【试题】
生活在中国不同地区的人们饮食多种多样。北方人主要吃面食,南方人大多吃米饭。在沿海地区,海鲜和淡水水产品在人们饮食中占有相当大的比例,而在其他地区人们的饮食中,肉类和奶制品更为常见。四川、湖南等省份的居民普遍爱吃辛辣食物,而江苏和浙江人更喜欢甜食。然而,因为烹饪方式各异,同类食物的味道可能会有所不同。
【译文】
People who live in different areas of China have different diets. People in the north mainly like wheaten food, and those in the south eat rice mostly. In coastal areas, seafood and freshwater products account for a considerable proportion of people’s diet. In other places, however, meat and dairy products are much more common. Residents in some provinces, such as Sichuan, Hunan and so on, like spicy food generally, but those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefer sweet food. Nevertheless, due to various ways of cooking, the tastes of food in the same kind may be different.
【解析】
①生活在中国不同地区的人们饮食多种多样。
考察定语从句。四级题目中定从并不多,但此处比较简单。另外饮食可以直接用diet,或者说人们喜欢吃不同的食物。
People who live in different areas of China have different diets.
②北方人主要吃面食,南方人大多吃米饭。
并列句,但是没有连词,需要自行添加或断句。也可以转换为状语从句。面食是用小麦wheat制成的,或者用flour。“主要”和“大多”处理为副词。
People in the north mainly like wheaten food,
and those in the south eat rice mostly.
③在沿海地区,海鲜和淡水水产品在人们饮食中占有相当大的比例,而在其他地区人们的饮食中,肉类和奶制品更为常见。
本句内容较长,还是并列句、断句,或者状从处理。“占...比例”的短语较多,如make up / occupy / account for等。务必注意“奶制品”dairy的拼写。
淡水 fresh water
奶制品 dairy product
In coastal areas, seafood and freshwater products account for a considerable proportion of people’s diet.
In other places, however, meat and dairy products are much more common.
④四川、湖南等省份的居民普遍爱吃辛辣食物,而江苏和浙江人更喜欢甜食。
并列句,各省的拼音一定不要出错,只有首字母大写。
辛辣的 spicy
Residents in some provinces, such as Sichuan, Hunan and so on, like spicy food generally,
but those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefer sweet food.
⑤然而,因为烹饪方式各异,同类食物的味道可能会有所不同。
本句含有因果,原因后内容可以处理为完整句子或名词短语,因此可选择对应不同结构。
Nevertheless, due to various ways of cooking,
the tastes of food in the same kind may be different.