英語四級翻譯參考翻譯:
　　China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world.Coal takes up a huge part of China’s energy consumption.In the future, coal’s share of China’s overall energy consumption will decrease.However, coal consumption will continue torise in absolute terms.China faces serious environmental issues today.Coal play a big part in causing air pollution.Although coal resource in China is abundant, should start looking for the substitute resources.It can not only benefit environment, but will also bring economic payoff in the long run.

注意事項：
1.煤炭占中國能源消費的很大一部分:“占”即“占據(jù)”，可譯為take up; “能源消費”可譯為 energy consumption。
2.但煤炭消費仍將繼續(xù)呈絕對上升態(tài)勢:“呈絕對上升態(tài)勢”可翻譯為rise in absolute terms。
3.這樣不僅能造福環(huán)境，從長遠(yuǎn)看也會換來經(jīng)濟(jì)回報:“不僅…也 not only...but also…來表達(dá);“造?！笨煞g為benefit;“經(jīng)濟(jì)回報”可翻譯為economic payoff。

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將下面這段話翻譯成英文：
　　算盤(abacus)是一種手動操作計算輔助工具形式。它起源于中國，迄今已有2600多年的歷史，是中國古代的一項重要發(fā)明。在阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字(Arabic numerals )出現(xiàn)前，算盤是世界廣為使用的計算工具。現(xiàn)在，算盤在亞洲和中東的部分地區(qū)繼續(xù)使用，尤其見于商店之中，可以從供應(yīng)中國商品和日本商品的商店里買到。在西方，它有時被用來幫助小孩子們理解數(shù)字，而一些數(shù)學(xué)家喜歡體驗一下使用算盤計算出簡單算術(shù)(arithmetical)問題的感覺。
　　參考翻譯:
　　Abacus
　　An abacus is a form of manually operated counting aid. It has originated in China over 2,600 years ago.It is one of the most important inventions of ancient China. The abacus used to be the most widely used calculation tool before the appearance of Arabic numerals. At present, abacuses continue to be used in parts of Asia and the Middle East, especially in the shops, and they are available in stores which stock Chinese or Japanese goods. In the West, it is sometimes used to help young children grasp numbers, and some mathematicians enjoy experimenting with the abacus to work out simple arithmetical problems.

? 注意事項：

　　1.計算輔助工具形式:翻譯為a form of manually operated counting aid,其中aid一詞本意為“有助之物”，用在此處表示“輔助工具”已比較貼切， 不必再將“工具”二字譯出。
　　2.理解數(shù)字:翻譯為grasp numbers,其中g(shù)rasp—詞表示“全面領(lǐng)會、理解”之意，用在此處很恰當(dāng)?shù)刈g出了原文“理解”一詞的含義。
　　3.體驗:翻譯為experimenting,此處原文強(qiáng)調(diào)的是數(shù)學(xué)家親自體驗用算盤做簡單算術(shù)題，因此有“實驗”的含義，故選用experimenting—詞。