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1、翻译重点(2011汉译英)假如我现在是总统或者是富有的商人,妈妈应该会更满意的。虽然母亲很爱我,但她并没有欺骗自己。在我高中毕业之时,她就意识到了我缺少那种日进斗金或博取群众爱戴的能力。从那以后她就开始把我往写作的道路上推。母亲的家族有从事写作的传统。从她的外公开始似乎就有一种语言基因代代相传。她的外公是一位教师,他的女儿露利是诗人,儿子查理后来成了《巴尔的摩先驱报》的通讯员。在世纪之交,南方还没有从因为内战而大伤气的状态下恢复过来,写作在当时是一条谋生之路。MotherwouldhavelikeditbetterifIcouldhavegrownu
2、ptobePresidentorarichbusinessman,butmuchasshelovedme,shedidnotdeceiveherself.BeforeIwasoutofgradeschool,shecouldseeIlackedthegiftsforeithermakingmillionsorwinningtheloveofcrowds.Afterthatshebegannudgingmetowardworkingwithwords.Wordsraninherfamily.Thereseemedtobeawordgenethatpas
3、seddownfromhermaternalgrandfather.Hewasaschoolteacher,hisdaughterLuliewrotepoetry,andhissonCharliebecameNewYorkcorrespondentfortheBltimoreHerald.Intheturn-of-the–centurySouth,stillimpoverishedbytheCivilWar,wordswereawayout.(2011英译汉)Happinessisnevermorethanpartial.Therearenopure
4、statesofmankind.Whateverelsehappinessmaybe,itisneitherinhavingnorinbeing,butinbecoming.WhattheFoundingFathersdeclaredforusasinherentright,weshoulddowelltoremember,wasnothappinessbutthepursuitofhappinessmarket,isthecardinalfactthathappinessisinthepursuititself,inthemeaningfulpur
5、suitofwhatislife-engagingandlife-revealing,whichistosay,intheideaofbecoming.Anationisnotmeasuredbywhatitpossessesorwantstopossess,butbywhatitwantstobecome.从来就没有过完美的幸福。人类社会不存在尽善尽美。无论人们怎样界定何谓幸福,它既不在于拥有也不在于实现,而在于追求的过程。我们应该牢记:开国元勋们为我们所宣布的与生俱来的权利,不是享受幸福而是追求幸福。假如他们当初预见到现在出现的幸福市场,他们就会
6、强调指出这样一个基本事实:幸福在于为之奋斗的过程,在于我们终生为之努力并从中获得启迪的事业,也就是说在于追求。对于一个民族的评价不是看它拥有什么或是幸福拥有什么,而是看它想要追求什么。(2010)Toholdthisopinion,however,islittleshortoftreasoninAmerica.{Aboyorgirlwholeavescollegeisbrandedafailure—andtherighttofailisoneofthefewfreedomsthatthiscountrydoesnotgrantitscitizens.
7、TheAmericandreamof“gettingahead”,paintedinstrokesofgoldwhereverwelook.OuradvertisementsandTVcommercialsareahymntomaterialsuccess,ourmagazinearticlesatoasttopeoplewhomadeittothetop.Smoketherightcigaretteordrivetherightcat---sotheadsimply---andthegirlswillbeswooningintoyourdeodor
8、izedarmsorcaressingyourexpensivelapels.}Happinessgoest