● It is + 形容词 + that

　　【例句】________________(可想而知)that knowledge plays an important role in our life.

　　【答案】It is conceivable

　　2. It is+形容词+to do/ doing

　　【例句】She had said what ________________(一切有必要说的话).

　【答案】it was necessary to say

　　3. 倍数词+ more +名词/形容词+than

　　【例句】Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________________(比死于车祸的人多七倍) each year.

　【答案】seven times more people than automobile accidents

　　4.(not)as/ so… as 和……(不)一样

　　【例句】The environmental problems ________________(没有他们在报告中说得那么严重).

　　【答案】are not as serious as they suggested in their report

　　5. no more…than 与……一样不

　　【例句】She ________________(也同样不宜当经理) a schoolgirl would be.

　　【答案】is no more fit to be a manager than

　　6. Nothing is more…than 没有比……更……的;……是最……的

　【例句】________________(没有比……更重要) to receive education.

　　【答案】Nothing is more important than

　　7. 感官动词+of+名词

　　【例句】They hurriedly escaped into ________________(充满恐怖气氛的山洞).

　　【答案】a cave that smelt of terror

　　8. without/ not so much as 甚至没有

　　【例句】Disappointed with her husband，Mary left home ________________(甚至都没有回头看他一眼).

　　【答案】without so much as looking back at him

　　9. only to find/ see 结果却;没想到会

　　【例句】He spent almost all his money to buy the hen which was said to be able to lay gold eggs, ________________(没想到这只鸡根本不会下蛋).

　　【答案】only to find it could not lay eggs at all

　　10. It is undoubted that/ There is no doubt that 毫无疑问，……

　　【例句】________________(毫无疑问) war can be avoided if we get down to peace talk.

　　【答案】There is no doubt that

　　11. rather than 而不是……

　　【例句】________________(与其追求金钱的享乐)，we should focus on the improvement of ourselves.

　　【答案】Rather than pursue money to achieve happiness

　　12.(The)chances are that 很可能……

　　【例句】________________(她很可能已经知道了), and there is no need for us to keep the secret.

　　【答案】Chances are that she has already known it

　　13. It occurred to sb. that 突然想到……

　　【例句】________________(玛丽从来没有想到)she would become a princess someday.

　　【答案】It had never occurred to Marry

　　14. not… but… 不是……而是……

　　【例句】To our disappointment, ________________(这个计划带来的不是进步而是破坏).

　　【答案】the plan caused not development but destruction

　　15. When it comes to… 提及，当提到……的时候

　　【例句】________________(谈到物理学), I know nothing.

　　【答案】When it comes to physics

　　16. be not much of a… 是个不太好的……

　　【例句】________________(麦克不是个好老师) for he often skips from one subject to another.

【答案】Mike is not much of a teacher

● 1）表示陈述某个数量的句型。除最常用的系动词加数词之外，还可以用。。.go up to.。。，。。.as＋adj. ＋as.。。，。。.has reached to.。。，。。.rise to.。。等。

● 例1 快过年了，大白菜的价格已接近3元一斤。

● 译文：The New Year is coming， and the price of the cabbage goes up to nearly 3 Yuan per kilogram.

● 2）表示数量比较和增减的句型。表示数量比较和增减的句型很多，大致包括。。.as.。.as.。。，。。.as.。.again as.。。，。。.数量词＋as.。.as.。。，。。.as.。.as＋数量词，。。.数量词＋比较级＋than.。。，比较级＋than.。.by.。。，。。.数量词＋the size（length，volume）of.。。，。。.数量词＋that of.。。，。。.表增减的动词＋by/ to/over/down。。数量词。

● 例2 这种商店的价格是前一种商品的两倍。

● 译文：The price of this product is twice as much as that of the previous one.

● 例3 小轿车车速比大货车快一倍。

● 译文：The car runs as fast again as the truck.

● 例4：这只桶能装那只桶三倍的水。

● 译文：This barrel can hold three times as much water as that one.

● 例5 这家医院的缴费是一般医院的三至五倍。

● 译文：This hospital charges three to five times that of ordinary ones.

● 例6 去年该工厂的产量下降到2003年的65％。

● 译文：The output of that factory last year fell to 65％ of the output in 2003.

● 3）特殊词语表示数量比较和增减。除了上面介绍的表示数量变化的句型之外，还有一些特殊的单词可以直接表示数量增减。这些单词通常用作形容词或动词，在句中充当表语或谓语。这些单词比使用某些句型来得更简洁，也比较容易掌握。

● 首先是以-ble和-ple结尾的表示倍数的词。这里介绍从“两倍”到“十倍”的英文表达，大家可以从中找出表述规律。

● 两倍double 三倍treble/ triple 四倍quadruple 五倍quintuple

● 六倍sextuple 七倍septuple 八倍octuple 九倍nonuple

● 十倍decuple

● 有读者或许会问：“一倍”怎么说？如果说A的数量是B的一倍，那不就是A＝B吗？即：A equals B。如果说A比B多一倍，也就等于A的数量是B的两倍，就要用double一词了。所以英文里一般不说。。.as one time as.。。。但是有half as much again的说法，意为“一倍半”。另外，英文里有一个很管用的后缀。当你想不起来倍数的表达的时候，不妨在数字后面加上它，准没错！它就是-- -fold。当然这个后缀是表示数量的增加。请大家用这些特殊数字表达法来翻译下列句子：

● 例7 预计下月我的工资会翻两翻。

● 译文：It‘s expected that my salary will triple next month.

● 例8 自1974年以来，计算机进口量增加了7倍。

● 译文：The number of computer imports has been septupled since

● 例9 这个月水费开支是原来的四倍。

● 译文：The water rate quadrupled this month.

● 例10 过去五年中，我公司的销售额已增长至四倍。

● 译文：Sales in our company have increased up to four-fold in the last five years.

● 例11 我买进这些邮票后他们的价格已经提高了三倍。

● 译文：The value of these stamps has multiplied three-fold after I bought them.

● 英语中，尤其是科技英语中，会涉及到大量的数字表达。翻译数字不仅需要一定的翻译技巧，还要具备相关的专业知识，并根据原文的上下文所表达的意思判断，从中探求正确的译法。英语与汉语里数字增减的表述都是有一定规律可循的。但是这样的句型和表达很多，因此考生要对这些句型逐个加以记忆以免错译。学会准确地表达数字，不仅适用于六级翻译新题型，也同样适用于六级作文题。尤其是图表作文对数字的描述要求非常高。

● Exercise Twelve

● 1. He is ________________ （他与其说是个学者）as a writer.

● 2. The parents should also set the kids free _______________ （以便他们自己做选择）。

● 3. Some freshmen _____________（打定主意）to pursue a master’s degree after undergraduate studies.

● 4. So it is essential for the students _____________（深入社会实践）in order to learn something that they can‘t get in class.

● 5.In order to improve the competence of state-run enterprises，the central government ________________（已经实行了一系列改革），among which is cutting down the staff

● 1. not so much a scholar

● 解析：本句意为：与其说他是个学者不如说是个作家。考查的是“与其。。.。。.倒不如。。.。。.”的句型。句中所给部分已有as，所以最好用not so much.。.as.。。。如：In many cases，nursing is not so much a job as a way of life.（在许多情况下，护理与其说是是一件工作倒不如说是一种生活方式。）

● 2. to make their own choices

● 解析：考查目的状语“以便”的英文表达，正确答案可以是：in order to/to/so as to＋动词，也可以用in order/so＋that从句。具体要根据字数要求定。

● 3. make up their minds

● 解析：本句意为：许多大一新生打定主意要在本科毕业后继续争取硕士学位。“打定主意、决定下来”可选用：make up one’s mind to do，be determined to do，decide to do。题中pursue表示坚持不懈地追求，如：She pursued the study of English for five years.（她持续不断地学了五年英语。）

● 4. to participate in social practice

● 解析：本句意为：对学生而言，有必要深入社会实践，从而学到课堂上学不到的东西。“深入”事实上是指学生要参与社会实践，因此确切译法是to participate，“社会实践”可译成social practice或social activity。

● 5. has implemented a series of reforms

● 解析：本句意为：为了提高国有企业的竞争力，政府已经实行了一系列改革，其中一项是裁员。这里大家要记住“国有企业”的表达，而“外资企业”应译为 oversea-funded enterprise或foreign-based company。“实行”可选用implement，carry out，由于是“一系列”改革，因此reform要用复数形式。另外“已经”暗示句子应该用完成时态。

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