Unit 英汉对比与翻译 二
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Unit 2England before the industrial Revolution工业革命前的英国状况The country was a place(乡村)where men worked f rom dawn to dark, and the labourer lived not in the sun, but in poverty and darkness.在乡村,人们从早到晚都在不停的干活,这些在田野间劳作的人们,并非沐浴在阳光之下,而是生活在贫困和黑暗之中。
The country a place : 是表语,表达主语的性质,功能,特点Work : avoid ambiguity from dawn to dark :aliiteration 从早到晚the labourer : 在田间劳作的人们lived in the sun : 沐浴在阳光下but in poverty and darkness. 穷困潦倒,暗无天日What aids there were to lighten labour were immemorial, like the mill, whichThere were what aids to lighten labour 整个句子主语(系表结构)was already ancient in Chaucer’s time.能够减轻人体力劳动力的机器早就有了。
例如:磨坊,早在乔叟的年代就不是什么新鲜的事了(乔叟13世纪中后期)。
Definition 下定义法What aids: n. 什么帮助lighten labour ---lessen 减轻劳动immemorial :不知道从哪个年代都有了The mill:磨坊was already ancient in + 时间time :在某个时代早就不是什么新鲜事了The industrial revolution began with such machines; the millrights were the engineers of t he coming age.这些机器都标志着工业革命的开始;这些最早搭建磨坊的工匠们,就成为工业革命时代的缔造者。