第2期:（考研英语长短句及短文）

源自：考研红宝书—每日一句。

难句

I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a building-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life”, and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.

词汇

publicized

v. 宣传（某事物）（尤指用广告）( publicize的过去式和过去分词 )；publicize

v.宣传;推广;宣扬;传播；much-publicized

多宣传→公开宣传。resignation

n. 辞职；放弃；辞职书；顺从editorship

n. 编辑的地位职位doctrine

n. 主义；学说；教义；信条alternative

adj. 供选择的；选择性的；交替的n. 二中择一；供替代的选择downshifting

n. 转换低速；降低速度例子：I deserve some time off, and have intentionally been downshifting to a simpler life, one that gives me time for computer games.我需要一些时间来休息。 我主动放慢了生活节奏，使之变得简单，从而给自己留出了时间来享受电脑游戏。Juggle

vt. 用…玩杂耍，边抛边接;歪曲，篡改;欺骗;失去平衡；vi. 玩杂耍;耍花招;欺骗；n. 玩杂耍;花招，骗局。phrase:

Ball juggling杂耍球foot juggling蹬人juggle with搬弄Juggling one’s life 忙个不停结构分析

该句主干是 I have discovered … that …；that 前的插入句中 as 指代 discover，所以完整的句子应该是 perhaps Kelsey will discover after …；that 引导的宾语从句中的主语是并列的动名词结构 abandoning … and making …；Juggling one’s life 中“juggle”原意为“耍把戏”，这里暗含“忙个不停”的意思，其意为“忙忙碌碌地生活”。难点

生词；合成词的翻译；短语搭配的文化辟义；as指代的语法；插入语的翻译顺序；译文

我发现，放弃那种“忙碌应对生活”的生活哲学而选择“放慢生活节奏”的生活，这样做带来的回报要比经济上的成功和社会地位的提高更多；或许凯尔西因不堪积劳重负而公开地辞去她在《她》杂志社的编辑一职之后也会有这样的发现。

短文阅读与翻译

China Has More eSports Players Than the UK Has People

译文：中国的电竞玩家比英国总人口都多。

The competitive gaming phenomenon known as eSports has taken China by storm, with more players and fans than the entire population of some countries.

词汇

competitive

adj.竞争的，角逐的phenomenon

n.现象◆take … by storm 席卷

◆short for ……的简称

◆video game 电子游戏

◆game on ≈ be ready for something challenging to begin.

准备好开始一些挑战，认为文中取此意，中国的电竞时代真的要开始了。said when the balance of a sports match or competition changes, and both sides suddenly have a chance of winning

(游戏开始 各有机会 公平竞争)

■Nowhere is this truer than…

◆a dozen 一打

◆national anthem 国歌

◆bid team 投标团，申报团

◆generate interest 激发兴趣

◆league of legends(LOL) 英雄联盟

◆tune in 观看

◆spectator/audience 观众

◆a huge appetite for 巨大的野心

译文

像电竞这样的竞技游戏席卷了中国，有着比一些国家的全体人口更多的玩家和粉丝。

If you’re not familiar with the phenomenon, eSports is short for electronic sport and refers to organised, competitive video gaming events played before live audiences or broadcast over the internet.

词汇：

phenomenon

n .现象 非凡的人或事物品refer to 参考；指的是；涉及be familiar with 对…熟悉video game 电子游戏live audience 现场观众short for ……的简称译文：

或许你现在还不熟悉这一事物。电竞是电子运动的缩写，就是在现场观众面前玩或在网上播的组织性竞争性的电子游戏活动。

For eSports in China, it’s really game on.Currently, there are 170 million eSportsplayers and fans in China, more than anyregular sport, a recent report byiResearch Consulting Group said.

词汇：

iResearch Consulting 艾瑞咨询

game on 刚刚开始，某一行业迎来春天；

game on详细解释：

①said when one feels that a situation is about to develop in one"s favour. 情况朝着对一方有利的方向发展；有好戏上演②a signal for play to begin in a game or match. 游戏/比赛开始译文：

中国电竞业真的迎来了发展的春天。艾瑞咨询集团最近发布的一份报告称，目前中国有1.7亿名电子竞技运动员和粉丝，比任何普通体育项目都多。

The popularity of eSports continues to grow globally, with huge numbers eitherparticipating or watching professionalscompetitively play video games.Nowhere is this truer than in China,which makes up 57% of the global eSports audience, according to an IHSMarkit research report.

词汇：

either

adv.（两者中的）任何一个,各方,（用于否定词组后）也,（补充时说）而且pron.两者中的任何一个adj.两者之一的,(两者之中)随便哪一个的,两者中任何一方的conj.…还是…nowhere

adv.无处,哪里都不n.无人知道的地方,没有…的地方true

n.真实的；vt.装校；a.真实的；adv.真实地。truer

a.真的、确实的；n.校准器。truly adv.真实地★：

vt→及物动词，直接加宾语；vi→不及物动词，加介词才能加宾语。make up 组成；补足；化妆；编造

Nowhere is this truer than 没有比…更正确的了，无法反驳。

译文：

广受欢迎的电子竞技在全球范围持续走热，其专业参赛者和视频观众都有着庞大的人口基数。而据IHS研究报告，中国的电竞观众在全球占比为57%，则更加佐证上面的那句话。

Recognised by the Chinese governmentas a real sport in 2003, China even has its own national eSports team. With more than a dozen players, the team will sing the national anthem before the country’s flag whilst taking part in international competitions.

词汇：

whilst

conj.〈英〉同“ while”n.〈古〉同“ the while”national anthem 国歌

翻译难点：

状语的翻译顺序；

译文：

在2003年，中国政府承认此为一项真正的体育运动后，中国甚至拥有了自己的国家队。而在参加国际比赛时，这支拥有十二名队员的队伍将在国旗前唱国歌。

In fact, eSports will be included in the programme at the 2022 Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in China.

词汇：

programme

n.节目,计划,【计】程序,课程(表)v.编写程序,为…制定计划,使…按安排进行★:文中做“比赛项目”之意。

→：实际上，2022年中国杭州举办的亚运会项目中也有电子竞技。Asian Games 亚运会

翻译难点:

英语被动语句调整为汉语主动；状语在句子中的顺序；两种将来语序。译文:

实际上，2022年在中国杭州举办的亚运会赛事里将会包含电子竞技。

The Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid team has also expressed an interest in eSports as a way of generating more interest in the games among young people.

词汇：

The Los Angeles 洛杉矶bid team 投标团，申报团generate interest 激发兴趣难点:

在字形上的时态变化：现在完成时；

译文：

2024年的洛杉矶奥运会投标团已经表达对电竞比赛的极浓兴趣，以此作为吸引年轻人关注赛事的方法。

At present, the number of professional eSports players in China has grown from a mere 50 in 2006, to 1,001 in 2016, according to data from Unibet.

词汇：

has grown from...to... 从…发展到…

Unibet 优胜客体育，国际知名体育公司；

难点：

★：a mere

mere 是个形容词，修饰名词时，如果是单数就要在前面加个冠词a,比如He is a mere child.他只是个孩子。但用在复数前面就不用加a了，比如We are mere students.我们只是学生。a mere = only, merely

例子：a mere 8 percent。译文：

根据优胜客的数据表明：如今中国的职业电子竞技运动员从2006年的仅50名增长到2016年的1001名。

Professionals players of eSports are playing not for fun, but for a living. In fact, some of its top players earn big money, totalling millions of dollars.According to esportsearnings.com, the highest-earning Chinese player, Li Peng,has so far earned nearly US$2 million.

词汇：

total 总计

so far 到目前为止

do sth. for a living 做某事谋生，以做某事为生

难点：

earn big money ；

译文：

电子竞技的职业选手并非为了玩乐，而是以此谋生。事实上，一些顶尖的职业玩家非常赚钱，总计百万美元。据Esport网报道，中国身价最高的职业玩家李鹏(dota，二冰)目前为止已经赚了近200万美元。

One of the games to take eSports by storm is League of Legends. It’s amultiplayer online battle arena videogame played on Microsoft Windows orthe Mac. As many as 800,000 fans will tune in to watch live-streamed sessions of China’s top League of Legends eSports team when they battle online.

词汇：

arena

n.圆形运动场,圆形剧场,斗争场所,竞争舞台,竞技场multiplayer多人

live-streamed现场直播

take … by storm 风靡…

tune in 收听，收看，观看；

译文：

“英雄联盟”(League Of Legends)是款风靡的电子竞技游戏。这是一个多人在线战斗竞技场电子游戏，可在微软的Windows或Mac的操作系统上可以玩到。而当中国最顶尖的英雄联盟队员比赛时，将会有80多万粉丝在线观看现场的网络直播节目。

Intense concentration and quick reflexesare needed to compete at a professional

level. Professional eSports athletes canspend 16 hours sitting in front of acomputer every day, making the intensity and high level of skill required comparable to traditional sports.

词汇：

intense concentration and quick reflexes高度专注和快速的反应

comparable to与...相媲美

难点：

被动语句。

译文：

专业比赛需要高度专注和快速的反应。专业的电子竞技运动员每天坐在电脑前花费16个小时进行高强度的训练，而这与传统的运动强度可相媲美。

There is significant interest in watching eSports competitions, too. Live events are known to attract tens of thousands of spectators at stadiums across the world. Hong Kong staged its first eSportsfestival at the beginning of the monthand saw an attendance estimated at50,000.

词汇：

audience/spectator/attendance观众stage/hold a festivaltens of thousands 数以万计interest

n.兴趣,利益,利息,关注v.使感兴趣,使关注译文：

观看电竞比赛上存在着极大利润。在线比赛吸引着全世界的观众买票入场，而香港在月初建了第一个电子竞技舞台并且有望容纳预计50000人。

Overall, China has a huge appetite for general online and mobile games, and its total number of gamers is estimated at half-a-billion. The huge number of Chinese gamers and the money spent ongaming has turned China into the world’stop gaming market, predicted to be worth US$27.5 billion this year.

词汇：

has a huge appetite for 有着巨大的兴趣The number of 指什么的数量，用单数

a number of 指大量的什么，用复数

overall = in a word 一般来说，总之

难点：

the number of做主语时，谓语动词用三单形式。

译文：

总之，中国对普通在线和移动游戏有着巨大的前景，其游戏玩家总数估计为5亿。中国人数庞大的游戏玩家和游戏投资已经使中国成为世界上最大的游戏市场，预计今年将达到275亿美元。