雅思每日每句词汇翻译解析7

英文原文

Typically, children do not end up on the streets due to a single cause, but to a combination of factors: a dearth of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home, family breakdown and violence.

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中文翻译

知识点小结

1.同学们容易把“children do not end up on the streets due to a single cause”这句话理解成“儿童不再流落街头是由一个原因造成的”，这样理解是不对的。因为英语中习惯将否定前移，也就是说not是在否定single cause，而不是end up on the street。所以应该这么理解“children end up on the streets not due to a single cause，but to a combination of factors”(儿童流落街头并非是由某一个原因造成的，而是好几个因素综合所致)。否定前移是指否定形式出现在谓语动词部分，但否定的信息在状语和表语部分，还有一种情况是否定形式出现在主句，否定的信息在从句。我们比较熟悉的否定前移的例子有“not think/believe/suppose/imagine+从句”，翻译时要把否定放回原来的位置，比如：I don't think that I know you.(我想我并不认识你。)与本句相类似的否定前移的句型还有“not...because(of)”。

2.词组due to的意思是“应归于，应归功于;应归咎于;因……而产生，(作为结果)发生”。它的近义词有：because of/as a result of。but后面省略了并列中相同的部分due。

3.a combination of的意思是“事物的结合;综合……”，单复数均可接，但接单数时需要有两种类别，如a combination of A and B。

4.冒号在英语句子中起到解释说明冒号前面信息的作用。

5.多者并列时要注意并列连词的位置。大家记住一条规律：and总在最后一个并列对象之前。如果你发现一个句子中出现多个and，则意味着有多级并列，要注意区分。此处只有一个and，也就是说儿童流落街头有四个原因。

参考翻译

通常来讲，儿童流落街头并非由某一个原因造成，而是若干因素综合所致，比如缺乏充足资金的学校、等着用钱的家庭、家庭破裂以及暴力等。

与本次句子翻译相关的阅读项目

Typically, children do not end up on the streets due to a single cause, but to a combination of factors: a dearth of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home, family breakdown and violence. The street may be attractive to children as a place to find adventurous play and money. However, it is also a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection, to exploitative employment, urban crime, and abuse.

Which of the following is mentioned by the writer as a reason why children end up living on the streets?

A. unemployment

B. war

C. poverty

D. crime

汉英翻译练习

有足够的钱可以支配，富有的人可以不用像其他人那样辛苦工作，但是他们中的很多人却并不开心。(采用“with引导伴随状语”这种结构)

参考翻译

With enough money at their disposal, rich people don't have to toil like the other people, yet most of them are rarely happy.

写作题目

Some people believe that the best way to produce a happier society is to ensure that there are only *all differences between the richest and the poorest members. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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