This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.
词汇:
subtle //adj.不易察觉的,微妙的
unconsciously //adv.无意识地,不知不觉地
imitate //v.模仿
结构:
This is a subtle form of peer pressure(分号隔开的第一个分句): //we unconsciously imitate the behavior (分号隔开的第二个分句)//we see every day(定语从句).
译文:
这种同辈压力很微妙:我们不知不觉地会模仿自己每天看到的行为。
翻译思路:
This is a subtle form of peer pressure,有这样几个翻译,都行,大家感受一下:
这是一种很微妙的同辈压力形式。
这是同辈压力的一种微妙形式。
这是同辈压力的一种隐秘形式。
这是一种微妙的同辈压力。
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第19句
词汇:
bureaucrat //n.官僚,官僚主义者
steer //v.驾驶,掌握方向盘;控制,引导
virtuous //adj.有道德的,品行端正的
结构:
Far less certain, however, is(主句)//how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions(how表语从句,其中谓语是并列动词select...and steer...).
译文:
但是,很难确定的是,专家和官员能在多大程度上成功选出我们的同龄群体,并引导其行为良性发展。
作业:
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第20句
It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2012年第1篇第21句和第22句
The tactic never really works. And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.
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