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2008年第3篇第09句
考研阅读逐句翻译
Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients — notably, protein — to feed expanding tissues.
词汇：
calorie //n. 卡路里，热量
nutrient //n. 营养物质
protein //n. 蛋白质
tissue //n. 组织
结构：
Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, （主句的主语是 Growth，后面插入了 which 定语从句）//demands calories and nutrients — notably, protein — tofeed expanding tissues（主句的谓语是 demands，破折号中间的是插入语在解释宾语）.
译文：
人一过20 岁就很少再长，长高需要热量和营养物质，尤其是蛋白质，以供给身体组织生长。
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2008年第3篇第10句
考研阅读逐句翻译
At the start of the 20th century, under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way.
词汇：
infection //n. 传染病，感染
译文：
在 20 世纪初期，营养不良和儿童疾病影响了身高增长。
翻译思路：
get in the way 柯林斯解释很清晰，比牛津朗文都要清晰：；If you say that someone gets in the way or is in the way, you are annoyed because their presence or their actions stop you doing something properly.意思是“妨碍，碍事”。
【作业】：
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2008年第3篇第11句
But as diet and health improved,children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a halfevery 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height.
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2008年第3篇第12句
Yet according to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, average height — 5′9′′ for men, 5′4′′ for women —hasn’t really changed since 1960.
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