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2006年第4篇第7句
考研阅读逐句翻译
But it’s not as if earlier times didn’t know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents.
词汇：
perpetual //adj. 永恒的，持久的，没完没了的
massacre //n. 大屠杀，大残杀
译文：
这说得好像早期没有经历过战争连连、灾难频频、滥杀无辜。
翻译思路：
It’s not as if...已经成为固定用法了，朗文词典的解释是used to say that something cannot be the explanation for a situation or someone's behaviour because it is not true，它翻译为“其实并不”。
例如：I don't know why you're so frightened of her, it's not as if she's got any power over you.(我不明白你为什么这样怕她，她又没权管你。)
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2006年第4篇第8句
考研阅读逐句翻译
The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.
词汇：
opposite //n. 对立物，对立面
译文：
事实上，原因可能恰好相反：当今世上有太多该死的幸福。
【作业】：
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2006年第4篇第9/10句
After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising.
唐静 考研阅读逐句翻译2006年第4篇第11句
The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.
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