Question

Read the passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into English or Chinese. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He was brave and loved to visit and explore new places. During his life, he discovered many amazing things.小題1:他天資聰穎，對家鄉(xiāng)之外的世界充滿了好奇心when he was very young.
Howard Carter never went to school, but learnt to draw from his father. 小題2:By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. He discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. 小題3:這些經(jīng)過處理的遺體就是為人所知的木乃伊. In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, where he found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
However, not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die strangely.小題4:Within seven years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.
Some people say the deaths were just coincidence. 小題5:Others believe that they were in connection with a mummy’s curse. However, still others believe that there is a scientific explanation, because inside the tombs there are many viruses.

Answer 1

小題1:He was bright and curious about the world outside his hometown
小題2:到了20世紀(jì)20年代，他已成為一名探險家, 致力于尋找古埃及國王的陵墓。
小題3:These preserved bodies are known as mummies
小題4:七年間，與陵墓發(fā)掘工作有關(guān)的人員之中有2 1人死亡。
小題5:另一些人則相信這與木乃伊的詛咒有關(guān)

試題分析：
小題1:這題注意短語：be curious about對…好奇， the world outside his hometown家鄉(xiāng)之外的世界
小題2:這題的翻譯重點(diǎn)是現(xiàn)在分詞做狀語：searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.到了20世紀(jì)20年代，他已成為一名探險家, 致力于尋找古埃及國王的陵墓。
小題3:翻譯這句話的重點(diǎn)是過去分詞做定語：These preserved bodies還有“以…著稱” be known as 。
小題4:翻譯這句話注意定語從句：who had something to do with the opening of the tomb修飾people，還有have something todo with和…有關(guān)：七年間，與陵墓發(fā)掘工作有關(guān)的人員之中有2 1人死亡。
小題5:believe后面是that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，詞組in connection with和…有關(guān)另一些人則相信這與木乃伊的詛咒有關(guān)
點(diǎn)評：在做翻譯句子時，首先要分析句子應(yīng)該用什么時態(tài)，然后注意句子的人稱和數(shù)；第三，應(yīng)該注意英語的固定用法（特別是固定短語），應(yīng)該符合英語的表達(dá)習(xí)慣。