1英译汉练习精选1. English is generally acknowledged to be the worlds most important language. First, the number of native speaker of English is more than 300 million. Second, the spread of English over most of the world as an international language is a unique phenomenon in the worlds history: about 1500 million peopleover a third of the worlds populationlive in countries where English has some official status or is one of the native languages, if not the dominant native language. Third, English leads as the primary medium for 20th century science and technology. Finally, English is the language of the United States, whose gross domestic product in 1980 was more than double that of its nearest competitor, Japan. 2. For the post-intermediate and advanced English learners, it is advisable to use more of a monolingual dictionary. There are a number of advantages. Apart from the increase of exposure of English and avoidance of misunderstanding by translation, users have to think in English, understand meanings in terms of other English words, thus enlarging vocabulary and learn the precise meanings of words and usages through definitions and examples. Moreover, the effective use of a monolingual dictionary will give learners a sense of satisfaction and self-sufficiency and greater confidence in their ability to solve language problems. 3. Mastering a large number of words is essential to achieving fluency in a foreign language. There are no short-cuts to a large vocabulary in English: you just have to rely on diligence and dedication. Of course you can figure out from the context the meanings of some new words you come across in your reading, but more often than not you have to look them up in a dictionary in order to be clear about their accurate meanings. A practicable way to pick up new words is, perhaps, to read a lot, preferably stories that you find interesting or exciting. It often pays to read the same book over and over again: each time you read it you will learn different new words, and the familiar context helps to fix them in your mind. 4. All universities contribute to the prosperity and success of their country. The also conserve the culture and legacy specific to their countrys civilization. But they do far more than that. Knowledge is secure only when it is hard won by the independent tests of accurate, rational explorations. So when we teach our students skills, we also give them values. These are values for personal and civic conduct. On the other hand, these values underwrite the personal need for independent understanding which is the source of human creativity.25. All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of booksbut we must know how to avail ourselves of this treasure and how to get the most from it. The most unfortunate people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good booksReading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the authors or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his. (Bennett Cerf)6. A successful argument gives evidence of some sort for every important point. Evidence may include statistics, observations or testimony of experts, personal narratives, or other supporting proof. A writer needs to convince readers by taking them from some initial position on an issue to the writers position, which readers will share if the argument succeeds. The only way to do this is to provide evidence that convinces readers that the position is a right or true one. (from Perspectives on Contemporary Issues, 2003)7. Examples and illustrations are crucial to writing, no matter what the primary purpose. Without examples, writing stays at the general or abstract level and leaves readers only vaguely understanding what a writer means. Examples make meaning clear and help make writing more interesting, livelier, and more engaging than in an essay without details. Examples may be brief and numerous or extended and limited in number, and they may take the form of narratives. It would be difficult to find an effective piece of writing that does not use examples of some sort. (Ibid.)8. Most composition instructors would probably agree that students use too few examples in their writing. Perhaps because of a lack of background in a subject, a student may rely on broad, general statements that are neither interesting nor convincing. If a student were always able to draw from his personal experience in writing, the tendency to generalize might be more easily overcome. But this is not always possible. When worki