英譯漢高級口譯經(jīng)典必背句型 - 澳大利亞介紹
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1．Australia is the world’s smallest continent and largest island, a relatively young nation established in an ancient land.
澳大利亞既是世界上最小的大陸也是最大的海洋島。它是建立在這片古老的土地上的一個(gè)較為年輕的國家。
2．For years this land remained barren and isolated.
這片土地多年來荒蕪貧瘠、與世隔絕。
3．Its development represents man’s triumph over remoteness and a harsh landscape.
澳大利亞的發(fā)展，是人類戰(zhàn)勝遙遠(yuǎn)和荒蕪的成果。
4．Australia has a land area of 7,682,300 square kilometers and its coastline is 36,735 kilometers long.
澳大利亞占地7,682,300平方公里，海岸線長達(dá)36,735公里。
5．It is the world’s driest inhabited continent.
澳大利亞是世界上最干燥的人類棲息地。
6．Vast areas are arid or semi-desert, and virtually uninhabited.
大片地區(qū)都是干旱或者半沙漠，人跡罕至，渺無人煙。
7．There are rain forests and vast plains in the north, snow field in the south-east, desert in the center and fertile croplands in the east, south and south-west.
北部是熱帶雨林和大草原，東南部是雪地，中部是沙漠，東部、南部和西南部是肥沃的耕地。
8．Much of the country lies in the tropics.
大部分位于熱帶地區(qū)。
9．Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with about 70 percent of the population living in the 10 largest cities.
澳大利亞是世界上城市化程度最高的國家之一，有70%的人口居住在10大城市里。
10．Most of the population is in the south-eastern corner and only 15 percent of Australians live in rural areas.
大部分人口居住在東南角只有15%的人住在鄉(xiāng)村。
11．It is generally accepted that Australia’s original inhabitants, the aboriginal people, have lived on the continent for 40,000 to 60,000 years.
澳大利亞土著居民被普遍認(rèn)為已經(jīng)在高州大陸棲息了4萬至6萬之久。
12．They were its their sole human in habitants until two centuries ago.
土著人一直是生活在澳大利亞體地上的唯一居民，這種情況一直延續(xù)到200年才起變化。
13．The first European settlement of the continent, by the British, began in 1788, on the site now occupied by Sydney, Australia’s largest city.
1788年，來自英國的第一批歐洲移民來到澳大利亞，在現(xiàn)在的悉尼，澳大利亞最大的城市。
14．There were then about 1,500 Europeans and an estimated 300,00 Aboriginal people in Australia.
那時(shí)澳大利亞大約有1,500歐洲人和大約300,000的土著人。
15．As a result of natural increase and immigration, the population today has reached more than 18 million.
隨著人口自然增長和移民的增加，今天的人口已經(jīng)超過1千8百萬。
16．Australia is a multicultural society with about a quarter of the population foreign born.
澳大利亞是一個(gè)多文化的社會擁有大約四分之一的人口是出生在境外的外國移民。
17．January 26, the date of the first European settlement of the continent in 1788, is Australia’s national day.
1788年1月26日，第一批歐洲移民在這里定居，這一天也就是澳大利亞的國慶節(jié)。
18．Austrailia has no official or traditional national costume.
澳大利亞沒有規(guī)定的國服，也沒有規(guī)定的傳統(tǒng)民族服飾。
19．The official language is English, by usage, not by law.
英語是澳大利亞的官方語言，這時(shí)習(xí)慣的沿襲，而非法定之規(guī)。
20．Australian English has its own colloquialisms and slang expressions, it does not differ importantly from other forms of English, except in accent.
雖然澳大利亞英語有它自己的方言和俚語，但是除了口音上，與其他說英語國家的英語沒有很大的區(qū)別。
21．Spelling generally follows the British form.
拼寫上也大致遵照英國英語的形式。
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