雅思每日每句词汇翻译解析11

英文原文

Core performance is not a simple or mundane thing of higher, faster, longer. So many variables enter into the equation, and our understanding in many cases is fundamental. We've got a long way to go.

C4T4P 1: How Much Higher? How Much Faster?

中文翻译

知识点小结

1.“名词1+of+名词2”(此处的“a simple or mundane thing of higher，faster，longer”)的结构我们经常遇到。这个结构中名词1和名词2之间的关系主要有三种：第一种是名词2作名词1的定语，比如the city of China，China修饰city，我们可以改成China's city;第二种是名词2是名词l的同位语，如the city of Beijing，就是北京市的意思，两者不存在修饰关系;第三种一般是在数量词的表达中，比如a group of、a majority of、a lot of等。前两种情况核心词都是名词1，所以遇到这个结构，尤其是名词部分比较长时，可以先抓住名词1，再回头看名词2的内容。最后一种情况，核心词是名词2，因为名词1比较抽象。此处“a simple or mundane thing of higher，faster，longer”属于第一种情况，意思“更高，更快，更远的事”。

2.当enter表示“进入某个具体的处所、加入某个组织、参加某场考试”时，无须介词，但表示“开始做某事，达成(协议)，懂得，领会，输入/写入(信息)”时，通常加上介词into。此处enter表示“写入”的意思。

3.variable表示“变量，可变因素”，equation表示“方程式”。

4.a long way to go是一个很常用的表达，表示“仍需付出很多努力，还有很长的路要走”。大家在写作中也可以借鉴。比如：Now governments are taking actions to deal with envirmental problem，but they still have a long way to go.(*现在正在采取措施处理环境问题，但还有很长的路要走。)

参考翻译

核心成绩不是一个简单或平凡的更高、更快、更远的问题。有很多变量要写入这个方程式中，而且我们对很多事物的理解都还很基础。我们还有很长的路要走。

与本次句子翻译相关的阅读项目

In the end, most people who examine human performance are humbled by the resourcefulness of athletes and the powers of the human body. 'Once you study athletics, you learn that it's a vexingly complex issue,' says John S.Raglin, a sports psychologist at Indiana University. "Core performance is not a simple or mundane thing of higher, faster, longer. So many variables enter into the equation, and our understanding in many cases is fundamental. We've got a long way to go.' For the foreseeable future, records will be made to be broken.

John S.Raglin believes our current knowledge of athletics is

A. mistaken.

B. basic.

C. diverse.

D. theoretical.

汉英翻译练习

不管事情结果如何，我们在过程中投入的精力都不会是无用的：每一次失败都让我们离成功更近一步。在寻找最合适的电灯泡灯丝的过程中经历了一千多次的失败之后，爱迪生依然笑着对他的助手说，“我们已经发现了一千多种不满意的材料，即便我们无法找到最适合的材料，后世的人也依然能从我们的失败中受到启发，他们中的一个肯定会成功。”

参考翻译

No matter how things turn out, the efforts we put into the process will never be futile: every failure can lead us one step closer towards success. After more than one thousand failures to find the most suitable filament for the electric light bulbs, Edison still *iled to his assistant and told him that 'we've found over a thousand unsatisfactory materials, and even if we cannot find the most proper one, people in the later generations can still get inspired from our failures and one of them will succeed.'

写作题目

Some people think success of life is based on hard work and determination, but others think there are more important factors, like money and personal appearance. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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