英美报刊节选翻译练习(十)

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From < WEALTH AND PHILANTHROPY > 摘自《经济学人》 2006.2. Feb 23rd 2006

Giving away money has never been so fashionable among the rich and famous. （1）Bill Gates, today's pre-eminent philanthropist, has already handed over an unprecedented¹ $31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, mostly to tackle the health problems of the world's poor. （2）Its generosity² has earned the couple Time magazine's nomination³ as 2005's “people of the year”, along with Bono, an activist⁴ rock star.

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pre-eminent adj.卓越的, 优秀的
philanthropist n. 博爱的人,博爱主义者,慈善家

≡参考答案：≡

比尔盖茨，当今最著名的慈善家，已经向比尔及梅琳达-盖茨基金会捐助了310亿美元，这笔钱大部分用于帮助解决全球穷人的健康问题。他们的慷慨使这对夫妻与社会活动家摇滚明星波诺一同被《时代》周刊提名为“2005年度人物”。

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1 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 generosity
n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为
参考例句：
We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。 We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

3 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。 Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 activist
n.活动分子，积极分子
参考例句：
He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。 He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。