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《每日一句汉译英》一周总汇 (16)

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“黑色星期五”对大型零售连锁企业来说是最重要的日子,因为这一天预示他们在未来一个月的假日销售情况,而假日期间通常是一年中最赢利的时候。

Black Friday is one of the most important days for retail chains because it indicates what they can expect during the next month of holiday shopping -- their most lucrative time of year.

中国表示 ,随着政府出台一系列限制房产销售的措施以冷却北京一度炙手可热的房市,北京今年已有将近一千家房地产中介被迫关门。
 
China says nearly 1,000 real estate outlets in the nation's capital have been forced to close this year, as a slew of new government restrictions on property sales continue to cool Beijing's once red-hot property market.

 
新加坡岛的外貌既不广阔又不雄伟,它缺少作为海岛背景的大山,但是它仍然十分清秀可爱。

The island of Singapore is not imposing in aspect, for there are no mountains; yet its appearance is not without attractions.
 
 
当你觉得他像罗伯特·雷德福一样仪表堂堂,像索尔仁尼琴一样心地纯洁,像伍迪·艾伦一样言谈风趣,像吉米·康纳斯一样身体矫健,像阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦一样头脑聪明,那你就被爱冲昏了头脑。

Infatuation is when you think he's as gorgeous as Robert Redford, as pure as Solzhenitsyn, as funny as Woody Allen, as athletic as Jimmy Connors, and as smart as Albert Einstein.
 
当你认识到他在长相方面像伍迪·艾伦,头脑方面像吉米·康纳斯,言谈方面像索尔仁尼琴,身体方面像阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦,无论在哪一方面都不像罗伯特·雷德福——但你却偏偏要嫁给他,这才是真正的爱。
 
Love is when you realize he's as gorgeous as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Solzhenitsyn, as athletic as Albert Einstenin, and nothing like Robert Redford in any category--but you'll take him anyway.
 
 
著名作家萧伯纳曾说过:在这个世界上取得成功的人,都努力去寻求他们想要的机会,如果找不到时,他们就自己创造机会。

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them." Such is the remark made by Bernard Shaw, a great writer.
 
 
为了进行认真细致的考察,他很少乘车坐船,几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭,长途跋涉;为了弄清大自然的真相,他总是挑选道路艰险的山区,人迹稀少的森林进行考察,发现了许多奇山秀景。

In order to get a detailed and truthful picture of the particular places, he preferred to travel on foot instead of by cart or boat, despite the hardships on long distances; and he even ventured in mountainous areas and jungles, which are rarely traveled by people and full of dangers. The pay-off for his efforts was his discovery of many fantastic landscapes.
 
 
  
 
 

 
 
 

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