实训3：
目录
注意树形结构与线形结构、形合与意合 (1)
注意语言单位的推移 (2)
注意从句性质的转变 (2)
注意句界的调整 (3)
各种策略的综合 (3)
短文翻译 (4)
注意树形结构与线形结构、形合与意合
1.Carbon-rich compounds extracted from a meteorite that fell in Australia in
1969 spontaneously formed vesicles when the compounds were dissolved in water.
译文：1969年，一颗陨石坠落在澳大利亚境内，从该陨石中提取的富碳化合物在水中分解时，会自动释放出小气泡来。
2.When shot into turbines on wings, oil has shrunk the planet in a way that was
once the stuff of science fiction.
石油，在注入飞机机翼上的涡轮机后，就像昔日的科幻小说中描述的那样，将地球缩小了。
3.From a long-term perspective, Internet shopping is but a low-level aspect of
the Net, and it is not very likely to become the most important trend.
从长远看，网上购物仅仅是低层次的网络化，未必会成为主流。
4.Aflash plant sends water through a series of chambers on the surface that
rapidly reduce the water’s pressure, causin g it to vaporize; the steam is then used to make electricity.
急骤蒸发系统发电厂通过地面的一系列降压室将水排放出来，使泉水压力急骤下降而汽化，然后利用这种蒸汽发电。
注意语言单位的推移
1.The deepest holes of all are made for oil, and they go down to as much as
25,000 feet.
在所有的钻洞中，钻的最深的要算油井了，油井可深达25000英尺。
2.Because talking computers will do it more easily, quickly, efficiently,
universally, and cheaply, they will replace written language.
因为语音电脑能够更容易、快捷、有效、大范围、廉价地完成任务，所
以它将取代书面语言。
3.Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry. The peace which Oxford
once knew, and which a great university city should always have, has been
swept ruthlessly away.
牛津已经被汽车工业毁了。一座大学城应该具有的昔日闻名的宁静和安
逸已荡然无存。
4.Where an environment is undisturbed, the ecology of an area is in balance,
but if a creature is exterminated or an alien species introduced, then the
ecology of the district will be upset.
环境没有受到干扰的地方，生态是平衡的；但如果原有物种被灭绝或者
新的物种被引进，那么该地区的生态就会被扰乱。
注意从句性质的转变
1. A.C. can also be changed into D.C. by a device called rectifier, which lets
current flow only one way.
交流电也能够借助于一种叫做整流器的装置变为直流电，整流器只允许
电流单向流动。
2.Freeing aluminum from its compounds is something very difficult, which
accounts for its recent introduction into general use.
从化合物中提取铝不是一件容易的事，因此铝直到最近才被普遍使用。
3.Record of human behavior must be obtained in a form that can be matched
by the output of a computer.
必须用某种形式记录认得行为，以便使之与计算机所输出的行为相匹配。
4.If the amount of sugar in the blood falls below a critical level, a possible
consequence of the enzyme defect, the brain’s activity ceases and death can
strike suddenly.
当血液中的含糖量低于某一临界水平时，酶的缺乏可能导致大脑停止活
动，以致猝死。
5.When Hutton and Lyell presented evidence to refute the notion that earth
was created 6,000 years ago, the people raged.
当赫顿和李尔提出证据驳斥地球是6000年前创造的说法时，人们勃然大怒。
6.Others will respond negatively the suggestion that human problem-solving
can be related to computer information processing.
把人类的解题思维活动同计算机的信息处理联系起来的想法会引起另一些人的反
对。
注意句界的调整
1.Many engineers work on projects in teams that include scientists,
technicians, and other engineers; however, some engineers act as
independent consultant who sell their services to people who need
engineering assistance.
2.很多工程师跟人合作做项目，其团队中有科学家、技师和其他工程师。
但是，也有一些工程师是独立的顾问，想那些需要技术支持的人出售服
务。
3.Lovins proposes a nifty scheme, which would reduce the consumer price of
such energy-efficient cars while increasing the price of gas guzzler.
洛文斯提出了一个绝妙的方案。该方案一经采用，便会降低节能汽车的
零售价格，而提高高油耗汽车的价格。
各种策略的综合
1.Examining brain scans of 320 healthy men and women aged 66 to 90,
researchers found that for each year of education the subjects had, there was
greater shrinkage of outer layer of the brain known as the cortex.
研究者对320名年龄为66到90岁的健康男子和女子脑部扫描后发现，受试者的受教育经历每多一年，其大脑外层中叫做脑皮层的部位沟回将增多萎缩。
2.For example, Coffey’s team reported, among subjects of the same sex and
similar age and skull size, those with 16 years of education had 8 percent to
