7.4编后。手记@官方参考译文
A部分:汉译英
A-星期六大礼堂有个讲座,你去不去? There is a lecture at the big auditorium this Saturday. Will you go? B-今天才星期一,到时候再说吧。Today is only Monday. Wait till it's time. A-好,你要是去就叫我一声。In that case please call me if you go. B-没问题。No problem.
B部分:英译汉
A beanpole family is one whose living members come from many generations, but with only a few members in each.
近年来,新生代的人数普遍减少,多为独生子女,而老一代人的寿命又在延长,整个家庭的模式就像插在地上帮助豆秧向上攀爬的豆竿(beanpole)一样,又细又长。这种家庭最初在英国被称为verticallized family。
The rising divorce rate partly explains the growth of the "beanpole" family. With almost one in two marriages ending in divorce, many adults have at least two families, each with a single child.
不断上升的离婚率是“豆竿家庭”产生的原因之一。在大约每两段婚姻中有一段以离婚告终的情况下,很多成年人都至少有两个家庭,每个家里还都有一个孩子。
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