《英语III(1)》翻译练习

1.Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. ( Passage 1)

2. When i[a-z] [a-z] too dark to see these, the doves circle helplessly, unable to find their way. ( Passage 1)

3. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology. ( Passage 2)

4. The mobile phone means that we are never alone. ( Passage 2)

5. Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain．( Passage 3)

6. As time passed, Shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world. ( Passage 3)

7. People have different attitudes to things such as time and punctuality. ( Passage 4)

8.Customs also vary about using first names, and even the amount of eye contact is important in some cultures.  ( Passage 4)

9. Although he has been married before and so has his fiancée, they are planning to have a traditional wedding. ( Passage 5)

10. It is a night when the groom goes out with all his men friends and celebrates his last night of “freedom”. Usually this involes drinking a lot of beer and playing silly games. ( Passage 5)