英文写作手册中文翻译(12)

My life is one long curve, full of turning points. 我的生命犹如一条长长的曲线充满转折。 All the world is a stage. 世界是个大舞台。

Sometimes you go into what I call a bubble boom. Every bubble bursts.

有时你会进入一种泡沫式的繁荣，但泡沫终究要破灭的。 Efficiency is undermined in a jungle of red tape.

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效率淹没在使人如入迷津的繁琐手续之中。 The scandal took a lot of luster off the president’s status. 这一丑闻使总统的地位失去了很多光彩。 Life is but a dream. 人生如梦。

Life’s but a walking shadow.——William Shakespeare 人生如一个行走的影子。——威廉?莎士比亚 TOEFL/IELTS is a bridge to foreign universities. 托福/雅思考试是通往外国大学的桥梁。 His friend has become a thorn in his side. 朋友成了他的眼中钉。 You are your mother’s glass. 你长得酷似妈妈。

cf. He sat all the evening as silent as the Sphinx. 比较：他整晚坐在那儿，像雕像般沉默。

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

他像一只以为太阳出来是为了听它啼声的雄鸡。

Sometimes the moon looks like a bow, and sometimes like an O.

有时月亮看起来像张弓，有时像字母O。 3. Personification

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