翻译练习D16

1. 智力在很大程度上是与生俱来的东西。(extent)

我：To a large extent, intelligence is what people born with.

参考译文：To a large extent, intelligence is something that people are born with.

考点一：在很大程度上（to a large extent）

考点二：与生俱来的东西（something that people are born with）

2.工业的发展推动了人类文明，同时它也给我们带来许多意料之外的问题。(advance, meanwhile)

我：The development of industry advances human civilization, and meanwhile brings a lot of problems that we didn't think of.

参考译文：The development of Industry advanced human civilization, and meanwhile, it also caused us many unexpected problems.

考点一：人类文明（human civilization）

考点二：advanced的用法。

考点三：meanwhile是副词，不可以单独引导句子。