《每日一句漢譯英》一周匯總 (43)

本周一，由於英國人卡西(Paul Casey)因肩傷退出比賽，14歲的中國高爾夫球手張華創成為曆史上入圍美國高爾夫公開賽(U.S. Open)的最年輕選手，從而創造了他個人的曆史。

14-year-old Chinese golfer Andy Zhang made history of his own on Monday by becoming the youngest player ever to qualify for this week's U.S. Open after Briton Paul Casey withdrew because of a shoulder injury.

上周末，22歲的中國高爾夫球手馮珊珊以低於標準杆六杆的總成績奪得女子高爾夫LPGA錦標賽冠軍，成為中國第一位贏得重要巡回賽事和錦標賽冠軍的球手。

Over the weekend, 22-year-old Chinese golfer Feng Shanshan claimed women's golf's LPGA Championship title by shooting 6-under-par for the week, becoming the first Chinese player to win a major tour event and title.

par /ˈpɑɚ/ noun
plural pars

1: the number of strokes a good golfer is expected to take to finish a golf hole or course
[noncount]
▪ He made/scored par on the ninth hole.
▪ She finished the 18th hole three strokes under/over par.
▪ The 18th hole is a par 5. [=par for the 18th hole is five strokes]
▪ a par-5 hole
[count]
▪ He made/scored a par on the ninth hole.
▪ She made/scored nine pars in a row.

Golf
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players (or golfers) use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.

It is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on golf "courses", each of which features a unique design, although courses typically consist of either nine or 18 holes. Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

Golf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as match play.

The major championships are the four most prestigious men's tournaments of the year. In chronological order they are: The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open) and the PGA Championship.[36]

Women's golf does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The list of majors recognised by the dominant women's tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., has changed several times over the years, with the last change in 2001. Like the PGA Tour, the (U.S.) LPGA[41] has four majors: the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship, the U.S. Women's Open and the Women's British Open. Only the last of these is also recognised by the Ladies European Tour.

For more see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf

過去15年間，中國已飛速發展成為全球製造業強國之一，幾乎所有大型外國公司都已在中國建立業務。中國製造業不再僅限於生產用於出口的廉價基礎部件，而是將主要精力投在生產精密產品和滿足快速增長的國內需求上。

China has emerged so rapidly as a manufacturing powerhouse over the past 15 years that nearly all major foreign companies have set up operations there. And they are no longer simply building cheap production bases for exports but are focusing on sophisticated products and China’s booming domestic demand.

中國成功完成了其航天器的首次載人交會對接任務，這是中國欲在2020年前後發射空間站計劃的重要一步。周一，神舟九號飛船與天宮一號空間實驗室成功對接。

China successfully achieved its first manned space docking, an important step in the country's quest to launch a space station by around 2020.The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Monday docked with China's Tiangong-1 space laboratory.

¹quest /ˈkwɛst/ noun

plural quests

[count] formal + literary

1: a journey made in search of something
▪ They went on a quest for gold.

2: a long and difficult effort to find or do something
▪ a quest for answers

▪ The team's quest to win a championship finally came to an end.

▪ He refuses to give up his quest to discover the truth.

²quest verb

quests; quest·ed; quest·ing

[no obj] formal + literary: to go on a journey to find something
▪ They were questing for gold.

in quest of

: searching for (something)
▪ She is in quest of the perfect wine.

新近一份報告顯示，亞裔是美國人數增長最快、受教育程度最高、收入最多的族裔。報告認為，這一多數成員為移民的社會群體對於日益依賴熟練勞動力的美國經濟是一個有利因素。

Asians are the fastest-growing, most educated and highest-earning population in the U.S., according to a new report that paints the majority-immigrant group as a boon to an economy that has come to rely increasingly on skilled workers.

boon /ˈbu:n/ noun
plural boons

[count] : something pleasant or helpful : a benefit or advantage — usually singular
▪ What at first looks like an inconvenience can be a boon.— usually + for or to
▪ The new tax cut is a boon for homeowners.
▪ Reliable daycare is a boon to working parents.

迄今為止，中國建設世界一流航空業的目標尚未取得多少實際成效，但這並不是由於缺乏努力：中國正斥巨資研發新機型和建設航空基礎設施，計劃到2015年建設70座新機場，還有商用噴氣式飛機C919，意欲和波音（Boeing）及空中客車（Airbus）的暢銷機型相抗衡。

China's goal of building a world-class aviation industry has so far yielded few tangible results, but not for a lack of effort: The country is spending heavily on new aircraft development and aviation infrastructure, with plans for 70 new airports by 2015 and a commercial jet, the C919, meant to compete with best-sellers from Boeing and Airbus.