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
. x- z3 T' r" L9 {　　* 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。
9 g- e! m" a, x" I- ^　　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
　　* 考察: explore; make an on-the-spot investigation; inspect
& b1 Y4 i' t! H( d9 Q　　*足迹：footprint;footmark; trace
　　*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.
  Z2 V! k# v* D5 p　　他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。
  E1 b7 _  I  n$ r) S　　*他在考察的过程中:in his exploration; in his tours；on his tours
; P. O* N. `# l: S) U; d6 c+ l　　*盲目：blindly; in a blind way; without thinking
5 Z* N/ C1 c' _& H$ H: U  L9 o　　*迷信: superstition; blindly worship/ believe in。
! q8 }7 Z6 ]: r/ j　　*这里“迷信”指接受accept readily/without thinking
( i) i! h- p* G( G/ J　　*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。
4 G( [3 x: {/ [+ v6 F( `* f8 A" y　　* 前人：predecessor; forefathers; others
" A5 U+ Z1 U! C2 Q; d/ O4 e　　* 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One man sows and another reaps.
& v, p! ]1 k( V' {　　* 记载：record; put down in writing; document; notes
　　* 可靠:真实可信 true或准确accurate信得过reliable; trustworthy
　　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
/ I8 X3 K9 }" k( v2 K: k; I0 L　　* 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
- ^3 T1 k+ z( p' g5 g' }　　*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
& n/ i+ C/ c! z) [+ k3 ]# |- [　　*翻山越岭：翻越可使用一个词 climb/cross mountains and ridges
　　*长途跋涉: long difficult journeys
9 d: d9 Q% }) }9 u5 D　　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
　　* 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.
　　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；
% k7 f" y9 g4 Q7 y* r' h　　*弄清：find out; make clear
' j/ n2 ^- d4 u; a4 Y　　*真相：real situation（区别于表面或造假的情况）；the actual state of affairs; fact; truth
/ M, ^* `4 F  u& u' N　　*真相大白come out in the wash; The truth is out; The facts are clear now.
　　*弄清真相：get a clear picture of
" F& D2 B3 C$ q( L　　*艰险：hardships and dangers；dangerous; treacherous; difficult
　　* 人迹罕至：untraversed；unfrequented；seldom visited
: D/ m- w* N& j$ j$ Y* m　　* 奇山秀景：grotesque mountains and spectacular sceneries;
, }: G1 f; A( L/ \: j3 R　　* 奇：grotesque, peculiar, strange, unique
　　* 秀：fantastic, miraculous, magnificent, spectacular
% t: r" K9 j. T! }7 P  \3 I, T　　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；
( J0 H( C4 x% q1 s, K8 ?* e1 c　　* 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.
　　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。
  k' i0 L! ]7 s, G! `/ U/ l- w& j, f　　*He would revisit famous mountains at different time and in different seasons to observe the changing magnificent views time and again.