1Lexicography
1)
Lexicography
provides
at
its
best
a
joyful
sense
of
busyness
with
language2)
One
is
immersed in the details of language as in no other field. 3) Sometimes the details are so
overwhelming and endless they sap the spirit and depress the mind4) Often at the end of a
hard day’s work one realizes with dismay that the meager stack of finished work one has
accomplished has an immeasurably slight impact on the work as a whole 5) As I hope the
readers of this work will come to understand dictionaries do not sprint into being 6)People
must
plan
them
collect
information
and
write
them.7
)Writing
takes
time
and
it
is
often
frustrating and even infuriating.8 )No other form of writing is at once so quixotic and so
intensely
practical.9)
Dictionary
making
does
not
require
brilliance
or
originality
of
mind.10)
It
does
require
high
intelligence
mastery
of
the
craft
and
dedication
to
hard
work.11)
If
one
has
produced
a
dictionary
one
has
the satisfaction
of
having
produced
a
work of enduring value.
2.Pollution
1) Pollution is a problem because man in an increasingly populated and industrialized world is
upsetting the environment in which he lives.2) Many scientists maintain that one of man’s greatest
errors has been to equate growth with advancement. 3) Now “growth?nbsp;industries are being looked
on with suspicion in case their side effects damage the environment and disrupt the relationship of
different forms of life.4) The growing population makes increasing demands on the world’s fixed
supply of air water and land.5) This rise in population is accompanied by the desire of more and
more people for a better standard of living, in an ever increasing amount of waste material to be
disposed
of.6)
The
problem
has
been
causing
increasing
concern
to
living
things
and
their
environment.7) Many believe that man is not solving these problems quickly enough and that his
selfish pursuit of possessions takes him past the point of no return before he fully appreciates the
damage.
1
参考译?/p>
词典编纂的绝妙之处是给人一种与语言打交道的快乐感?/p>
不像其他领域?/p>
编词典的人整?/p>
都钻在语言材料中?/p>
有时碰到的语言材料浩如烟海,令人耗神。往往一天辛苦工作下来,?/p>
觉所完成的薄薄几页草稿只是全部工作的九牛一毛,
好不沮丧?/p>
正如我希望这部著作的读?/p>
会逐渐明白的那样,词典并非是一蹴而就的。必须先制定计划,收集材料,然后方能编写?/p>
编写词典不仅耗费时间?/p>
而且常让人受挫,甚至恼怒。没有其他的写作像编纂词典那样,?/p>
要有空想又要脚踏实地?/p>
词典编纂并不需要横渡的才华或独创的思维?/p>
但却要求很高的智力,
对词典编纂的精通,
和甘于吃苦的精神?/p>
一个人编写出一部词典,
就会因它的长久价值而得
到一份快慰?/p>
2
参考译?/p>
污染已成为问题,
因为在当今人口越来越多,
社会越来越工业化的世界上?/p>
人类正在污染
他们居住的环境?/p>
许多科学家认为人类最大的错误是把发展和进步等同起来?/p>
现在人们以怀
疑的态度看待
“发展性?/p>
的产业,
因为它们的副作用会破坏环境,
破坏各种生命之间的关系?/p>
人口的增长导致对世界上有限的空气?/p>
水和土地的需求不断增长?/p>
伴随着人口增长的是越来
越多的人渴望更高的生活水平?/p>
于是对电?/p>
水和商品的更大需求必然造成有更多的废物要处