Question

9．由于大雨，格林一家不得不縮短了旅程．The Greens had to cut the trip short because of the heavy rain．/because it rained heavily．

Answer 1

分析 The Greens had to cut the trip short because of the heavy rain．/because it rained heavily．

解答 答案：The Greens had to cut the trip short because of the heavy rain．/because it rained heavily．分析漢語表述的過去的事情，故主句用一般過去時，"不得不"譯為have to所以此句用had to；確定句中值得注意的幾個短語：the Greens （格林一家），cut the trip short"縮短旅程"；特別值得注意的是句中"由于大雨"作原因狀語的表達方式有兩種：because of the heavy rain或because it rained heavily．即：because of 后面加名詞（短語），because 后面則跟一個完整的句子．故此句表達為：The Greens had to cut the trip short because of the heavy rain．/because it rained heavily．

點評 此題考查對整句話的翻譯．做這類題時先分析所給漢語句子意思確定相關的時態(tài)和句型，然后仔細考慮人稱和數(shù)的變化等細節(jié)問題．