顾家北100句翻译练习，有删减

　　-----------Written by Garrett Wang---------------

　　一、简单主谓宾结构

　　1. 经常做运动会提高人的自信

　　Regular exercise can increase one’s self-confidence.

　　2. 教学质量对学生成绩有很大影响

　　The quality of teaching can make a huge difference to students’ academic performance

　　3. 家长和老师应该努力去减少小孩看电视的时间

　　Parents and teachers should make an effort to limit children’s screen time.

　　4. 经济的下滑 (economic slowdown)导致失业率的上升

　　The economic slowdown has led to a climbing unemployment rate.

　　5. 经济的发展需要年轻劳动力

　　A country’s economic development relies on a supply of young workers.

　　6. 工作量大的人没有时间去休息

　　People with a heavy workload do not have adequate time to rest.

　　7. 在中国，很多学生晚上都要上自习

　　A large number of students in China have to do self-study at night.

　　8. 文化遗产（heritage sites）因为城市发展而受到威胁

　　The development of cities have pose a threat on heritage sites.

　　9. 我们不能忽视面对面的交流

　　We should not ignore face-to-face communication.

　　10. 有些公共服务很难做到收支平衡

　　Some public services have problems in breaking even.

　　11. 我们需要考虑社会和经济环境

　　We have to consider about social and economic context.

　　12. 密度种植对生物多样性造成了威胁

　　Intensive farming can pose a threat to biodiversity.

　　13. 平等接受教育能帮助学生解决成绩不好的问题

　　Equal access to education can help tackle educational underachievement.

　　14. 接触不同的文化可以促进创新

　　Exposure to different cultures can encourage creativity.

　　15. 政将应该重视社会福利(welfare services)，尤其是医疗福利。

　　The government should give priority to welfare services, especially healthcare.

　　16. 教育或许决定了人的工作前景。

　　Education may hold the key to one’s job prospects

　　17. 使用化石燃料会对坏绕造成破坏。

　　The use of fossil fuels can cause damage to the environment.

　　18. 建适住宅按有助于解决城市的拥挤问题。

　　Building apartment blocks helps ( to) solve overcrowding in cities.

　　19. 贫穷的人(People from disadvantaged backgrounds )可以通过努力工作来提高其社会地位

　　People from disadvantaged backgrounds can improve their social status by working hard.

　　20. 因为全球化，人的需要和来自不同背景的人一起工作

　　Because of globalization , people need to work with those from diverse backgrounds

　　21. 我的需要采取措施去解决一些棘手的问题

　　We need to take action some thorny problems.

　　22. 媒体通过夸大受害者的伤痛去吸引观众

　　The media attract public attention by sensationalizing victims’ sufferings.

　　二、主语+及物动词+宾语+宾语补足语

　　23. 基因工程能让人们培养新品种农作物

　　Genetic engineering allows people to nurture crop varieties.

　　24. 公司应当给予有子女的女员工提供产假和其他帮助。

　　Companies should provide working mothers with maternity leave and other forms of support.

　　25. 不健康的生活方式让人们处于生病的危险中

　　An unhealthy lifestyle may put people at risk of illness.

　　PS: expose to sth.

　　26. 奖学金会可以鼓励更多的学生去学习研究生课程

　　Scholarships could encourage more students to take postgraduate courses.

　　27. 社区改造为罪犯提供了获得职业技能的机会

　　Community service provides criminals/ offenders with opportunities to acquire transferable skills.

　　28. 法律应该将醉驾定位刑事犯罪

　　Legislation should make drink driving a criminal offence.

　　29. 乡村地区给人们提供远离现代生活的压力和噪声的机会

　　Rural area provides people with opportunities to escape pressure and noise of modern life.

　　30. 人口老龄化促使国家提高法定退休年龄(statutory retirement age )

　　Population ageing has prompted the country improve the statutory retirement age.

　　三、主语+及物动词+间接宾语+直接宾语

　　31. 政府应该给一些城市提供资金去保护他们历史建筑（historic buildings）

　　The government should offer some cities funds to protect their historic buildings.

　　32. 学校因该允许老师强制捣蛋的小孩离开

　　Schools should permit teachers to use force to remove disruptive children from the classroom.

　　Teachers should be permitted to use force to remove disruptive children from the classroom.

　　33. 农村的失业问题在某种程度上可以通过城乡转移（rural-to-urban shift）来解决

　　Unemployment in rural areas may be addressed (solved) by rural-to-urban shift .

　　34. 高层建筑有时候被认为是影响市容的东西（eyesore）

　　High-rise buildings sometimes may be regarded (recognized) as eyesore of a city.

　　35. 太空科技的投资应该获得政府的支持

　　The investment in space technology should be supported by the government.

　　36. 历史文物因其历史重要性而被保存

　　Historic relics should be preserved for their historical significance.

　　PS: historical: 历史上的；historic: 有历史意义的，历史上有名的，强调影响力。

　　37. 学校活动的设置要让孩子体会到成就感，提升他们的幸福感

　　Sports and other school activities should be designed to give children a sense of achievement (/accomplishment) and to promote their well-being.

　　38. 一些员工被鼓励去打破常规

　　Some employees are encouraged to break the mould( break the routine).

　　39. 因为堵车，上下班时间变得更长了

　　Commuting time has been prolonged because of traffic congestion (traffic jam).

　　40. 电脑技能可以运用到学习和工作中

　　Computer skills can be applied in their studies as well as their working lives.

　　41. 大部分环境破坏可以归咎于人类活动

　　Most of environmental degradation is attributed to (is blamed to) human beings’ activities.

　　42. 许多孩子每天接触暴力内容

　　Many children are exposed to violent content every day.

　　43. 家庭环境被认为是小孩成长最重要的影响因素

　　The family environment is widely thought/believed to be the most significant effect on children’s development.

　　44. 随着越来越多的年轻人参加志愿者工作，社区的凝聚力（cohesion）会增强

　　With an increasing number of young people participating in volunteer work, community cohesion will be increase.

　　45. 移民有时候被认为是对社会团结的一个威胁

　　Migration sometimes may be regarded as a threat to social cohesion.

　　PS: emigration移出移民; immigration移入移民; migration移民（表示包括移入和移出的）

　　五、主语+不及物动词

　　46. 没有受过高等教育的年轻人只能找到低技术含量的工作

　　Young people without tertiary education qualifications end up working in low-skilled jobs.

　　47. 一些人不支持转基因食品

　　Some people disapprove of genetically modified food.

　　48. 旅游景点竭力满足游客的需要和品味

　　Tourist spots endeavor to cater for tourists’ needs and tastes.

　　49. 在竞争激烈的社会，有工作的成年人往往关注职业发展

　　In a highly competitive society, working adults usually focus on career advancement.

　　50. 审美观是因文化而异的

　　Perception of beauty differs from culture to culture.

　　51. 因为费用的下降，航空业最近几十年发展的很快

　　Because of low-cost carriers, the aviation industry has developed at an astounding pace over the past decades.

　　52. 动物实验有时候检验不出药物的副作用

　　Animal experiments sometimes fail to detect the undesirable side effects of drugs.

　　53. 非法捕杀导致某些动物的灭亡

　　Illegal hunting lead to the extinction of species.

　　Some animals have died out because of illegal hunting.

　　54. 电脑对人交流技能的影响随着年龄而变化

　　The impact of computers on communication skills varies across ages.

　　六、主系表结构

　　55. 很多女孩都不愿意在男人居多的行业里（ male-dominated world)找工作

　　Many girls are not willing to seek employment in male-dominated world.

　　56. 学校的主要功能是给下一代传授知识( impart knowledge)

　　The main function of schools is to impart knowledge to the next generation.

　　57. 艺术不属于学校的主科

　　The arts are not among core subject areas at school.

　　58. 因为经济前景 (economic outlook)不够明朗，很多公司不太可能招聘新的职员。

　　Because of the uncertainty about the economic outlook, many companies are unlikely to recruit new employees.

　　59. 空运可能产生很多温室气体

　　Air freight may create enormous greenhouse gases.

　　PS: a large number of 很少形容像gases，goods这种强调总量而不是个数的东西。

　　60. 孩子很可能有行为问题

　　Children are likely to have behavioural problems.

　　61. 人口快速扩张是大量垃圾产生的原因

　　The rapid population expansion is the main reason for the huge accumulation of waste.

　　62. 严厉的惩罚是减少犯罪率的有效手段

　　Imposing stiff punishment is an effective method to reduce crime.

　　63. 我们的环境还是很糟糕

　　Our environment still be in a dire state.

　　64. 因为失业率高涨，大学生迫于压力而努力学习

　　Undergraduates feel under increasing pressure to study hard, because of the soaring unemployment rate.

　　65. 种族歧视仍然很严重

　　Racial discrimination remains a serious problem.

　　66. 死记乘法表并不是提高算数能力的最好方式

　　Learning the times table by rote is not the best way to improve numeracy.

　　67. 贫困国家的首要任务是满足人们的基本生存需求

　　The top priority for deprived countries is to satisfy people’s basic needs.

　　68. 准基因食品对健康的影响仍然未知

　　The health effect of GE food remains unclear/yet to be known.

　　69. 网购已经成为很多人日常生活中很普通的一部分

　　Shopping online has become a normal part of people’s everyday life.

　　70. 在消费社会里，人们不在满足于生活必需品（bare necessities）

　　In the consumer society, bare necessities are not able to satisfy people’s needs.

　　71. 人们不健康的生活方式是他们倾向于依赖科技的结果

　　People’s unhealthy lifestyle is the result of their tendency to rely heavily on technology.

　　72. 贫穷是社区犯罪率增多的原因

　　Poverty is responsible for the crime wave in many communities.

　　73. 电动汽车的发明是我们维护环境所做的一部分努力

　　The invention of electric vehicles is part of our effort to sustain the environment.

　　七、it 作形式主语或者形式宾语的句子

　　74. 送贵重的礼物（lavish gifts）是中国人的习惯

　　It is very common for Chinese to send lavish gifts to others.

　　75. 未来几十年，我们很难保护植物多样性

　　We will find it difficult to preserve biodiversity in the coming decades.

　　76. 随着年龄的增长，人们很难和朋友、家人保持联系

　　With age, people find it hard to maintain contact with friends and families.

　　77. 免费上大学使得家境不好的学生有同等的上学机会

　　Free university education makes it possible for students from less well-off backgrounds to have equal access to tertiary education/ university education.

　　78. 很多人觉得自己有必要赶时尚

　　many people consider it necessary to follow fashion.

　　79. 经费削减让很多年轻人很难接受大学教育

　　Budget cuts make it difficult for many young people to receive a college education.

　　80. 有时候，很难去评估人类行为造成的环境代价

　　Sometimes, it is difficult to evaluate the environmental cost of human activities.

　　八、there be 句型

　　81. 在大城市有一些贫困的社区

　　There are some economically deprived communities in large cites.

　　82. 按照能力分班和学生的成绩没有明显的联系

　　There are not clear connection/link between grouping student by ability and their levels of attainment.

　　九、并列句

　　83. 使用多媒体可以提升学生的注意力，让他们对课程保持兴趣

　　Using multimedia tools can improve student’s concentration/ attention and keep them interested.

　　84. 名人的成就鼓励年轻人努力学习，坚忍不拔

　　The achievement of celebrities can motivate young people to study hard and show perseverance.

　　85. 在发展中国家开设新的分公司可以降低生产成本，产生巨大的利润

　　Opening new branches in developing countries can reduce the cost of production and earn enormous/huge profit.

　　86. 生活方式的轻微变化能够产生巨大的不同，并且可以减少我们的日常活动对环境的影响

　　Small lifestyle changes can make a huge difference and reduce the environmental impact of our daily activities.

　　十、状语从句

　　87. 因为没有实习机会，对学生来说提升工作技能是很难的

　　It is difficult for students to improve practical skills if schools do not provide work placements.

　　88. 即便获得了文凭，大学生也没办法赚到很多钱

　　University students cannot make a decent living even though they have gained qualifications.

　　PS: 获得文凭统称gain/acquire qualifications；degree表示学位，有master/bachelor degree，diploma是“技校文凭”的意思。certification是证书或者证明。

　　89. 因为激烈的竞争和技术的迅速发展，现在经营一家公司是一个艰巨的任务

　　Running an organization in today’s world can be a daunting task because competition is stiff and technology is developing rapidly.

　　PS: tough job/task都显得比较口语化，书面语可以用得更正式一点。

　　十一、名词性从句

　　90. 事实上，因为机械化的原因，一些工作已经被砍掉

　　The fact is that many jobs have been dismissed because of the mechanization.

　　91. 现在很多人选择变得环保并减少能源的使用，事实确实如此

　　It is true that many people today have chosen to go green and cut down on the use of energy.

　　92. 判刑会对年轻人产生伤害，因为犯罪记录会给他们的职业生涯留下阴影

　　Being sentenced will cause harm to young people, because he criminal record may influence their career life.

　　93. 我相信快餐广告和普遍肥胖有直接关系

　　I believe that there is a direct link between fast food advertisements and rising levels of obesity.

　　十二、定语从句

　　94. 将政府的资金用于污染清理工作可以创造一个舒适的环境

　　Money can be used for clear-up operation which can help create a pleasant environment.

　　95. 有些广告鼓励消费者买一些自己不需要的东西，应该对其加强管制

　　It is necessary to put/ impose restrictions on those advertisements which encourage people to buy more than they need.

　　96. 植树造林有助于提高空气质量，从而降低得一些疾病的风险，比如呼吸道疾病

　　Afforestation can help to improve air quality, which can reduce the risk of suffering healthy problems, such as respiratory diseases.

　　97. 政府应该控制这些夸张的报道社会问题的新闻

　　Authorities/governments censor those news reports which give an exaggerated account of some social problems.

　　98. 这就是如今文员经常有健康问题的原因

　　It is the reason why many clerical workers today suffer health problems.

　　99. 许多员工愿意在那些可以获得晋升机会的公司里工作

　　Many employees are willing to work for companies where they can obtain promotional opportunities.

　　100.许多年轻人选择在说英语的国家里学习，在那里，他们可以在世界著名的大学里学习

　　Many young people have chosen to study in English-speaking countries, where they can study at some world famous universities.