第十四讲
特殊句式的翻?/p>
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导入译例
A
whale is no more a fish than a horse is.
I was no less frightened than surprised.
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I was not so much troubled by the guitarist
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s as by his lack of talent.
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不如?/p>
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The people are to the army what water is to fish.
军民鱼水?/p>
A
teacher is to the students what a lighthouse to the people at sea.
Y
ou are to me what rice is to mice.
我爱你就像老鼠爱大?/p>
The alternative we must be certain we never have to face.
我们应当相信:我们决不会面临这种选择(宾语倒装?/p>
Just as necessary for us as financial support are criticism and suggestions.
对我们来说,和财政援助同样必要的是批评和建议(倒装?/p>
Reading exercises one
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s eyes; speaking, one
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s tongue; while writing, one
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s mind.
阅读训练人的眼睛,说话训练人的口才,写作训练人的思维
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比较句式的基本构?/p>
1
)同级比?/p>
In 1998 we produced as many cars as we did in the previous five years.
We have accomplished as mush in 2007 as would have taken ten years in the past.
2
)比较级
Small-town residents are more involved with kin than are big-city residents.
We can live longer without food than without water.
3
)最高级
This is the most interesting book I
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ve ever read.
Of all his novels I like this one best.
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the
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the
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结构
The more you study, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you
forget, the less you know. So why study?
5
)选择比较
I
prefer
face-to-face communication
to
cyber-chatting.
Some people
would rathe
r work
than
sit idly.
宁可
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也不
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Motion is absolute
while
stagnation is relative.
He is tried out,
whereas
she is full of vigor.
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比较句式的用法:表示对比
He was more dead than alive.
他已经半死不活(奄奄一息)
Ask her to sing a song for us. She is more of a singer than a guitarist.
她唱歌比弹吉它还要棒
He was more shy than unsociable.