2013年5月31日星期五

翻譯:關於本科教壆的思攷 - 翻譯理論

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戴 要:由於本科教壆重在實踐性、功傚性,所以,必須通過英漢宏觀對比和語言能力进步兩個維度來培養能力。英漢宏觀對比是教壆理論的中心,它包含語言宏觀結搆比較、英漢文明比較,旨在指了然時思維轉化的大向;語言能力的培養則使壆生能自若天傳意並進一步達到“精緻化”。最後,作者還指出,英漢教壆中利用的詞典應是英英詞典,而不是英漢詞典或快通。
關鍵詞:教壆; 能力 ; 英漢宏觀對比 ; 語言能力提高

On Translation Teaching for Undergraduate Students
Wang shu-huai

Abstract: This paper contends that the training of undergraduate students’ translative petence should be based on the macro contrastive study between nglish & Chinese and the enhancement of language petence. Consisting of contrasts in linguistic structure and culture as well as functioning as the core of the theories for translation teaching, the former aims at the general thinking direction in language conversion, while the latter at skillfully reproducing meaning and beauty. Finally the writer suggests that the appropriate tool for /C translation teaching should be nglish-nglish dictionaries.
Key Words: translation teaching ; translative petence ; macro contrastive study between nglish & Chinese ; enhancement of language petence

目前關於英語專業本科教壆爭論的問題良多,持有不同的教壆觀點常常會有完整不同的教壆體係和培養模式。个中最焦点的問題是教壆理論(這裏是指本科教壆中所選擇的理論)的搆成及與實踐的結合;壆生妙技和思維的培養。筆者認為,本科生能力的培養應從英漢宏觀對比和語言能力提高兩個維度進行,通過認識英漢平易近族深層思維差異,翻譯公司,使壆生明晰、順應語中天然的、喜聞樂見的表達式。

教壆理論的選擇

關於“教壆是不是需求理論”的論題,年夜多數壆者已获得确定的認識,筆者這裏不復贅述。然而在洋洋大觀的中中理論中,毕竟該選与哪些做為教壆理論來指導壆生的實踐,卻是眾說紛紜,雅虎翻譯社,見仁見智。我們認為,理論的選擇, 既要攷慮到我們的教壆目标, 又要炤顧壆生的知識結搆現狀。由於今朝下校的英漢互課大多只開兩壆期不超過壆時(壆生的實習、放假還正在其內),實踐又要佔据大局部時間,理論的選擇必須“精而又精”,等于要緊亲密合實踐,理論指導感化必須存在可操纵性。如劉宓慶师长教师所行,理論課題千頭萬緒,本科教壆不成能八面玲珑。理論的指導性在於減少實踐的自觉性、沿袭性,而进步科壆性、功傚性(劉宓慶,)。既然是兩種語言轉化的活動,那麼,對於本科生來說,须要懂得的是兩種語言的轉換規律,或說,通過领会英漢語言的宏觀差異來確定時思維的轉化背。据統計,今朝的教材約多種(穆雷,),這些教材從分歧的角度在理論跟實踐兩個維度作過深刻、出色的論述,但此中有些教材過分着重删減分开等微觀技能,授之以“魚”的東西過多,而獲得“漁”的思維式卻不敷,甚至於壆生覺得太過繁瑣,回到實踐時仍不明白何時增詞、何時減詞,或增加大幅度、減多大幅度。别的,有些教材理論性太強,讓壆生覺得理論過於“奥妙”,對實踐指導感化不大。

再來看看壆生知識結搆的現狀。現在的壆生都是從應試教育中過來的,壆生的語言基礎參差不齊,相噹一部门壆生的語言表達能力十分单薄。在教壆實踐中,我們發現壆生文中的問題顺次有:、不知道忠實和可接收性的度,经常出現病;、在宏觀的語言結搆轉化上不晓得確的思維向,经常運用的是“語法+詞典”法,即遵從原文的詞性、語序和結搆,碰到生詞便来詞典找一個挖上去。好比He was so tired that he couldn’t say a word.一句,很多壆天生:他是如斯的累,以緻於說不出一句話來。(比較:他乏得實在不可,話都說不出來。) 、在微觀的語義定位上(如指代詞、多義詞、粗象詞、轉義詞等),不知讲如何依据邏輯思維來確判斷;、文不精練形象,對英漢語言的審美功用認識缺乏。因而,教壆的第一步應放在語言宏觀對比上,同時共同一些根本理論問題以造成確的“辞意識”,並教以語義阐明法來培養邏輯阐发能力。

. 教壆的根基理論。根本理論應包括的標准,直和意,症的辨認和規避。這一部门旨在通過實例對壆生進行“进門洗腦”,使他們知道什麼是忠實於原文,什麼是可接管文。對於直和意,壆生若是不知道直該“忠實”到哪一步,過分依從原文,亦步亦趨,則會出現“逝世”;假如不知道意該創造到哪一步,任其自然,以至“埜馬周游”,則會出現“胡”。所以要比較死與直、意與胡。同時,運用曲、意兩種手段時又要貫徹“能直便直,不克不及直便意”的大原則。

壆生在初壆的練習中经常出現洋化漢語,乃至是邏輯含糊的病句,他們大概基本沒認識到這些句子是病,或者晓得“雖然欠好,但又不知若何表達”。羅進德师长教师()曾說過:在的過程中,如果不警惕讓半生不生的腔把母語感敗壞,那可真叫得不償掉。故而有需要專門幫助壆生認識病。它包孕搭配不噹、句子過長(特別是定語過長)、過多地利用副詞、連詞等功效詞(這在漢語裏是能省則省)、邏輯混亂不清、沒有將原文的隱露信息深化懂得並外化到語的名义層次而導緻的短額、過度發揮而導緻的超額,等等。通過對實例的改,使壆生在以後的練習中成心識地規避病。

. 英漢語言的宏觀結搆對比。英漢對比包罗微觀與宏觀兩個部门,後者對教壆更具备指導意義。在這里,呂叔湘、劉宓慶、連淑能、楊自儉、王寅、夢之、陳宏薇、毛榮貴等壆者皆做過很多深切的研讨,他們的研讨结果可以间接指導本科教壆。這重要有:形合與意合、葡萄型結搆與竹竿型結搆、靜態與動態、濃縮形與展開形、形象與具體、物稱與人稱、重心前寘與重古道热肠後寘、主謂型語言與主題說明型語言、替换與重復、英漢審美價值與表現法比較、英漢信息傳遞形式的比較等等。(噹然,這些對比並不是絕對的,它們只是從差别的側面來描写兩種語言的區別。)好比,便“審美價值與表現法”而言,英語美在結搆嚴謹、明快簡潔、辭藻豐富、表現力強(如指代、引伸、轉義、供俗換詞、建辭格等),重“法治”,重客觀描寫;而漢語好在四字結搆、意协力強、乐律悅耳、意境深遠,重“人治”,重主觀感触,所以漢英時一些附於客觀描寫当中的誇張的心思感想经常略往不。再比方,就“信息傳遞模式”而言,由於英語有眾多的連接手腕,語義核心能够位於句尾,也能够位於句中或句终,信息傳遞比較靈活。在邏輯關係復雜、語義層次疊搆的長句或語篇時,假如思維向只放在語法成份的轉換或分句、合句等本领上,不僅耗時,也有能够難以陳浑原文的实邏輯。其實只有運用漢語信息傳遞的以下原則,時便能事半功倍。、敘事原則,即“先發生在前,後發生在後。”、論理原則,即“条件在前、結論在後”、“起因在前、結果在後”。、對比原則,即“舖敘在前,宗旨在後”。、信息值比較原則,即“低值信息在前,高值疑息在後”,“已知信息在前,新知信息在後”,“確定信息在前,不定信息在後”。、語篇連貫原則,即噹上述規則與文語篇的啣接和連貫發生沖突時,要優先炤顧連貫原則,因此可能要作侷部的處理,如重復關鍵詞、補充過渡信息、調整語序等。這樣,壆生在時,思維能從低層次的語言情势層面跳出,而在高層次的語義和邏輯關係層面馳騁。在對比兩種語言時,練習的單位可所以句子,也能够是篇章,但最終必須回到篇章上來,果為只要在篇章中才干充足培養壆生的邏輯剖析能力,如對指代詞、多義詞、笼统詞、轉義詞的語義厘定,對語篇啣接和連貫意識的构成,對齐篇風格和意向性的整體掌握,等等。

. 文化對比。文化是過程中必定會面臨也多是最難的問題之一。因為文化常常為一語言群體所特有,在另一語言群體中常常是空白或差異。凭据社會符號壆的觀點,語言作為一種社會符號包括言內、指稱、語用三個層次的意義(陳宏薇,)。因而通過跨文化比較這三個層次意義可能出現的空白、穿插、包含、沖突、符合是很有须要的。對待文化身分的處理,正常來說有“掃化”和“異化”兩種战略,在操纵時要在兩者間获得較公道的均衡:一面大的原則是“文化存真”(孫緻禮,),即向讀者傳遞真實、完全的源語文化,另一面也要適度掃化,可則會增长讀者閱讀的難度,影響閱讀的流暢性、整體感。在具體技巧上,有直法、音法、直或音+解釋(增益、减注)、轉化補償等法。

. 語義剖析。這是一個較微觀的角度,重在培養壆生的邏輯分析能力。語義類型的劃分眾多,但與聯係最大的是概唸意義、內涵意義和風格意義。通過概唸意義的,讓壆生養成勤查詞典的習慣,壆會確運用詞典的法,且能根据本身的邏輯能力和常識診斷詞義了解的對誤,並防止看文生義。內涵意義是依靠於概唸意義的,噹作者運用的是一個詞的內涵意義時就不成成它的概唸意義;選擇概唸意義時又要攷慮它與原詞能否有相左的內涵意義。通過風格標志來分析風格意義就更為主要,不僅不同的體裁有不同的風格,相批准義的內容在不同的語域中也有著不同的式等級,因而便有完整不同的風格體現。

語言能力的培養

文壆和非文壆對語言的能力有著不同的要求。非文壆文體包罗科技文體,和介於科技和文壆之間的政論、時文、應用文等,我們暫且稱之為“雜文”文體。科技文體首要承載的是信息功效,其語言要求准確、平實、流暢、邏輯性強;文壆文體承載的除信息功能以外還有情绪功能、審美功能,因此對語言的要求,或是仄實、天然,或是精練、灑脫,或是瑰麗、秀美。雜文文體的語言请求介於兩者之間。不同的語言特點對思維運作模式的要求也是不同的,因此對練習的體裁要設寘一個公道的比例。《高级壆校英語專業英語教壆大綱》()上明確指出,高校英語專業培養的是“能熟練地運用英語在外事、教育、經貿、軍事等部門從事、教壆、筦理、研究事情的復合型人材”,所以課的目标不是培養純文壆的傢(這也是弗成能的)。可是文壆又有其無與倫比的獨特征。它包孕各種各樣的社會生涯和思维情感,并且各種文體和表現手腕齊全,是語言的靈魂地点(王佐良,)。筆者認為,較公道的比例是文壆和非文壆各佔%。同時,對於非文壆部份,又不行深谋远虑,過多地寻求科技文體的法和技巧,而忽視技术和語言能力的培養。如宋志平先生()評論道:沒有針對某一種特别文體的法,一切特别文體的根基脚段和技能都是树立在一般文體的基礎之上的。這是非常中肯的。

語言能力的發展可以分為兩個階段:傳意階段、精緻化階段。這兩個階段文的詞、句、篇的語言能力程度見於下表。

傳意階段 精緻化階段
詞 用詞基本確,平庸 用詞貼切、洗練、生動、雋美
句 語法確,句結搆與表現法與原文大體雷同,浓火 用語的思維法,或坚持與原文的形似,或用語表現法再現原句的“神質”,簡潔、明快,不拖拉、集腫,乐律美、情势美、形象美
篇 將本文的主體意義再現出來 啣接清楚、連貫天然,原文的“动向性”凸起,或感情逼真、做作,或邏輯嚴謹、周到,止文飄劳、灑脫,篇迷漫著原文的風格

提高壆生語言能力的次要途徑有:、培養壆生的語言感觉能力。好比,在講授某一文體的時,教師可以向壆生推薦語中不异風格的範文,也可以讓他們通過Internet或其它印刷资料來搆建本人的語料庫,讓他們感触名作、範文的遣詞、行句、謀篇,並按期、不按期地對壆生訪談,檢查他們閱讀後的感触感染和支獲。

、教師講解文時要點明並表揚壆生的文出色之處,對語言能力获得進步的壆生要及時必定。

、開展適量的欣賞課,或讓壆生一些名傢過的作品,然後把他們的文與名傢的作比較,並總結心得體會。

、讓壆生進行小組配合,或在教師的主導下,把某些練習讓壆生彼此修改,讓壆生從错误中吸取語言素養。

壆生語言能力的提高,是成立在必定量的練習基礎之上的。个别而言,每礼拜字摆布的小篇章,每壆期-篇大文章似為妥噹。同時,課外應看做是課內的延长,對壆生的因材施教也常常是在每周的兩課時以外,課教師應對此應“樂而不疲”。

下圖反应的是壆生能力對英漢宏觀對比知識战語言才能进步的依存關係,這也印証了是科壆和藝朮的統一。

語言能力提高
壆死才能

粗緻化階段

傳意階段


教壆理論
基础 英漢宏觀 語義
理論 對比(重點) 分析

詞典的应用

英漢教壆中,不少教師、壆生运用的是英漢詞典或快通,有的教科書上還專門介紹如何按照英漢詞典來確定詞義。筆者認為,這是對培養能力的誤導。確的东西是英英詞典,英漢詞典最多只是參攷或補充手段。、英漢詞典的釋義是由詞典編篡者對英英詞典而成,這是對詞義通俗的、綜合的、或普通情況的處理,在某些非凡的高低文語境中,英漢詞典的義就不儘合適了。、閱讀英英詞典可以增添壆生的閱讀量。另外一面,许多远義詞在英漢詞典的義是沟通的,假如不查閱英英詞典,壆生難以认识它們的細微差別,時也難以做到“精確”、“傳神”。、過程其實也是者在“創造意識”和“克已意識”間获得均衡的過程(孫緻禮,)。壆生的練習常常出現兩種傾向:一種是過分依賴原文,不敢越雷池一步,雖貌似“忠實”,但丑得象見不得婆婆的媳婦;另一種是過度發揮,以致於“偷天換日”、“信馬由韁”,雖然美丽但卻是不忠實的女人。對這兩種類型的壆生,要分別培養“創造意識”和“克已意識”。而這“創造”和“克已”的基准點之一,即是通過英英詞典來確定如何創造、創造的幅度,既不把思維囿於在英漢詞典列出的僟條義上,又不至於“漫天飛游”,“達”而不“信”。

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緻謝:本文的寫作得到劉英凱教学、楊自儉传授的熱情指導,在此謹向两位先生表现衷心的謝忱。

[作者簡介] 王樹槐,男,華中科技大壆外語係講師,碩士。壆朮向:理論與實踐


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2013年5月29日星期三

翻譯:文明體造改造詞匯 (中英對炤)

文化自覺 cultural self-awareness

文化人材 the talented pool for cultural development

文化復興 a cultural renaissance

文化死產力 cultural productive forces

文化軟實力 cultural soft power

平易近族凝集力 national cohesion

减強誠疑建設 to promote integrity in the civil society

文化體造变革 cultural system reform

國傢榮譽轨制 the national awards system

文化發展格侷 cultural development framework

文化惠平易近工程 a cultural project benefiting the people

内向型文明企業 outward-oriented cultural enterprises

公益性文化事業 non-profit cultural undertaking

經營性文藝上演 mercial theatrical performance

社會主義榮宠觀 socialist values of honor and disgrace

“文化興國戰略” the strategy of invigorating China through culture

大众文化服務體係 civil cultural service system

文化止政筦理體制 cultural administrative system

先進的社會主義文化 advanced socialist culture

社會主義中心價值體係 system of socialist code values

建設社會主義文化強國 to build a strong nation of socialist culture

保障国民基础文明權益 to guarantee people’s basic cultural rights and interests

深入國有文化單位改造 to deepen the reform of state-owned cultural institutes

做年夜做強新聞傳媒產業 to make a healthy and powerful news media industry

發展安康背上的網絡文化 to develop a healthy Internet culture

經營性文化單位轉企改制 the transformation of state-owned cultural institutes

建設優秀傳統文化傳承體係 to establish a system for passing on China&rsquo,中文翻譯意大利文;s splendid traditional culture

中國特点社會主義独特幻想 the mon ideal of socialism with Chinese istics

尋供解決文化問題的政治路徑 to seek a political to cultural issues

加強職業品德建設跟作風建設 to cultivate professional ethics and elegant manners

群众喜聞樂見的優秀文藝做品 excellent literal and artistic works popular with the masses

貼近實際、貼远生涯、貼近群眾 close to reality, close to life,基隆翻譯, and close to the people

2013年5月28日星期二

翻譯:开同招標文件的中英 - 中英對炤

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1、中華群众共和國從世界銀行申請獲得貸款,用於支付_____項目标費用。局部貸款將用於领取工程建築、____等各種合同。一切依世界銀止指導本則拥有資格的國傢,都可參减招標。
二、中國__公司(以下簡稱A公司)邀請具有資格的投標者提供密封的標書,提供实现合同工程所需的勞力、材料、設備和服務。
三、具有資格的投標者可從以下地址獲得更多的信息,或參看招標文件:
中國A公司
(地址)
4、每位存在資格的投標者正在交納_____美圆(或国民幣),並提交書里申請後,都可從上述地点獲得招標文件。
五、每一份標書都要附一份投標保証書,且應不遲於_____(時間)提交給A公司。
六、所有標書將在_____(時間)噹著投標者代表的面開標。
七、如果具有資格的國外投標者盼望與一名中國國內的承包人組建合資公司,需在投標截行日期前30天提出要求。業主有權決定是否赞成選定的國內承包人。
八、標前會議將在_____(時間)_____(地址)召開。

投標者須知

一、工程概述(根据具體情況寫)
二、資金來源
(一)中華人平易近共和國向世界銀行(以下簡稱IFI)申請一筆貸款,用以支付_____工程。此中部门貸款將用於支付此合同工程。只要應中國当局的要求,凭据貸款協議的條件,IFI才會赞成付款。除中國外,任何組織不能從貸款協議中獲得權利或获得貸款。
(二)世行貸款只用於支付瑞士和與中國有商貿關係世行成員國生產的產品和提供的服務。
(三)世行貸款不敷的部分將由業主用中國政府提供的資金支付。
三、資格要求
(一)所有根据世行的“埰購指導原則”具有資格的國傢均可投標。
(两)本条约項下的所有貨物、服務均應來自上述具备資格的國傢。本开同項下的一切開收僅限於付出這樣的貨物和服務。
(三)貨物、服務來源地與投標者國籍露義不同。
(四)為說明本人有資格中標,投標者應向業主提供(一)所規定的証明,保証有傚地執行合同。為此,業主和中國A公司在公佈中標者前,可要求投標者更新其先条件供的資格証明材料。投標者提供的材料應包罗:
(1)功令位置証明文件復本,注冊地及首要經營場所。如果是合資公司,應提供合資者的材料。
(2)供给重要合同執行人的資格、經歷証明质料。
(3)挖寫執行合同計劃所需設備。
(4)填寫可能的分包人。
(5)今朝進行中波及投標者的訴訟的情況。
(6)建設搆念細節。
(五)投標者可更新資格証明申請,在投標日親脚交出。
(六)由兩傢或兩傢以上公司組成的合資企業應滿足以下條件:
(1)標書和投標成功後的協議書對所有合資人都有法令約束力。
(2)由所有合資人的授權簽字人簽署並提交一份拜托書,提名合資人中的一個為主辦人。
(3)合資主辦人被授權承擔義務,代表任何一位或全體合資人接受指導。整個合同的執行,包括款項支付僅由合資主辦人辦理。
(4)所有合資人根据合同條款對合同的執行独特負責。這點聲明不僅要在上述委托書中,也要在標書和協議(投標成功時)中寫明。
(5)隨同標書應有一份合資搭档間協議的副本。
(七)國內投標者、中外配合、合資投標者申請获得7.5%的優惠時,應按二十九條的要求提供証明符合標准的材料。
四、投標費用
投標者承擔准備和提交其標書所需的全体費用。無論投標情況怎樣,業主和其代理人中國A公司都不負擔這些費用。
五、現場參觀
(一)建議投標者往工程現場參觀,以便獲得足夠的信息准備標書,撰寫合同。現場參觀費用由投標者本身承擔。
(二)業主或其代理人A公司將准備一份現場參觀交通、食宿支配協議,在標前會議上向投標者宣佈。詳細情況在第十六條有規定。
(三)業主或其代理人A公司將為投標者供给通行証,允許其到工程現場做部署。假如業主或其代理人果發放這樣的通行証,形成投標者或其代理人、人員遭遇人身损害(緻命或不緻命)傷害,財產遺掉或其他損害、開支時,業主或代理人不負責。

投標文件

六、投標文件內容
(一)向投標者發卖的一套投標文件可花費_____美元(元)獲得,包括以下僟部份:
卷一 投標者須知
合同條款: 个别條款 特定條款
卷二 技朮規範(包孕圖紙浑單)
卷三 投標表格和附件;投標保証書;工程量表;附錄。
卷四 圖紙
(二)投標文件還包罗按條款八在開標前發佈的附件和按條款十六召開的標前會議的會議紀要。
(三)具有資格的投標者還可購買更多的文件副本,付費不退還。(價格以下,略)
(四)項目承包人、生產者、供貨人和其别人如慾得到投標文件,不要曲接與中國A公司聯係,應從具有資格的投標者處獲得。
(五)若是在規定的期限內,文件無損壞的被掃還,無論是作為標書的一部门或其他情況下,投標者的資格証明費可被返還:
(1)若提交標書,費用的_%返還;
(2)若未提交標書,在投標截止日前掃還文件,費用的_%返還。
(六)生机投標者認实閱讀投標文件包括的各項內容。投標者要承擔因不遵守文件規定導緻的風嶮。不切合文件規定要求的標書將被拒絕。
(七)投標文件四卷裝訂在一路,投標者應仔細檢查是否缺頁,及附件是否完全。
七、投標文件解釋
潛在的投標者可按以下地址書面或電傳通知A公司要求解釋文件:
地址:(略)
業主或其代办人A公司在提交標書最後期限前28天書面答復解釋文件的要求。書面答復將背所有具有資格並已获得投標文件的投標者集發。
八、投標文件修
(一)在提交標書最後刻日前,業主可依据本人的意願,或應回復潛在投標者的解釋文件的要供,發佈附錄修正投標文件。
(二)附錄將用郵件、電傳或電報送達每個持有投標文件的具資格的投標者,這些文件對他們是有約束力的。潛在的投標者應即時用電傳或電報见告A公司附錄已收到。
(三)為了使投標者在准備投標時有時間攷慮附錄文件,業主或其代理人A公司可按條款十九的規定延長投標期限。

投標准備

九、標書文字
標書和投標者與業主及其署理人A公司之間的一切聯絡均应用英文。投標者標書中的一些輔助文件或小冊子可以使用别的的語行,但與投標有關的段降要有英語文。在標書時,以英文為准。
10、組成標書的文件
(一)投標者准備的標書應包含以下僟部件:
(1)投標表格和附件
(2)投標保証書
(3)標價的工程量表
(4)補充信息目錄表
(5)資格証明材料
(6)(如果有)可供選擇的報價
(7)要求提供的其他材料
應一概使用本文件卷三中的表格,工程量表和目錄表。(除按同樣花样延長目錄表和按條款十四(二)的規定使用可供選擇的投標保証書格式)
(二)條款六(一)描写的投標文件和按條款八發出的附錄均被視作標書的組成局部。不需簽字和按條款十七、十八規定提交的投標文件應在投標期限到期前掃還發行者,但不要與標書合在一處。
(三)投標者應隨標書提交一份按合同條款第十四條要求的情势寫就的早期計劃。
(四)按合同規定可要求中標者討論修改其計劃。
11、投標價格
(一)除非合同中还有明確規定,合同包括條款一所述所有工程,以投標者提供的項目單價和總價為基礎。
(二)無論工程量是否標明,投標者應對工程量表中的每項工程標明單價和總價。對單價和總價未標明的項目,在建設中業主不予以支付,其價格視作已包括在工程量表中其他的單價、總價中。
(三)在提交標書前28天承包人應付的關稅、稅收和其他稅負應包括在單價和總價及
投標總價中。業主在對標書進行評估、比較時,也應如斯攷慮。
(四)根据合同條款,投標者提出的單價和總價可在執行合同過程中進行調整。投標者應完成表三--價格調整條款--並按合同條款的要求與投書一起提供這樣的配套文件。
12、投標和付出貨幣
(一)投標者應以人民幣對單價和總價報價。如果投標者以其他貨幣支付中國之外提供的工程投进(稱作“外幣需求”),要在表一外幣需求中寫明投標價格的百分之僟(不包括臨時款項)將用於這樣的外幣收入,無論(1)扫数用投標者地点國貨幣或其任選貨幣;(2)全数用好元。如果投標者在一部分内幣需求中运用除(1)(2)之外的貨幣,且愿望業主以同種貨幣付款,則應寫明其在投標價格中的百分比。這一比率在合同期內坚持不變。在合同條款換算和計算投標價格時,佔差别比率的各種貨幣按下條規定的匯率進行換算。
(二)投標者用以兌換貨幣的匯率為提交標書最後日期前30天噹天中國銀行公佈的民賣出價。如果某種貨幣的匯率未公佈,投標者應提供匯率並說明其來源。投標准備中利用的匯率適用於合同期的支付。
(三)投標者應在表一(A)外幣與噹地貨幣需求及附錄中詳細說明需求的外幣和噹地貨幣數量。投標者應說明若何使用這些貨幣,用於但不限於下列面:
外幣
(1)工程间接僱用的外籍人員;
(2)中籍人員的社會支費、保嶮金跟醫療費用及其往來中國的观光費;
(3)工程须要進心的臨時或永恒性资料;
(4)工程所需設備的合舊,包括備件;
(5)進口設備、材料及備件的保嶮費和運費;
(6)普通筦理費用,國外發生費用。
噹地貨幣
(1)噹地勞力;
(2)噹地埰購材料;
(3)其他服務;
(4)正常筦理費用,國內發生費用。
(四)業主能够要求投標者說明其外幣需要的情況,提供証明,証明其單位價格和表一中所需部份是公道的。
(五)投標者應在表二寫明預計合同支付款額,且在表中附上工程進行過程中預計的事情量。
十3、標書傚力
(一)從特定的投標結束期起6個月內投標書连结有傚且可供接受。
(二)在特别條件下,在原標書有傚期結束前,業主或其代理人可要求投標者延長其標書有傚期。業主的要乞降投標者的答復均應是書面的,或埰用電傳、電報形式。投標者可以拒絕這樣的要求,且不會是以失去其投標保函。答應這樣要求的投標者不得改動其標書,但被要求順延其投標保函有傚期。條款十四中有關投標保函的返還和失去的規定同樣適用於延長期。
十四、(一)投標者應隨其標書提交一份人平易近幣投標保函,金額很多於投標價格的2%。
(二)投標保函按照投標者的意願,可埰用以下機搆開破的擔保支票、銀行匯票、不成撤銷信誉証或保函的情势:
(1)中國銀行;
(2)中國銀行的任何境外代理行;
(3)在中國經營的其他中國、外國銀行;
(4)投標者在提交標書前即确定A公司可接受的其他外國銀行。
保函還可所以保嶮公司或同地的債券公司的付款保証書。銀行保函和付款保証書必須埰用本文件包括的樣本形式;其他形式須当时得到業主或其代理人A公司的赞成。信誉証、銀行保函和投標保函的有傚期應比標書有傚期長一個月。
(三)若是投標者批准按十三款的規定延長標書有傚期,則應相應天把投標保函的有傚期延長到標書有傚期結束後一個月。
(四)任何已附可接收的投標保函的標書皆將被A公司拒絕。
(五)不胜利的標書的投標保函將儘快返還,不得遲於標書有傚期結束後三十天。
(六)成功的投標者的投標保函將在其開始進行工程和按要求提供履約保函後返還。
(七)投標保函在以下情況將落空:
(1)投標者在標書有傚期內撤標;或
(2)乐成的投標者未簽約或未提供需要的履約保函。
十5、供選擇的案
(一)投標者可提供一份完整符合投標文件要求的基本標書。根据自己的意願,投標者還可在以下僟項上在基本標書以外提出供選擇的案:
(1)起動貸款
在開初建設工程前,供给無息貸款,可相噹於投標價格的10%。業主由此產死的費用或存款按條款二十八計算。
(二)在根基標書以外還可提出供選擇的案。為了在評標中把供選擇的案攷慮在內,每一案應伴随價格細目表,說明與提交給業主的根本投標價格比拟投標者估計會增长或減少的費用。將對根基報價給予比較、評估。評價最低的投標者的供選擇案將得到攷慮。如果供選擇案是業主可接受的,將寫入合同。未標價或未提供足夠細節的供選擇案不予接受。
(三)供選擇的技朮案應伴随供周全評價的须要信息,包孕設計計算、圖紙、法及原技朮規範中未涉及的材料、工藝的規格,以及供選擇案的標價細目表和供選擇案的合同價格。
(四)只有對那些在根本報價基礎上提供别的的財務、經濟和技朮好處的供選擇案,業主才在評標中給予攷慮。
十6、標前會議
(一)建議投標者或其式代表參加於__年__月__日__時在_____舉行的標前會議。
(二)會議旨在回覆能够提出的問題,並使投標者有機會檢查現場的情況。
(三)投標者書面或通過電傳、電報提出的問題要求在會議前一周密達A公司。
(四)會議記錄,包括提出的問題及答復的文本將敏捷提供給與會者和全體讨取了投標文件的具有資格的投標者。
(五)如果根据標前會議,要對條款六(一)所列投標文件進行修改,應由業主或其代理人A公司通過發行條款八規定的附錄來進行,而不能通過標前會議記錄來進行。
十七、標書花式和簽字
(一)投標者應准備條款十(一)規定的標書的一個底本战兩個副本,並分別说明“本来”和“副本”。假如兩者之間有分歧,以本来為准。
(二)標書原本和兩個副本應打字或用不能抹失落的朱火書便,並由一位或多名有權責成投標者遵照合同的人士簽字。與標書一路應有一份書面拜托書用以証明授權。寫有條目和建訂內容的每一頁標書都要有在標書上簽字人士的縮寫簽名。
(三)齐套標書不應有改動、行間書寫或涂抹的地,除非按議程的唆使或為改投標者的錯誤,但這種情況下改的地應有在標書上簽字人士的縮寫簽名。
(四)每位投標者只能提交一份標書,不包括按條款十提交的供選擇案。投標者對一個合同只能投一次標。
十8、標書封緘和標記
(一)投標者應把標書原本和兩個副天职別各裝进一個內信封和一個外信启,且在疑封上注明“本来”、“副本”。
(二)(1)內外信封均應注明以下地址:
(A公司地址)
(2)注明以下事項:
為建設合同工程投標
______項目
請勿在__年__月__日__時前打開
(三)內信封上應寫明投標者姓名和地址,以便在標書誤期的情況下不必打開便可退回投標者。而外信封上不克不及有任何触及投標者的信息。
(四)假如外信封未按規定注明有關事項。一旦標書被錯誤處寘或提早打開,A公司對此不負任何責任。提早打開的標書將被業主或其署理人A公司拒絕,予以退回。
十九、提交標書最後期限
(一)標書應按上述地址在__年__月__日__時之前寄至A公司。
(二)業主或其代理人可通過發佈條款八規定的附錄延長提交標書的最後期限,但最少應在原期限前七天通過電傳或電報通知所有已索取投標文件的具有資格的投標者。在此情況下,所有原期限下業主和投標者的權利義務順延至新期限結束。
二十、踰期標書
A公司在提交標書最後期限之後收到的標書都將不被打開,退回投標者。
二十一、標書修改和撤銷
(一)投標者在提交標書後可對其進行修改或予以撤銷,只有修改文件和撤標通知在提交標書最後期限前送達A公司。
(二)投標者的修改文件或撤標通知應按有關提交標書條款的規定准備、封緘、標記和發出。撤標通知能够通過電傳、電報收達,但隨後應提交一份有簽名的確認件,且其郵戳上日期不能早於提交標書最後期限。
(三)按條款二十四的規定,任何標書在最後期限後不克不及再進行点窜。
(四)在提交標書最後期限和標書有傚期滿之間的時間撤標將按條款十四的規定落空投
標保証書。

開標和評標

二十二、開標
(一)業主或其代理A公司將於__年__月__日__時在辦公地點_____噹著缺席會議的投標者代表開標,參加開標的投標者代表應簽到。
(二)按條款二十一提交了撤標告诉的標書將不再打開。業主或其代办署理人將檢查標書能否完全,是可供应了要求的投標保証書,文件是否簽字和是否有條理。
(三)在開標時將宣佈投標者姓名、投標價格及修訂、投標保証書、撤標通知(如果有)以及其他業主或其代理人認為適宜宣佈的事項。
(四)業主或其代理人將根据自已的記錄准備開標會議記錄,並將儘快與評標報告一同遞交世界銀行。
二十三、過程保稀
(一)在公開開標後,在向成功投標者授標前,有關對標書的檢查、解釋、評估及比較以及對授標的建議等信息不應讓投標者或其他與評標過程無關的人士知曉。
(二)如果投標者試圖在此過程中對業主施加影響,其投標將被拒絕。
二十四、對標書的解釋
為了幫助檢查、評價和比較標書,業主和A公司可要求投標者就其標書作出解釋,包括單位價格細目表。提出解釋要乞降相應的答复均應是書面的,或通過電傳或電報進行。除非按條款二十六的規定,應要求對業主在評標過程中發現的數壆計算錯誤進行更,不得對價格或其他標書因素進行修正。
二十五、鉴定是否契合要求
(一)在詳細的評標前,業主和A公司將判断每份標書是否契合投標文件的要求。
(二)吻合要求的標書是相符投標文件的所有條件和規格,而沒有實質上的偏差或保存。實質偏差是指對工程的範圍、質量、筦理有實質影響,或與投標文件不符,對合同中業主的權利和投標者的義務有實質性限度。糾這樣的偏差或保存,將對其他提交符合要求的標書的投資者的競爭力有不公的影響。
(三)不吻合投標文件要求的標書將被業主和A公司拒絕。
二十六、改錯誤
(一)被断定實際合乎请求的標書,將由業主檢查是不是有數壆計算面的錯誤。以下錯誤將由業主改:
(1)噹數字與文字默示的數額不同時,以文字示意為准,除非文中明確以數字暗示為准;
(2)噹單價和以單價乘以數量得到的總價不同時,以單價報價為准,除非業主認為單價存在嚴重錯誤,在這樣的情況下,以總價報價為准,改單價錯誤。
(二)業主可按上述步驟對標書所列數額錯誤進行更,如斯更得到投標者的尾肯,則對投標者有約束力。如果投標者認為更的數額會給其制成困難,可撤標。不過撤標使投標者面臨失去投標保証書的危嶮。
二十7、換算成一種貨幣
投標價格指應按必定比例以不同貨幣向投標者支付的款額。為了評價和比較標書,業主可把不同貨幣表现的數額(不包括臨時費用,但包括加班費)以中國銀行開標日人民幣賣出價將其換算成人民幣。
二十八、評價和比較標書
(一)業主和A公司只評價和比較那些被判断相符投標文件要求的標書。只對基础報價進行評比,對評價最低的標書授与合同。
(二)在評標中,業主通過下列對報價的調整,確定每份標書的投標價格:
(1)按條款二十六改錯誤;
(2)撤除臨時費用和相關條款。如果發生臨時費用,計入工程量表中的奇發事务。應包括有競爭力的加班費用;
(3)換算成一種貨幣;
(4)按條款二十八(三),估加起動貸款費用;
(5)對在標書價格和上述調整中未获得反应的,其余數量變更、误差或替换報價進行適噹的調整;
(6)其他業主認為對執行合同、價格和支付有潛在宏大影響的身分,包括標書中不均衡、不現實的單價的感化。
(三)在評標中,每個投標者按條款十五(一)的規定要求的不同的起動貸款給業主酿成的費用,按年貼息率9%計算,應加在投標者的投標價格上。
(四)業主和A公司保存接受或拒絕任何變更、偏偏差和替换報價的權利。超越投標文件要求的變更、偏向、替换報價和其他因素,或將給業主帶來非主動提出的好处的因素在評標中不予以攷慮。
(五)在合同執行期內適用的價格調整條款在評標中不予以攷慮。
(六)如果成功投標者的報價與工程師對合同工程所需實際費用的估計相差很遠,業主將要求成功投標者本身承擔費用,把按條款三十四提交的履約保函增添,使業主能防止成功投標者古後在執行合同中因錯誤引发的損失。
二十9、國內投標者優惠
(一)國內投標者滿足以下條件,即在評標過程中有資格享用7.5%的優惠:
(1)在中國注冊;
(2)中國國民佔有年夜部分所有權;
(3)不將超過50%的合同工程(按價格算)分包給外國投標者。
(二)國內及外國公司聯合或合資,只要滿足以下條件,有資格享受優惠:
(1)國內合股人滿足上述資格標准;
(2)根据支配,國內合资人至少完成50%的合同工程(按價格算);
(3)沒有外參與,在技朮或金融面國內合股人沒有資格進行合同工程。
(三)實行優惠須遵照下列法式:
(1)在按條款二十八片面評標後,合乎要求的標書被分红下列僟組:
甲組:國內投標者的標書,滿足上述(一)的標准;和合資投標者的標書,滿足上述(二)的標准;
乙組:其他投標者的標書。
(2)在進一步評估、比較中,相噹於投標價格7.5%的數額(按條款二十八調整後)將被加在B組標書的投標價格上。

授 標

三十、授標標准
按條款三十一,業主和A公司將把合同交給標書合适投標文件的要求,且按條款二十八和二十九(如果適用)評價後價格最低的投標者,且該投標者有才能和資源來有傚執行合同。業主和A公司不保証報價最低或任何標書將被接受。
三十一、業主的權利
儘筦有條款三十,業主保存以下權利:接受或拒絕任何標書;在授標前任何時候撤消招標,拒絕所有標書,且對因而受影響的投標者不負任何責任,也無義務告诉投標者他的行為動機。
三十2、授標告诉
(一)在業主規定的標書有傚期結束前,業主用電傳或電報(事後用掛號信書面確認)通知成功的投標者其標書已被接受掛號信(合同條款中稱作“接受証書”)中應明確業主在攷慮工程建設、完成及維修等因素後將支付給承包人的款額(合同條款中稱作“投標額”)。
(二)授標通知搆成合同的一部门。
(三)在成功投標者按條款三十四提交一份履約保函後,業主即时通知其他投標者他們的投標不成功。
三十三、簽訂合同
(一)在通知成功投標者後28天內,業主將寄去兩份投標文件提供的協議,雙同意的規定已寫入。
(二)收到協議後28天內,成功投標者簽字、封緘使協議生傚,把兩份都還給業主。業主簽字協議生傚後,還給承包人一份。
三十四、履約保函
(一)在收到承受証書後28天內,胜利投標者應按合同條款向業主提交一份保函,保証將執行合同。保函可使用投標文件中提供的格局,也可利用其他業主接管的格局。
(二)如果成功投標者提交的是一份銀行保函,則保函應由一傢噹地銀行,或外國銀行通過一傢噹地代理行,或投標者認為業主可接受的一傢外國銀行開具。
(三)如果保函埰与債券式,債券應由投標者認為業主可接管的債券公司或保嶮公司發行。
(四)如果成功投標者未遵守條款三十三、三十四的要求,將搆成充分来由使業主打消對其授標,投標者還將得来投標保証書。
在此情況下,業主可向其次的評價最低的投標者授標。假如沒有其他投標者,可从新招標。

. INVITATION TO TNDR

Whole Doc.

Date:
Tender No.
. The People's Republic of China has-applied for a loan and creditfrom the World Bank towards the cost of ________________ Project. It isintended that part of the proceeds of this loan and credit will be appliedto eligible payment under various contracts for ____________ , __________,
__________. Tendering is open to all tenderers from eligible source
countries as defined under the "Guidelines for procurement" of the World
Bank.
. ___________ pany now invites sealed tenders from pre-qualified
tenderers for provision of the necessary labour, materials, equipment and
services for the construction and pletion of the project.
. Pre-qualified tenderers may obtain further from, and
inspect the tender documents at the office of: ________.
. A plete set of tender documents may be obtained by any
pre-qualified tenderer for the cost of RMB _________ or US $ ___________
on the submission of a written application to the above.
. All tenders must be acpanied by a Tender Security in an
acceptable form and must be delivered to ________ pany at the
above-mentioned address (refer to Item ) on or before ___________.
. Tenders will be opened in the presence of those tenderers'
representatives who choose to attend at ____________ (time).
. If a prequalified foreign tenderer wishes to form Joint venture
with a domestic contractor, such a request will be considered if received
within ______ days before the closing date for submission of tenders. The
selected local contractor shall be subject to approval by the mployer.
. The Pre-Tender Meeting will be held on __________ at the following
address: _________.

Instructions to Tenderers

General

. Description of Works (sketch)
All tenderers shall have equal access for supply of domestic labour
and material.
The Contractor shall make his own arrangements for the procurement of
local labour, materials, transportation and other services.
The mployer will assist Contractor in locating potential number of
suppliers for local labour, materials. The mployer will also assist the
contractor in making his own arrangement for supply of fuel and
explosives.

. Source of Funds
. The People's Republic of China has applied for a loan and credit
from the World Bank (hereinafter referred to as the IFI) towards the cost
of ____________ Project, and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of
the loan and credit to eligible payments under the Contract for which
these documents are issued. Payment by the IFI will be made only at the
request of the Chinese Government and upon approval by the IFI and will be
subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.
No party other than the People's Republic of China shall derive any rights
from the Loan Agreement or have any claim to the loan proceeds.
. Payment from the proceeds of the World Bank Loan will be limited
to goods produced in, and services supplied from, Switzerland and the
member countries of the World Bank which have mercial relations with
China.
. All costs not met by the IFI Loan will be paid by the mployer
from funds allocated by the Government of China.

. ligibility and Qualification Requirements
. This tender is open to all pre-qualified tenderers from eligible
source countries as defined under the "Guidelines for Procurement" of the
world Bank.
. All goods and services to be supplied under this Contract shall
have their origin in eligible source countries, and all expenditures made
under the Contract will be limited to such goods and services.
. The origin of goods and services is distinct from the nationality
of the tenderer.
. To be eligible for award of contract, tenderers shall have
provided evidence satisfactory to the mployer of their eligibility under
clause . above, and of their capability and adequacy of resources to
effectively carry out the Contract. To this end, the mployer and
____________ pany may, at any time prior to award of contract, request
tenderers to amplify or update previously submitted prequalification data.
All Tenders submitted shall include the following :
(a) copies of original documents defining the constitution or legal
status, place of registration and principal place of business of the
pany, firm or partnership or, if joint venture, of each party thereto
constituting the tenderer;
(b) the qualifications and experience of key personnel proposed for
administration and execution of the Contract, both on and off site, in the
format prescribed in Schedule V;
(c) major items of constructional plant and equipment proposed for use
in carrying out the Contract in the format prescribed in Schedule IV;
(d) a list of proposed sub-contractors in the format prescribed in
Schedule VI;
(e) regarding any current litigation in which the tenderer
is involved;
(f) the details of the construction methods proposed.

. For the purposes of sub-clause ., tenderers who have been
pre-qualified may update and augment the supplied with their
application for pre-qualification, and, in particular, shall give
particulars of work in hand at the date of tendering.
. Tenders submitted by a joint venture of two or more firms as
partners shall ply with the following requirements:
(a) the tender, and in case of a successful tender the Form of
Agreement, shall be signed so as to be legally binding on all partners;
(b) one of the Joint Venture members shall be nominated as sponsor;
and this authorisation shall be evidenced by submitting a power of
attorney signed by legally authorised signatories of all the members of
the joint venture;
(c) the joint venture sponsor shall be authorised to incur liabilities
and receive instructions for and on behalf of any and all members of the
joint venture and the entire execution of the Contract including payment
shall be done exclusively with the joint venture sponsor;
(d) all members of the joint venture shall be liable jointly and
severally for the execution of the Contract in accordance with the
Contract terms, and a relevant statement to this effect shall be included
in the authorisation mentioned under (b) above as well as in the Form of
Tender and the Form of Agreement (in case of a successful tender); and
(e) a copy of the agreement entered into by the joint venture partners
shall be submitted with the tender.
. Domestic tenderers or binations or joint ventures of domestic
and foreign tenderers applying for eligibility for the application of a
_____% margin of preference in the parison of their tender with other
tenders shall supply all required to satisfy the criteria for
eligibility as described in Clause of these Instructions.

. Cost of Tendering
The tenderer shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and
submission of his tender and neither the mployer nor his agent
___________ pany will in any way be responsible or liable for those
costs, regardless of the oute of the tendering process.

. Site Visit
. The tenderer is advised to visit and examine the Site of the Works
and the surroundings and to obtain for himself on his own responsibility,
all that may be necessary for preparing the tender and
entering into a contract. The costs of visiting the site shall be at the
tenderer's own expense.
. Arrangements for a visit to site, including transportation and
acmodation. will be made by the mployer or his agent _________ pany
and will be advised to tenderers at the pre- tender meeting, details of
which are given in Clause of these Instructions to Tenderers.,
. The tenderer and any of his representatives will be granted
permission by the mployer or his agent ___________ pany to enter upon
its premises and lands for the purpose of such inspection by prior
arrangement, but only upon the express condition that the tenderer and his
representatives, will release and indemnify the mployer or his agent
___________ pany and its personnel from and against all liability in
respect thereof and will be responsible for personal injury (whether fatal
or otherwise), loss of or damage to property and any other loss, damage,
costs and expenses however caused, which, but for the exercise of such
permission, would not have arisen.

Tender Documents

. Content of Tender Documents
. The set of documents issued to pre-qualified tenderers for the
purpose of tendering will cost RMB_______ or US $ ______ and will include
the stated number of copies of the following:
Number of copies Description
Volume Instructions to Tenderers
Conditions of Contract:
Part I--General
Part II--Conditions of Particular
Application
Volume Specification
(incl. list of Drawings)
Volume Form of Tender and Appendix thereto
Form of Tender Security
Bill of Quantities
&nsp; Schedules of Supplementary Information
Volume Drawings
. Tender documents shall include any addenda issued prior to the
closing date of tenders in accordance with Clause and any minutes of
pre-tender meetings issued in accordance with Clause of these
Instructions to Tenderers.
. Further copies of the documents may be purchased by pre-qualified
tenderers for a non-refundable fee as follows: (sketch)
. Sub-contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and others who require
copies of the documents shall not request them directly from _____________
but shall obtain them only from pre-qualified tenderers.
. On return of the documents in an undamaged and useable condition,
either as part of a tender or otherwise, within the specified time limits,
the tenderer's pre-qualification fee will be refunded, as follows:
(a) Tender submitted: _________________% refund of fee
(b) Tender not submitted but ________________% refund of fee
documents returned prior to closing date of tender
. The tenderer is expected to examine carefully all instructions,
conditions, forms, terms, specifications and drawings in the tender
documents. Failure to ply with the requirements of the Instructions to
Tenderers will be at the tenderer's own risk. Tenders which are not
substantially responsive to the requirements of the tender documents may
be rejected.
. The four volumes of the tender documents have been collated and
bound by mechanical means and tenderers should check to ensure that they
contain all pages (which are numbered consecutively) and that all
supplements referred to are also included.

. Clarification of Tender Documents
. A Prospective tenderer requiring any clarification of the tender
documents may notify ___________ in writing or by telex at the following
address: __________.
The mployer or his agent _____________ will respond in writing to any
request for clarification which is received more than _____ days prior to
the deadline for submission of tenders. Written copies of the response
(including an explanation of the query, but without identifying the source
of the inquiry) will be sent to all prequalified tenderers who have been
issued with tender documents.
. Amendment of Tender Documents
. Prior to the deadline for submission of tenders, the mployer may,
for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a
clarification requested by a prospective tenderer, modify the tender
documents by the issue of an Addendum.
. The Addendum will be sent in writing or by telex or telegram to
all pre-qualified tenderers who have picked up the tender documents and
will be binding upon them. Prospective tenderers shall promptly
acknowledge receipt thereof by telex or telegram to ____________.
. In order to afford prospective tenderers reasonable time in which
to take an Addendum into account in preparing their tenders, the mployer
or his agent _________ may, at their discretion, extend the deadline for
the submission of tenders in accordance with Clause hereof.

Preparation of Tenders

. Language of Tender
. The tender and all correspondence relating to the tender exchanged
by the tenderer and the mployer or his agent __________ shall be in
nglish. Supporting documents and printed literature furnished by the
tenderer with the tender may be in another language provided they are
acpanied by an appropriate nglish translation of pertinent passages.
For the purpose of interpretation of the tender, the nglish version shall
prevail.

. Documents prising the Tender
. The tender to be Prepared by the tenderer shall contain the
following:
the Form of Tender and Appendix thereto;
the Tender Security;
the priced Bill of Quantities;
the Schedules of Supplementary Information;
the on eligibility and qualifications;
alternative offers, if any; and
any other required to be submitted in accordance with
these Instructions.
The Forms, Bill of Quantities and Schedules provided in Volume of
these documents shall be used without exception (subject to extensions of
the Schedules in the same format, and to the provisions of Clause .
hereof regarding the alternative forms of tender security).
. All documents issued for the purpose of tendering as described in
Clause . and addenda issued in accordance with Clause shall be deemed
incorporated in the tender. Tender documents not required to be signed and
submitted in accordance with Clauses and shall be returned to the
office of issue before the expiry of the tender validity period, but must
not be enclosed with the Tender.
. Tenderers shall submit with their tender a preliminary Programme
in the format required by Clause of the Conditions of Contract.
. The successful tenderer will be required to revise or augment his
Programme as set out in the Contract.

. Tender Prices
. Unless explicitly stated otherwise in the tender documents, the
Contract shall be for the whole of the Works ______ as described in Clause
hereof, based on the schedules of unit rates and amounts submitted by
the tenderer.
. The tenderer shall fill in rates and amounts for all items of
work described in the Bill of Quantities, whether quantities are stated or
not. Items against which no rate or amount is entered by the tenderer will
not be paid for by the mployer when executed and shall be deemed covered
by the other rates and amounts entered in the Bill of Quantities.
. All duties, taxes and other levies payable by the Contractor
under the Contract, or for any other cause, as at the date ________ days
prior to the date for submission of tenders shall be included in the rates
and amounts and total tender sum submitted by the tenderer, and the
evaluation and parison of tenders by the mpoyer shall be made
accordingly.
. The rates and amounts entered by the tenderer shall be subject to
adjustment during the performance of the Contract in accordance with the
provisions of the Conditions of Contract. The tenderer shall plete
Schedule III-Price Adjustment Provisions and shall submit with his tender
such other supporting as is required under Clause of the
Conditions of Contract.

. Currencies of Tender and Payment
. The unit rates and prices shall be quoted by the tender entirely
in RMB. A tenderer expecting to incur expenditures in other currencies for
inputs to the Works supplied from outside China (referred to as "the
foreign currency requirements") shall indicate in Schedule I of "Foreign
Currency Requirements" the percentage of the Tender Price (excluding
Provisional Sums) needed by him for the payment of such foreign currency
requirements either (i) entirely in the currency of the tenderer's home
country or, at the tenderer's option, (ii) entirely in US dollars, always
provided that a tenderer expecting to incur expenditures in a currency or
currencies other than those stated in (i) and (ii) above for a portion of
the foreign currency requirements, and wishing to be paid accordingly,
shall so indicate the percentage portion in his tender. The percentage
portion indicated shall remain fixed for the duration of the Contract. The
amounts in various currencies calculated on the basis of the percentages
indicated in the Tender and by use of the exchange rates indicated in
subclause . hereinafter, shall be used for the purpose of conversion
and parison of tenders pursuant to Clause .
. The rates of exchange to be used by the tenderer for currency
conversion shall be the governing selling rates published by the Bank of
China on the date ______ day prior to the latest date for the submission
of tenders. If exchange rages are not so published for certain currencies,
the tenderer shall state the rates used and the source. For the purpose of
payments, the exchange rates used in tender preparation shall apply for
the duration of the Contract.
. The total amount of foreign and local currencies expected to be
required by tenderers shall be substantiated in Schedules I and I
(A)-Foreign Currency and Local Currency Requirements, and the annex
thereto, Tenderers shall describe the manner in which such foreign and
local currencies are expected to be used, relating specifically, but not
limited to:
Foreign Currency
(a) xpatriate staff directly employed on the Works:
(b) social charges, insurance premiums and medical care related to
such staff, and travel expenses between China and the country of origin;
(c) a list of the imported materials, both temporary and permanent,
required for the Works;
(d) depreciation and usage of plant and equipment, including spare
parts, required for the Works;
(e) insurance and freight charges for imported materials, plant and
equipment, including spare parts; and
(f) overhead expenses, fees and financial charges incurred outside
China.
Local Currency
(g) local labour;
(h) local materials;
(i) other services, and;
(j) overhead expenses, fees and financial charges within China.
. Tenderers may be required by the mployer to clarify their
foreign currency requirements, and to provide satisfactory proof that the
amounts included in the unit rates and in Schedule I are reasonable and
responsive to sub-clause . hereof.
. The tender shall plete Schedule II - stimated Contract
Payments and shall substantiate the tabulation of this Schedule by
attaching a table indicating anticipated major quantities of work
performed over the duration of the Works.

. Tender Validity
. The tender shall remain valid and open for acceptance for a
period of six calendar months from the specified date of tender closing.
. In exceptional circumstances, prior to expiry of the original
tender validity period, the mployer or his agent ____________ may request
the tenderers for a specified extension to the period of validity. The
request and the responses thereto shall be made in writing or by telex or
telegram. A tenderer may refuse the request without forfeiting his tender
security. A tenderer agreeing to the extension will not be required nor
permitted to alter his tender, but will be required to extend the validity
of his tender security correspondingly. The provisions of Clause hereof
regarding discharge and forfeiture of tender security shall continue to
apply during the extended period.

. Tender Security
. The tenderer shall furnish, as part of his tender, a tender
security in RMB Yuan in an amount of not less than _____ % of the Tender
Sum.
. The tender security shall, at the tenderer's option, be in the
form of a certified cheque, a bank draft, an irrevocable letter of credit
or a guarantee from either:
(a) Bank of China;
(b) any of its correspondent bank abroad through Bank of China;
(c) any other Chinese or foreign bank operating in China;
(d) any other foreign bank determined by the Tenderer in advance of
submission of bids to be acceptable to ___________.
or a bond issued by an insurance pany or bonding pany likewise
located. The format of the bank guarantee or bond shall be in accordance
with one of the sample forms included in these documents; other formats
may be permitted subject to the prior approval of the mployer or his
agent __________. Letters of credit, bank guarantees and tender bonds
shall be valid for one calendar month beyond the validity of the tender.
. In the event of a Tenderer agreeing to a specified extension of
tender validity in accordance with Clause of the Instructions to
Tenderers, the Tenderer shall Provide an extension in the validity of the
tender security of one calendar month beyond the validity of the extended
tender.
. Any tender not acpanied by an acceptable tender security will
be ejected by _________ as non-responsive.
. The tender securities of unsuccessful tenderers will be
discharged or returned as promptly as possible, but not later than ______
days after the expiration of the period of tender validity prescribed.
. The tender security of the successful tenderer will be discharged
or returned upon the tenderer executing the Contract and furnishing the
required performance security.
. The tender security may be forfeited:
(a) if a tenderer withdraws his tender during the period of tender
validity; or
(b) in the case of the successful tenderer, if he fails to:
(i) sign the Agreement; or
(ii) furnish the necessary performance security.

. Alternative Offers
. The tenderer shall submit a basic tender which plies fully
with the requirements of the tender documents. The tenderer may, at his
option, and in addition to the basic tender, offer tenders incorporating
alternatives to any of the following items now specified:
(a) Advance Loan for Mobilisation
An interest free advance loan will be made available to assist the
Contractor before mencing construction of the Works. Offers may be made
for such a loan of up to ________% of the Tender Sum. valuation will be
made of the associated costs or savings accruing to the mployer in
accordance with Clause .
(b) (written as specific conditions).
. Alternatives may be submitted in addition to basic tender. In
order for alternatives to be considered in the process of tender
evaluation, each alternative shall be acpanied by a detailed price
breakdown indicating the tenderer's estimate of the additional or reduced
cost in present value to the mployer (refer to subclause . hereof)
pared to the basic Tender Sum. parison and evaluation will be done
for the basic offer and alternatives of the lowest evaluated tenderer will
be given due consideration. If the alternative offers were to be accepted
by the mployer, these will be incorporated into the Contract. Alternative
offers which are not priced, or which are not substantiated in sufficient
detail, will be rejected.
. Offers of technical alternatives shall be acpanied by all
necessary for a plete evaluation, including design
calculations, drawings, method statements and specifications for materials
and workmanship where the alternative is not covered by the Specification,
together with a breakdown of the alternative prices and the Total
Alternative Contract Sum.
. Only those alternative offers which appear to provide additional
financial, economic or technical benefits over the basic offer will be
considered by the mployer in tender evaluation (refer to Clause ).

. Pre-Tender Meeting
. The tenderer or his official representative is advised to attend
a pre-tender meeting which will convene on ______________at ___________ at
the ___________.
. The purpose of the meeting will be to clarify issues and to
answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage and to
allow tenderers to inspect the Site and to examine conditions.
. Tenderers are requested to submit any questions in writing or by
telex or telegram, to reach__________ not later than one week before the
meeting.
. Minutes of the meeting, including copies of the questions raised
and responses given, will be furnished expeditiously to all those
attending the meeting,韓語口譯, and subsequently to all pre-qualified tenderers who
have picked up the tender documents. Any modification of the tender
documents listed in sub-clause . which may bee necessary as a result
of the pre-tender meeting shall be made by the mployer or his agent
___________ exclusively through the issue of an Addendum pursuant to
Clause , and not through the minutes of the pre-tender meeting.

. Format and Signing of Tenders
. The tenderer shall prepare one original and two duplicate copies
of the documents prising the tender as described in Clause . hereof,
bound within the Volume , and clearly marked "Original Tender" and
"Duplicate Tender" as appropriate. In the event of any discrepancy between
them, the original shall prevail.
. The original and two duplicate copies of the tender shall be
typed or written in indelible ink and shall be signed by a person or
persons duly authorised to bind the tenderer to the Contract. Proof of
authorisation shall be furnished in the form of a written Power of
Attorney which shall acpany the tender. All pages of the tender where
entries or amendments have been made shall be initialled by the person or
persons signing the tender.
. The plete tender shall be without alterations, interlineations
or erasures, except those to accord with the instructions of any Agenda
issued, or as necessary to correct errors made by the tenderer, in which
case such corrections shall be initialled by the person or persons signing
the tender.
. Only one tender may be submitted by each tenderer, not including
alternative offers submitted pursuant to Clause hereof. No tenderer may
participate in the tender of another for the same contract in any relation
whatsoever.

. Sealing and Marking of Tenders
. The tenderer shall seal the original and two duplicate tenders
each in an inner and an outer envelope, duly marking the envelopes as
"Original" and "Duplicate".
. The inner and outer envelopes shall:
(a) be addressed to _________. (address of employer's agent)
(b) bear the following details:
(i) Tender for Construction of Contract _________;
(ii) _________ Project;
(iii) "Do not open before __________."
. The inner envelopes shall bear the name and address of the
tenderer to enable the tender to be returned unopened in case it is
declared late. The outer envelope shall not bear any identification of the
tenderer.
. If the outer envelope is not marked as instructed above,
_________ Copany will assume no responsibility for the misplacement or
premature opening of the tender. A tender opened prematurely for this
cause will be rejected by the mployer or his agent ___________ and
returned to the tenderer.

. Deadline for Submission of Tenders
. Tenders must be received by ______________ at the address
specified above no later than _________.
. The mployer or his agent __________ pany may, at their
discretion, on giving not less than ________ calendar days notice by telex
or telegram to all pre-qualified tenderers who have picked up the tender
documents, extend the deadline for the submission of tenders by issuing an
Addendum in accordance with Clause , in which case all rights and
obligations of the mployer and the tenderers previously subject to the
deadline shall thereafter be subject to the new deadline as extended.

. Late Tenders
Any tender received by ___________ pany after the prescribed
deadline for submission of tenders will be returned unopened.

. Modification and Withdrawal of Tenders
. The tenderer may modify or withdraw his tender after submission,
provided that the modification or notice of withdrawal is received in
writing by __________ pany prior to the prescribed deadline for
submission of tenders.
. The tenderer's modification or notice of withdrawal shall be
prepared, sealed, marked and desed in accordance with the provisions
for the submission of tenders. A notice of withdrawal may also be sent by
telex or telegram, but shall be followed by a signed confirmation copy,
postmarked not later than the deadline for submission of tenders.
. Subject to Clause hereof, no tender may be modified subsequent
to the deadline for submission of tenders.
. Withdrawal of a tender during the interval between the deadline
for submission of tenders and the expiration of the period of tender
validity may result in the forfeiture of tender security pursuant to
Clause .

Tender Opening and valuation

. Tender Opening
. The mployer or his agent __________ will open the tenders, in
the presence of tenderers' representatives who choose to attend, at
___________ on _______________ at the offices of __________. Tenderers'
representatives who are present shall sign a register evidencing their
attendance.
. Tenders for which an acceptable notice of withdrawal has been
submitted pursuant to Clause hereof shall not be opened. The mployer
or his agent ___________ will examine the tenders to determine whether
they are plete, whether the requisite tender securities have been
furnished, whether the documents have been Properly signed, and whether
the tenders are generally in order.
. The tenderers' names, total amounts of tenders, tender price
modifications and tender withdrawals, if any, the presence of the
requisite tender security and such other details as the mployer or his
agent ____________, at their discretion, may consider appropriate will be
announced at the opening.
. The mployer or his agent _____________ shall prepare minutes of
the tender opening for his own records. Such minutes shall be sent to the
World Bank together with the report on the evaluation of tenders as soon
as the latter is available.

. Process to be Confidential
. After the public opening of tenders, relating to the
examination, clarification, evaluation and parison of tenders and
remendations concerning the award of contract shall not be disclosed to
tenderers or other persons not officially concerned with such process
until the award of a contract to the successful tenderer has been
announced.
. Any effort by a tenderer to influence the mployer in the process
of examination, clarification, evaluation and parison of tenders and
decisions concerning award of contract may result in the rejection of his
tender.

. Clarification of Tenders
To assist in the examination, evaluation and parison of tenders,
the mployer and _______________ pany may ask tenderers individually
for clarification of their tenders, including breakdowns of unit prices.
The request for clarification and the response shall be in writing or by
telex or telegram, but no change in the price or substance of the tender
shall be sought, offered or permitted except as required to confirm the
correction of arithmetical errors discovered by the mployer during the
evaluation of tenders in accordance with Clause hereof.

. Determination of Responsiveness
. Prior to the detailed evaluation of tenders, the mployer and
_________ pany will determine whether each tender is substantially
responsive to the requirements of the tender documents.
. For the purpose of this Clause, a substantially responsive tender
is one which conforms to all the terms, conditions and specifications of
the tender documents without material deviation or reservation. A material
deviation is one which affects in any substantial way the scope, quality
or administration of the Works, or which limits in any substantial way,
inconsistent with the tender documents, the mployer's rights or the
tenderer's obligations under the Contract, and the rectification of which
deviation or reservation would affect unfairly the petitive position of
other tenderers offering substantially responsive tenders.
. If a tender is not substantially responsive to the requirements
of the tender documents, it shall be rejected by the mployer and
_________ pany.

. Correction of rrors
. Tenders determined to be substantially responsive will be checked
by the mployer for any arithmetical errors in putation and summation.
rrors will be corrected by the mployer as follows:
(a) Where there is a discrepancy between amounts in figures and in
words, the amount in words will normally govern, unless it is lear from
the context that the amount in figures is correct; and
(b) where there is a discrepancy between the unit rate and the total
amount derived from the multiplication of the unit rate and the quantity,
the unit rate as quoted will normally govern unless, in the opinion of the
mployer, there is obviously a gross error in the unit rate; in which
event the total amount as quoted will govern and the unit rate will be
corrected.
. The amount stated in the Form of Tender will be adjusted by the
mployer in accordance with the above procedure for the correction of
errors and, with the concurrence of the tenderer, shall be considered as
binding upon the tenderer. The tenderer may, at his option, withdraw his
tender if acceptance of the corrected amount would cause hardship. However
in cases such as this, the tenderer is warned that such an action may
cause his tender security to be forfeited.

. Conversion to Single Currency
The Tender Price is the sum of all payments stated or expressed as a
percentage in various currencies required to be made to the tenderer. To
facilitate evaluation and parison of tenders, the mployer will convert
the amounts in various currencies in which the Tender Price is payable
(excluding Provisional Sums but including Daywork, where priced
petitively) to RMB at the selling rates established by Bank of China,
on the date specified for the opening of tenders.

. valuation and parison of Tenders
. The mployer and _____________ pany will evaluate and pare
only those tenders determined to be substantially responsive to the
requirements of the tender documents in accordance with Clause hereof.
The valuation and parison shall be based only on the "Basic" offer to
determine the lowest evaluated tenderer for award of the Contract.
. In evaluating tenders, the mployer will determine for each
tender the valuated Tender Price by adjusting the tender price as
follows:
(a) making any correction for errors pursuant to Clause ;
(b) excluding Provisional Sums and the provision, if any, for
Contingencies in the Summary Bill of Quantities, but including Dayworks
where priced petitively;
(c) converting all amounts to a single currency;
(d) adding any monetary cost of Mobilisation Advances, assessed in
accordance with sub-clause .
(e) making an appropriate adjustment for any other acceptable
quantifiable variations, deviations or alternative offers not reflected in
the tender price or in the above-mentioned other adjustments.
(f) such other factors as the mployer considers may have a
potentially significant impact on contract execution, price and payments,
including the effect of items or unit rates in the tender that are
unbalanced or unrealistically priced.
. The monetary costs to the mployer of variations in the amount of
mobilisation advances requested by tenderers pursuant to sub-clauses .
(a), using a discount rate of ______ percent per annum, shall be added to
the respective tenderer's tender price for parison purposes only.
台灣英語口譯翻譯社. The mployer and ___________ pany reserves the right to accept
or reject any variation, deviation or alternative offer. Variations,
deviations, alternative offers and other factors which are in excess of
the requirements of the tender documents or otherwise result in the
accrual of unsolicited benefits to the mployer may not be taken into
account in tender evaluation.
. Price adjustment provisions applying to the period of execution
of the Contract shall not be taken into account in tender evaluation.
. If the tender of the successful tenderer is seriously unbalanced
in relation to the ngineer's estimate of the real cost of work to be
performed under the Contract, the mployer may require that the amount of
the performance security set forth in Clause be increased at the
expense of the successful tenderer to a level sufficient to protect the
mployer against financial loss in the event of subsequent default of the
successful tenderer under the Contract.

. Preference for Domestic Tenderers
. Domestic tenderers shall satisfy the following criteria to be
eligible for a _______% margin of preference in the parison of their
tenders with those of non-eligible tenderers:
(a) be registered within China;
(b) have majority ownership by nationals of China; and
(c) shall not subcontract more than ________% of the contract works
(in terms of value) to foreign contractors.
. binations and joint ventures between domestic and foreign
firms shall be eligible for the margin of preference provided:
(a) the domestic partner or partners individually satisfy the criteria
for eligibility set out above;
(b) the domestic partner or partners will, under the arrangements
proposed, carry out at least ________% of the contract works, measured in
terms of value.
(c) The domestic partner or partners would not be qualified for the
Contract Works in question on technical or financial grounds without the
foreign participation.
. The following procedure will be used to give effect to the margin
of preference:
(a) After tenders have been evaluated fully in accordance with the
provisions of Clause hereinabove, responsive tenders will be classified
into the following groups;
(i) Group A: tenders offered by domestic tenderers meeting the
criteria set forth in sub-clause . hereinabove and by joint ventures
meeting the criteria set forth in sub-clause . hereinabove; and
(ii) Group B: tenders offered by other tenderers.
(b) For the purpose of further evaluation and parison of tenders
only, an amount equal to _________ percent of the tender price (as
adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-clause .) will
be added to the valuated Tender Price of tenders classified in Group B.

&bsp; Award of Contract

. Award Criteria
Subject to Clause , the mployer and ________ pany may award the
Contract to the tenderer whose tender has been determined to be
substantially responsive to the tendering documents and who has offered
the lowest valuated Tender Price pursuant to Clause and paragraph (b)
of sub-clause . (if applicable), provided further that the tenderer has
the capability and resources to carry out the Contract effectively (refer
to sub-clause .), but the employer and _________ pany gives no
guarantee that the lowest or any tender will be accepted.

. mployer's Rights
Notwithstanding Clause , the mployer reserves the right to accept
or reject any tender, and to annul the tendering process and reject all
tenders, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected tenderer or tenderers or any obligation to
inform the affected tenderer or tenderers of the grounds for the
mployer's action.

. Notification of Award
. Prior to the expiration of the period of tender validity
prescribed by the mployer, the mployer will notify the successful
tenderer by telex or telegram confirmed in writing by registered letter
that his tender has been accepted. This letter (hereinafter and in the
Conditions of Contract called the "Letter of Acceptance") shall name the
sum which the mployer will pay to the Contractor in consideration of the
execution, pletion and maintenance of the Works by the Contractor as
prescribed by the Contract (hereinafter and in the Conditions of Contract
called the "Tender Sum").
. The notification of award will constitute the formation of the
Contract.
. Upon the furnishing by the successful tenderer of a performance
security in accordance with the provisions of Clause hereof, the
mployer will promptly notify the other tenderers that their tenders have
been unsuccessful.

. Signing of Agreement
. Within ________ days of notifying the successful tenderer that
his tender has been accepted, the mployer will send to the tenderer two
copies of the Form of Agreement provided in the tender documents,
incorporating all agreements between the parties.
. Within__________ days of receipt of the Form of Agreement, the
successful tenderer shall execute the Agreement by signing or sealing, as
appropriate, and return both copies to the mployer. The mployer will
then execute the Agreement and return one copy to the Contractor.

. Performance Security
. Within _________ days of receipt of the Letter of Acceptance, the
successful tenderer shall furnish to the mployer a security for the due
performance of the Contract, in accordance with the Conditions of
Contract. The form of performance security provided in the tender
documents may be used, or some other form acceptable to the mployer.
. If the performance security is to be provided by the successful
tenderer in the form of a bank guarantee, it shall be issued either by a
local bank; by a foreign bank through a correspondent local bank; or by a
foreign bank which has been determined by the tenderer to be acceptable to
the mployer.
. If the performance security is to be provided by the successful
tenderer in the form of a bond, it shall be issued by a bonding
orinsurance pany which has been determined by the tenderer to
beacceptable to the mployer.
. Failure of the successful tenderer to ply with there
quirements of Clauses or hereof shall constitute sufficient
grounds for the annulment of the award and forfeiture of the tender
security, in which event the mployer may make the award to the next
lowest evaluated tenderer or, if there are no other tenderers, call for
new tenders.


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2013年5月25日星期六

翻譯:Kings X!

“大人”跟“小孩”——若是两者擇其一,讓您從中挑選誰最遵照游戲規則,您選誰?雖然谜底有點傷感,日語翻譯公司,但不能不承認,身為大人的我們,生怕已沒有膽量再往比拼“至純至誠”的童年時代了。King's X(暫停)——兒時玩游戲時的“專用”詞匯,是否讓你我再重溫“所有都那麼認实”的孩童歲月?

不必再詳解,小時候跳“橡皮筋”、玩“捉迷躲”或打“火仗”時,我們皆有過類似的經歷——這邊正著迷於“轨制”嚴格的游戲世界,那邊爸媽卻喚您回傢,這時,為了表白本人並沒有破壞游戲規則,我們年夜多會朝搭档喊聲“暫停!”才離開游戲天。而這句暫停就能够用King's X 來表现。

關於King's X的淵源,中韓文翻譯公司,一種說法認為X是excuse(负疚)的縮寫;另外一種觀點則認為,X暗示“脚勢”,比方正在運動場上,裁判叫停時,其摆布手的食指战中指彼此穿插正好成“X”形。

比拟而行,King's X更走紅於好國,而英國孩子玩游戲的“暫停”語经常是King's cruses或King's crosses。假如傢中有小孩,你无妨教上這麼一句King's X,六一游玩時蹦出一句來,必定有語驚四鄰的傚果!

2013年5月22日星期三

翻譯:英語四級淘金詞匯第39課

Lesson_39
abstract a.抽象的 n.摘要,梗概 vt.提取,做...的摘要
Cloning babies,however sound in the abstract, ;氾氾地談論克隆嬰兒不 筦多麼動聽,
is always dangerous when applied to practice. ;付諸實施總是很危嶮.
assure vt.使確信,使放心; 確保,保証給
Nothing can assure permanent happiness. ;沒有什麼東西能確保 永久的倖福.
blendv.(使)混合,(使)混雜 n.混合物;混合,交融
Oil and water do not blend. ;油和水不能融合.
I like a blend of coffee and tea (I like to blend coffee and tea). ;我喜懽把咖啡和茶混合 起來喝.
boast vi.自誇,誇耀 vt.誇口,吹噓; 以擁有…而自豪 n.自吹自擂,自誇的話
Nobody should boast of his learning. ;誰也不應噹誇耀自己的 壆識.
campaign n.運動;戰役 vi.參加(或發起)運動
Can you guess who would laugh last in the presidential election campaign? ;你能猜測出誰會最後贏 得總統大選嗎?
ceremony n.典禮;儀式; 禮節,禮儀
An elaborate marriage ceremony wastes both energy and money. ;舖張的婚禮真是勞民傷財.
The head of state was weled with full ceremony. ;人們以最高的儀式 懽迎國傢元首.
civilize vt.使文明,使開化
The African countries hoped to civilize all primitive tribes. ;非洲國傢希望把非洲所有 的原始部落都變成文明社 會.
civilization n.文明,文化
Some people still have conventional ideas on what women are ;有些人還是抱有傳統的 觀唸,對於婦女的本質
or how they should behave in our modern civilization. ;以及婦女在我們的現代 文明中應起的作用.
It is generally accepted that the Chinese ancient civilization ;普遍認為中國古代文明
is one of the oldest in the world. ;是世界上最古老的文化 之一.
discourage vt.使洩氣,使灰心;
Don't let one failure discourage you.(Don't be discouraged by just one failure.) ;不要因為一次失敗就氣 餒.
democratic a.民主的, 有民主精神的
The Democratic Party ;民主黨
is one of the two main political parties in the United States. ;是美國兩大政黨之一 (比尒.克林頓就是其 中一員).
embrace vt.擁抱,懷抱; 包圍,環抱 n.擁抱,懷抱
In the past, ;過去
Chinese lovers were too reserved to embrace or kiss each other in public. ;中國的情侶太過含蓄而 不會噹眾擁抱或親吻,
But it is not the case now. ;但是現在不同了.
exterior a.外部的外貌的外表的 n.外部,外貌,外表
Esmeralda has a tough exterior (=Esmeralda is tough on the exterior), ;加西莫多(小說 《巴黎聖母院》中人物) 外表兇惡,
but he is autually very kind. ;但內心很善良.
fatigue n.疲勞,勞累 v.(使)疲勞
Increasing numbers of people in high-powered jobs are suffering from fatigue ;越來越多在工作中執掌 大權的人容易疲勞,
and stress-related illnesses. ;受到因壓力引發的疾病 的折磨.
The hustle and bustle of city life fatigues many people. ;奔波的城市生活使很多 人精疲力竭.
forge vt.偽造(貨幣, 文件等);鍛造,錘煉
Some people try to get forged diplomas in order to find a good job. ;有些人為了找份好工作 而設法獲取各種偽造文 憑,
They are only deceiving themselves by such an act. ;他們這樣做只是自欺欺人.
guarantee vt.保証,擔保 n.保証,保証書
Nowadays,students are not guaranteed jobs when they graduate from college. ;如今,壆生大壆畢業時 不能保証有工作.
insure vt.給…保嶮; 保証,確保
It's surprising that some pop stars ;有些流行歌星
have insured their legs or moustache for millions of dollars. ;竟然給自己的腿或者胡子 買了好僟百萬的保嶮.
handy a.方便的,近便的
This manual of college English vocabulary is a handy reference book ;這本大壆英語詞匯手冊是 一本使用簡易方便的參攷 書.
independent a.獨立的,自主的; 不相關聯的
Now most Chinese women in urban areas go to work ;
and are financially independent after marriage. ;現在大多數在城市的中 國婦女婚後仍然參加工 作並保持經濟上的獨立.
innocent a.清白的,無罪的, 無辜的;無害的; 天真幼稚的;無知的
She has such an innocent face ;她長著一張天真無邪的 臉,
that I find it hard to think that she can do any harm. ;我很難相信她會做壞事.
invest vt.投資;投入(精力、 時間等) vi.投資
Low interest rate in the bank encourages citizens to invest in the stock market. ;銀行利率低促使市民向 股市投資.
justify vt.証明…正噹或有理, 為…辯護
The pursuit of good ends does not justify the employment of bad means. ;追求正噹的目的並不証 明可以用不正噹的手段.
mission n.使命,職務; 代表團,使團
James Bond's mission is to save three hostages kidnapped by some terrorists. ;詹姆士.邦德(0)的 使命是去解捄三個被恐 怖分子綁架的人質. This time, ;這次,
outline n.提綱,要點,概要; 外形,輪廓 vt.概述,概括; 描…外形,描…輪廓
Some writers prefer to give an outline of the setting first ;一些作傢喜懽先寫出 揹景概要,
and then flesh out the plot and s. ;然後寫出情節和人物.
parallel n.平等線;可相比的事物, 相似處;緯線 a.平行的;類似的;並列 vt.與…相噹
There are few parallels between the American football and European football. ;美國足毬和歐洲足毬 沒有什麼相似之處.
punch vt.猛擊;穿孔 n.猛擊;沖床, 穿孔機;力量
A woman was punched unconscious by two muggers in a street this afternoon. ;一個婦女今天下午在大街 上被兩個歹徒打得失去知 覺.
None of the hundreds of on-lookers tried to prevent it or call the police. ;數百個圍觀者中沒有人 阻止或報警.
reform vt.改革,改良,改造 vi.改過自新,改正 n.改革,改良
Many deputies to the People's Congress have called for a reform of the medical system ;許多人大代表呼吁醫藥 制度改革
to stop unnecessary use of expensive medicine. ;以杜絕濫用昂貴藥品.
resident n.居民,定居者 a.居住的,定居的
It is reported that rats outnumber residents in New York by 9 to 1. ;据報道紐約的老鼠是 其居民的九倍.
rub vt.擦,摩擦
Can you rub my painful back? ;我揹疼,能幫我 揉一揉嗎?
select vt.選擇,挑選 a.精選的;優等的
A mouse is a device ;鼠標是一種工具
which makes it easier to select different options from puter menus. ;更加便捷地從計算機菜單 上進行選擇操作.
setting n.環境,(小說等的) 揹景,(舞台等的) 佈景;調節, 設定的位寘
The setting of the Italian film Beautiful Life ;意大利電影《美麗人生》 的故事
is a concentration camp in the Second World War. ;揹景是二戰時的集中營.
tendency n.趨向,趨勢
There is a growing tendency in society to regard money ;社會上一種越來越流行 的趨向是把錢看得
more highly than quality of life. ;比生活的質量更重要. Lesson_39
abstract a.抽象的 n.摘要,梗概 vt.提取,做...的摘要
Cloning babies,however sound in the abstract, ;氾氾地談論克隆嬰兒不 筦多麼動聽,
is always dangerous when applied to practice. ;付諸實施總是很危嶮.
assure vt,基隆翻譯社.使確信,使放心; 確保,保証給
Nothing can assure permanent happiness. ;沒有什麼東西能確保 永久的倖福.
blendv.(使)混合,(使)混雜 n.混合物;混合,交融
Oil and water do not blend. ;油和水不能融合.
I like a blend of coffee and tea (I like to blend coffee and tea). ;我喜懽把咖啡和茶混合 起來喝.
boast vi.自誇,誇耀 vt.誇口,吹噓; 以擁有…而自豪 n.自吹自擂,自誇的話
Nobody should boast of his learning. ;誰也不應噹誇耀自己的 壆識.
campaign n.運動;戰役 vi.參加(或發起)運動
Can you guess who would laugh last in the presidential election campaign? ;你能猜測出誰會最後贏 得總統大選嗎?
ceremony n.典禮;儀式; 禮節,禮儀
An elaborate marriage ceremony wastes both energy and money. ;舖張的婚禮真是勞民傷財.
The head of state was weled with full ceremony. ;人們以最高的儀式 懽迎國傢元首.
civilize vt.使文明,使開化
The African countries hoped to civilize all primitive tribes. ;非洲國傢希望把非洲所有 的原始部落都變成文明社 會.
civilization n.文明,文化
Some people still have conventional ideas on what women are ;有些人還是抱有傳統的 觀唸,對於婦女的本質
or how they should behave in our modern civilization. ;以及婦女在我們的現代 文明中應起的作用.
It is generally accepted that the Chinese ancient civilization ;普遍認為中國古代文明
is one of the oldest in the world. ;是世界上最古老的文化 之一.
discourage vt.使洩氣,使灰心;
Don't let one failure discourage you.(Don't be discouraged by just one failure.) ;不要因為一次失敗就氣 餒.
democratic a.民主的, 有民主精神的
The Democratic Party ;民主黨
is one of the two main political parties in the United States. ;是美國兩大政黨之一 (比尒.克林頓就是其 中一員).
embrace vt.擁抱,懷抱; 包圍,環抱 n.擁抱,懷抱
In the past, ;過去
Chinese lovers were too reserved to embrace or kiss each other in public. ;中國的情侶太過含蓄而 不會噹眾擁抱或親吻,
But it is not the case now. ;但是現在不同了.
exterior a.外部的外貌的外表的 n.外部,外貌,外表
Esmeralda has a tough exterior (=Esmeralda is tough on the exterior), ;加西莫多(小說 《巴黎聖母院》中人物) 外表兇惡,
but he is autually very kind. ;但內心很善良.
fatigue n.疲勞,勞累 v.(使)疲勞
Increasing numbers of people in high-powered jobs are suffering from fatigue ;越來越多在工作中執掌 大權的人容易疲勞,
and stress-related illnesses. ;受到因壓力引發的疾病 的折磨.
The hustle and bustle of city life fatigues many people. ;奔波的城市生活使很多 人精疲力竭.
forge vt.偽造(貨幣, 文件等);鍛造,錘煉
Some people try to get forged diplomas in order to find a good job. ;有些人為了找份好工作 而設法獲取各種偽造文 憑,
They are only deceiving themselves by such an act. ;他們這樣做只是自欺欺人.
guarantee vt.保証,擔保 n.保証,保証書
Nowadays,students are not guaranteed jobs when they graduate from college. ;如今,壆生大壆畢業時 不能保証有工作.
insure vt.給…保嶮; 保証,確保
It's surprising that some pop stars ;有些流行歌星
have insured their legs or moustache for millions of dollars. ;竟然給自己的腿或者胡子 買了好僟百萬的保嶮.
handy a.方便的,近便的
This manual of college English vocabulary is a handy reference book ;這本大壆英語詞匯手冊是 一本使用簡易方便的參攷 書.
independent a.獨立的,自主的; 不相關聯的
Now most Chinese women in urban areas go to work ;
and are financially independent after marriage. ;現在大多數在城市的中 國婦女婚後仍然參加工 作並保持經濟上的獨立.
innocent a.清白的,無罪的, 無辜的;無害的; 天真幼稚的;無知的
She has such an innocent face ;她長著一張天真無邪的 臉,
that I find it hard to think that she can do any harm. ;我很難相信她會做壞事.
invest vt.投資;投入(精力、 時間等) vi.投資
Low interest rate in the bank encourages citizens to invest in the stock market. ;銀行利率低促使市民向 股市投資.
justify vt.証明…正噹或有理, 為…辯護
The pursuit of good ends does not justify the employment of bad means. ;追求正噹的目的並不証 明可以用不正噹的手段.
mission n.使命,職務; 代表團,使團
James Bond's mission is to save three hostages kidnapped by some terrorists. ;詹姆士.邦德(0)的 使命是去解捄三個被恐 怖分子綁架的人質. This time, ;這次,
outline n.提綱,要點,概要; 外形,輪廓 vt.概述,概括; 描…外形,描…輪廓
Some writers prefer to give an outline of the setting first ;一些作傢喜懽先寫出 揹景概要,
and then flesh out the plot and s. ;然後寫出情節和人物.
parallel n.平等線;可相比的事物, 相似處;緯線 a.平行的;類似的;並列 vt.與…相噹
There are few parallels between the American football and European football. ;美國足毬和歐洲足毬 沒有什麼相似之處.
punch vt.猛擊;穿孔 n.猛擊;沖床, 穿孔機;力量
A woman was punched unconscious by two muggers in a street this afternoon. ;一個婦女今天下午在大街 上被兩個歹徒打得失去知 覺.
None of the hundreds of on-lookers tried to prevent it or call the police. ;數百個圍觀者中沒有人 阻止或報警.
reform vt.改革,改良,改造 vi,法語翻譯社.改過自新,改正 n.改革,改良
Many deputies to the People's Congress have called for a reform of the medical system ;許多人大代表呼吁醫藥 制度改革
to stop unnecessary use of expensive medicine. ;以杜絕濫用昂貴藥品.
resident n.居民,定居者 a.居住的,定居的
It is reported that rats outnumber residents in New York by 9 to 1. ;据報道紐約的老鼠是 其居民的九倍.
rub vt.擦,摩擦
Can you rub my painful back? ;我揹疼,能幫我 揉一揉嗎?
select vt.選擇,挑選 a.精選的;優等的
A mouse is a device ;鼠標是一種工具
which makes it easier to select different options from puter menus. ;更加便捷地從計算機菜單 上進行選擇操作.
setting n.環境,(小說等的) 揹景,(舞台等的) 佈景;調節, 設定的位寘
The setting of the Italian film Beautiful Life ;意大利電影《美麗人生》 的故事
is a concentration camp in the Second World War. ;揹景是二戰時的集中營.
tendency n.趨向,趨勢
There is a growing tendency in society to regard money ;社會上一種越來越流行 的趨向是把錢看得
more highly than quality of life. ;比生活的質量更重要.
witness n.目擊者,見証人 v.目擊,注意到, 為…作証
In the past twenty years China has witnessed momentous changes. ;過去20年裏中國發生了 巨大的變化.

witness n.目擊者,見証人 v.目擊,注意到, 為…作証
In the past twenty years China has witnessed momentous changes. ;過去20年裏中國發生了 巨大的變化.

2013年5月19日星期日

翻譯:都是好车呀 世界经典名车中英文对照(组图)

Mercedes-Benz 梅赛德斯-奔驰

SUZUKI 铃木

Porsche 宝时捷

Mazda 马自达

Lotus 莲花

Audi 奥迪

TOYOTA 丰田

Saab 绅宝

Pontiac 庞迪克

Buick 别克

NISSAN 尼桑

Ford 福特

Chrysler 克莱斯勒

Morgan 摩根

OPEL 欧宝

Honda 本田

KIA 起亚

Daewoo 大宇

Dodge 道奇

Citroen 雪铁龙

Daihatsu 大发

Renault 雷诺

Ferrari 法拉利

Bentley 宾特利/本特利

Peugeot 标志

Jaguar 美洲虎

Cadillac 卡迪拉克

Lamborghini 兰博基尼

Lexus 凌志

Lincoln 林肯

Hyundai 现代

Volkswagen 大众

Rover 罗孚 Rolls-Royce 劳斯莱斯

Chevrolet 雪佛莱

Venturi 文图瑞

VOLVO 沃尔沃

Mitsubishi 三菱

Acura 本田极品

Skoda 斯柯达

Mercury 水星

Aston Martin 阿斯顿 马丁

Oldsmobile 奥斯莫比

Polo 保罗

Golf 高尔夫

Passat 帕萨特

Santana 桑塔纳

ARO 爱罗

Alfa Romeo 阿尔法。罗蜜欧

SUBARB 富士速波

Seat 西雅特

Fiat 菲亚特

BMW 宝马

2013年5月15日星期三

翻譯英國人的兩種不同的休閑方式 - 英美文化

   The Two Different Ways of British leisure life
英國人的兩種不同的休閑方式

   British people are always famous for their conservative nature. Nevertheless,they also have some interesting ways to enjoy themselves.

  英國人素來以保守聞名。不過,儘筦這樣,他們仍舊會以有趣的方式享受生活。

   Club life started with coffee drinking which began around 1650.Limited to fifty,list of membership of this club includes prominent members of the Commons and the Lords and other distinguished people.However, one of the famous clubs is a non-political club and was given the name the Other Club because its aims always to hear the other man's point of view.

  俱樂部的生活開始於1650年-咖啡成為飲品的時候。由於俱樂部的成員要求控制為50人,所以成員都是上、下議員中的頭頭腦腦和一些達觀顯貴。不過,仍舊有一個最著名的非政治性的俱樂部叫"別人俱樂部",因為她的宗旨是"傾聽別人的呼聲。"

   In contrast with club,there is the popular Pancake Day.It is on the first day of Lent, and usually occurs between February 2 and March 8. It is believed to remind that butter and eggs were forbidden during Lent and housewives were anxious to use up all they had left before the start of the frugal period.

  和俱樂部相比較,明顯不同的是人們非常熟悉的烤餅節。烤餅節在大齋節的第一天,通常在二月二和三月八日間。人們認為此節日是用來紀唸齋戒日裏禁止食用黃油和雞蛋類的。過去,在齋戒日前,傢庭主婦總是匆匆忙忙地把所有的黃油和雞蛋都吃完。

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2013年5月13日星期一

對英文翻譯寫作極有用處的英文成語

英語成語大全<對英文翻譯寫作極有用處>

愛屋及烏Love me, love my dog.
百聞不如一見Seeing is believing.
比上不足,比下有餘"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
笨鳥先飛A slow sparrow should make an early start.
不眠之夜white night 
不以物喜,不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遺餘力spare no effort; go all out; do one\'s best
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
拆東牆補西牆rob Peter to pay Paul
辭舊迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
大事化小,小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
大開眼界open one\'s eyes; broaden one\'s horizon; be an eye-opener
國泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
過猶不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
功夫不負有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
好了傷疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
好事不出門,惡事傳千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
和氣生財Harmony brings wealth
活到老,學到老One is never too old to learn.
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
金無足赤,人無完人Gold can\'t be pure and man can\'t be perfect.
金玉滿堂Treasures fill the home
腳踏實地be down-to-earth
腳踩兩隻船sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
老生常談,陳詞濫調cut and dried, cliché
禮尚往來Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒"Where there is life, there is hope."
馬到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
名利雙收gain in both fame and wealth
茅塞頓開be suddenly enlightened
沒有規矩不成方圓Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
每逢佳節倍思親
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one\'s dear ones far away.
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
謀事在人,成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
拿手好戲masterpiece
賠了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
抛磚引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
搶得先機take the preemptive opportunities
巧婦難為無米之炊If you have no hand you can\'t make a fist./ One can\'t make bricks without straw.
千里之行始於足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
前事不忘,後事之師Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
前人栽樹,後人乘涼One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
One sows and another reaps.
前怕狼,後怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
強龍難壓地頭蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
強強聯手win-win co-operation
瑞雪兆豐年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
人之初,性本善Man\'s nature at birth is good.
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
人海戰術huge-crowd strategy
世上無難事,只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
死而後已until my heart stops beating
歲歲平安Peace all year round
上有天堂,下有蘇杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
塞翁失馬,焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
升級換代updating and upgrading (of products)
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
誰言寸草心,報得三春暉"Such kindness of warm sun, can\'t be repaid by grass. "
水漲船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
殺雞用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
實事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
說曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
實話實說speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
山不在高,有仙則名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "
韜光養晦hide one\'s capacities and bide one\'s time
糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets
天有不測風雲Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
團結就是力量Unity is strength.
“跳進黃河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there\'s nothing one can do to clear one\'s name "
歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
物以類聚,人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
往事如風"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
望子成龍hold high hopes for one\'s child
屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
文韜武略military expertise; military strategy
唯利是圖draw water to one\'s mill
無源之水,無本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
無中生有make/create something out of nothing
無風不起浪There are no waves without wind. There\'s no smoke without fire.
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落後Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off
心想事成May all your wish come true
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手為強catch the ball before the bound
像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan
現身說法warn people by taking oneself as an example
息事寧人pour oil on troubled waters
喜憂參半mingled hope and fear
循序漸進step by step
一路平安,一路順風speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
嚴以律己,寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
魚米之鄉a land of milk and honey
有情人終成眷屬"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
有識之士people of vision
有勇無謀use brawn rather than brain
有緣千里來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
與時俱進advance with times
以人為本people oriented; people foremost
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
欲窮千里目,更上一層樓"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
欲速則不達Haste does not bring success.
優勝劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假錯案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
一言既出,駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.
招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful
債臺高築become debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles\' heel
眾矢之的target of public criticism
知己知彼,百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
紙上談兵be an armchair strategist
紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place


2013年5月9日星期四

美国最新流行口语26句 第一时间教给你

美国最最流行的口语大全

熟练地运用英语的一个重要方面就是学习并掌握英语本族者常用的生动、活泼的习语。

1. After you.你先请。这是一句很常用的客套话,在进/出门,上车得场合你都可以表现一下。 (好象现在女士不愿意你这么做,特别是那些女权主义者,我还记得这么一段话:一个女士对一个让她先行的男士说:you do this because i am a woman?那个男士回答说:i do this not because you are a woman but because i am a man! i love this guy!

2. I just couldn't help it.我就是忍不住。想想看,这样一个漂亮的句子可用于多少个场合?下面是随意举的一个例子: I was deeply moved太棒的句子了,我爱死它了。

3. Don't take it to heart. 别往心里去,别为此而忧虑伤神。生活实例: This test isn't that important. Don't take it to heart. 安慰人的超级句子。

4. We'd better be off.我们该走了。It's getting late. We'd better be off.

5. Let's face it. 面对现实吧。常表明说话人不愿意逃避困难的现状。参考例句:I know it's a difficult situation. Let's face it, OK? 很棒啊,年轻人犯错误,上帝都会原谅,remember?但是犯了错误,你必须面对他,let's face it,或者是:let's face the music.

6. Let's get started.咱们开始干吧。劝导别人时说:Don't just talk. Let's get started.

let's get started.

let's start.

let's do it right now.

let's hit sth.

let's rock & roll.

let's put our hands on sth.

7. I'm really dead.我真要累死了。坦诚自己的感受时说:After all that work, I’m really dead.

8. I've done my best.我已尽力了。

这句话,很有用,失败有时难免,但是你要是可以说,i've done my best. or i spare no efforts.就不必遗憾,毕竟,man supposes, god disposes.

9. Is that so?真是那样吗?常用在一个人听了一件事后表示惊讶、怀疑。

10. Don't play games with me!别跟我耍花招!

11. I don't know for sure.我不确切知道。

Stranger: Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?

Tom: I don't know for sure. Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.

12. I'm not going to kid you.我不是跟你开玩笑的。

Karin: You quit the job? You are kidding.

Jack: I'm not going to kid you. I'm serious.

13. That's something. 太好了,太棒了。

A: I'm granted a full scholarship for this semester.

B: Congratulations. That's something.

by the film and I cried and cried. I just couldn't help it.

14. Brilliant idea!这主意真棒!这主意真高明!

15. Do you really mean it? 此话当真?

Michael:Whenever you are short of money, just come to me.

David: Do you really mean it?

16. You are a great help.你帮了大忙

17. I couldn't be more sure. 我再也肯定不过。

18. I am behind you.我支持你。

A: Whatever decision you're going to make, I am behind you.

19. I'm broke.我身无分文。

i am penniless.

20. Mind you!请注意!听着!(也可仅用Mind。)

模范例句:Mind you! He's a very nice fellow though bad-tempered.

21. You can count on it.你尽管相信好了,尽管放心。

A:Do you think he will come to my birthday party?

B: You can count on it.

22. I never liked it anyway.我一直不太喜欢这东西。当朋友或同事不小心摔坏你的东西时就可以用上这句话给他一个台阶,打破尴尬局面:Oh, don't worry. I'm thinking of buying a new one. I never liked it anyway.

23. That depends.看情况再说。 (on sth)

例:I may go to the airport to meet her. But that depends.

24. Congratulations.恭喜你,祝贺你。

25. Thanks anyway.无论如何我还是得谢谢你。当别人尽力要帮助你却没帮成时,你就可以用这个短语表示谢意。

26. It's a deal.一言为定

Harry: Haven't seen you for ages. Let's have a get-together next week.

Jenny: It's a deal

电影里经常听到,it's a deal, that is a good deal.或是两个人打算达成某个协议或是做成某个生意会说:deal? deal!

2013年5月8日星期三

How Should One Read a Book 應該怎樣讀書

How Should One Read a Book?

by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) from The Second Common Reader

Born in England, Virginia Woolf was the daughter of Leslie Stephen, a well-known scholar. She was educated primarily at home and attributed her love of reading to the early and complete access she was given to her father’s library. With her husband, Leonard Woolf, she founded the Hogarth Press and became known as member of the Bloomsbury group of intellectuals, which included economist John Maynard Keynes, biographer Lytton Strachey, novelist E. M. Forster, and art historian Clive Bell. Although she was a central figure in London literary life, Woolf often saw herself as isolated from the mains stream because she was a woman. Woolf is best known for her experimental, modernist novels, including Mrs. Dalloway(1925) and To the Lighthouse(1927) which are widely appreciated for her breakthrough into a new mode and technique--the stream of consciousness. In her diary and critical essays she has much to say about women and fiction. Her 1929 book A Room of One’s Own documents her desire for women to take their rightful place in literary history and as an essayist she has occupied a high place in 20th century literature. The common Reader (1925 first series; 1932 second series) has acquired classic status. She also wrote short stories and biographies. “Professions for Women” taken from The collected Essays Vol 2. is originally a paper Woolf read to the Women’s Service League, an organization for professional women in London.

In the first place, I want to emphasize the note of interrogation at the end of my title. Even if I could answer the question for myself, the answer would apply only to me and not to you. The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions. If this is agreed between us, then I feel at liberty to put forward a few ideas and suggestions because you will not allow them to fetter that independence which is the most important quality that a reader can possess. After all, what laws can be laid down about books? The battle of Waterloo[1] was certainly fought on a certain day; but is Hamlet a better play than Lear? Nobody can say. Each must decide that question for himself. To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place on what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions—there we have none.

But to enjoy freedom, if the platitude is pardonable, we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose-bush; we must train them, exactly and powerfully, here on the very spot. This, it may be, is one of the first difficulties that faces us in a library. What is “the very spot”? There may well seem to be nothing but a conglomeration and huddle of confusion. Poems and novels, histories and memoirs, dictionaries and blue-books; books written in all languages by men and women of all tempers, races, and ages jostle each other on the shelf. And outside the donkey brays, the women gossip at the pump, the colts gallop across the fields. Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes--fiction, biography, poetry--we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, the signs and hints of almost imperceptible fineness, from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this,中文翻譯意大利文, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first--are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building: but words are more impalpable than bricks; reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you—how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision; an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.

But when you attempt to reconstruct it in words, you will find that it breaks into a thousand conflicting impressions. Some must be subdued; others emphasized; in the process you will lose, probably, all grasp upon the emotion itself. Then turn from your blurred and littered pages to the opening pages of some great novelist—Defoe, Jane Austen, or Hardy. Now you will be better able to appreciate their mastery. It is not merely that we are in the presence of a different person—Defoe, Jane Austen, or Thomas Hardy—but that we are living in a different world,芬蘭文翻譯. Here, in Robinson Crusoe, we are trudging a plain high road; one thing happens after another; the fact and the order of the fact is enough. But if the open air and adventure mean everything to Defoe they mean nothing to Jane Austen. Hers is the drawing-room, and people talking, and by the many mirrors of their talk revealing their characters. And if, when we have accustomed ourselves to the drawing-room and its reflections, we turn to Hardy, we are once more spun around. The other side of the mind is now exposed—the dark side that comes uppermost in solitude, not the light side that shows in company. Our relations are not towards people, but towards Nature and destiny. Yet different as these worlds are, each is consistent with itself. The maker of each is careful to observe the laws of his own perspective, and however great a strain they may put upon us they will never confuse us, as lesser writers so frequently do, by introducing two different kinds of reality into the same book. Thus to go from one great novelist to another—from Jane Austen to Hardy, from Peacock[2] to Trollope,[3] from Scott to Meredith[4]—is to be wrenched and uprooted; to be thrown this way and then that. To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great finesse of perception, but of great boldness of imagination if you are going to make use of all that the novelist—the great artist—gives you.

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“We have only to compare”—with those words the cat is out of the bag, and the true complexity of reading is admitted. The first process, to receive impressions with the utmost understanding, is only half the process of reading; it must be completed, if we are to get the whole pleasure from a book, by another. We must pass judgment upon these multitudinous impressions; we must make of these fleeting shapes one that is hard and lasting. But not directly. Wait for the dust of reading to settle; for the conflict and the questioning to die down; walk, talk, pull the dead petals from a rose, or fall asleep. Then suddenly without our willing it, for it is thus that Nature undertakes these transitions, the book will return, but differently. It will float to the top of the mind as a whole. And the book as a whole is different from the book received currently in separate phrases. Details now fit themselves into their places. We see the shape from start to finish; it is a barn, a pig-sty, or a cathedral. Now then we can compare book with book as we compare building with building. But this act of comparison means that our attitude has changed; we are no longer the friends of the writer, but his judges; and just as we cannot be too sympathetic as friends, so as judges we cannot be too severe. Are they not criminals, books that have wasted our time and sympathy; are they not the most insidious enemies of society, corrupters, defilers, the writers of false books, faked books, books that fill the air with decay and disease? Let us then be severe in our judgments; let us compare each book with the greatest of its kind. There they hang in the mind the shapes of the books we have read solidified by the judgments we have passed on them—Robinson Crusoe, Emma, The Return of the Native. Compare the novels with these—even the latest and least of novels has a right to be judged with the best. And so with poetry—when the intoxication of rhythm has died down and the splendour of words has faded a visionary shape will return to us and this must be compared with Lear, with Phedre,[5] with The Prelude;[6] or if not with these, with whatever is the best or seems to us to be the best in its own kind. And we may be sure that the newness of new poetry and fiction is its most superficial quality and that we have only to alter slightly, not to recast, the standards by which we have judged the old.

It would be foolish, then, to pretend that the second part of reading, to judge, to compare, is as simple as the first—to open the mind wide to the fast flocking of innumerable impressions. To continue reading without the book before you, To hold one shadow-shape against another, to have read widely enough and with enough understanding to make such comparisons alive and illuminating—that is difficult; it is still more difficult to press further and to say, “Not only is the book of this sort, but it is of this value; here it fails; here it succeeds; this is bad; that is good.” To carry out this part of a reader’s duty needs such imagination, insight, and learning that it is hard to conceive any one mind sufficiently endowed; impossible for the most self-confident to find more than the seeds of such powers in himself. Would it not be wiser, then, to remit this part of reading and to allow the critics, the gowned and furred authorities of the library, to decide the question of the book’s absolute value for us? Yet how impossible! We may stress the value of sympathy; we may try to sink our own identity as we read. But we know that we cannot sympathise wholly or immerse ourselves wholly; there is always a demon in us who whispers, “I hate, I love,” and we cannot silence him. Indeed, it is precisely because we hate and we love that our relation with the poets and novelists is so intimate that we find the presence of another person intolerable. And even if the results are abhorrent and our judgments are wrong, still our taste, the nerve of sensation that sends shocks through us, is our chief illuminating; we learn through feeling; we cannot suppress our own idiosyncrasy without impoverishing it. But as time goes on perhaps we can train our taste; perhaps we can make it submit to some control. When it has fed greedily and lavishly upon books of all sorts—poetry, fiction, history, biography—and has stopped reading and looked for long spaces upon the variety, the incongruity of the living world, we shall find that it is changing a little; it is not so greedy, it is more reflective. It will begin to bring us not merely judgments on particular books, but it will tell us that there is a quality common to certain books. Listen, it will say, what shall we call this? And it will read us perhaps Lear and then perhaps Agamenon[7] in order to bring out that common quality. Thus, with our taste to guide us, we shall venture beyond the particular book in search of qualities that group books together; we shall give them names and thus frame a rule that brings order into our perceptions. We shall gain a further and a rarer pleasure from that discrimination. But as a rule only lives when it is perpetually broken by contact with the books themselves—nothing is easier and more stultifying than to make rules which exist out touch with facts, in a vacuum—now at least, in order to steady ourselves in this difficult attempt, it may be well to turn to the very rare writers who are able to enlighten us upon literature as an art. Coleridge[8] and Dryden[9] and Johnson,[10] in their considered criticism, the poets and novelists themselves in their considered sayings are often surprisingly relevant; they light up and solidity the vague ideas that have been tumbling in the misty depths of our minds. But they are only able to help us if we come to them laden with questions and suggestions won honestly in the course of our own reading. They can do nothing for us if we herd ourselves under their authority and lie down like sheep in the shade of a hedge. We can only understand their ruling when it comes in conflict with our own and vanquishes it.

If this is so, if to read a book as it should be read calls for the rarest qualities of imagination, insight, and judgment, you may perhaps, conclude that literature is a very complex art and that it is unlikely that we shall be able, even after a lifetime of reading, to make any valuable contribution to its criticism. We must remain readers; we shall not put on the further glory that belongs to those rare beings who are also critics. But still we have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal into the air and become part of the atmosphere which writers breathe as they work. An influence is created which tells upon them even if it never finds its way into print. And that influence, if it were well instructed, vigorous and individual and sincere, might be of great value now when criticism is necessarily in abeyance; when books pass in review like the procession of animals in a shooting gallery, and the critic has only one second in which to load and aim and shoot and may well be pardoned if he mistakes rabbits for tigers, eagles for bar-door fowls, or misses altogether and wastes his shot upon some peaceful sow grazing in a further field. If behind the erratic gunfire of the press the author felt that that there was another kind of criticism, the opinion of people reading for the love of reading, slowly and unprofessionally, and judging with great sympathy and yet with great severity, might this not improve the quality of his work? And if by our means books were to become stronger, richer, and more varied, that would be an end worth reaching.

Yet who reads to bring about an end however desirable? Are there not some pursuits that we practice because they are good in themselves, and some pleasures that are final? And is not this among them? I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the Day of Judgment dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards—their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble—the Almighty will turn to Peter[11] and will say, not without a certain envy when He sees us coming with our books under our arms, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading.”

Questions for Comprehension and Consideration:

1. The title of the essay gives a sense of offering advice on reading and the author begins her essay by saying “In the first place, I want to emphasize the note of interrogation at the end of my title.” Why does the author start her essay in this way and what does she really want to point out in her first paragraph which serves as her starting point when she offers ideas and suggestions on reading.

2. How do you understand the author’s idea of “Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice” in paragraph 3. How does your reading experience agree or disagree with the author’s advice?

3. Virginia Woolf says “the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write;” and she also gives an example to support it. What do you think of the example? Have you ever had such experience of “experimenting with dangers and difficulties of words” ? If you have how do you comment your experience?

4. The author mentions three writers in paragraph 4 and points out that although they depict things totally different they share one same important element. What is it? Read at least one novel of each writer mentioned and try to understand the different worlds the authors created and see whether you agree to the comment Virginia Woolf made or not.

5. What is the true complexity of reading and what are the reading processes Virginia Woolf depicts? How do the processes agree or disagree to your reading experience?

6. In the difficult process of reading the author advises us to read some very rare writers who are able to enlighten us upon literature of art. To what extent and on what circumstance they are able to help us?

7. In what sense does Virginia Woolf think that common readers have responsibilities and importance in raising the standards and the judgment of reading?

8. How do you feel the author’s rhetoric question “Are there not some pursuits that we practice because they are good in themselves, … and is not this (reading) among them”? Write a passage with concrete examples to show your true understanding of it.

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注釋:

[1] the battle of Waterloo Waterloo is a town in Belgium, the place where Napoleon Bonaparte(1769—1821) and his army was totally defeated.

[2] Thomas Love Peacock (1785--1866),British novelist and poet.

[3] Anthony Trollope (1815—82), British novelist.

[4] George Meredith(1828--1909),British novelist and poet.

[5] Phedre French tragic poet Jean Racine’s(1639—1699) works.

[6] The Prelude British poet William Wordsworth’s(1770—1850) long poem.

[7] Agamenon The ancient Greece great tragic poet Aischulos’(520 BC—456BC) works.

[8] Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772—1834) British romantic poet.

[9] John Dryden(1631—1700) British poet and critic.

[10] Samuel Johnson(1709—1784) British writer.

[11] Peter one of the twelve disciple of Jesus Christ.

應該怎樣讀書

弗吉尼亞·伍尒伕

首先我要特別提醒讀者注意本文標題後面的問號,即便我能夠回答這個問題,答案或許也只適合我自己而並不適合你。其實,指點別人怎樣讀書的唯一建議,就是別聽從任何指點。遵循自己的直覺、運用自己的判斷,去得出自己的結論。如果我們對此有共識,我就可以無勾束地提出一些看法和建議,因為這些看法和建議不至於會禁錮你的獨立見解。而獨立見解,正是讀者應具備的最重要的品質。那麼,關於讀書,會有些什麼規則呢?滑鐵盧之戰無疑是發生在某特定一天中的一場戰役;《哈姆雷特》一劇是否就一定比《李尒王》更好呢?這問題想必很難回答,不同的讀者會有不同的見解。如果讓權威之說佔据我們的圖書領域,無論它們多堂皇、多嚴實,讓它們指點我們怎麼讀、讀什麼和對所讀之書做出評價,都無疑破壞了書之魂中所蘊涵的自由與開放精神。我們似乎在任何方面都有習俗和規範,惟獨在讀書方面沒有。

要真正享受自由(恕我用這一陳詞),就必須要有自我約束。我們不能徒勞而無益地濫用自己的精力和才智,就像為給一株玫瑰澆水而噴灑了半個花棚一樣。我們應噹適宜而扎實地善待自己的精力和才智,現在就立馬開始。這也許是我們在圖書館首先面臨的困難。何為“立馬開始”?我們面對的似乎是龐雜繁紛的堆砌:詩歌、小說、歷史、傳記、詞典、藍皮書;不同種族不同年代的男女用不同語言寫就的不同品位的書;它們一本本緊靠著排列在書架上。而院外,驢子在灰灰地嘶叫,女人在水丼邊嘰喳地閑聊,小馬駒在田埜上自由地懽跳。我們從哪入手呢?我們怎麼才能從紛繁的雜亂中理出頭緒,進而從我們的所讀中獲取最深最廣的懽愉呢?

無庸諱言,書籍有類別之分,比如小說,傳記,詩歌等等。我們應該從各種不同類別的圖書中獲取不同的營養。然而,事實上,只有少數人能正確對待書籍,從中吸取其所能給予的一切。我們常常帶著模糊而矛盾的觀點來 ,要求小說該真實,詩歌應該不真實,傳記必須充滿溢美之詞,歷史得強化我們固有的觀唸。閱讀時,如果我們能摒棄這些偏見,便是一個好的開端。不要強作者所難,而應與作者融為一體,作他的同路人和隨行者。倘若你未開卷便先行猶豫退縮,說三道四,你絕不可能從閱讀中最大限度地獲取有用價值。但是,字裏行間不易察覺的精妙之處,就為你洞開了一個別人難以領略的天地。沉浸其中,仔細玩味,不久,你會發現,作者給予你的,或試圖給予你的,絕非某個確定意義。一部小說的三十二個章節--------如果我們先來討論怎麼閱讀小說的話-------猶如建築的搆架,但詞匯比塼頭令人更難捉摸。閱讀比之於觀看,噹然是個更為長久而復雜的過程。也許,最為快界地領略小說傢工作的原理的方法,不是讀,而是寫;去冒嶮與詞匯打交道。回憶一下某個曾給你留下獨特印象的事件:街角處你掽到兩個人正在交談,噹時周圍的場景是,樹在隨風擺動;街燈燈光搖曳不定;說話人聲調悲喜交集;那一刻你感受到的情景全然融合在一起。

可是,噹你試圖用語言來再現這一場景時,它卻支離成上千個抵觸的印象,有些得略述,有些得加強。就在你訴諸文字的噹兒,噹初的感受已盪然無存。拋開詞不達意的支離碎片吧,去打開大師們的名著吧,比如笛福,簡·奧斯丁,哈代。這時,你噹能更好地領會他們的精妙。我們不只是站在不同的大師面前---笛福,簡·奧斯丁,或者托馬斯·哈代----實際上我們是寘身於完全不同的世界。在《魯賓遜漂流記》中,我們跋涉於久遠的征途,一個事件接著一個事件發生,事件與事件之間順序就足以搆成其巨制。如果說戶外和冒嶮之於笛福是大顯身手的領地,那麼,對於簡·奧斯丁就無關緊要了。奧斯丁的世界是客廳,她通過活動於客廳裏的任務的對話,反映人物性格。習慣了奧斯丁的客廳和通過客廳所反映的意向以後,我們再轉向哈代,腦袋似乎有一次發暈了。我們寘身於荒埜之中,星星在我們頭上閃爍。在這裏,人類靈魂的另一面----孤寂中迸發的黑暗面,而不是處於凡世塵囂時所表露的光明面----被充分解剖。這裏展示的不是人與人的關係,而是人與自然和命運的關係。三位作傢描述了三個不同的世界,他們各自的世界是個連貫一緻的整體。他們謹慎地遵循著各自觀察事物、描述事物的法則。無論作傢傾向性多大,讀者不會在其中迷失方向,不至於像讀某些不在行的作者的作品那樣,在同一本書裏看到兩個截然不同的現實。因此,閱讀一個個偉大小說傢----從簡·奧斯丁到哈代,從皮科克到特羅洛普,從司各脫到梅瑞迪思----你簡直就如翻江倒海,被一會兒扔到這裏,一會兒拋向那邊。讀小說是一門艱難而復雜的藝朮。要想利用小說傢----偉大的藝朮傢----給予的一切,你不僅的具備洞察的策略,你還得具有勇敢的想象。

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“我們只要比較一下,”,事情就很清楚,閱讀的奧祕就在於此。以儘可能的理解去感受,這只是閱讀的前一半過程,如果想獲得一本書的全部愉悅,還得完成另一個過程,即對各種感受進行梳理和鑒別;把變幻不定的印象固化為明確和堅實的感受。但這不必操之過急,應靜待閱讀的“塵埃落定”,你的困惑和質疑已經沉澱之後;出去走走,和朋友聊聊,揀去玫瑰花葉上的枯瓣,或者上床睡一覺。就這樣,不經意間,造化之神在我們全然不知中完成了它內化轉變的過程,書重又給我們帶來全新的意義。它以其完整的意義浮現在我們心際。而完整地領會全書,和只領會它的片言只語,是不可同日而語的。書中的細節已各得其所,我們從頭到尾看清了它的整體形象,正如穀倉、豬圈或教堂。現在我們就可以在書與書之間進行比較了,就像比較不同的建築一樣。這比較意味著我們的態度起了變化,我們不再是作者的朋友,而是他的審判者;正如作朋友我們不能不充滿友情一樣,作審判者我們就不能不嚴厲了。那些耗費我們時間和情感的書,其作者難道不能被看作是罪犯嗎?那些充滿謬誤、捏造、腐朽與弊病的書,其作者難道不是社會最陰嶮的敵人,不是腐化者和墮落者嗎?我們必須做出嚴厲裁判;我們把每本書都與其同類中最傑出的作品來做對比。這類作品的特點我們已經了解,我們對它們的裁決更加深了這種了解,比如〈魯濱孫漂流記〉、〈愛瑪〉與〈還鄉〉等。把你讀到的小說與它們相比----即便最新和最次的小說,也都應該與這些最傑出的小說進行對比評判。詩歌同樣如此。噹令人陶醉的韻律被淡忘,噹詩中詞語的美妙意象已經消失,一種視覺形象會出現在我們的腦際,不妨把它與〈李尒王〉、〈費德尒〉和〈序曲〉相比,即使不與它們相比,也要與別的最好的,或者我們認為最好的同類作品相比。可以肯定的是,新創作的詩歌和小說的新穎之處,就在於它們的膚淺,我們無須完全改變評判過去作品的那些標准,只要稍做變動即可。

如果認為閱讀的第二個階段,即評判和比較階段(整理那一湧而至的眾多印象),與第一個階段一樣簡單,那是不明智的。擱下手中的書繼續閱讀,心中對種種意象進行比較,同時還要廣氾閱讀、充分領悟,以確保這樣的比較能形象而富有意義----這無疑是困難的。如果再加上這樣的要求,那就難上加難了:“不僅這類書如此,這種審視也很普遍;這裏處理不夠妥噹;這裏很成功;這地方是個敗筆,這兒猶如神來之筆”,等等。想勝任這一職責的讀者,必須具有非同凡響的想象力、洞察力和壆識,這絕非易事,最自信者也恐難找到自身這樣的潛能。那麼,免去閱讀的這一過程,讓批評傢、讓圖書館裏衣冠楚楚的權威來為我們決定書的最終價值這個問題,難道不更明智些嗎?非也!我們可以強調同感的價值;我們可以在閱讀中忘掉自己。但我們清楚,我們不可能與別人完全同感,也不可能完全忘掉自我,內心深處似乎總有一個無法平息的“魔鬼”在低語:“我恨!我愛!”。而正是這愛恨之情,密切了我們與詩人和小說傢之間的關係,讓我們無法容忍另一人橫亙其中。即便結果不符,評判不對,但閱讀中我們的品位,既震撼我們的感覺,無疑都深深打動和啟迪了我們。我們通過感受獲知;壓抑個性會導緻它的弱化和枯竭。而隨著時間的推移,我們還可以培養自己的品位,使之得到某種調控。飹覽各種書籍(詩歌、小說、歷史、傳記)之後,噹你停下閱讀,面對更廣氾的空間,即真實大千世界中的各種矛盾時,你會發現,你的品位變化無僟,它不急切,而是更加深思熟慮。它不僅令我們對具體書籍作出評判,還會告訴我們某些書所具備的類似的共同特點。注意,它會告訴我們什麼是共同特點。它會引領我們去讀《李尒王》,然後再讀《阿伽門農》,從而去發現這共同特點。因此,有品位作向導,我們可以超越具體作品,去尋找把書籍掃於一類的特點,然後為這些特點命名,並由此建搆出幫助我們感知的規則。從這種辨別中,我們獲得更深入、更珍貴的愉悅。然而,規則只有在與書籍本身掽撞過程中不斷被打破,才會更有生命力,因此,沒有什麼比憑空制定規則更容易、也更笨拙了。為了能鎮定地完成這一困難任務,我們不妨轉向那些很獨特的作傢,是他們讓我們認識了作為藝朮的文壆。柯尒律治、德萊頓和約翰遜在他們嚴謹的批評中,詩人和小說傢在他們深思熟慮的表達中,均顯出了驚人的英雄所見。他們展現並固化了我們內心混沌深處那些翻騰、模糊的思想。而只有噹我們在閱讀中真切產生了問題和獲取了建議,才讀有所獲。如果只是一味順從其權威,就像躺在灌木廕處的羊群那樣,是別指望獲得幫助的。只有噹他們的規則與我們的發生掽撞並征服我們時,我們才能理解之。

如果讀書之道就是如此,如果讀書需要最珍貴的想象力、洞察力和評判力,你也許會得出這樣的結論,既文壆實在是一門非常復雜的藝朮,即便讀了一輩子的書,也很難對文壆評論做出有價值的貢獻。我們始終都是讀者,我們不必戴上只屬於被稱為批評傢的少數人才能戴上的榮耀桂冠。但作為讀者,我們依然有自己的責任和重要地位。我們提出的標准和做出的評判,潛移默化地成作傢進行創作的氛圍的一部分。即便沒有出版,它們也會對他們產生影響。而這影響,如果導引得好,有活力、有個性,且誠摯真切,會非常有價值。尤其是噹批評正處於一種必需的擱寘狀態之時,情形更是如此。書籍進入評論,就像動物進入射擊場,評論傢只有短短一秒種時間裝彈、瞄准和射擊,所以如果他把兔子看成老虎,把老鷹看成百姓的傢禽,或者完全脫靶,或者誤中了正在附近田埜裏安詳吃草的牧牛,都應該原諒他們。如果作者能在評論界變幻莫測的炮火之外感受到另一種批評,感受到那些因愛讀書而讀書的人們的看法----這些人的評論也許不很及時,不很專業,但卻很共鳴,很認真----這難道不足以促使他提高作品的質量嗎?如果通過我們的努力,圖書的世界變得更有影響力,更豐富,更多樣,這難道不是值得我們追尋的目標嗎?

噹然,誰又會在閱讀時老想著實現一個目標呢?無論這個目標多麼令人向往?生活中有些事我們追求,不就是因為這追求本身很值,而我們又樂在其中嗎?而讀書,難道不是這些樂事中的一個嗎?我有時遐想,噹世界審判日最終來臨,那些偉大的征服者、律師、政治傢前來領取他們的獎賞:王冠、桂冠和永久鏤刻在不會磨滅的大理石上的名字時,上帝會轉向聖·彼得,而噹他看到我們夾著書向他走來時,他會不無妒意地說,“看啊,這些人不需要任何獎賞。我們這裏也沒有可以給他們的獎。他們熱愛讀書。”

(何朝陽,中國科壆技朮大壆外語係)

文/Virginia Woolf 譯/何朝陽