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【题目】William Lindesay, a British traveler and writer, has been exploring the Great Wall—one of the human's most wonderful building projects. Not even a Chinese knows the Great Wall of China as well as he does.

When, as a schoolboy, Lindesay announced his plan to explore the Great Wall, nobody took him seriously. But Lindesay achieved his goal, by spending 25 years on the Great Wall and has become one of the world's most famous experts on its rich history. Lindesay now lives and works in Beijing. This year his new book has come out, The Great Wall Explained, with a lot of photographs and articles.

Running on the Great Wall was a brave trip and Lindesay had already run 3，000 kilometers along it! During those years, he got to many villages along the way. He was often helped by friendly villagers, although they didn't quite understand why the Englishman would have such interest in the Great Wall.

【1】Who is William Lindesay?

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【2】How long did Lindesay spend on the Great Wall?

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【3】What's the name of his new book about the Great Wall?

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【4】把短文第三自然段中画线句子翻译成汉语。

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【5】给短文拟一个恰当的标题。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 An expert in the Great wall/One of the world's most famous experts on the Great wall/A British traveler and writer.

【2】 25 years.

【3】 The Great Wall Explained.

【4】 他经常得到友好村民的帮助，尽管他们很不理解为什么这位英国人对长城怀有如此浓厚的兴趣。

【5】 William Lindesay：a Life/an Expert on the Great Wall

【解析】

这篇文章主要介绍了William Lindesay研究长城的相关事情，Lindesay是一位英国作家和旅行者，对长城的了解远胜于一个中国人，在学生时代的时候，Lindesay就表明要去探索长城，花了25年的时间研究长城，Lindesay成为世界上了解长城历史的最知名的专家之一。Lindesay的新书，《解说长城》（The Great Wall Explained）出版了。

【1】句意：谁是威廉林德赛？根据文中William Lindesay，a British traveler and writer，has been exploring the Great Wall-one of the human's most wonderful building projects（英国旅行家和作家威廉·林德赛（William Lindesay）一直在探索长城---人类最伟大的建筑项目之一），我们知道 Lindesay是一位长城专家/世界上最著名的长城专家之一/英国旅行家和作家。所以答案可以是An expert in the Great wall/One of the world's most famous experts on the Great wall/A British traveler and writer.

【2】句意：林德赛在长城上花了多长时间？根据文中"But Lindesay achieved his goal，by spending 25 years on the Great Wall and has become one of the world's most famous experts on its rich history"（但林德赛通过在长城上面花费了25年实现了自己的目标，并成为世界上最著名的历史专家之一）可以得知，Lindesay花了25年的时间研究长城历史，故填25 years.

【3】句意：他关于长城的新书的名字是什么？根据文中"Lindesay now lives and works in Beijing．This year his new book has come out．The Great Wall Explained，with a lot of photographs and articles"（Lindesay现在在北京生活和工作。今年他的新书已经出版，名字是《解说长城》，里面有很多照片和文章），我们可以得知Lindesay的新书名字，故填The Great Wall Explained.

【4】被动语态was helped意为“被帮助”，friendly villager意为“友好的村民”，although意为“虽然”，didn’t quite understand指的是“很不理解”，have interest in意为“对…怀有兴趣”，故翻译为：他经常得到友好村民的帮助，尽管他们很不理解为什么这位英国人对长城怀有如此浓厚的兴趣。

【5】根据文章主要内容，我们知道这篇文章主要介绍了William Lindesay，一位研究长城的专家，讲了他研究长城的过程，出版了一本关于长城的书，对长城的了解胜于一位中国人，是世界上这领域最知名的专家．所以答案可以是 William Lindesay：a Life/an Expert on the Great Wall。

这篇文章的翻译题稍有难度，翻译此句，可以联系上文进行更准确的翻译，同时，注意被动语态和让步状语从句及原因状语从句的处理。was helped by…为一般过去时的被动语态，可以解释被..帮助，为了更符合汉语言的表达习惯，我们将被改成动词得到，所以这句话的翻译就是他经常得到友好村民的帮助。although引导了让步状语从句，意为虽然，尽管；后面又由why引导了一个宾语从句，说明村民们不懂的内容，have a such interest in，意为对…有着浓厚的兴趣．所以整句可以翻译为：他经常得到友好村民的帮助，尽管他们不理解为什么这位英国人对长城怀有如此浓厚的兴趣。