參考譯文：

　　How can doctors learn to be honest with their patients? More training about how to communicate with patients about their health is critical—especially when it comes to delivering bad news. Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.Conversely, they might exaggerate a normal result in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself. Patients also need to be clear and certain about how honest they want their doctors to be. Communication is a two-way street, after all, even in the doctor’s office.

　　詞句點撥

　　1. 極其重要的 critical

　　2. 尤其是在告知(deliver)壞消息時 when it comes to delivering bad news. (注：注意come to的用法。come to sth. 其中的一個意思就是“當(dāng)達到某種狀況(尤指不好的狀況)時”。)

　　3. 如果檢查結(jié)果對病人的健康沒有影響的話，醫(yī)生們可能不會把略有異常的實驗室檢查結(jié)果告訴給焦慮的病人。Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.(注：注意這句話的翻譯順序，及檢查結(jié)果重復(fù)出現(xiàn)時，翻譯時可譯為it。)

　　4. 希望能刺激病人更好地照顧自己 in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself

　　5. 清楚并確定 be clear and certain

　　6. 雙向的 a two-way street

　　英語六級翻譯題練習(xí)：工業(yè)化下的環(huán)境問題

　　隨著工業(yè)化的快速發(fā)展，環(huán)境問題也日益嚴(yán)峻起來。誠然，發(fā)展經(jīng)濟是第一要義，但生態(tài)環(huán)境卻同樣的重要，畢竟這是我們生存的地方。保護環(huán)境人人有責(zé)，目前，中國的環(huán)境治理也已經(jīng)取得一定成效。

　　中國是發(fā)展中國家中的大國，其工業(yè)化正在快速發(fā)展，環(huán)境問題也變得日益嚴(yán)峻，因此環(huán)境保護被國家視為一項基本國策。近年來，國家采取了很多措施來加強環(huán)境治理，如建立了世界著名的生態(tài)工程“三北防護林工程"(the Three-North Shelter Forest Program)。此外，中國也在大力發(fā)展自然保護區(qū)，頒布了《環(huán)境保護法》(The law on Environmental Protection),加強環(huán)保意識和環(huán)保教育。目前，環(huán)境治理已取得明顯成效，大部分城市環(huán)境和農(nóng)業(yè)生態(tài)環(huán)境得到了很大改善，工業(yè)污染防治能力也大大提高。

　　參考譯文：

　　China is a major developing country undergoing rapid industrialization. The environmental problem in China is getting more and more serious, thus environmental protection has been taken as one of the basic national policies by the government. In recent years, the government has taken lots of measures to improve the environment governance, such as carrying out the world famous ecological project“the Three-North Shelter Forest Program”.Moreover, China has been greatly developing the natural reserves.“The Law on Environmental Protection”has been issued to strengthen the awareness and education of environmental protection. Now, distinct achievements have been gained in environmental governance.The environment in most cities and the agricultural ecological environment around the country have been greatly improved.The capability of preventing and controlling industrial pollution has been highly enhanced.

　　詞句點撥

　　1. 發(fā)展中國家中的大國:可譯為a major developing country。

　　2. 變得日益嚴(yán)峻:可譯為is getting more and more serious或is getting increasingly serious。

　　3. 三北防護林工程:即the Three-North Shelter Forest Program。

　　4. 自然保護區(qū):譯為natural reserves。

　　5. 頒布了《環(huán)境保護法》:《環(huán)境保護法》即“The Law on Environmental Protection'“頒布”可用issue—詞表達。

　　6. 環(huán)境治理已取得明顯成效:翻譯該句時可使用被動語態(tài)，譯為distinct achievements have been gained in environmental governance。