Question

【题目】Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

【1】他排了好几个小时才买到这个新出的iPhone。（release）

【2】一件雕塑赠予了城市博物馆，以纪念两个城市间的珍贵友谊。（present）

【3】他一进饭店，就被告知这家饭店可以手机扫二维码点餐。（Hardly）

【4】虽说忠言逆耳利于行，这个年纪的孩子很叛逆，你越劝，他可能越不会听。（advice）

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】He waited for (several) hours in line/ queued for several hours before he bought/ got the newly-released iPhone./ Having waited/ after waiting for hours in line, he finally bought the newly-released iPhone.

【2】A statue/ sculpture was presented to City Musuem/ the museum in this city in honour of/ in memory of/ in remembrance of / to commemorate / to honour the valuable/ precious friendship between the two cities.

【3】Hardly had he entered the restaurant when he was informed/ told that he could order the food by scanning the code/ QR code with his mobile phone./use his mobile phone to scan the QR code to order the food.

【4】Although faithful/ frank/ honest advice is unpleasant to ear but beneficial to one's behaviour, children of this age are so rebellious that the more advice you give him, the less likely he is to follow it./ The more you try to persuade him, the less likely he is to listen to you.

【解析】

【1】考查时态和过去分词作定语。根据汉语提示可知，本句的基础时态是一般过去时；“排队”wait…in line/ queue，“新出的iPhone”the newly-released iPhone，其中一个时间状语从句“过了……才……”…before…；本句还可用“排了好几小时队”的现在分词形式作为伴随状语，再结合其他汉语提示，本句可译为：He had waited for (several) hours in line/ queued for several hours before he bought/ got the newly-released iPhone. Having waited/ after waiting for hours in line, he finally bought the newly-released iPhone.

【2】考查被动语态和短语。根据汉语提示可知，本句的基础时态是一般过去时；“以纪念”in memory of/ in remembrance of/ to commemorate/ to honor，“珍贵的友谊”precious/ valuable friendship，雕塑 (statue/sculpture)和赠与(present)之间是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，再结合其它汉语提示，故本句可译为：A statue/ sculpture was presented to City Musuem/ the museum in this city in honour of/ in memory of/ in remembrance of/ to commemorate/ to honour the valuable/ precious friendship between the two cities.

【3】考查部分倒装和被动语态。根据汉语提示可知，本句的基础时态是一般过去时；“一……就……”hardly…when…，hardly置于句首时要部分倒装，“告知某人做某事”inform/tell sb. to do sth.，“使用手机扫描二维码”use his mobile phone to scan the QR code/ scan the QR code with his mobile phone，再结合其它汉语提示，故本句可译为：Hardly had he entered the restaurant when he was informed / told that he could order the food by scanning the code / QR code with his mobile phone./use his mobile phone to scan the QR code to order the food.

【4】考查让步状语从句和固定句型。根据提示可知，本句的基础时态是一般现在时；“忠言”faithful/ frank/ honest advice，“越……越……”the + 比较级，the + 比较，“这个年纪的孩子”children of this age，“很有可能做某事”be likely to do sth.，“叛逆的”rebellious，“听取某人的建议”follow one's advice，再结合其它汉语提示，故本句可译为：Although faithful/ frank/ honest advice is unpleasant to ear but beneficial to one's behaviour, children of this age are so rebellious that the more advice you give him, the less likely he is to follow it./ The more you try to persuade him, the less likely he is to listen to you.

第三小题考查固定句型hardly…when…“一……就……”，该句型在时态上有要求，即主句用现在完成时，从句用一般过去时，如把hardly置于句首时，主语要部分倒装。例如：

I had hardly fallen asleep when I lay on the bed.我一躺在床上就睡着了。

→Hardly had I fallen asleep when I lay on the bed.

和它用法一样的句型还有no sooner…than…和scarcely…when…，例如：

I had no sooner fallen asleep than I lay on the bed.我一躺在床上就睡着了。

→No sooner had I fallen asleep than I lay on the bed.