马上就要考试了，对于现在来说是就忙碌的日子，天天复习复习还是复习
不是很注意老师发下来的练习，可是不看又觉得有些不妥，因为毕竟是在上海外国语大学上的这门课，相信老师给我们的资料应该是比较重要的吧，
所以贴出来，和旺友们一起分享。至于有些句子，因为老师讲的快，再加上有2次我没有去听，所以翻译的也有些牵强，也希望这里的高手能够帮助我。
练习一共分为10课，和课本上的单元都是配套的。今天我们先来看第一课的。
Exercise 1
一.单词
soft answer
soft drink
soft money
soft drug
soft science
soft coal
soft goods
soft sell
soft currency
soft line
soft spot
soft touch
high: ranking official
senior editor
top reporter
first class hotel
free: way
port
education
trade
goods
ship
a like portrait
二.翻译句子
1. We hope Mr. White will not forget himself. Gone are the days when a representative of a big power in the UN may do whatever he likes.
2. We hope our professor will not forget himself. His poor health is known to all.
3. Like charges repel;unlike charges attract.
4. I like poerty more than drama.
5. I don’t like to trouble her when she is so busy.
6. Like cures like. Like attracts like.
7. We share the same likes and dislikes.
8. These little boys look like girls.
9. It tastes like an apple. It looks like snow.
10. Like enough he’ll arrive today. He ran like carzy.
11. I feel like I’m starving to death.
12. Do it like I tell you ?
13. There is the feeling in the air that anything is possible.
14. What is he at?
15. He usually goes to work on an early train (by bike).
16. They kept on working until it became completely dark.
17. Until you told me I had no idea of it.
18. She covered her face with her hands.
19.They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their minds.
20. We live and learn.
21. She said she might be late.
22. It’s time for lunch. It’s ten minutes’ walk.
23. It’s hard to say. You can never tell.
24.Like his friend, Mr. Smith had many wonderful ideas,but he only put a few into practice.
25. We are not connet with out present achievements.
26. Let me out!
27. He is physically strong, but mentally weak.
28. This film impressed me deeply.
29. He dialed a wrong number.
30. That is the very book I want.
31. American prisoners are permitted to receive Red Cross food parcels and write censored letters.
32. The Americans seem justifiably proud of their economic achievements.
33. She tried vainly to put the broken doll together.
34. They not surprisingly, did not respond at all.
so great you are !
keep going on,.
we are waiting for you .
wish you make it ASAP.
马上就要考试了，对于现在来说是就忙碌的日子，天天复习复习还是复习
不是很注意老师发下来的练习，可是不看又觉得有些不妥，因为毕竟是在上海外国语大学上的这门课，相信老师给我们的资料应该是比较重要的吧，
所以贴出来，和旺友们一起分享。至于有些句子，因为老师讲的快，再加上有2次我没有去听，所以翻译的也有些牵强，也希望这里的高手能够帮助我。
练习一共分为10课，和课本上的单元都是配套的。今天我们先来看第一课的。
Exercise 1
一.单词
soft answer 委婉的回答
soft drink 软饮料
soft money 纸币
soft drug （不易上瘾的）药
soft science 人文科学
soft coal 烟煤
soft goods 纺织品
soft sell 软推销
soft currency 软通货（比如RMB类，相对美圆就是硬通货）
soft line 油麻绳
soft spot 薄弱环节
soft touch 比较容易上当的人
high: ranking official
senior editor
top reporter
first class hotel
以上只是告诉你这些形容词都表示high的意思
free: way 高速公路
port 无税港口
education 公费教育
trade 自由贸易
goods 免税货
ship 中立国的船
a like portrait 惟妙惟肖（这个应该是和下面like一起的）
二.翻译句子
1. We hope Mr. White will not forget himself. Gone are the days when a representative of a big power in the UN may do whatever he likes.
not forget himself 不要忘乎所以
2. We hope our professor will not forget himself. His poor health is known to all.
not forget himself 多多保重
这个练习告诉你同样的短语，出现在不同语境意思就不一样；还是要理解原意最重要
3. Like charges repel;unlike charges attract.同性相吸；异性相斥
4. I like poerty more than drama.
5. I don’t like to trouble her when she is so busy.
6. Like cures like.以毒攻毒 Like attracts like. 物以类聚
7. We share the same likes and dislikes. 爱憎好恶
8. These little boys look like girls.
9. It tastes like an apple. It looks like snow.
10. Like enough he’ll arrive today.极有可能 He ran like carzy.
11. I feel like I’m starving to death.
12. Do it like I tell you ?
不同like不同翻译法，有些句子简单就不写了，只提几个比较特别的
13. There is the feeling in the air that anything is possible.
in the air 普遍
14. What is he at? 他是干什么的
15. He usually goes to work on an early train (by bike).
16. They kept on working until it became completely dark.才收工
17. Until you told me I had no idea of it.才知道
until一般翻译成才，典型的反译
18. She covered her face with her hands.
19.They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their minds.以独立自主而感到骄傲
20. We live and learn.活到老学到老
21. She said she might be late.（从句里的she不要翻译出来）
22. It’s time for lunch. It’s ten minutes’ walk.（无主句）
23. It’s hard to say. You can never tell.很难说（两句话同样的意思）
24.Like his friend, Mr. Smith had many wonderful ideas,but he only put a few into practice.（注意主语先行）
25. We are not connet with out present achievements.
26. Let me out!
27. He is physically strong, but mentally weak.他四肢发达，头脑简单（这里几句都很容易，只是让你学会翻译时转换词性，不要拘泥原句）
28. This film impressed me deeply.
29. He dialed a wrong number.
30. That is the very book I want.
31. American prisoners are permitted to receive Red Cross food parcels and write censored letters.
……，信必须通过审查（注意censored放在句子里很不好译，可以考虑分句翻译）
32. The Americans seem justifiably proud of their economic achievements.
33. She tried vainly to put the broken doll together.
……，但是拼不起来(vain)
34. They not surprisingly, did not respond at all.
……，这是不足为奇的(not surprisingly)
Undene做的很不错，我在这里就贴几个有差异的
soft drug 软毒品
soft sell 诱导推销
soft line温和的线路
soft spot 弱点
a like portrait 一幅逼真的人像画
There is the feeling in the air that anything is possible. 人们普遍感到任何事情都会发生。
Exercise 2
The woman behind the counter was very experienced in business.
I appreciate his ability very much.
She lends him a quiet hand.
She felt a quite satisfaction when she was proven right.
She stood in quiet sorrow for some time.
His remark comes to the point.
Home sometimes nods. (Even the wise are not always free form errors.)
Albert Einstein,who developed the theory of relativity,arrived at this theory through mathematics.
I am never at a loss for a word,and he is never at a loss for the word.
We should learn how to analyze and solve problems.
People use natural science to understand and change nature.
The primary aim of science is to find truth,new truth.
Choose whichever you like.
Each man has his hobby.
Ignoring a problem does not solve it.
Guard against arrogance and rashness.
Out of sight,out of mind.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Like begets like. Like knows like. Like curses like.
Great contributions,gratitude,ingratitude,prosperity.
To promote the development of China-U.S. relations,
The world watches. The world listens. The world waits to see what we will do.
As you said in your toast ,the Chinese people are a great people ,the American people are a great people.
I put the books in the cupboard that you bought yesterday.
I put the books in the cupboard that you read yesterday.
The man who is sick is well now.
They are striving for the ideal that is close to the heart of every Chinese and for that ,in the past ,many Chinese have laid down their lives.
A fuel is a material that will burn at a reasonable temperature and produce heat.
There are some metals that posses the power to conduct electricity.
Her laugh,which was very infectious,broke the silence.
After dinner.the four key negotiators resumed their talks,which continued well into night.
There was an air about her that showed plainer than any words that she was both weary and disappointed.
He tried to stand on his hands for five minutes,which,as you know ,is rather a difficult thing to do.
He insisted on buying this 386 computer,which is outdated.
我全下载了呢。真不错
Exercise 2
The woman behind the counter was very experienced in business.
注意woman的翻译
I appreciate his ability very much.
She lends him a quiet hand. 暗中给予我帮助
She felt a quite satisfaction when she was proven right. 窃喜
She stood in quiet sorrow for some time. 伤心地站在那里，许久没有说一句话（quiet单独拿出来翻译）
His remark comes to the point.一针见血
Home sometimes nods. (Even the wise are not always free form errors.)
Albert Einstein,who developed the theory of relativity,arrived at this theory through mathematics.
创立了相对论；通过数学得出这一理论（主要考虑汉语的动宾搭配）
I am never at a loss for a word,and he is never at a loss for the word.
我从不愁找不到词来表达自己的意思，而他从不愁找不到最恰当的词（注意a和the的区别）
We should learn how to analyze and solve problems.
People use natural science to understand and change nature.
The primary aim of science is to find truth,new truth.
上面3句and两边最好要分开翻译
Choose whichever you like.喜欢什么就挑什么
Each man has his hobby.
Ignoring a problem does not solve it.不去正视问题不等于解决了问题
Guard against arrogance and rashness.戒骄戒躁
Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见心不烦
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分
Like begets like. 龙生龙，凤生凤
Like knows like. 英雄知英雄
Like curses like. 以毒攻毒
Great contributions丰功伟绩,gratitude感恩戴德,ingratitude忘恩负义,prosperity繁荣昌盛.（主要看句子，有时为了句子文体上漂亮或平衡可以考虑用4字翻译）
To promote the development of China-U.S. relations,
vice versa同样，美国也需要了解中国；注意不要翻译成反之亦然，要把完整句子写出来
The world watches. The world listens. The world waits to see what we will do.
As you said in your toast ,the Chinese people are a great people ,the American people are a great people.
I put the books in the cupboard that you bought yesterday.
I put the books in the cupboard that you read yesterday.
注意定语从句修饰的成分，上2句不会造成误会，但有时候可能会理解错误；也提醒我们自己写文章时尽量避免容易产生歧义的句子
The man who is sick is well now.
They are striving for the ideal that is close to the heart of every Chinese and for that ,in the past ,many Chinese have laid down their lives.
and for that为了这一理想；that翻译时不要用代词，要翻译出来
A fuel is a material that will burn at a reasonable temperature and produce heat.和上句相反，先行词不要翻译出来；主要还是要读起来通顺为原则
There are some metals that posses the power to conduct electricity.具有导电性
Her laugh,which was very infectious,broke the silence.那她富有感染力的笑声
After dinner.the four key negotiators resumed their talks,which continued well into night.
吃过晚饭，继续谈话，一直到晚上（注意主语先行，定语从句先行词不要重复）
There was an air about her that showed plainer than any words that she was both weary and disappointed.
an air about her她的表情
He tried to stand on his hands for five minutes,which,as you know ,is rather a difficult thing to do.
He insisted on buying this 386 computer,which is outdated.
尽管已经淘汰，但他还是执意要买（注意汉语里经常使用各种关系连词连接句子和成分，翻译时为了通顺，或使句子关系清晰，可以自己加连词）
Undene真厉害，注释也很详细
加油哦!
Exercise 3
“How loyal is that man?”he asked a White House staff about a potential hand.
This film is a dramatic treatment of a threatened stoppage in a factory.
John can be relied on. He eats no fish and plays the game.
Don’t do your own thing,or you will meet with failure.
He has a good head for mathematics.
The dinner cost us five dollars a head.
Do you see any green in my eye?
The production has fallen steadily this year.
There was a certain coldness in her attitude towards me.
The ambassador was a skillful English-speaking diplomat.
His mother died of difficult labor.
We saw a Western movie. We saw a quick film.
The news runs rapidly in the town.
The street runs north.
The machine runs well.
The heavily laden infantry,though enjoying a superiority of six to one,simply could not keep to schedule and lost 60,000 men in one day.
We encounter the obstacle on which all discussions split and practically exploded in our faces.
He is more than a match for me.
His superior grades at high school enabled him to enroll at the
Primarily the allied task was to utilize the resources of two great nations with the decisiveness of single authority.
She was a woman of
On these occasions he was given a dinner in his honor.
Exercise 4
Getting an agent is catch-22. You can’t get one unless you’re published and you need one to get published.
He was nothing if not a hypocrite.
With old plaster-casting, the bone takes longer to knit and crippling effects from muscle inactivity result.
There is no point having translation lessons if you are not going to practice between them.
I’d better give the floor a quick wipe before someone slips on it.
And that vision of loveliness over there is his wife.
Sound travels nearly three times faster in copper than in lead.
The frequency range of signal generator model 900B is twice broader than that of model
Asia is four times larger than
The oxygen atom is nearly 16 times as heavy as the hydrogen atom.
The output of our factory this year has increased by three times as compared with that of 1999.
The sales of industrial electronic products have increased three times since 1998.
New boosters can increase the payload by 120%.
The production of various electron tubes has been increased four times as against 1998.
In case if electronic scanning the beam-width is broadened by a factor of two.
The bandwidth was reduced by two-thirds.
The cost of TV sets was reduced by 30%.
The principal advantage is a four-fold reduction in bandwidth.
Switching time of the new type transistor is shortened three times.
那你的注释是什么呢？
我没有，呵呵，其实undene比我理解的还要透彻
我在这里也学到了不少呢
Exercise 3
“How loyal is that man?”he asked a White House staff about a potential hand.
about a potential hand 在雇佣某人之前
This film is a dramatic treatment of a threatened stoppage in a factory.
threatened stoppage 面临罢工的威胁
John can be relied on. He eats no fish and plays the game.
前一句解释后一句；eat no fish忠诚（和英王有关的历史）；play the game公平（体育精神）
Don’t do your own thing,or you will meet with failure.一意孤行
He has a good head for mathematics.有数学头脑/有数学天赋
The dinner cost us five dollars a head. a head 每人
Do you see any green in my eye?你以为我好欺负吗？（green新手，缺乏经验）
The production has fallen steadily this year.持续下降（注意褒贬，不要翻译成稳步下降）
There was a certain coldness in her attitude towards me.
The ambassador was a skillful English-speaking diplomat.注意skillful修饰的是diplomat
His mother died of difficult labor.难产
We saw a Western movie. 西部片（注意Western大写专指西部片）We saw a quick film.短片
The news runs rapidly in the town.
The street runs north.
The machine runs well.
注意run的不同译法
The heavily laden infantry,though enjoying a superiority of six to one,simply could not keep to schedule and lost 60,000 men in one day.
步兵团尽管在人数上占有6比1的优势，但由于不堪重负，也只能勉强按时行动，在1天内就伤亡6万。（注意语序，遇到翻不通顺的可以按时间或则逻辑顺序重新安排）
We encounter the obstacle on which all discussions split and practically exploded in our faces.争得面红耳赤
He is more than a match for me.我打不过他/我不是他对手
His superior grades at high school enabled him to enroll at the
Primarily the allied task was to utilize the resources of two great nations with the decisiveness of single authority.在统一的领导下果断地使用两国的资源
She was a woman of
On these occasions he was given a dinner in his honor.主人为他……（注意被动句的翻译，汉语少用被动句，能翻译成主动句尽量翻译成主动）
Exercise 5
Since my heart attack I’ve eaten more fish and fowl and less red meat.
Her designs are never pretty for the sake of prettiness.
Wounded national prode and economic discontent combined to form an explosive mixture that led to war.
Most doctors believe that cigarette smoking is the most preventable cause of heart attack.
Manufactures need large sales to justify offering a big variety in export market.
He had surfaced with less visibility in the policy decisions.
He borrowed a computer and began to write his thesis on it.
Give him an inch, and he’ll take a mile.
Mary is a nurse, her brother is a doctor, and her parents are writers.
Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
They apparently have a good drainage system, for the streets never seem to flood after a downpour.
It never rains but pours.
That day,the President had an interview with her father. Her father was going to the moon by space-shuttle.
Letting my pen takes its course,I have written about practically nothing but my own memories and this is proof of the charm of this collection of essays.
An idea suddently struck me.
He witnessed the sixth post-war economic crisis of my serious consequence that prevailed in various fields in the
Send us a message in case you have any difficulty.
It’s good you’re so considerate.
I believe strongly that it is in the interests of my countrymen that
It is easy to see what weight can be overcome and what thrust is necessary to maintain flight.
It is not your fault that this has happened.
It is certain that man will eventually solve the riddle of UFO.
Exercise 6
The last thing I want in this world is to hurt you.
That is the last gift I could think of.
He was as cool as a cucumber when the enemy was approaching.
He is the new broom that sweeps clean.
The man who met us just now could be no more than a secretary.
Time doesn’t take away from true friendship nor does separation.
I remember a time when a shortage occurred.
It is bad today, and it will be worse tomorrow; and so on till the worst of all.
She flushed up to the roots of her hair.
Hurting her feeling—oh,nother is farther from my mind.
Good
She’s brought me good news.
These were all labeled as good eggs.
Dogs are often regarded as man’s good friends.
a faithful Christian
loving parents
a virtuous wife
a dutiful husband
a love letter a suicide letter a “Dear John” letter white-collar
a political “Dear John” blue-collar a blue movie
yellow press a blue paper(book) a white paper(book)
the caveman kept warm by covering his nakedness with the coarse skin of an animal.
He had to win food for the family when he was still a child.
He once again imparted to us his great knowledge, experience, and wisdom.
In every Chinese city we got into the streets, shops, parks, theaters, and restaurants.
1) When will you be able to finish the work? Finished? Almost!
2) Well,it’s hard to say.
3) Dizzy? Just a bit.
4) I suppose you’ve been quarrelling with somebody, Mum?
5) Quarrelling? How dare I ?
6) But what happens when she wants to be married—and to me?
7) How can she marry you? You’re married already.
8) But what when I’m no longer married?
Exercise 4
Getting an agent is catch-22. You can’t get one unless you’re published and you need one to get published.要找到个代理人比登天还难；你没出过书就找不到代理人，但没代理人书就没法出版（没上下文，不知道到处出版什么，暂译书）
catch-22第22条军规（小说名；规定为：精神病人可以申请免除军役，但必须亲自填写申请表；如某人有能力自己填写表格，说明他精神正常，不能免除军役）
He was nothing if not a hypocrite. if not=but
With old plaster-casting, the bone takes longer to knit and crippling effects from muscle inactivity result.
There is no point having translation lessons if you are not going to practice between them.只有多练习才能掌握翻译
I’d better give the floor a quick wipe before someone slips on it.最好赶快清扫，免得有人摔到（注意before译法）
And that vision of loveliness over there is his wife.那边那位绝代佳人（风景线）
Sound travels nearly three times faster in copper than in lead.是3倍/比……快2倍（注意倍数的翻译）
The frequency range of signal generator model 900B is twice broader than that of model
Asia is four times larger than
The oxygen atom is nearly 16 times as heavy as the hydrogen atom.是16倍
The output of our factory this year has increased by three times as compared with that of 1999.增加了3倍
The sales of industrial electronic products have increased three times since 1998.增加了2倍（对比上句，注意倍数中的by）
New boosters can increase the payload by 120%.增加了120%
The production of various electron tubes has been increased four times as against 1998.增加了3倍/是4倍
In case if electronic scanning the beam-width is broadened by a factor of two.扩展系数为2
The bandwidth was reduced by two-thirds.减少了2/3
The cost of TV sets was reduced by 30%.降低了30%
The principal advantage is a four-fold reduction in bandwidth.减少了3/4（注意这里拐了个弯，现在是原来的1/4，即减少了3/4）
Switching time of the new type transistor is shortened three times.
最近也要考试，没时间就不来写了
翻译没有标准答案，我写的只作参考；最重要的还是理解原意，在理解正确前提下译文尽量通顺，符合的语的表达方式；翻译要好还是要多看多练，有时候看得懂不一定翻得出，还是汉语的问题
自学考的翻译还是比较简单的；像改译大多考的是翻译技巧，如无主句、被动句、反译等等，抓住考点就知道怎么改了；后面的翻译只要意思正确基本没问题
Exercise 7
soft gray mist
born with a penny(a silver spoon) in one’s mouth
My heart was heavy now like a lump of lead.
What can be prettier than an image of love on his knees before Beauty?
There is a mixture of the tiger and the ape in the character of out enemy.
Every life has its roses and thorns.
Hitler’s troops goosestepped into power in many Russian towns in the early 1940s.
The movie actor was quite a phenomenon in the show business circles.
Military strategy may bear some similarity to the chessboard but it is dangerous to carry the analogy too far.
In our opinion the general run of Americans, whether hawks or dove, or neither, are deeply preoccupied with the war.
A mere mention of his shortcomings is a red rag to him.
Applying for the grant involves a great deal of red tape.
They were seeking new jobs after pink slips.
She had a blue print for the environmental protection service.
A faint pink still lingered about the edges of the sky and fat feathery clouds were tinged with gold and palest green. The stillness of the country twilight came down about them as calming as a prayer. (Gone with the Wind)
It was a day as fresh as grass growing up and clouds going over and butterflies coming down can make it. It was a day compounded from silences of bee and flower and ocean and land, which were not silences at all, but motions, stirs, flutters, risings, fallings, each in its own time and matchless rhythm.
Spring has so much more than speech in its unfolding flowers and leaves, and the coursing of its streams, and in its sweet restless seeking!
Under a hot, blue, clear sky, fringed with puffy white clouds, surrounded by the triangular mountains that formed the hunting range Hemingway had loved, he was buried. The cemetery is bleak, of flat area of cleanly mowed grass. Only a few gravestones.
She would like to have expressed her indignation against those responsible with plenty of knocks and kicks in his stomach.
When he was feeling spry, he might kick a can to show his vigor, there was plenty of life in the old boy, yet!
Now,as I walked sadly away, I consciously averted my eyes from the sight of my face reflected fleetingly in the large plate glass shop windows. Disappointment and resentment were a solid bitter lump rising inside me; I hurried into the nearest public lavatory and was violently sick. Fear clutches the abdoment at every ring of the phone.
Wet paint.
He objected to bribery only when the money reached the wrong hands.
As I went down the ravine the the banks became higher.
She is always up to her eyes in the work but she has wore her years very well.
People will be long forgetting her.
She told me,as I departed, that she’d hate to be in my position.
We are very few, fewer than at the last meeting of the Society.
There is no doubt that the novel stands distinctly apart from her other novels in tone and moral message, though not in theme.
Exercise 8
high voltage/ high power/ high performance
The advantage of a machine is that the feeort applied can be very much smaller than the load to be overcome.
Heat-treatment is used to normalize, to soften or to harden steels.
The path is not complete until its two terminals are joined.
The longer needle is the minute hand and the shorter needle the hour hand.
Nickel steel is a mixture of iron, carbon and nickel.
These controls are operated by hand.
Thermal convection will not operate in zero gravity.
Transistors operate as control devices and amplifier.
Physical change/ circuit/ science/ world/ contact/ construction
The motor on the test bed works well.
Molecules are changed into other molecules in a chemical change.
If an atom could be magnified until it measured a mile through the center, the nucleus at the center would be about the size of a pea.
Electrical machines are classified as generators and motors.
Testing must not proceed beyond paragraph, 6.5 till the cone angle of spray is considered satisfactory.
With this simple, but flexible concept, demands can be met with minimum of expenditure and hence maximum reliability.
Extreme care must be taken to the selection of the empirical constant.
A different method that is also applicable is given in the section that follows.
Modern science is based on observation on experiment, and on measurement.
In the event of any conflict between this paragraph and the production acceptance test schedule, the latter shall prevail.
We find difficulty in solving this problem.
One of the principal rules of the lathe maintenance is timely lubrication of all friction surfaces.
All maps are representations of reality.
Light as it comes from the sun is a mixture of light of any different colors.
When an excess of electrons is present, we may call the material n-type.
Whom science and technology should serve is a matter of importance.
The development of radar is due to the work by many thousands of people.
The pressure and the heat change the powder.
Hydrogen atom consists of an electron and a proton.
The generator set will start working tomorrow.
They therefore experience weightlessness.
Light waves weaken as they spread out from a source.
It has long been known that electricity is a form of energy.
Matters expand when they are hot, and contract when cold.
Transistors are small, efficient and have long life.
Domestic lighting circuits should be at least two in number.
The present process of making steel from iron is only about 100 years old.
