Day 7——Sanitation and health（口译部分）

经典段落操练：口译教程P87

英译汉

Many people ask me if we can change a lifetime of bad habits. To a surprising degree, the answer is yes.

Over the past five years, scientists have accumulated a lo of data about what happens when aged people decide to turn their lives around. The conclusion is heartening: the body has an amazing ability to heal itself, provide the damage not too great.

Not sure where to start? Surprisingly, it doesn’t matter since one positive change usually leads to another. For example, becoming more active physically inspires many people to eat a healthier diet.

汉译英  口译教程P89

中医是中国固有的医学，古已有之。在过去，中医大多只存在于民间。建国以后，国家在发展西医队伍的同时，加强了中医药队伍的培养。举办各种中医进修学校和创办中医学院，是培养中高级中医药人才的重要途径。

对于外国人来说，中医既是神奇的，又是令人迷惑的。中医是一种和中国人的哲学观融为一体的医学，它讲究的是在治疗疾病的同时，还要找出并解决致病的原因。

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答 案

英译汉：

很多人问我，我们是否能改变自己一生的不良习惯。答案在相当大的程度上是肯定的。

在过去的5年中，科学家们已经掌握了大量的关于那些上了年纪的人是如何重新生活的数据资料。他们得出的结论是振奋人心的。我们的身体拥有惊人的自愈力，只要对身体的损害不是那么严重。

你是否不知道该从哪里开始？其实这并不重要，因为只要有第一个积极的改变，就会有第二个。打个比方，多运动会使人饮食更加健康。

汉译英：

Chinese medicine is a form of medicine that has been in China since ancient times. In the past, Chinese medicine was primarily found in the private sector. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the state has simultaneously developed western medical teams and strengthened the training of Chinese medical practitioners. Through the opening of all kinds of schools for the intensive study of traditional Chinese medicine colleges, many medium-and high-level practitioners of Chinese medicine have been fostered.

TO foreigners, The traditional Chinese medicine if of magical effect and extremely puzzling,. It is a medical science which merges itself with Chinese philosophy. What traditional Chinese medicine stresses is to find out the cause of the disease and cure it while alleviating the symptoms of an illness.