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Hong Kong 香港最近發(fā)生了很多事,，看似遙遠(yuǎn)卻和我們息息相關(guān)，這讓我們不由地重新審視香港這座城市,。愛國的話自不必多說,，相信香港不久便可以恢復(fù)往日的秩序與繁榮。 今天,，我們一起回憶回憶印象中的香港模樣,。  At first, Hong Kong doesn’t seem to make sense. It is simultaneously Western and Asian, both a concrete jungle and an actual jungle, and equally glitzy and gritty. 乍一看，香港似是叫人捉摸不透,。這座城市既植根于亞洲文化又散發(fā)著西方風(fēng)情,；既是一片鋼筋混凝土森林，又擁有貨真價(jià)實(shí)的熱帶叢林,；既燈紅酒綠又真實(shí)殘酷,。 Make sense：to be clear and easy to understand；這個(gè)詞還可以這么用：make+ adj+ sense,，我們可以說the protest doesn’t make financial sense,，換句話說就是做這事劃不來,，要虧錢的 Concrete jungle：an unpleasant area in a city that is full of big ugly buildings and has no open spaces；隨著城市化的飛速發(fā)展,，很多城市變成了混凝土叢林The sprawling urban development has turned city after city into concrete jungles,，幾乎千篇一律，毫無特色 Glitzy：盛大的,、浮華的,，略帶貶義 Gritty：showing a difficult or unpleasant situation as it really is；gritty本意是某某東西里面含沙礫,，如gritty soil,，仔細(xì)一想，真相往往像手中的沙礫一樣有點(diǎn)硌得慌呢,？ Glitzy和gritty連用,，押了頭韻，意思上則呈對比關(guān)系,，可以看得出作者的用心,。不知各位讀者看到這兩個(gè)詞的時(shí)候是不是和我想的一樣，香港高樓林立,，有些人生活光鮮,，有些人還在為下個(gè)月的房租發(fā)愁。 But somehow, the city balances it all beautifully, and this unique DNA courses through the veins of every resident and every neighborhood. 不過,，香港優(yōu)雅地在這些矛盾體中取得了平衡,，這種獨(dú)特的生活態(tài)度早已融入每一位居民的血液中、每一片街區(qū)的角落里,。 DNA：不是咱們初中學(xué)的脫氧核糖核酸,，指的是一種精神、一種文化,。是企業(yè)介紹的常見表達(dá) Course：作動詞時(shí)近義詞是flow,，往往和液體、情感搭配,；舉個(gè)栗子,，tears course down her cheeks You can take a hike before work, have dirt cheap dim sum for lunch, then later indulge at a Michelin-starred restaurant—so don’t forget to pause and take it all in. 清晨出發(fā)上班前信步慢踱。午飯來一份算不上衛(wèi)生的便宜點(diǎn)心,。晚些時(shí)候再找一家米其林餐廳,，盡情享受美味佳肴。所以,，不妨?xí)r常駐足片刻,，留心香港的日常生活,。 Dim sum：點(diǎn)心 Indulge：to let yourself do or have something that you enjoy, especially something that is considered bad for you,，中性偏貶的詞,；具體是褒是貶，還看語境,，這里就是褒義詞,。Teenagers will indulge in mobile games as long as there is WiFi connection這就是貶 Michelin-starred：米其林餐廳，不是米其林開的餐廳,，而是收錄在《米其林指南》的餐廳,。沒錯(cuò)，這個(gè)米其林就是賣輪胎的米其林,，至于為啥賣輪胎的可以評選餐廳,，那又是另一個(gè)故事了。這里還是注意下表達(dá),，米其林大廚應(yīng)該怎么說呢,？留言區(qū)試試看。 Take in：觀察,、欣賞,，如Take in the stunning countryside scenes after a three-hour climb 以上算是對香港的一個(gè)整體感受，我們再看看街頭巷尾的生活,。  The fortune-tellers with their street stands. The banners of clothing drying on windowsills. Musicians playing the traditional erhu, a two-stringed violin. The earnest chess players hunched over boards on tables and chairs. Vendors stir-frying woks of hot chestnuts or selling sweet potatoes and duck eggs. A shoe repairman hammering away at his open-air worktable. 算命的在街上擺著攤,。窗臺上晾著一排排衣物。賣藝的拉著二胡演奏音樂,。下棋的坐在椅子上,，聳拉著肩膀，滿臉專注地望向桌上的棋盤,。街頭小販有的炒著熱乎乎的板栗,，有的叫賣著紅薯、鴨蛋,。修鞋的頭頂天空,，在縫紉臺上聚精會神地修修補(bǔ)補(bǔ)。 Fortune-tellers：算命的,，稍微變一下就是tell fortune算命,。In ancient times, the Chinese people used oracle bones to tell their fortune Earnest: serious Hunch：to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back。舉個(gè)栗子,，He stood hunched at the door, lost in thought Sweet Potato：紅薯 Hammer away：to do something with great energy and with all your attention,；后面介詞跟at 這幾句話全是名詞結(jié)構(gòu)，描繪了一副香港日常生活的畫面,，有點(diǎn)清明上河圖的感覺,。不少細(xì)節(jié)描寫值得我們學(xué)習(xí)，也提醒我們要把一件事情說生動,，細(xì)節(jié)不可少,。 And if you get up by 7 a.m. you can catch a little hush in Hong Kong, and see locals doing tai chi or walking dogs. 如果你早晨七點(diǎn)能爬的起來,，便有機(jī)會一睹安寧的香港，可以看到當(dāng)?shù)厝隋薰?、打太極,，一片祥和。 Catch：這里相當(dāng)于discover,；catch是個(gè)百搭詞,，比如說catch a glimpse，或者是catch sb with their pants down（出其不意,、措手不及） Hush：a period of silence, especially following a lot of noise, or when people are expecting sth to happen,；也可以直接作動詞，讓別人安靜,。上學(xué)那會兒,，一有同學(xué)講話，班長就說：“安靜（hush）,！” Do taichi or walk dogs：這個(gè)直接背熟,，聊天寫作拿來就用。 以上片段節(jié)選自《國家地理》,，感興趣的同學(xué)可以點(diǎn)擊鏈接欣賞原文,。 https://www./travel/destinations/asia/china/hong-kong/explorers-guide/ https://www./travel/best-family-trips/hong-kong/ 結(jié)尾再啰嗦兩句。香港事件暴露了很多問題,，其中之一便是咱們在信息傳播的過程中缺乏話語權(quán),，導(dǎo)致滿是偏見的部分外媒成了國際社會了解事態(tài)的主要渠道。輿論走向可想而知,。身為翻譯,，咱們要做到師夷長技以制夷，講好中國故事,。望共勉,。 感謝閱讀！ 翻譯如做菜,，煎炒炸煮,、油鹽醬醋 樣樣有學(xué)問，處處需琢磨 |
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