2011翻译资格考试：口译常用句型天天练（19）

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7. Let’s take cars for example. They not only pollute the air in cities, but make them crowded. Furthermore, they are responsible for a lot of traffic accidents. The noise made by cars disturbs the residents living on both sides of streets all day and night.
就拿汽车为例。汽车不仅污染城市空气，而且使城市拥挤不堪。此外，汽车造成许多交通事故。汽车所产生的噪音使居住在街道两旁的居民日夜不得安宁。
; r/ F, Q" X, g6 ^; c8. It is generally believed that the chief reason for the increase in population in developed countries is not so much the rise in birth rates as the decline in death rates as a result of the improvement in medical care.
. e7 n6 C8 I8 ^# e普遍认为，在发达国家人口增长的主要原因与其说是出生率的上升，还不如说是由于医疗保健的改善使死亡率下降了。
- V, b- u) W2 }# L9. There is no doubt that the increase in demand caused the rise in prices.
- `  B% \5 m1 [+ ~9 g: o" n毫无疑问，需求的增长导致了价格的上涨。
10. Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements that are made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.
由于人口的猛增或大量人口流动(现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易)引发的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。
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1. With the opening and reform policy being carried out, thousands upon thousands of foreign visitors are crowding into our country. They are eager to see this old mysterious land with a splendid culture of more than 5,000 years.
- f0 d2 l$ p) `随着改革开放政策的贯彻执行，数以万计的外国游人涌入中国。他们渴望参观这个有着5000多年灿烂文化的神秘古国。
2. Tourism brings China a lot of benefits. First, it enables the Chinese people to know more about the outside world and promotes friendship and understanding. Second, it is financially beneficial to China, which needs more foreign currencies for its modernization program.
旅游业给中国带来许多好处。首先，它使中国人了解外界，并有助于促进友谊和理解。其次，在经济上也有利于我国，因为中国现代化建设需要大量的外汇。
2 ^; a4 V' f  u3 Tourism, however, gives rise to a number of problems. For instance, it becomes a burden to inefficient transportation system.
旅游业也引起许多问题。例如，它增加了我国本来效率不高的运输系统的负担。
  ~: D" i$ p& t& e4. Besides, the living standard of the average Chinese is still not high enough to be able to afford the different sorts of expenses during long distance travels.
此外，中国人民的生活水平还没有高到足以使普通中国人有钱支付长途旅行的各种开支。
5. As for me, with the development of our national economy, all these problems will certainly be solved step by step.
至于我，我相信，随着我国经济的发展，这些问题必将逐步解决。
; s0 F: f$ z: `5 i" n$ _6. A much better and brighter future awaits us.
$ m) o& ]( y# s我们期望有一个更加光明的未来。
7. When an opportunity comes, it brings a promise but never realizes it on its own.
3 h" M0 l2 V2 F2 Z9 ^/ x9 [1 r; c每当机遇降临，伴之而来的是成功的希望，但是机遇不能自行实现成功。
8 Q5 ~" n% R- t. R8 x8. If you want to achieve something or intend to fulfill one of your ambitions, you must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. Otherwise, you will take no advantage of opportunities when they come to visit you.
) M4 @  j1 q( L4 ?假如你要取得成就或要实现你的雄心壮志，你必须努力工作、艰苦奋斗、准备好条件。否则，机遇来临你却无法利用。
0 x/ p" W: g, p/ V8 {9. The difference between a man who succeeds and one who does not lies only in the way each treats opportunities. The successful person always makes adequate preparations to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. The unsuccessful person, on the other hand, works little and just waits to see opportunities pass by.
成功者与失败者的区别在于处理机遇的态度。成功者做好充分准备迎接机遇的适时来临。而失败者工作懒散，眼看机遇悄然而过。
10. In my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only those who are adequately prepared and highly qualified can make use of them to achieve purpose.
3 x8 R* R$ @) B* E5 K我的观点是：在我们的社会里，人人都有许多机遇，但是只有那些准备充分并且高度称职的人才能利用机遇达到目的。