英语四级翻译备考的笔记
  1.  ,the number of trees in many big cities has dramatically reduced.
  2. Travel can widen our knowledge,  ,and make one open-minded as well.
  3. Cars are responsible for most of the smog in cities,  .
英语六级备考
  4.Modernization will be entirely possible in the first half of the21st century, as long as we that economicdevelopment is the center of all our work.
  5. He was convinced on the basis of that there would be a long and difficult struggle.
  答案与解析:
  1. With industries and business developing quickly
  本句意为：随着工商业的开展，许多大城市的树木数量正急剧减少。 随着...... 要用介词with或alongwith。 工商业 既包括工业也包括商业，翻译时要注意译文的完整性。本句也可译成：With the quick development ofindustries and business.
  2. broaden our horizon
  句中的短语widen our knowledge意思是 扩大我们的眼界 ，make one open-minded是同义复指，它们表示相同的意思却在里使用不同的表达，以防止用词重复。这是英语行文的一个技巧，考生在翻译时应尽量防止 wordiness，这个技巧在写六级作文时也值得借鉴。本句还可以译成：expand our vision或extend our sight.