2016考研英语：翻译训练"搭配记忆"法（1）

考研英语来源：中国考研网 2015-05-04　

考研英语复习要注重真题，在记忆词汇和练习阅读理解、翻译题的时候要结合真题做搭配记忆，并辅以相应的练习，下面我们就以真题为例，从中摘取出容易出现的考点，让2016考研的考生更深刻地领会"搭配记忆"法。

【相关真题】

1.①Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aero plane window and realize that you are flying, higher than a bird.②Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cell phone in the palm of your hand.③Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels.④You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.

2.①The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.

【高频考点】

1.稍纵即逝的瞬间：fleeting moments

2.腾出一点时间做某事：take a moment or two to do something

3.感叹这些神奇：wonder at those marvels

4.幸运的继承者：lucky inheritor

5.20世纪涌现出某人或某事：the 20th century saw somebody or something

6.一大批天才、勇士、实业家以及梦想家：a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour

7.创造出神奇的机器：create a fabulous machine

8.可以作为打字机：function as a typewriter

【翻译练习】

在翻译的时候试着联系上面的搭配。

1. ①Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aero plane window and realize that you are flying, higher than a bird.
②Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cell phone in the palm of your hand.③Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels.④You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.

2. ①The second half of the 20th century saw (a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour) [to create a fabulous machine (that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier)].

结构提示：(a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour)作saw的宾语;[to create a fabulous machine…]作为宾
语补足语，补充说明前面的宾语;(that could function…)作a fabulous machine的定语从句。

【参考译文】

1.①想想那些稍纵即逝的瞬间，当你透过飞机窗口向外望去，忽然意识到自己正在填空翱翔，比鸟儿飞得更高。②再想想你那比牛皮纸信封还薄的笔记本电脑，以及握在你掌心的手机。③腾出一点时间来为这些神奇的东西感叹一番吧。④人类的一个梦想已经实现，而你则幸运地成了它的继承者。

2.①20世纪后半叶涌现出一大批天才、勇士、实业家以及梦想家，他们通力合作，创造出了一台神奇的机器。这台机器可以兼作打字机和印刷机、摄影室和剧院、画笔和画廊、钢琴和收音机、邮件和邮差。

"搭配记忆法"对我们记忆单词、攻克翻译题有很大的帮助，但任何巧妙的方法都需要在长久的练习中熟能生巧，希望大家在以后的复习过程中，能按照这种方法把真题吃透，你会发现效果真的不错！