2010年12月大学英语四级考试写作提高笔记(2)

　　65. "that's all there is to it"，意思是"也不过如此而已"。可根据上下文视情况处理。

　　If I'm touched, I'm touched-that's all there is to it.

　　66. "The chances are that…"是一句型，译为"有可能……"。

　　The chances are you will never attempt that speed with poetry or want to race though some passages in fiction over which you wish to linger.

　　67. Feel, see, leave引起宾语的宾语补足语，或在被动语态中引起主语补足语的某些惯用句型，有时see和feel这两个词的被动式不大好译。遇到这种情况应挖掘其深层含义，不要拘泥于表面形式。

　　The education of the young is seen to be of primary importance.

　　68. 某此以no, nowhere, never, not…bout, not…any, nothing but, hardly, scarcely, seldom等否定词语引出的一些结构。

　　I never go past the theatre but I think of his last performance.

　　69. 某些用choice between, to know better, whether or, should have avoided(或done better)等表示从两种做法中选取一种更好的做法

　　Then we are faced with a choice between using technology to provide and fulfil needs which have hitherto been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a given standard of libing.

　　70. 某些省略情况，应清单确认省略的内容。

　　The country had grown rich, its commerce was large, and wealth did its natural work in making life softer and more worldly, commerce in deprovincializing the minds of those engaged in it.

　　71. 修饰成分(包括定语、定语从句、同位语从句等)多而长。

　　Across the court from the Manhattan apartment that I have occupied for the past few years is a dog that often hurls insults into the darkness, a few of which my dog refuses to accept and makes a tart reply.

　　72. 一些外位语，所谓外位修饰，指从句子结构和内容上不起主要信息表达功能的部分。其作用是从语气和连接上下文等方面进行补充。在翻译成汉语时，往往可独立成句，外形上不保留修饰的痕迹。

　　Of course, nobody was hurt this time, because we had all been to dinner, none of us being novices excepting Hastings; and he having been informed by the minister at the time that he invited him that in deference to the English custom the had not provided any dinner.

　　一、~~~ the + ~ est + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + have ever + seen ( known/heard/had/read, etc)

　　~~~ the most + 形容词 + 名词 + (that) + 主词 + have ever + seen ( known/heard/had/read, etc)

　　例句：Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.

　　海伦是我所看过最美丽的女孩。

　　Mr. Chang is the kindest teacher that I have ever had.

　　张老师是我曾经遇到最仁慈的教师。

　　二、Nothing is + ~~~ er than to + V Nothing is + more + 形容词 + than to + V

　　例句：Nothing is more important than to receive education.

　　没有比接受教育更重要的事。

　　三、~~~ cannot emphasize the importance of ~~~ too much.(再怎么强调...的重要性也不为过。) 例句：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

　　我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

　　四、There is no denying that + S + V ...(不可否认的...)

　　例句：There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.

　　不可否认的，我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

　　五、It is universally acknowledged that + 句子~~ (全世界都知道...)

　　例句：It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.

　　全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

　　六、There is no doubt that + 句子~~ (毫无疑问的...)

　　例句：There is no doubt that our educational system leaves something to be desired.

　　毫无疑问的我们的教育制度令人不满意。

　　七、An advantage of ~~~ is that + 句子 (...的优点是...)

　　例句：An advantage of using the solar energy is that it won't create (produce) any pollution. 使用太阳能的优点是它不会制造任何污染。

　　八、The reason why + 句子 ~~~ is that + 句子 (...的原因是...)

　　例句：The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air./ The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can supply fresh air for us.

　　我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

　　九、So + 形容词 + be + 主词 + that + 句子 (如此...以致于...)

　　例句：So precious is time that we can't afford to waste it. 时间是如此珍贵，我们经不起浪费它。

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