新概念英语第三册-英语汉译英第八单元

第八单元

1、那个提议听起来很诱人，但如果是个骗局怎么办？

It sounds like a good idea, but what if it’s a trick?

2、这一地区的城镇因为地震遭受到很大的损失，受灾最严重的地方包括九江和瑞昌

Cities and towns in this area suffered a lot from the earthquake with Jiujiang and Ruichang among the worst-hit.

3、他抱怨说，他们压根就不应该参与这件事

He complained that they should not have got involved in it in the first place. 

4、看在玛丽的份上，我可以把车借给你，以解决你的交通工具问题

For Mary’s sake, I can lend you my car to get around your transport problem.

5、理论上说，克隆一个孩子以获取器官是可行的，但实际上这么做却可能对孩子的心理有害

In theory it’s feasible to clone a child to harvest organs, but in practice it would be psychologically harmful to the child.

6、他以Braver的名义发表了一篇文章，强调克隆动物的过程也同样适用于人类这一观点

He published an article under the name of Braver which stresses the idea that the process of cloning animals would work for humans as well.