中國(guó)是一個(gè)農(nóng)業(yè)大國(guó)，也是世界農(nóng)業(yè)起源地之一。水稻rice和小麥wheat等農(nóng)作物都原產(chǎn)自originate from/derive from中國(guó)。新中國(guó)成立后，政府十分重視農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)，不斷加大農(nóng)業(yè)投入investment.input，加速了農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)的現(xiàn)代化進(jìn)程boost/strengthen/improve the process of agricultural modernization。因此，中國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)取得了輝煌的成就。中國(guó)各種農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的產(chǎn)量增長(zhǎng)很快，谷物、棉花cotton、花生(Peanut)的總產(chǎn)量均居世界首位rank the first in the world。依靠占世界不足10%的耕地 (cultivatable land)，中國(guó)養(yǎng)活了世界1/5以上的人口。

　　1.第2句為無(wú)被動(dòng)標(biāo)識(shí)詞的被動(dòng)句，翻譯時(shí)要用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，可譯作Crops such as rice and wheat were first produced in China。

　　2.第3句中的動(dòng)作“十分重視”、“不斷加大”是“新中國(guó)成立后”持續(xù)發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，故該句用現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。仔細(xì)分析發(fā)現(xiàn)，“十分重視……，不斷加大……”為兩個(gè)并列的動(dòng)作作謂語(yǔ)，而“加速了……”則表結(jié)果，可處理為結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)，故本句譯為 the government has been paying close attention to... and increasing... to speed up…。

　　3.第4句中的“中國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)取得了輝煌的成就”可理解為“中國(guó)在農(nóng)業(yè)方面取得了成就”，故可譯為China has made great achievements 、progress in agriculture。該句也可用“輝煌的成就”作主語(yǔ)，用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)表達(dá)，譯作great achievements have been made in China's agriculture。

　　4.翻譯最后一句“依靠……，中國(guó)……”時(shí)，可將后半句處理成主句，前半句為狀語(yǔ)，用介詞短語(yǔ)With less than ten parent of the world's cultivatable land來(lái)表達(dá)，使句子主次分明、結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)潔緊湊。

　　參考答案：

　　China is a big agricultural country and also one of the world's agricultural origins. Crops such

　　as rice and wheat were first produced in China. After the founding of New China, the

　　government has been paying close attention to agriculture and increasing investment to

　　speed up the modernization of agricultural production. Therefore, China has made great

　　achievements in agriculture. The outputs of various agricultural products grow at a

　　fast rate and the total output of grains, cotton and peanuts tops /rank the first in the world. With less than ten percent of the world's cultivatable land, China manages to feed over one-fifth of the world's population.