braverMBA经典翻译联系句及答案(一)

1

、

In

Europe,

where

forestry

is

ecologically

more

advanced,

the

non-commercial tree species are recognized as members of native

forest community, to be preserved as such, within reason.

★★★

★★

在林业生态更为发达的欧洲，没有商业价值的树种被合理地看

成是当地森林群落的成员， 并得到相应的保护。

2

、

It

tends

to

ignore,

and

thus

eventually

to

eliminate,

many

elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but

that are essential to its healthy functioning.

★★★

这 种观点往往忽视陆地群落中诸多缺乏商业价值但对其健康运

作至关重要的物种，而最终导 致他们的灭绝。

3

、

Scientists

jumped

to

the

rescue

with

some

distinctly

shaky

evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to

control them.

★★

科学家们急忙介入，但提出的证据显然站不住脚，其大意是，

如 果鸟类不能控制昆虫的数量，昆虫便会吞噬我们人类。

4

、

Time

was

when

biologists

somewhat

over

worded

the

evidence

that

these

creatures

preserve

the

health

of

game

by

killing

the

physically

weak,

or

that

they

prey

only

on

species.

★

★

有证据表明：这些生物杀死体弱者 来保持种群的健康，或者说

他们仅仅捕食“没有价值”的物种。曾经有段时间，生物学家

或多或少滥用了这一证据。

5

、

In Australia--where an aging population, life- extending technology

and

changing

community

attitudes

have

all

played

their

part--other

states

are

going

to

consider

making

a

similar

law

to

deal with euthanasia (

安乐死

).

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参考译文 ：

在澳大利亚——人口老龄化，延长寿命的技术和变

化着的社会 态度，这些因素都在发挥作用一一其他的州也将考

虑制定相似的关于安乐死的法律。

6

、

Since our chief business with them is to enable them to share in a

common

life

we

cannot

help

considering

whether

or

not

we

are

forming the powers which will secure this ability.

★★★

由于我们对年轻人所做的首要 工作在于使他们能够在生活中彼

此相融，因此我们不禁要考虑自己是否在形成让他们获得 这种

能力的能量。

7

、

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate

value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may

well

believe

that

this

lesson

has

been

learned

largely

through

dealings with the young.

★★★

每 个机构的最终价值在于其对人的独特影响，如果人类在这一

认识上取得一些进展的话，那 么我们完全可以相信这一课很大

程度上是从与年轻人的交往中学会的。

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8

、

Only

gradually

was

the

by- product

of

the

institution

noted,

and