2015英语六级翻译指导及练习(34)

　　1 The customer complained that no sooner ______________.

　　2. What upset me was ______________.

　　3. This piece of writing is ______________.

　　4. The court ruling ______________.

　　5. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning _____________.

　　1. had he started the computer than it stopped working

　　解析：本题考查对no sooner...than句型的掌握。no sooner...than和hardly...when都表示刚一......就......，注意其中连词的区别。该句型有两个特点：一是主句中一般使用过去完成时，而从句中一般使用一般过去时;二是no sooner或hardly位于句首时，要求句子采用部分倒装语序。本句中no sooner位于句首，故句子采用了倒装语序。

　　2. not what he said but the way he said it/ not what he said but the manner in which he said it

　　解析：本题考查对常见结构not...but...的掌握。Not...but...意为不是......而是......，用来连接两个并列成分，表示否定前者而肯定后者。他所说的话应用名词性从句what he said表示。......的方式用the way ...或the manner in which...表示都可以，前者中的in which常省略。

　　3. more like a news report than a short story

　　解析：本题考查对more...than...用法的掌握。more...than...可以表示与其......不如......，该结构中可以使用形容词，也可以使用名词、代词、动词、介词短语等。如：He is more diligent than clever.本句中是表示更像，于是用了more like。

　　4. deprived him of his political rights

　　解析：本题考查对固定结构deprive sb. of sth.的掌握。Deprive sb. of sth.意为剥夺某人某物。政治权利常用political rights表达。court ruling意为法庭的判决。

　　5. while animal behavior depends mainly on instinct /whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct

　　解析：本题考查对表示对比或相反情况的连接词的掌握。While或whereas都可以作为连词，表示前后的一种对比或相反的情况，意为然而。注意此处不要用however，因为however是表示一种强烈的转折关系，不强调前后情况的对比。