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(dá)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(dá)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(guān)的時態(tài)和句型，然后仔細(xì)考慮人稱和數(shù)的變化等細(xì)節(jié)問題．