应试亮剑 2009年6月英语六级翻译指导及练习(28)

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　　Exercise Twenty-eight

　　1. He works _______________(在倒数第二个办公室).

　　2. The beauty of the lake is _______________(难以用语言形容).

　　3. ________________(一个人如果关在家里)，a person can't know much about the world.

　　4. _______________(完成作业后)，they went to the library.

　　5. I found him ________________(被打得青一块紫一块).

　　1. in the last office but one

　　解析：but经常与表示最高级的形容词或first，next，last等同连用，如：Some people say this nation is the cleverest but one in the whole world.(有人说，这个民族在全世界范围内聪明才智排第二。)She was the last but one to come.(她是倒数第二个来的。)

　　2. beyond description

　　解析：比起译文not easy to describe in words，cannot be described by words，答案的译文显然要精妙得多。beyond用作介词时可以表示exceeding，out the reach of，即：超出(理解、范围、眼界)之上。如：This passage is beyond my comprehension.(这篇文章超出了我的理解力。)I won’t buy your radio set beyond my offer.(只要超出我出的价钱，我就不买你这台收音机。)