翻译练习：大学英语八级汉译英练习1徐霞客

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　　练习1 徐霞客
　　* 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。
　　徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。
　　*周游：到各处游历; 走遍travel across (around)；tour；visit
6 u* l& g) q! G3 [) g, }9 I; K　　* 考察: explore; make an on-the-spot investigation; inspect
9 `* F- P/ f0 I8 T　　*足迹：footprint;footmark; trace
; \* Y$ Z% L* z, T+ S! u3 k　　*遍及 spread all over
　　*During his life time, Xu Xiake visited and explored 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country.
. j' D  X6 x  g. j　　他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。
  p/ O( X2 T+ T8 v　　*他在考察的过程中:in his exploration; in his tours；on his tours
　　*盲目：blindly; in a blind way; without thinking
0 V! Q1 w7 A  J4 [( x/ Q5 |　　*迷信: superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。
　　*这里“迷信”指接受accept readily/without thinking
4 |( z  Z/ X: q! r, w) D　　*He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration.
　　他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。
　　* 前人：predecessor; forefathers; others
9 p9 q; Z# l2 H# r5 N" H　　* 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One man sows and another reaps.
　　* 记载：record; put down in writing; document; notes
# d! n5 r' X% u/ D1 v' y　　* 可靠:真实可信 true或准确accurate信得过reliable; trustworthy
0 C' {6 J( h0 G/ J/ Z" [9 H　　译文：他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方
! l, |9 T& J0 t! _0 N, `! e4 h6 V　　* and found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors.
　　* He found that many of the geographical records by other people before him were inaccurate.
　　为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；
　　*为了: in order to, for the sake of, for the purpose of, with the aim of, with a view to
　　*细致的：careful, delicate, detailed
　　*乘车坐船：“乘坐”应使用一个词 by carriage and boat; take the wagon and the boat
5 E8 N$ w6 V  C7 W( t  r- U3 A3 c　　*翻山越岭：翻越可使用一个词 climb/cross mountains and ridges
  \; r% o; n, t3 \　　*长途跋涉: long difficult journeys
　　译文：为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉
) ^1 F6 n( O' v, w* }' I+ m0 n4 H　　* He seldom traveled by horse cart or boat but climbed mountains and ridges and took long, difficult journeys most of the time with the aim of conducting a real and careful exploration.
/ P( e7 {4 G$ \0 a3 A　　为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；
　　*弄清：find out; make clear
　　*真相：real situation（区别于表面或造假的情况）；the actual state of affairs; fact; truth
8 |+ l- C3 y% d9 [6 W4 i　　*真相大白come out in the wash; The truth is out; The facts are clear now.
: U* t- J- w" x5 i, W9 N　　*弄清真相：get a clear picture of
　　*艰险：hardships and dangers；dangerous; treacherous; difficult
　　* 人迹罕至：untraversed；unfrequented；seldom visited
　　* 奇山秀景：grotesque mountains and spectacular sceneries;
' J# D. G2 V% [3 b+ t8 u( }　　* 奇：grotesque, peculiar, strange, unique
　　* 秀：fantastic, miraculous, magnificent, spectacular
　　为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；
( T8 z0 p" Q6 W3 A　　* To get a true picture of nature, he picked/chose mountains with treacherous pathsand unfrequented jungles for explorations, discovering many grotesque mountains and beautiful sceneries.
: }' W( N+ K$ d0 C5 [　　他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。
6 q' E0 ~' g4 D# t0 l7 c9 I　　*He would revisit famous mountains at different time and in different seasons to observe the changing magnificent views time and again.