Passage Translation 1:

People often wonder why they have spend so much money at the supermarket, and often on things they didn’t intend to buy in the first place. A recent survey indicates that 75% of all grocery shoppers make at least one impulse buying. They may be attracted by eye-catching display, or colorful package. For those shoppers, there is a simple way of avoiding impulse buying, and saving money on groceries. That is, they should make a shopping list beforehand, and stick to it.
译文:人们经常疑惑为什么他们去超市花了那么多钱,又经常买回一些他们原先没有打算要买的商品。一项最近的调查显示,75%逛杂 货店的人至少有过1次冲动消费。他们或是被商品显眼的摆放所吸引,或是被五颜六色的包装所吸引。对于这些消费者来说,有一种简单的方法既能够帮助他们避免 冲动消费又能省钱。那就是,提前列好购物清单,并严格执行。

点评:本篇文章内容贴近现实生 活,解释了一下“为什么很多人在超市会花掉很多钱”的疑问,并在最后提出了解决方案。整篇内容基本无难词,文中出现的数字也比较简单。考生需要注意的是一 些关键短语的意思不要弄错,如impulse buying (冲动消费),beforehand (事先),stick to it (坚持下去)。

Passage Translation 2:

Daily exercise makes you feel good. It helps you think better and believe it or not, it helps you sleep better and feel more relaxed. Once you start exercising regularly, you will feel stronger and keep improving at physical activities. When you exercise, you breathe more deeply and get more oxygen into your lungs with each breath. Your heart pumps more oxygen-filled blood to all parts of your body with each beat. Your muscles and joints feel flexible. Exercise also helps you to stay at a healthy weight.  
译文:每天运动会让你感觉很棒。运动有助于思考,而且,信不信由你,它还有助于睡眠,让你更好地放松自己。一旦你开始了有规律的锻 炼,你就会发现自己更加健壮了,体育运动的水平也在不断提高。你在运动的时候,做了更多的深呼吸,每次呼吸吸入肺部的氧气都会更多。血液的含氧量也会增 加,心脏每次向身体各部分输送的血流量也会增多。同时,你的肌肉和关节也会变的灵活了。此外,锻炼也能帮助你保持健康的体重。

评析:这是一篇以日常生活为主题的段落,讲述了锻炼身体会给人们带来的好处。内容非常贴近生活,考生可根据常识推断段落的内容和大意。所用的词汇和句子都比较常见,难度不大。
段 落语义虽容易理解,但考生要切忌word by word 的直译。比如段落多次出现feel这个单词,如果全部翻译成“感觉”,就显得呆板,不切文意。考生翻译的时候,要根据语境进行调整。如“it helps you sleep better and feel more relaxed.”中的feel可淡化,将relaxed从形容词转译为动词,译为“放松自己”。“you will feel stronger”中的feel可译为“发现”。另外,“Your heart pumps more oxygen-filled blood to all parts of your body with each beat.”这句如果直译的话,会造成句子意群过多,长度过长,不符合汉语的表达习惯,所以要注意切分句子,化长句会小句。本句中暗含着两层意思,一个是 血液的含氧量会增加,另一个是,心脏每次向身体各部分输送的血流量会增多。纵观该段落,只要考生在平时多关注生活常识,对此类文章多加练习,一定会得到不 错的分数。