but he felt anything but lonely.

　　7. Don’t listen to his sweet words. I was cheated by him last year. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

　　8. When I shop, I usually ask my friends to help me decide on the color.

　　9. Unless we are prepared in every aspect, we shall be at a disadvantage in dealing with the invaders.

　　10. I enjoy anything but silliness.

　　B. 改錯(cuò)

　　1. The child was all that run over by the train.

　　2. The skaters on the pond all not broke through the ice.

　　3. Only but John passed the examination.

　　4. I enjoy all the last one of her novels.

　　5. I can only select either of the two schemes.

　　6. You must pay attention to your behavior, and constantly that.

　　7. Everyone wants a happy family, and a healthy one.

　　8. He used to take drugs that he was young.

　　9. Some will wrangle for freedom; write for it; even fight for it;

　　nothing but die for it.

　　10. The old man who had been used working from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

　　was like a fish out of water when his firm pensioned him off.

　　【參考答案】

　　1. that―but 2. not―but 3. only―All 4. all后加but

　　5. only去掉 6. that前加at 7. one后加at that

　　8. that―when 9. nothing―anything 10. used―used to

　　第三步：偉人偉招

　　1. 協(xié)力成功式

　　Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. (T. W. Higginson)

　　偉人很少是突兀的山峰;他們是眾山中的最高峰。(希金森)

　　【點(diǎn)評(píng)】這是一個(gè)絕佳的句子用在最后一段的開(kāi)頭，例如可以這樣寫：Just as T. W. Higginson said, “Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges.” We should make efficient use of the wisdom to seek the best solution for this.

　　2. 前人種樹(shù)，后人乘涼式

　　We should live and labor in our time such that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress. (H. W. Beecher)

　　我們一生應(yīng)該這樣地生活和勞動(dòng)，使給予我們的種子能在下一代開(kāi)花，使給予我們的花朵能在下一代結(jié)果，這就是我們所說(shuō)的進(jìn)步的意義。(比徹)

　　【點(diǎn)評(píng)】這是such that句型的一個(gè)復(fù)雜變體，我們可以欣賞一下，高手可以嘗試使用。