Passage Translation 1:

People often wonder why they have spend so much money at the supermarket, and often on things they didn’t intend to buy in the first place. A recent survey indicates that 75% of all grocery shoppers make at least one impulse buying. They may be attracted by eye-catching display, or colorful package. For those shoppers, there is a simple way of avoiding impulse buying, and saving money on groceries. That is, they should make a shopping list beforehand, and stick to it.
譯文:人們經常疑惑為什么他們去超市花了那么多錢,又經常買回一些他們原先沒有打算要買的商品。一項最近的調查顯示,75%逛雜 貨店的人至少有過1次沖動消費。他們或是被商品顯眼的擺放所吸引,或是被五顏六色的包裝所吸引。對于這些消費者來說,有一種簡單的方法既能夠幫助他們避免 沖動消費又能省錢。那就是,提前列好購物清單,并嚴格執(zhí)行。

點評:本篇文章內容貼近現(xiàn)實生 活,解釋了一下“為什么很多人在超市會花掉很多錢”的疑問,并在最后提出了解決方案。整篇內容基本無難詞,文中出現(xiàn)的數(shù)字也比較簡單。考生需要注意的是一 些關鍵短語的意思不要弄錯,如impulse buying (沖動消費),beforehand (事先),stick to it (堅持下去)。

Passage Translation 2:

Daily exercise makes you feel good. It helps you think better and believe it or not, it helps you sleep better and feel more relaxed. Once you start exercising regularly, you will feel stronger and keep improving at physical activities. When you exercise, you breathe more deeply and get more oxygen into your lungs with each breath. Your heart pumps more oxygen-filled blood to all parts of your body with each beat. Your muscles and joints feel flexible. Exercise also helps you to stay at a healthy weight. ?
譯文:每天運動會讓你感覺很棒。運動有助于思考,而且,信不信由你,它還有助于睡眠,讓你更好地放松自己。一旦你開始了有規(guī)律的鍛 煉,你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己更加健壯了,體育運動的水平也在不斷提高。你在運動的時候,做了更多的深呼吸,每次呼吸吸入肺部的氧氣都會更多。血液的含氧量也會增 加,心臟每次向身體各部分輸送的血流量也會增多。同時,你的肌肉和關節(jié)也會變的靈活了。此外,鍛煉也能幫助你保持健康的體重。

評析:這是一篇以日常生活為主題的段落,講述了鍛煉身體會給人們帶來的好處。內容非常貼近生活,考生可根據(jù)常識推斷段落的內容和大意。所用的詞匯和句子都比較常見,難度不大。
段 落語義雖容易理解,但考生要切忌word by word 的直譯。比如段落多次出現(xiàn)feel這個單詞,如果全部翻譯成“感覺”,就顯得呆板,不切文意??忌g的時候,要根據(jù)語境進行調整。如“it helps you sleep better and feel more relaxed.”中的feel可淡化,將relaxed從形容詞轉譯為動詞,譯為“放松自己”?!皔ou will feel stronger”中的feel可譯為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。另外,“Your heart pumps more oxygen-filled blood to all parts of your body with each beat.”這句如果直譯的話,會造成句子意群過多,長度過長,不符合漢語的表達習慣,所以要注意切分句子,化長句會小句。本句中暗含著兩層意思,一個是 血液的含氧量會增加,另一個是,心臟每次向身體各部分輸送的血流量會增多??v觀該段落,只要考生在平時多關注生活常識,對此類文章多加練習,一定會得到不 錯的分數(shù)。