重點單詞:
1、afford
vt. 給予,提供;買得起
My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator.
我父母甚至買不起一臺新冰箱。
2、composite
n. 復(fù)合材料;合成物;菊科
adj. 復(fù)合的;合成的;菊科的
vt. 使合成;使混合
Galton devised a method of creating composite pictures in which the features of different faces were superimposed over one another.
高爾頓發(fā)明了一種將不同臉的部位相互疊加而創(chuàng)作合成圖片的方法。
3、translation
n. 翻譯;譯文;轉(zhuǎn)化;調(diào)任
A lot of translation is put out to freelances.
翻譯工作有很多是請外面人做的。
重點短語:
1、pay for
賠償;為…而付錢;為…付出代價
Of course, I'm quite willing to pay for the lost bike.
當(dāng)然,遺失了自行車我愿意賠償。
2、make up
彌補;組成;化妝;整理
The Chinese make up the largest single ethnic group in the city's public classrooms.
華人在該市公立學(xué)校的課堂中構(gòu)成最大的一個族群。
考考你(翻譯):
1、藝術(shù)品應(yīng)該以人們支付得起的價格提供給更多人。
2、翻譯時設(shè)法把握住原文中難以捉摸的風(fēng)韻。
3、你干了些蠢事,你會因此而得到報應(yīng)。
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上期答案:
1、Can you remind me to buy a bottle of wine?
2、Her husband became much more positive and was soon back in full-time employment.
3、In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production.
adj. 愿意的,心甘情愿的