四级翻译

1.The university authorities did not approve the regulation,____________________________(也没有解释为什么).

2. Jane is tired of dealing with customer complaints and wishes that she,_______________________(能被分配做另一项工作).

3. John rescued the drowning child _______________________(冒着自己生命危险).

4. George called his boss from the airport but it_______________________(接电话的却是他的助手).

5. Although he was interested in philosophy, his father__________________________(他的父亲说服他)majoring in law.

答案与解析：

1.学校领导没有批准这项制度，也没有解释为什么。

nor did they make any explanation / nor did they give the reason for doing so.

考察两个知识点。两个否定分句的并列结构，后一个否定词开头的分句中，主谓部分要倒装。nor的倒装句用法，后半句表示“也不”的否定意义，注意助动词的时态与上半句保持一致;“作解释”的表达，考察了汉译英中动词转名词的技巧，explain →explanation，或者give an explanation.(注意别写错了explanation，需要去掉i的)

2.Jane对处理客户投诉的工作厌倦了，她想被分配做另一项工作。

could be assigned (to) another job.

考察wish从句的虚拟语气用法(can→could)和“分配某人做某事”的词组搭配，assign sb. to sth. 或者assign sb. sth.也可用be arranged to another post.

3.John 冒着自己的生命危险救落水儿童

at the risk of his own life

考察“冒着…的危险/风险做某事”的词组搭配：at the risk of sth. ，可以用at the expense of one’s own life(冒着某人的生命危险做某事)“冒风险”可以用risk (doing) sth.

4.George 从机场打电话给他的老板，接电话的却是他的助手。

was his assistant who answered / picked up the phone

这句比较灵活，在句法上，既可以使用强调句结构，也可以采用turn out的惯用搭配(turned out that his assistant answered / picked up the phone);在“接电话”的表达上，可以用pick up / answer the phone.

强调句结构为it be sb. who do sth. ,而turn out变化则较多，可以用turn out to be sb. who do sth.或者turn out + that + 从句。

5.尽管他对哲学感兴趣，但是他父亲说服他去修法律。

persuaded him into / talked him into

考察“说服某人做某事”的表达，persuade / talk sb. into doing sth.或者persuade sb to do sth.