39、英语小故事(英汉对照)“垃圾车法则”

There was a proud teak（柚木）tree in the forest. He was tall and strong. There was a small herb next to the tree.在森林里有一棵柚树。他长得又高又壮。在树旁边，有一棵草本植物。The teak tree said, ...

指根据英汉两种语言不同的思维方式、语言习惯和表达方式，在翻译时增添一些词、短句或句子，以便更准确地表达出原文所包含的意义。这种方式多半用在汉译英里。汉语无主句较多，而英语句子一般都要有主语，所以在翻译汉语无主句...

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She got up and down her bed by herself, walked to the bedroom door and opened it.午夜时分，小女孩醒来想要小便。她坐起来，自己爬下床，走向卧室门边。Sh...

Three fish lived in the sea. When they were young, their parents died.They had to look after each other.Finally, they grew up and to swim deeper and further.有三条鱼生活在大海里。在他们小的时候，他们的...

A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants to buy a pet that can do everything. The shop owner suggests a faithful dog. The man replies, “Come on, a dog?” The owner says, “...

他继续每天跑四到五英里。就算在他发烧39度 的那一天，他也坚持跑步。我很担心。放学后我去找他，发现他独自一人在跑步。我问他感觉如何。“Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down ...

A farmer being on the point of death, and wishing to show his sons the way to success in farming, called them to him,一个农夫快死了，他希望教给儿子们怎么才能把地种好。农夫把他们叫来 and said, “My ...

A young King had just ascended（上升） the throne. In order to administer his kingdom, he was determined to learn from all the wisdom of the world.一个年轻的国王刚刚继承王位，为了治理王国，他决心学遍天下...

The paradox（悖论） of our time is that we have taller buildings but shorter visions, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.我们这个时代的悖论在于，我们的建筑更高大，视野却更短浅，高速公路更宽阔，观点却更狭隘...