新视界大学英语综合教程4 翻译

1、Unit 1.尽管我在那家公司有机会升职，我仍然选择了离开，去 从事我热爱的工作。Although I could have been promoted in that company, I chose to leave in order to pursue a career that I love.你最先要遵从的不是你的老板，而是这个行业的规那么。The first thing you need to comply with is not your boss, but the rules of the industry. 一份好的简历是找到工作的第一步，因此今天我们提出 讨论的是如何写份好简

2、历。A we11-prepared resume is the first step in finding a good job, so what we bring up for discussion today is how to write a good resume.人们工作往往是为了谋生，而不是出于爱好。More often than not, people are working for the sake of earning a living rather than for their interest.据面试官反应，大局部接受面试的毕业生都说不出他们 能为公司做些什么。Accor

3、ding to the feedback from the interviewers, most of the graduates who attended the interview couldn, t make clear what they can contribute to the company.Unit 3.他对时尚的东西有一种天生的抵抗，因此和他谈时尚毫 无疑义。He has a natural resistance to fashion, so there s no point talking about fashion with him.很多知名品牌是以设计师本人的名字命名的

4、。Many famous brands were named after their designers.过去的30年见证了中国经济的开展，也见证了时尚的变 迁。The past 30 years saw the development of Chinese economy as wel 1 as the transition of fashion. 4. 今年夏 季的流行服装究竟会是什么，现在还很不清楚。What kind of clothes will be fashionable in the coming summer remains unclear. 5. 有人认为，如今女性的 穿着

5、越来越暴露了，而相比之下，男性的穿着却很保守。Some people think that nowadays women are exposing more and more of themselves from their manner ofdressing, while in contrast men are dressing more conservatively.Unit 51.与传统的观念相反，男性之间也是说闲话的，只 是他们说闲话的方式与女性不同而已。Contrary to traditional belief, men also gossip with each other, i

6、t s just that they gossip in a way different from women. 2.女性能够准确地把握生活中的细节，而男性往往对细节不太在 尼、OWhile women could grasp the details in life, men usually care less about details. 3. 目前，全国女公务员 人数约占公务员总数的三分之一。Presently/currently, the number of female civil servants account for about one third in the total of

7、 civil servants across the country.这篇论文大致讨论的是女性与男性的思维方式有巨大的 差另ij。 What the essay is discussing is to the effect that there s great difference between the way women and men think.最近的一项调查显示，家务占用了女性大约50%的业余时 间。A recent investigation suggests that housework accounts for about 50% of the spare time of wo

8、men.Unit 7 1.要精通一门外语，唯一的方法就是一遍遍地联To achieve a proficiency in a foreign language, there? s nothing for it but to practice again and again.很多汉语词汇有内涵意义，这对学习汉语的外国人来说 是一大障碍。Many Chinese words have their connotational meanings, which constitute a great obstacle to foreign learners of Chinese.勤奋弥补了他在英语方面的缺

9、乏；仅用了一年的时间， 他就可以用英语和外国人流利地交流了。Diligence compensates for his incompetence in English; it takes mere one year before he can communicate fluently with foreigners.语言是动态的，是不断变化的，网络语言的出现就是一 个很好的例子。Language is dynamic and ever-changing, a case in point is the appearance of netspeak. 5. 中国文化是世界文 化的瑰宝，其哲学、艺术

10、、饮食、文学等对外国人都有很强的吸 弓I力。 The Chinese culture is one of the great wonders of the word; its philosophy, art, food and literature enjoys great appeal to foreigners.英译汉I live in a world of skinned knees, double- knottedshoelaces, riddles that Ive heard a dozen times,stalebirthday cakes, hurt feelings, wan

11、dering stories andone lost shoe (and if you don，t find it my mother，Ilkill me).我天天要面对的是:磕破了的膝盖、系成死扣的鞋带、已经听 了十多遍的脑筋急转弯、发霉的生日蛋糕、受到伤害的情感、不 知所以的故事、丢了的单只鞋子(“你要找不到它，妈妈会杀了我 的。”)I dont have the singular power over language of alawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, thecommand over fellow worke

12、rs of a surgeon, thewheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman.我没有律师非凡的语言能力，没有建筑工人强大的体力，没 有外科医生卓越的指挥能力，也没有商人的方法与手段。A few years ago, when I was interviewing for anelementary-school teaching position, every principaltold me with confidence that, as a male, I had anadvantage over female applica

13、nts because of the lackof male teachers.几年前，当我面试一个小学教师职位的时候，每位校长都充 满信心地对我说，作为男性我比女性求职者更有优势，因为他们 缺少男教师。Becoming a dean of students or a principal has neverbeen one of my goals, but they seemed to expectme, as a male, to want to climb higher on the careerstepladder.成为教务长或校长从来不是我的职业目标，但他们似乎希望 我作为男性愿意在这个职业的阶梯上继续攀登Possibly, men would have more to say to me, and I tothem, if my job had more of the trappings andbenefits of more traditional male jobs如