大学英语四级考试临近，各位考生在最后的备考阶段，掌握翻译技巧，熟记一些翻译句型，会起到事半功倍的效果。


　　第一步：经典句型展示

　　1. I am all but ready. 我几乎准备好了。

　　【分析】① all but = almost; nearly表示“几乎”。它是个含有副词功能的词条。 ② all but… 有时可表示“差一点就…”的意思。③ all but…有时也表示“除…外，全部都…”的意思，这时all but = all except。

　　2. That little bridge is anything but safe. 那座小桥一点也不安全。

　　【分析】① anything but=not at all; far from, 表示强烈否定，是“决不”的意思。② anything but有时也可以表示“除…之外的任何…”等意思。

　　3. It is far from all of the students who are able to speak Chinese. 并不是所有的学生都讲中文。

　　【分析】It is far from all…not. 表示“并不是所有的…都”。

　　4. You must leave her a message, and immediately at that. 你必须给她留言，而且马上就要行动。

　　【分析】at that放于句尾表示强调

　　第二步：练习与进步

　　A. 翻译

　　1. 过去的20年中，他几乎做好了所有的准备，差一点就可以毕业了。

　　2. 国庆就要到了，除他之外，所有的人都正在为此庆典准备着。

　　3. 并不是所有的外国游客都来自欧洲。

　　4. 他们两个都没有去过中国。

　　5. 由于交通堵塞，公交车不规律地向前移动，而且速度非常的慢。

　　6. 他独自一个人生活，但是一点儿也不觉得孤独。

　　7. 别听他的甜言蜜语，去年他把我骗了。那是条披着羊皮的狼。

　　8. 我购物时，总请朋友们帮我选择颜色。

　　9. 除非在各方面都准备得周密，否则在应付入侵之敌的时候，我们将处于不利地位。

　　10. 除了一些无聊的行为外，我什么都喜欢。

　　【参考答案】

　　1. In the last 20 years, he has all but graduated from that university.

　　2. National Day is coming, and everyone but him is preparing for the celebration.

　　3. Not all of the foreign visitors came from Europe.

　　4. Neither of them have visited China.

　　5. Because of the heavy traffic, the bus moved forward irregularly, and the speed even then was very slow.

　　6. He lived alone, but he felt anything but lonely.

　　7. Don’t listen to his sweet words. I was cheated by him last year. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

　　8. When I shop, I usually ask my friends to help me decide on the color.

　　9. Unless we are prepared in every aspect, we shall be at a disadvantage in dealing with the invaders.

　　10. I enjoy anything but silliness.

　　B. 改错

　　1. The child was all that run over by the train.

　　2. The skaters on the pond all not broke through the ice.

　　3. Only but John passed the examination.

　　4. I enjoy all the last one of her novels.

　　5. I can only select either of the two schemes.

　　6. You must pay attention to your behavior, and constantly that.

　　7. Everyone wants a happy family, and a healthy one.

　　8. He used to take drugs that he was young.

　　9. Some will wrangle for freedom; write for it; even fight for it;

　　nothing but die for it.

　　10. The old man who had been used working from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

　　was like a fish out of water when his firm pensioned him off.

　　【参考答案】

　　1. that―but 2. not―but 3. only―All 4. all后加but

　　5. only去掉 6. that前加at 7. one后加at that

　　8. that―when 9. nothing―anything 10. used―used to

　　第三步：伟人伟招

　　1. 协力成功式

　　Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. (T. W. Higginson)

　　伟人很少是突兀的山峰；他们是众山中的最高峰。（希金森）

　　【点评】这是一个绝佳的句子用在最后一段的开头，例如可以这样写：Just as T. W. Higginson said, “Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges.” We should make efficient use of the wisdom to seek the best solution for this.

　　2. 前人种树，后人乘凉式

　　We should live and labor in our time such that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress. (H. W. Beecher)

　　我们一生应该这样地生活和劳动，使给予我们的种子能在下一代开花，使给予我们的花朵能在下一代结果，这就是我们所说的进步的意义。（比彻）

　　【点评】这是such that句型的一个复杂变体，我们可以欣赏一下，高手可以尝试使用。