中式英语之鉴（二）
11.北京申奥成功的消息令我们热血沸腾。
[误] Beijing's winning the bid for the Olympics makes our blood boil.
[正] Beijing's winning the bid for the Olympics makes us excited.
注：make one's blood boil 是指“激怒某人”，而非“使人激动”。
I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage. 我过去虽然表面上笑呵呵的，可是心里却怒火中烧。
“使人激动”的说法除了 make one excited，还有较为口语化的 make one's 。小李答应与他结婚使他大为激动 Xiao Li’s promise to marry him made his spine tingle.
12.别听他们胡说八道，根本就没那回事。
[误] Don't listen totheir babbling. Nothing of the sort.
[正] Don't be fooled bytheir babbling. Nothing of the sort.
注：原文“听”不能用listen to 来表示，因为 listen to 指“听”的动作，而原文“别听”不是不让他“听”，而是劝告他“不要听信、蒙蔽”，因此，用 not by 才更达意。
上当be take in/be fooled/be duped
他可是个有头脑的人，决不会相信你的那一套。
He’s abrain, who wouldn’t be fooled into believing your babbling.
13.我们这儿的人都觉得他有婚外恋。
[误] People around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage.
[正] People around here all feel that he is leading a .
注：affair 本身就指“私通”或“暧昧关系”，当然是“婚外”的事，所以 outside one's own marriage 无疑是多此一举了。英语中“婚外恋”应该是leada double life。
live a double life搞两面派手法
14.都十点钟了。起床了，懒虫
[误] It's ten o'clock. Get up, lazy worm!
[正] It's ten o'clock. Get up, lazy bones!
注：“懒虫”并非真是一条虫，只不过被用来形容人很懒惰罢了。英语里与之对应的说法是 lazy bones（懒骨头）。注意，这里的 bone 应以复数形式。
15.大家都怀疑汤姆是个间谍。
[误] Everyone doubts that Tom is a spy.
[正] Everyone suspects that Tom is a spy.
注：doubt 作“怀疑”讲，是“不相信”的意思；而 suspect 作“怀疑”讲，是指“对...有所察觉”。第一句译文犯了两个错误：首先，doubt 不能接 that 从句，只有not doubt that 和 doubt if/whether；其次，它所表达的意思是“大家对汤姆是间谍这件事表示怀疑”，即“大家不相信汤姆是间谍”，与原文的意思恰好相反。
16. 我们俩关系最好，他经常来我这儿蹲饭吃。
[误] We are best friends. He always comes here to have meals for free.
[正] We are best friends. He always comes here to bum meals off me.
注：第一句只表明“他常到我这儿来白吃白喝”，但朋友这间那种亲密关系没有体现出来。而 bum sth. off sb. 指向非常熟的朋友要一些不起眼的小东西，而朋友也不会介意还不还。
17.最近的人口统计显示中国人口已超过12亿。
[误] The latest census shows that China's population has surpassed 1.2 billion.
[正] The latest census shows that China's population exceeds 1.2 billion.
注：surpass 和 exceed 译成中文虽然都是“超过，胜过”的意思，但出现具体数字时要用后者。
18. 我希望你不要拖我的后腿。
[误] I hope that you won't pull my leg.
[正] I hope that you won't hold me back.
注：pull one's leg 是“愚弄某人，开某人的玩笑”的意思，相当于 make fun ofsb.。英语中与“拖后腿”相对应的表达是 hold sb. back 或 be a drag on sb. 等。
19. 学校里，那些长得人高马大的家伙常来找我的麻烦。
[误] At school, those big and strong guys always come to find my trouble.
[正] At school, those big and strong guys always come to pick on me.
注：find my trouble 是“发现我的难处”的意思，而英语中“找某人的麻烦”用短语pick on sb. 它不仅表示“挑剔某人、找某人的碴”，而且还包含 tease（取笑、戏弄）或 bully（威胁、欺侮）的意思。
20. 我没料到这个无耻的女人居然同她好友的丈夫调情。
[误] I had not expected that this shameful woman should flirt with her best friend's husband.
[正] I had not expected that this shameless woman should flirt with her best friend's husband.
注：shameful 通常指某事物是“可耻的，丢脸的”。the most shameful episode in U.S. naval history. …美国海军史上最耻辱的一段历史。而 shameless 表示 having or showing no feeling of shame; immodest or impudent,它一般用来指人“不知羞耻的，不要脸的”或“伤风败俗的”。a shameless attempt to stifle democratic debate.…一个压制民主辩论的无耻企图。原文也可译为：It's shameful that the woman should flirt with her best friend's husband.
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