英译汉指导：大学英语四级考试翻译练习8_大学英语翻译

英译汉指导：大学英语四级考试翻译练习8

　　Check the listing in your neighborhood paper. Local colleges or schools often welcome the public to hear an interesting speaker or a good debate. The film or concert series at the local public library probably wont cost you a penny. Be sure to check commercial advertisements too. A flea market(跳蚤市场)can provide hours of pleasant browsing(浏览). Perhaps you can find a free cooking or crafts demonstration in a department store.

　　Plan ahead for some activities. It is always more pleasant not to have people in front of you in a museum or at a zoo. You may save money, too, since these places often set aside one or two free admission days at slow times during the week. Pretend that you are a tourist from time to time, and get to know your city all over again including the indispensable sights that people travel miles to see. If you feel like taking an interesting walk, find a free walking tour, or plan one yourself. You will see your city in a new perspective once you know more about its history or its architectural treasures. With imagination and a spirit of adventure you can quite easily find good entertainment at no cost at all.

　　Passage Four

　　If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise-and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.

　　Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.