英语四级翻译练习 1. The truck driver is _________________ (对这起交通事故负全责）. 2. ___________________________ ( 我刚到家） than the telephone rang. 3. ___________________(他五十多岁），but he looks younger than his age.
1.The truck driver is _________________ (对这起交通事故负全责）. Key: solely responsible for the traffic accident 2. ___________________________ ( 我刚到家） than the telephone rang. Key: No sooner had I got home Or: I had no sooner got home 3.___________________(他五十多岁），but he looks younger than his age. Key: He is in his fifties
4. Many big cities in the world__________ ____________________(正面临淡水资源短缺）. Key: are facing the shortage of freshwater resources 5. He said nothing, leaving me_______ _________________（对他的计划毫不知情）. Key: in the dark about his plan
Key: no wonder she was so curious 6. It's the first time she came to Beijing; ___________________________(难怪她充满着好 奇）. Key: no wonder she was so curious Or: it's no wonder that she was filled with curiosity
7.______________________(还要多长时间） before you graduate from college? Key: How long will it be 8.If you don't like swimming, you _____________ (不妨呆在家里）. Key: may just as well stay at home
9. Cancer is________________ (仅次于） heartdisease as a cause of death. Key: second only to 10. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not ________________ ___________(与外界失去联系）. Key: lose contact with the outside world
11. One cannot help being old, but one ___________________(可以抵制衰老）. Key: can resist being aged
12. He directed that__________ (马上开始工作）. Key: the work be started at once
13. Since neither side wanted to give in, _____________(两个国家的会谈破裂了）. Key: the talk between the two countries broke down
Key: you'd better follow the correct procedures 14. If you want to make a complaint, ____________________________( 你最好遵循正确的程序）. Key: you'd better follow the correct procedures
15. If we __________________(为这次活动做足够多的准备）， we would not have made so many mistakes. Key: If we had made enough preparations for this activity
16. If you think I am qualified for this job, I shall be glad to________ __________________(在您方便的时候安排一场面试）. Key: arrange for an interview at your convenience