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1、汉译英赏析:胡适《差不多先生传》 难度:适中 来源:网络 评论:4 收藏23写日志、发碎碎,学习路上不孤单,马上注册交个爱学习的好朋友!·中英双语·英文·中文《差不多先生》Mr.About-the-Same你知道中国最有名的人是谁?Doyouknowwhoisthemostwell-knownpersoninChina?提起此人,人人皆晓,处处闻名。他姓差,名不多,是各省各县各村人氏。你一定见过他,一定听过别人谈起他。差不多先生的名字天天挂在大家的口头,因为他是中国全国人的代表。Thenameofthispersonisahouseholdwordalloverthecount
2、ry.HissurnameisChaandhisgivenname,Buduo,whichaltogethermean"AbouttheSame".Heisanativeofeveryprovince,everycountyandeveryvillageinthiscountry.Youmusthaveseenorheardaboutthisperson.HisnameisalwaysonthelipsofeverybodybecauseheisrepresentativeofthewholeChinesenation.差不多先生的相貌和你和我都差不多。他有一双眼睛,但看的不很清
3、楚;有两只耳朵,但听的不很分明;有鼻子和嘴,但他对于气味和口味都不很讲究。他的脑子也不小,但他的记性却不很精明,他的思想也不很细密。Mr.ChaBuduohasthesamephysiognomyasyouandI.Hehasapairofeyes,butdoesn'tseeclearly.Hehasapairofears,butdoesn'thearwell.Hehasanoseandamouth,butlacksakeensenseofsmellandtaste.Hisbrainisnonetoosmall,butheisweakinmemoryandsloppyinthin
4、king.他常常说:“凡事只要差不多,就好了。何必太精明呢?”Heoftensays,"Whateverwedo,it'sOKtobejustaboutright.What'stheuseofbeingpreciseandaccurate?"他小的时候,他妈叫他去买红糖,他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他,他摇摇头说:“红糖白糖不是差不多吗?”Oneday,whenhewasachild,hismothersenthimouttobuyhersomebrownsugar,buthereturnedwithsomewhitesugarinstead.Ashismotherscoldedhim
5、aboutit,heshookhisheadandsaid,"Brownsugarorwhitesugar,aren'ttheyaboutthesame?"他在学堂的时候,先生问他:“直隶省的西边是哪一省?”他说是陕西。先生说:“错了。是山西,不是陕西。”他说:“陕西同山西,不是差不多吗?”Onedayinschool,theteacheraskedhim,"WhichprovincebordersHebeionthewest?"Heanswered,"Shaanxi."Theteachercorrectedhim,"Youarewrong.It'sShanxi,notShaan
6、xi."Hereported,"ShaanxiorShanxi,aren'ttheyaboutthesame?"后来他在一个钱铺里作伙计;他也会写,也会算,只是总不会精细。十字常常写成千字,千字常常写成十字。掌柜的生气了,常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道:“千字比十字只多一小撇,不是差不多吗?”LaterMr.ChaBuduoservedasanassistantatamoneyshop.Hecouldwriteandcalculateallright,buthismathematicswasoftenfaulty.HewouldmistaketheChinesecharacte
7、r十(meaning10)for千(meaning1000)orviceversa.Theshopownerwasinfuriatedandoftentookhimtotask.Buthewouldonlyexplainapologeticallywithagrin,"TheCharacter千differsfrom十inmerelyhavingoneadditionalshortstroke.Aren'ttheyaboutthesame?"有一天,他为了一件要紧的事,要搭火车到