2014年12月英语四级翻译冲刺练习27

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　　对于大部分同学来说，改革后的英语四六级考试中，翻译题型是大家的一根软肋，那么，在考前仅剩的时间里，怎样提高自己的英语翻译能力呢?下面，我们一起来练习一下英语四级考试翻译题型。

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【翻译原文】
　　建造长城(the Great Wall)是为了防御来自蒙古(Mongolia)的北方人侵者。多年来，人们已经建造了一些较矮小的城墙，但是秦始皇(Qin Shi Huang)决定建造一座巨大的城墙来保卫他北边的疆土。长城始建于秦朝，后续的朝代进行继续建 造。后来，明朝重建了长城。我们今天所说的长城绝大部分都是明朝建造的。长 城是由农民、奴隶、犯人以及皇帝决定惩罚的人建造的。

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【参考译文】
　　The Great Wall was built to defend against thenorthern invaders from Mongolia. Smaller andshorter walls had been built over the years, while QinShi Huang decided to build a single giant wall toprotect his northern borders. The construction ofthe Great Wall started in the Qin Dynasty and the following dynasties continued to work on itLater, the Ming Dynasty rebuilt the wail Most parts of the so- called Great Wall today was builtin the Ming Dynasty. The wall was built by peasants,slaves, criminals, and other people that theemperor decided to punish.