• Not to Be Taken Out 概不外借

    11-07-21 Mark Twain once went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in Tarry town. May I borrow a book from you? he asked politely. Yes, you're more than welcome to it, the neighbour told him. But I must ask you to read it here. You know I make a rule ne...

  • 几个简单的英译汉

    11-06-17 1. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. 这是苹果公司创始人、IT业最有影响力的人物之一Steve Jobs在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上致辞中的最后一句话,也是整个演讲的核心。他把对年轻人的期望全部包含到了这两个简单的句子中,鼓励学生们追求自己想要的生活。 直译:保持饥饿,保持愚...

  • 作家Tea Obreh获2011年橘子小说奖

    11-06-09 Serbian-American author Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Tiger's Wife. 美籍塞尔维亚作家Tea Obreh以其处女作《老虎的妻子》获得橘子小说奖。 The 25-year-old, who is the youngest author to scoop the honour, was...

  • Phone Book

    11-04-26 Once a blonde went to the library to get a book. A few days later, she returns and says to librarian(图书管理员) at the counter, This book was very boring. It had too many characters and too many numbers, so I would like to return it. The libraria...

  • Starting Point

    11-04-14 We are reading the first verse(诗篇) of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the myster...

  • 布什自传《抉择时刻》将出版发行

    10-10-25 Former US president George W. Bush says he made a swift transition from White House pampering to picking up his pet's poop, according to a news report Wednesday. 本周三最新报道称,美国前总统乔治W布什表示自己很快适应了角色转变从养尊处优的美国总统到捡...

  • 布莱尔回忆录被提名“拙劣性爱奖”

    10-10-23 Former prime minister's memoir nominated for prize dedicated to clumsy erotic scenes in fiction. 英国前首相布莱尔的回忆录日前获得拙劣性爱奖提名,而这一殊荣原本只颁给小说作品。 'I was an animal' ... Tony Blair kisses Cherie. Tony Blair has received a...

  • 增词减词

    10-10-09 1、增词 增词,从理论上说可以增加任何词,但在什么时候增加什么样的词,才能恰到好处,而不超出一定界限,则需要悉心体会。下面试分析几个译例: 1)A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper. 译文一:一本书,紧紧合上,只是一叠纸。 译文二:一本书,如果紧紧...

  • 奥巴马新书将于11月上架

    10-09-18 President Barack Obama will release a children's picture book, inspired by his two daughters, that pays tribute to 13 influential Americans, publisher Random House said on Tuesday. 兰登书屋本周二宣布,美国总统贝拉克奥巴马将出版一本受两个女儿启发撰写...

  • 霍金:宇宙是大爆炸产生的

    10-09-11 God did not create the universe and the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book. 英国著名理论物理学家史蒂芬霍金在新书中称,上帝并没有创造宇宙,宇宙...