2018天津大学MTI初试〖翻译基础〗〖英译汉第二篇〗

胡小小考 · 发表于 2018-2-27 15:25

PART TWO （合计40分）

A broken but still living bee was feebly emerging from the sand.
Beguiled by its survival, I leaned down to survey the damage. The right wing was relatively intact, but the left was crumpled like a piece of paper. Nevertheless, the bee kept exercising the wings slowly up and down, as though assessing the damage. It also began to groom its sand-entrusted thorax and abdomen. Next the bee turned its attention to the bent left wing, rapidly smoothing the wing by running its legs down the length. After each straightening session, the bee buzzed its wings as if to test the lift. At last the bee felt sufficiently confident to attempt a trial flight. With an audible buzz it released its grip on the earth—andflew into a rise in the sand not more than three inches away. The little creature hit so hard that it tumbled. More frantic smoothing and flexing followed. Once more it took off, this time clearing the sand but heading straight toward a stump.
Narrowly avoiding it, the bee rechecked its forward speed, circled and then drifted slowly over the mirror-like surface of the pool as if to admire its own reflection.

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