This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day. 词汇: subtle //adj.不易察觉的,微妙的 unconsciously //adv.无意识地,不知不觉地 imitate //v.模仿 结构: This is a subtle form of peer pressure(分号隔开的第一个分句): //we unconsciously imitate the behavior (分号隔开的第二个分句)//we see every day(定语从句). 译文: 这种同辈压力很微妙:我们不知不觉地会模仿自己每天看到的行为。 翻译思路: This is a subtle form of peer pressure,有这样几个翻译,都行,大家感受一下: 这是一种很微妙的同辈压力形式。 这是同辈压力的一种微妙形式。 这是同辈压力的一种隐秘形式。 这是一种微妙的同辈压力。 唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第19句 词汇: bureaucrat //n.官僚,官僚主义者 steer //v.驾驶,掌握方向盘;控制,引导 virtuous //adj.有道德的,品行端正的 结构: Far less certain, however, is(主句)//how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions(how表语从句,其中谓语是并列动词select...and steer...). 译文: 但是,很难确定的是,专家和官员能在多大程度上成功选出我们的同龄群体,并引导其行为良性发展。 作业: 唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第20句 It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. 唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第21句和第22句 The tactic never really works. And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends. |
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