2014年12月大学英语四级备考初期新题型翻译的练习(12)

　　　请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

　　1.这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。

　　2.虽然物质产品的价值可以用金钱来衡量，但要估算别人为我们所提供的服务的价值是极其困难的。

　　3.电台，电视使做广告的人可以用这种手段吸引上百万人的注意力。

　　4.我用一条胶带把桃树底部包上，不让蚂蚁接近蚜虫。

　　5.恶心是寻求独处的愿望或寻求意外发现机会的欲望吸引着人们来到地下深处。

　　参考答案:

　　1.It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.

　　2.Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money,it is extermely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.

　　3.Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.

　　4.I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape,making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphids.

　　5.Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures people down to the depths of the earth.