英译汉——英语长句的译法_大学英语翻译

英译汉——英语长句的译法

　　可是现在人们意识到, 其中有些矿物质的蕴藏量是有限的, 人们甚至还可以比较合理的估计出这些矿物质可望存在多少年, 也就是说, 经过若干年后, 这些矿物的全部已知矿源和储量将消耗殆尽。

　　下面我们再列举几个实例:

　　例3. Prior to the twentieth century, women in novels were stereotypes of lacking any features that made them unique individuals and were also subject to numerous restrictions imposed by the male-dominated culture.

　　在20世纪以前, 小说中的妇女像都是一个模式。她们没有任何特点, 因而无法成为具有个性的人; 他们还要屈从于由男性主宰的文化传统强加给他们的种种束缚。

　　例4. This method of using controls can be applied to a variety of situations, and can be used to find the answer to questions as widely different as Must moisture be present if iron is to rust? and Which variety of beans gives the greatest yield in one season?

　　这种使用参照物的方法可以应用于许多种情况, 也能用来找到很不相同的各种问题的答案, 从铁生锈, 是否必须有一定的湿度才行?到哪种豆类一季的产量最高?

　　例5. It begins as a childlike interest in the grand spectacle and exciting event; it grows as a mature interest in the variety and complexity of the drama, the splendid achievements and terrible failures; it ends as deep sense of the mystery of man`s life of all the dead, great and obscure, who once walked the earth, and of wonderful and awful possibilities of being a human being.