課程名稱︰翻譯及習作上
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰廖朝陽
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外文系
考試日期（年月日）︰2015/01/12
考試時限（分鐘）：100 mins
試題 :
I. Choose the best translation (38%)
1. The company offered to pay her $20 a week. 公司 ___ 兩百元週薪。 (A) 提供給
她 (B) 可能會提供給她 (C) 建議付她 (D) 願意給她
2. 沒有的事你也能說成有，真叫人佩服得五體投地。 Your ability to tell lies
should win everyone’s (A) laugh. (B) endless admiration. (C) wish to worship
you. (D) prostration before you.
3. 他的話言不由衷，實在可笑。 What he said was (A) insincerely laughable. (B)
insincere in being laughable. (C) laughably insincere. (D) insincere and
laughable.
4. We were about two miles from the bridge when disaster struck. ____ 離橋約兩
英里處，災難就發生了。 (A) 當我們還沒走到 (B) 我們的位置在 (C) 當時我們在 (D)
我們走到
5. The man was weakened by his recent illness. 那人 ____，身體相當虛弱。 (A)
最近被病情影響 (B) 最近生病 (C) 正在生病 (D) 最近生過病
6. Did she ask to be allowed to leave? 她有要求 (A) 准她離開嗎? (B) 獲准離開嗎
? (C) 對方准她離開嗎? (D) 有人讓她離開嗎?
7. 人老了不受重視，就像變黃的珍珠一樣。 Old people are ____ discolored
pearls. (A) as little valued as (B) not valued, like (C) as much valued as
(D) not valued, same as
8. It was believed that no action would be taken. 據信 ____ 採取行動。(A) 沒有
人會 (B) 不會有人 (C) 人們不會 (D) 他們不會
9. It was believed that one could not exist without a shadow. ____ 人沒有影子
就不能存在。(A) 他們相信 (B) 據信 (C) 有人相信 (D) 可以相信
10. 政治人物都希望民眾相信他們的話。 Politicians want people to (A) have
faith in their words. (B) take them at their word. (C) trust them. (D)
believe in them.
11. There are a number of people to whom you can turn for help. (A) 有幾個人是
你可以求助的。(B) 有幾個人你可以求助。(C) 你需要求助的話，有幾個人可以找。(D)
有幾個你可以求助的人。
12. Her eyes were bright with excitement. 她很興奮，眼睛也 (A) 發出閃光。 (B)
閃爍發光。(C) 更顯得明亮。(D) 不斷閃耀。
13. The story happened in mean-street Brooklyn. 故事發生在布魯克林的 (A) 普通
街道。(B) 黑街。(C) 住宅區。(D) 貧民區。
14. 他小心避開這家店，這是他夠聰明。____ away from the store. (A) Clever and
cautious, he stayed (B) It is wise of him to stay cautiously (C) He is clever
enough to stay (D) Cautiously, and wisely, he stayed
15. They cannot be said to be wrong. (A) 他們不能被說是錯了。(B) 不能說的是他
們錯了。(C) 我們倒不能說他們錯了。(D) 他們錯了，我們不能說。
16. 雨下得大，就可能成災。Heavy rain can (A) cause damages. (B) cause a
disaster. (C) become a damages. (D) become a disaster.
17. 她的一席話使我非常嘆服。I was ____ what she said. (A) made to admire (B)
most impressed by (C) admiring her for (D) impressive of
18. I was impressed by the friendliness of everyone. ____ 都很友善，令我感動。
(A) 有人(B) 人們 (C) 大家 (D) 每人
19. The mayor touted the benefits of an energy saving project. 市長 ____ 節能
方案的好處。(A) 大力鼓吹 (B) 極力誇大 (C) 高度讚揚 (D) 倡議
II. Rewrite the following into several sentences, making them as paratactic
as possible (8%)
The needles were so small that she was only able to see them because they
reflected the rays of the late afternoon sun slating in through the windows.
III. Examine the following translation of Chinese passage. Rewrite the
translation to achieve a more literal result, with as little folding or
unfolding as possible (12%)
雙兒著地滾開，情狀頗為狼狽。韋小寶見雙兒勢將落敗，心下大急，伸手在地下去抓泥沙
，要撒向皇甫閣眼中，偏生地下掃得乾乾淨淨，全無泥沙可抓。
Translation: Doublet scrambled away, but things were beginning to look
dangerous. “No you don’t!” yelled Trinket, searching the ground for
particles of sand or grit or anything he could lay his hands on, to throw in
Huangfu’s eyes. Unfortunately the ground had been swept immaculately clean.
IV. Translate the following (42%)
1. He made remarks that are pointlessly insulting. (3%)
2. This is why those periods have been so exceptional in history in which
episodes of terrible violence were entirely unknown. (5%)
3. Bad economic reasoning led to false interpretations of the situation. (4%)
4. Russia’s economy can ill afford to see more capital head for the exits.(5%)
5. Cookies are stored on your computer by websites you visit. (3%)
6. The unerring eye of opportunism has once more found its scapegoat. (4%)
7. 岳不群仗劍封住，數招之後，碰的一聲，又是雙掌相交。 (10+++%)
8 這樣磨折不了，壓迫不倒的個性，實在吃虧。 (5%)
9. 雨下得嘩嘩作響，與音樂聲混在一起。 (3%)