翻译练习

1)该上课了,快。

It is time for class. Hurry up.

2)从这儿到你们学校远吗??不远,大约一公里。

Is it far from here to your school? ?No, it isn’t. It’s about a kilometer.

3)从我家到颐和园去很近。

It is very near from my home to the Summer Palace.

4)(天)正在下雨。

It’s raining now.

5)电灯是爱迪生发明的。

It was Edison who invented the electric light.

6)我认为学习一门外语是很重要的。

I think it important to learn a foreign language.

7)他通常一天读两次英语。

He made it a rule to read English twice a day.

8)从我家去天安门广场坐公共汽车大约要一个小时。

It takes about an hour to go from my home to the Tian’anmen Square by bus.

反意疑问句

反意疑问句相当于“对不对?”“好不好?”“行不行?”,用yes或 no 回答。由两部分组成,前一部分是陈述句,后一部分是附加疑问短语,中间用逗号隔开,所以反意疑问句又叫附加疑问句。通常的形式是:肯定的陈述句+否定的附加疑问,或否定的陈述句+肯定的附加疑问。

如:

He studies English, doesn’t he?

He doesn’t study English, does he?

They are from America, aren’t they?

They are not from America, are they?

反意疑问句的主要形式:

1.如果主句是be或其他助动词(如can, shall, will 等),其反意疑问句用同一助动词。

如:

We are late, aren’t we?

You haven’t met my wife, have you?

He can drive a car, can’t he?

They used to have difficulty in just making ends meet, didn’t (usedn’t) they?

You’d better eat with knives and forks, hadn’t you?

2.如果主语带有seldom, hardly, never, rarely, few, little等否定词或半否定词时,因为主句本身具有否定意义,附加疑问部分的动词用肯定式,

如:

We seldom go to the cinema, do we?

Sue almost never worked, did she?

3.如果主句部分是 “I am…”结构,由于”am not” 没有相应的缩略形式,附加疑问部分一般用aren’t I 代替。

如:

I am your friend, aren’t I?

I’m late, aren’t I?

I am a student, aren’t I?

在祈使句中的附加疑问部分一般用will you, won’t you.

4. 在祈使句中的附加疑问部分一般用will you, won’t you.

如:

Sit down, will you?

Have some tea, won’t you?

Open the window, won’t you?

这种句子可以理解为: Will you do something?

如:Will you open the window?

注意:否定的祈使句之后,只能用will.

如:

Don’t forget, will you?

Don’t make so much noise, will you?

5.以Let’s… 开头的祈使句,肯定的用shall we? 否定的用all right? 或OK?, 如:

Let’s go back to our seats, shall we?

Let’s not have hot food this time, OK? (all right?)

这种句子可以理解为:Shall we (do something?),

如:Shall we go back to our seats.这样有助于理解和记忆。

注意:Let’s 与Let us 的区别:Let’s包括听话人在内,应用shall we, 而Let us 不包括听话人在内,表示“请你让我们…”,要用will you.

如:

Let’s watch the news on TV, shall we? (表示建议)

Let us watch the news on TV, will you? (表示请求)

6.主句是I suppose, I think, I believe等时,附加疑问部分则往往与that 从句中的主语和谓语动词保持对应关系,但要注意否定的转移。

如:

I suppose that you know the meaning of the word, don’t you?

(这句话明显是要问“你是不是知道?”而不是问“我是不是这样认为?”)

I don’t think that you have read the book, have you?

7.当主句的动词have 表示“拥有”时,附加疑问既可用have, 也可用do,

如:

You have a color TV set, haven’t you/don’t you?

当主句的have不表示“拥有”而表示其他意思时,附加疑问要用do,

如:

You had a cold yesterday, didn’t you?

They don’t have coffee with breakfast, do they?

8.There be句型的反意疑问句,用there 作主语。

如:

There is something wrong, isn’t there?

There won’t be any trouble, will there? 不会有任何麻烦,是吗?

9.陈述部分的主语是everyone, someone, anyone, no one, nobody等不定代词时,其疑问部分的主语可用he, 也可用they.

如:

Everyone knows it, doesn’t he/don’t they?

英语反意疑问句的回答有点和汉语的相反。但一定要记住:只要回答是肯定的,都用yes,只要回答是否定的,都用no。这在主句是否定句的时候要特别注意。

例如:

Mr. Jones can’t speak French, can he? ?No, he can’t.琼斯先生不会讲法语,对吗?对,他不会讲法语。

Mr. Jones can’t speak French, can he? ?Yes, he can.琼斯先生不会讲法语,对吗?不,他会讲法语。

This is not a door, is it? -Yes, it is. It is an iron door.这不是门,对吗?不,这是门,是扇铁门。