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Insofar as I suppose, the most difficult part of College Entrance Examination must be translation (in Shanghai). My notes play a pivotal role in preparing it, whose advanced expressions from English magazines may also be adduced to serve as an appealing point in my guided writing answers. All in all, I need to practice the ability to "produce", by which I mean "output" content in English. 

For my notes see infra.

1. A是B，是C

----风水是一门使人与环境达到和谐的艺术，是中国哲学在环境上的反映。

--A is not only B but also C

Fengshui is not only an art of harmonizing people with their environment, but also the environmental reflection of Chinese philosophy.

--A, B, is C

Fengshui, an art of harmonizing people with their environment, is the reflection of Chinese philosophy in environment.

--As B, A is C

As an art of harmonizing people with their enviroment, Fengshui is the reflection of Chinese philosophy in environment.

--A, which is B, is also C.

Fengshui, which is an art of harmonizing people with their environment, is also the reflection of Chinese philosophy in environment.

making people in harmony with their environment

harmonize A with B; A be in harmony with B

----造纸术是中国的四大发明之一，是中华民族对世界文明的杰出贡献。

Paper-making technique, one of the Chinese Four Great Inventions, is the prominent contribution of Chinese people to the world civilization.

中华民族: Chinese nation

-- Zingaro is a nation which has not hometown, Carmen is its pronoun.

-- The German attempt to cow the British nation, or shatter their warmaking capacity and willpower by bombing, had been foiled.

We can also use “ethnic group” ；少数民族ethnic minority

-- The immense valley is home to over a dozen ethnic groups.

-- It’s a preferential policy for an ethnic minority family to have two children.

贡献：contribution (CN)(to/towards); 杰出：outstanding、distinguished、significant

捐赠：donation (CN)、contribution (CN)、endowment (CN)

-- It includes pension funds, individual endowments, and charitable foundations.

养老基金：pension funds

个人捐赠：individual endowments

慈善基金：charitable foundations

Be endowed with：天生赋有

-- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

世界人权宣言第一条：人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等。他们赋有理性良心，诚应和睦相处，情同手足。

本着...的精神：in a spirit of

-- A Harvard education is a liberal education, that is, an education conducted in a spirit of free inquiry without concern for vocational utility.

 

Concern smth./be concerned with smth. 与……有关，涉及……

-- The story concerns the prince’s efforts to rescue Pamina.

-- The book is primarily concerned with Soviet-American relations during the Cold War.

Concern smb./It concern smb. that 让某人担忧

-- What concerns me is our lack of preparation for the change.

-- It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.

 

Concern (which serves as a noun) + about/for/over/that... 许多人共同的担心与忧虑

be a matter of concern to smb. 让...关切的事

a cause for concern 引起关切

-- The association we found is actually stronger in females, he said. And that should be a cause for concern related to exposure to mass media(大众媒体).

Concern for 关爱、关心

-- The barriers that prevent most youngsters from running amok - an inherent sense of right and wrong; concern for their job and education prospects; shame - seem not to exist in the minds of the rioters.

-- But in trying to contain the spread of COVID-19, we’ve had to act with concern for people we don’t know and may never see.

 

Concerned (actually serves as an adjective)

Be concerned about/with 担心的 忧虑的

-- He was also deeply concerned with how such ideologies proliferate.

Be concerned about/for/that ...感兴趣的 关注的 关切的

-- We have been concerned for some time that the electoral process hasn’t been moving forward smoothly.

 

2. 说到A，不得不提到B

---- 说到中国文化，不得不提到长城。

-- When it comes to A, B has to be mentioned.

When it comes to the Chinese culture, the Great Wall has to be mentioned.

-- Speaking of A, we must refer to B.

Speaking of Chinese culture, we must refer to the Great Wall.

-- When (we are) talking about/expatiating on A, B is always a must.

When we are talking about Chinese culture, the Great Wall is always a must.

---- 说到古代的科技文明，就不得不说四大发明。

When it comes to the ancient scientific and technological civilization, the Four Great Inventions have to be mentioned.

Speaking of the ancient scientific and technological civilization, we must refer to the Four Great Inventions.

When we are taking about the ancient scientific and technological civilization, the Four Great Inventions are a must.

何译科技？-- science and technology

何译科技文明？-- I did searches online, and only to find one sentence.

-- Dyson suggested that any other technological civilization in the universe would likely follow a similar power consumption pattern to that of humans.

As a result, someone may suggest that we should omit the word “civilization” though, I translate it into scientific and technological civilization.

 

3. A的B被质疑

---- 禁烟令的有效性遭到了质疑。

-- The B of A has been questioned.

The effectiveness of the ban on smoking has been questioned.

-- A is questioned on B.

The ban on smoking is questioned on its effectiveness.

-- There has been some skepticism about the B of A.

There has been some skepticism about the effectiveness of the ban on smoking.

---- 计划的可行性遭到了质疑

The feasibility of the plan has been questioned.

The plan is questioned on its feasibility.

There has been some skepticism about the feasibility of the plan.

 

4. A由于B被认为是C

---- 由于其复杂性，中医被认为是一套独特的方法论。（注：胡诊一气，卷钱跑路）

-- A is considered/regarded/acknowledged as C for B.

Traditional Chinese medical science is regarded a set of unique methodologies for its complexity.

-- In virtue of B, A passes for C.

In virtue of the complexity, Traditional Chinese medical science passes for a set of unique methodologies.

何译中医？

-- “Medicine” seems to be a misnomer because it refers to the pharmaceutics.

-- “Medical science” may also be inappropriate, because it is far away from “science”.

-- Actually, “TCM” is more frequently used, which is the abbreviation of TradiChMedicine...

-- Maybe the mistake can be eliminated by acronym...

-- To observe the effect of life quality, pain, morning stiffness, tumidity, and other clinical symptoms in patients with rheumatoid(类风湿) arthritis treating depression by TCM.

Tumid: to swell, from Latin tumere

-- How do you understand the meaning “man temporize(顺应时势) or acclimatize(使服水土) to the nature” in TCM Rehabilitation? (注：就是啥都不干看命呗，死了就是你不行，活下来就是咱们中医太强了)

---- 豆腐由于其高蛋白、低热量，而被普遍认为是理想食品。

Tofu is universally regarded as the ideal food for its high protein and low calories.

In virtue of the high protein and low calories, tofu universally passes for the ideal food.

关于calorie的数格

-- Well, I don’t think they particularly focus on low calorie diets or weight loss.

-- Now we’re not saying any one of these is better than any other, but some pastry chefs in Denver are blending the basics with the gourmet and the result is high interest if not low calories.

-- So, where people in the past were gnawing(咀嚼) on very fibrous low calorie plant foods as well as raw and cooked meat, maybe having to chomp(咬牙) through skin, cartilage(软骨，这居然是个拉丁词) and sinew(筋).

We can see that the word “low calorie” can serve as an adjective. But when it comes to serve as a noun, in that case, we use “low calories”.

何译“普遍认为”：it is universally agreed (the most accurate maybe); generally; widely

-- In addition to the difficult weather, inexperienced climbers, inexperienced companies that brought them in and overcrowding on the mountain were all widely blamed for the deaths.

-- The Suwa Shrine(諏訪神社) can be traced back 500 years and is generally believed to be the ancient dwelling place of three kami spirits(神霊), the sacred gods of the Shinto faith(神道).

Then How to use BLAME?

-- Others think lax inspections are to blame.

-- Concentration among generic drug-makers may be to blame.

-- When something terrible happens, people naturally look for someone to blame.

-- Clashes followed and both sides blamed each other.

-- Doctor Tayob blames the coal mining industry and poor governance.

-- For nearly 75 years, gin was blamed for murder and mayhem(大混乱).

-- Others blame fast-paced modern lifestyles for contributing to a society that has little time to be polite.

So it is crystal clear that we can use BLAME in those two ways infra.

-- be to blame (for smth.) 对（某件坏事）负有责任

-- blame smb./smth. (for smth.) 把（某件坏事）归咎于...

-- Passive: be blamed (for smth.) ...被责怪（做了某件坏事）

 

5. A很有可能做B

---- 中国将有可能成为增长最快的海外市场。

-- It is very likely for ... to do ...

It is very likely for China to become the fast-growing overseas market.

-- Chances are that ...

Chances are that China will become the fast-growing overseas market.

-- In all likelihood/probability, ...

In all likelihood, China will become the fast-growing overseas market.

---- 大多数学生很有可能通过考试

It is very likely for most students to pass the exam.

Chances are that most students will pass the exam.

In all likelihood, most students will pass the exam.

何译“大多数...”？

大多数学生：most students/most of the students

-- Most of the plant life here is poisonous.

-- Most of the orphanages don’t own any land.

-- Intellectually, many young women believe they can achieve whatever they set their minds to, but most still struggle to obey a sexual double-standard that gives them little room between being chided(责骂) as sluts or prudes.

-- The clandestine(隐秘的) nature of doping means that, for most drugs, there is little hard evidence for their effect on performance.

确凿证据: hard evidence (we don’t need neither “the” nor “a”)

-- What Inez has just handed you is hard evidence of fraudulent investments and fake losses perpetrated by Perkins.

-- There isn’t one piece of hard evidence proving that i didn’t go to Harvard Law.