英语四级翻译课堂笔记
1. _________________ ，there would be no more reason to fear them than to fear men..
2. When it is short of water，a plant _______________.
3. He has never mixed with them or _____________，but has demanded and generally received a respect due to his position and superior intelligence.
4.Your Math instructor would have been happy ________________had you gone and explained that your parents were ill at the time.
5. ________________of the family，the emphasis on family financial security will shift from protection to saving for the retirement years.
答案与解析:
1. If machines really thought as men do
本题意为：如果机器真的能像人一样会思考的话，那么就没有理由害怕它们，如同没有理由害怕人类一样。考查的是虚拟语气的用法。如果所述与现在事实相反，那么虚拟条件句的从句谓语部分用过去时态，主句谓语部分用would/could/might/should+动词原型。如果所述与过去事实相反，则从句谓语用过去完成时态，主句谓语用would/could/might/should+动词现在完成时态。如果所述与将来事实相反，则从句谓语用 should/were to+动词原型，主句谓语用would/could/should/might+动词原型。本题属第一种。
2. normally uses evaporation as a means of cooling
本题主要考查考生的'词汇量。 蒸发 和 降温 可以分别用evaporation，cooling。cool本来是形容词 凉爽的，酷的，好的 ，作为动词可以表示降温。本句可译为：在缺乏水分时，植物一般用蒸发作为降温的手段。
