《每日一句漢譯英》一周總匯 (16)

“黑色星期五”對大型零售連鎖企業來說是最重要的日子，因為這一天預示他們在未來一個月的假日銷售情況，而假日期間通常是一年中最贏利的時候。

Black Friday is one of the most important days for retail chains because it indicates what they can expect during the next month of holiday shopping -- their most lucrative time of year.

中國表示 ，隨著政府出台一係列限製房產銷售的措施以冷卻北京一度炙手可熱的房市，北京今年已有將近一千家房地產中介被迫關門。
 
China says nearly 1,000 real estate outlets in the nation's capital have been forced to close this year, as a slew of new government restrictions on property sales continue to cool Beijing's once red-hot property market.

 
新加坡島的外貌既不廣闊又不雄偉，它缺少作為海島背景的大山，但是它仍然十分清秀可愛。

The island of Singapore is not imposing in aspect, for there are no mountains; yet its appearance is not without attractions.
 
 
當你覺得他像羅伯特·雷德福一樣儀表堂堂，像索爾仁尼琴一樣心地純潔，像伍迪·艾倫一樣言談風趣，像吉米·康納斯一樣身體矯健，像阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦一樣頭腦聰明，那你就被愛衝昏了頭腦。

Infatuation is when you think he's as gorgeous as Robert Redford, as pure as Solzhenitsyn, as funny as Woody Allen, as athletic as Jimmy Connors, and as smart as Albert Einstein.
 
當你認識到他在長相方麵像伍迪·艾倫，頭腦方麵像吉米·康納斯，言談方麵像索爾仁尼琴，身體方麵像阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦，無論在哪一方麵都不像羅伯特·雷德福——但你卻偏偏要嫁給他，這才是真正的愛。
 
Love is when you realize he's as gorgeous as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Solzhenitsyn, as athletic as Albert Einstenin, and nothing like Robert Redford in any category--but you'll take him anyway.
 
 
著名作家蕭伯納曾說過：在這個世界上取得成功的人，都努力去尋求他們想要的機會，如果找不到時，他們就自己創造機會。

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them." Such is the remark made by Bernard Shaw, a great writer.
 
 
為了進行認真細致的考察，他很少乘車坐船，幾乎全靠雙腳翻山越嶺，長途跋涉；為了弄清大自然的真相，他總是挑選道路艱險的山區，人跡稀少的森林進行考察，發現了許多奇山秀景。

In order to get a detailed and truthful picture of the particular places, he preferred to travel on foot instead of by cart or boat, despite the hardships on long distances; and he even ventured in mountainous areas and jungles, which are rarely traveled by people and full of dangers. The pay-off for his efforts was his discovery of many fantastic landscapes.