2009年6月大学英语六级翻译真题

1. With the oil price ever rising, she tried to talk __________________ （说服他不买车）.

解析：因为题干里有talk，因此需要用talk sb. into doing sth.这一固定搭配。与之相近的一个搭配是：persuade sb into doing sth.

答案：talk him into stopping buying a car

2. ________________ （保持幽默感有助于）reduce stress and promote creative thinking in today's competitive society.

解析：考点有两个，“幽默感”和“有助于”。某方面的“感”，如正义感，责任感，在英语中都用“sense”来表达，即sense of justice, sense of responsibility.“有助于”可用两种表达方式，be helpful to do sth., 或者help to do sth. 另外注意动词短语做主语，要转化为动名词形式，即keep表达为keeping.

答案：Keeping a sense of humor helps to

3. When confronted with evidence, _____________________ （他不得不坦白自己的罪行）.

解析：不得不做…have to do sth或have no choice but；坦白： confess   

答案：he had to confess his crime

4. When people say, "I can feel my ears burning," it means they think ________________ （一定有人在说他们的坏话）.

解析：本题考察“说某人坏话”，六级高频词组，有两种表达方式，speak evil of sb.或者talk sb. behind one's back.；推断某人一定在做某事，考察情态动词“must be doing sth.”。

答案：someone must be talking about them behind their back

5. She has decided to go on a diet, but finds _________________ （很难抵制冰激凌的诱惑）.

解析：本题考察词组“发现某事很难（find it hard/difficult to do sth.）”，以及高频词“抵制（resist）”和“诱惑（temptation）

答案：it hard/difficult to resist the temptation of ice-cream.