一、譯前自測-NYT選段(英譯漢)
建議落筆翻譯，若手頭暫無紙筆，也可先進行視譯。
Humans have always been fascinated by the idea of cheating death. We’ve looked to everything from religion, the planets, cryogenics and even the mythical fountain of youth. While we were searching the heavens, science and all the corners of the Earth, the secret of immortality may have been floating in the ocean this whole time. In the form of a jellyfish. When we think of a jellyfish, what most of us is picturing is the “Medusa stage”, the second stage of jellyfish life. They spend this part of their lives as opaque drifting balloons with trailing tentacles.
二、相關詞匯學習與積累
cryogenics /ˌkraɪəˈdʒɛnɪks/ 低溫學
the mythical fountain of youth 神話里的青春之泉
the secret of immortality 長生不老的秘密
the “Medusa stage”, the second stage of jellyfish life
水母生命的第二階段，即“水母體階段”
lives as opaque drifting balloons with trailing tentacles
呈現(xiàn)出不透明的漂流氣球形態(tài)，還帶著觸手
補充：
水母的生命是從幼蟲開始的
Jellyfish start their lives as larva
一旦附著到堅實的東西表面，水母幼蟲就會變態(tài)為一只水螅體，而此時的長相就像一只小小的�？�
Once firmly in place, the larva metamorphoses into a polyp,rather like a tiny sea anemone.
sea anemone /əˈnɛmənɪ/ �？�
metamorphose /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz/ 徹底轉(zhuǎn)變
polyp /ˈpɒlɪp/ 水螅蟲
不朽水母 the immortal jellyfish
永恒的生命 eternal life
巨大的灌木型叢帶 huge shrub-like bushes
這個發(fā)現(xiàn)對我們所有人來說都是震撼且不可思議的 This was a real mind blower for all of us.
從自己的遺骸中重新獲得生命 rise fromone’s own ashes
水母的“鐘”狀主體(通常是指圓頂?shù)南瘛敖德鋫恪钡牟糠?
the bell of the jellyfish (the generally rounder “parachute”part at the top)
細胞轉(zhuǎn)化 cellular transdifferentiation
基因拼接 gene splicing
三、雙語對照參考(水平好得同學可對譯文進行潤色)
Humans have always been fascinated by the idea of cheating death. We’ve looked to everything from religion, the planets, cryogenics and even the mythical fountain of youth. While we were searching the heavens, science and all the corners of the Earth, the secret of immortality may have been floating in the ocean this whole time. In the form of a jellyfish. When we think of a jellyfish, what most of us is picturing is the “Medusa stage”, the second stage of jellyfish life. They spend this part of their lives as opaque drifting balloons with trailing tentacles.
人類總是會對欺騙死亡的長生不老想法很感興趣。為了尋求永生的秘密，人類窮盡了無數(shù)方法，從宗教到外太空的行星，再到低溫物理學，甚至探求神話里的青春之泉，但都一無所獲�；蛟S當我們從天空、科學和地球的天涯海角尋找不朽之道時，長生不老的秘密可能一直便漂浮在海洋中，以水母的形式出現(xiàn)。當我們想到水母時，我們大多數(shù)人腦海中所出現(xiàn)的都是水母生命的第二階段，即“水母體階段”。在這個階段，水母呈現(xiàn)出如不透明的漂流氣球形態(tài)，還帶著觸手。
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