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It is only when we cannot see perfectly
that we realize how important our eyes are.
只有当我们看东西不清楚时，我们才意识到我们的眼晴是多么地重要。
They can see things that are far away,
but they have difficulty in reading a book unless
they hold it
at arm’s
length.
这些远视的人们能看清远处的东西，
但是他们读书却很困难，
除非他们把书举到一臂远的距
< br>离处去看。
The same comment is
made from generation to generation and it is
always true.
同样的理论代代相传，而且总是正确。
Events that the older generation
remembers vividly are nothing more than past
history.
老一代记忆犹新的重大历史事件对年轻人来说不过是过眼烟云而已。
What they reject more than
anything is conformity.
他们所厌恶的莫过于循规蹈矩。
These are not questions the old
generations can shrug off lightly.
对于这些问题，老一代人确实不予附合。
Most customers who go to a supermarket
buy from a shopping list.
大多数去超市的顾客都要按程序购物。
The
comfort
and
convenience
of
shopping
centers
is
another
factor
which
makes
them
popular
with customers.
购物中心舒适而且方便，这是超市受人欢迎的另外一个原因。
Most of the ill health we suffer could
be prevented if people made more effort to change
their life
styles.
如果人们努力去改变生活方式，就能远离大多数的疾玻
Similarly
all
advertising
of
alcohol
should
be
banned
and
compensation
paid
to
families
of
alcoholics who die of the liver
disease.
同样所有的酒类广告都应当被禁止，对于那些因喝酒导致生病，最终
死亡的人应当赔偿。
Although mother’s
day is a relatively new holiday in America, more
and more other countries are
also
setting aside a day to honor their mothers.
在美国，
尽管母亲节时间夏天对来讲并不长，
但世界
上越来越多的国家都开始规定某一天为
母亲节，来表达对他们母亲的敬意。
No longer was she so gentle, so
relaxed and easy-going.
她再也不像以前那样温柔，随和，好说话了。
Some people think that man might be
able to solve both problems at the same time.
一些人们认为他应该也能在同一时间把问题处理好。
Sometimes what people say hides their
real meaning.
有时候人们说的话言不由衷。
The
minute
you
spend
thinking
about
the
real
meaning
of
what
people
say
to
you
may
save
another mistake.
（当你）仔细斟酌别人对
你所说的话的时候，可以使你避免再犯错误。
Contrary to popular belief, colds are
not caused by exposure to severe weather.
和人们的普遍想法相反，感冒并非恶劣的气候造成。
The custom can be traced back to the
roman era.
付小费这种习俗这种风俗可以追溯到古罗马时代。
A more common belief is tips were first
given in the 18th century England.
付小费这
种习俗源于
18
世纪的英国。
In America and Europe it is customary
to tip anywhere from 10% to 20%.
在美国和欧洲
，人们普遍的做法是以消费金额的百分之十到百分之二十来付小费的。
Today most people decide the size of
tip according to the quality of the service.
现在，人们付小费的数量取决于享受的服务质量。
英译汉练习
11
：句子（附带参考答案）
1.
As luck would have it, no one was in the building
when the explosion occurred.
2. As luck
would have it, there was rain on the day of the
picnic.
3. They emjoyed every bit of
the communists’ simple, unsophisticcated
hospitality.
4. Djilas was
not amused by Zhdanov’s unsophisticated sense of
humo
r.
5. Part of the booty
was an enormous stock of wisky and beer, and
within 24 hours many of the
rebels were
dead drunk.
6. Yatchtmen vying for the
America’s Cup practices their maneuvers in dead
earnest.
7. The Russians
treated them as animals.
8.
Churchi
ll said, “We are sea animals,
and the United Staes are to large extent ocean
animals.”
9. He made a waise
choice.
10. We went away as wise as we
came.
11. My military career had been
inglorious.
12.
Henry
Steele
Commager,
the
historian,
is
author
of
the
newly
published
Briraiin
Through
American Eyes.
13. No
greater misfortune can befall a country than to be
governed by an old tyrant.
14. It is
five years since he smoked.
15. He lost
a cool thousand dollars.
16. You can’t
be too careful.
17. You
don't want to do that.
18. The
soldiers, embittered by the memory of hardships
undergone and of battle so often hoped
for against the elusive foe, took every
man his fill of revenge and blood.
19.
Close the door. Please close the door. Will you
please close the door? Would you mind closing
the door? Won’t you close the
door?
20. Isn’t this
casette
-
recorder yours?Yes,
it is. / No, it’ isn’t.
21.
I
have
read
with
much
satisfaction
the
phrase
which
you
quote
concerning
the
number
of
strongholds. Yes, there must be few of
them, but good ones.
22. When Smith
pointed out that he had spread the rumour, he
vehemently retorted: “No! No!”
23. He had been anxiously looking round
him for an aritocratic face, in otder that he
might tell
him what he thought, but
could not recognize lord this or duke that.
24. There was an urgent need for him to
become, at least in appearance, a good Republican.
25. Intellectually emancipated at a
time when women of good family were not encouraged
to do
anything
more
ambitious
than
dabble
in
the
art,
she
became
the
editor
of
a
review
entitled
Correspondence des Familles…
.
26. Caesar was mighty,
bold, royal, and loving. (Shakespeare: Julius
Caesar)
27. The facts are prosaic than
the legend.
28. He was in no sense an
inventor.
29. This is the policy upon
which we will act, come what will.
30.
The bold sweep of this conception was more
attractive in that it rested squarely on our
power.