Question

20．Many American children are like you-they don't set the table in a proper way．
（46）It usually isn't very important if some things are in the wrong places． But you should set the table properly for a fancy（講究的）western dinner．
Put fork on the left side of the plate．Put the knife on the right side．The spoon should be on the right side of the knife．（47）A napkin should be folded under the fork．The glass should be on the right of the plate．Put the salad plate on the left of the dinner plate．
Do you think this is too complicatedd（復(fù)雜的）？It gets even fancier．Sometimes there can be four forks，three knives and three different glasses!（48）Use the one farthest away from the plate．Fancy dinners can be fun!
（46）如果有些東西放在了錯(cuò)誤的地方，這通常不是很重要的．
（47）餐巾應(yīng)折疊放在叉子下面．
（48）使用離盤子最遠(yuǎn)的那個(gè)．．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了餐桌上物品擺放的講究，即如何布置餐桌上的物品．如叉子，盤子，勺子，紙巾，杯子等．

解答 46 如果有些東西放在了錯(cuò)誤的地方，這通常不是很重要的．英譯漢題：isn't very important 不是很重要的；if如果，通常引導(dǎo)狀語從句；things are in the wrong places東西放在了錯(cuò)誤的地方．
47 餐巾應(yīng)被折疊放在叉子下面．英譯漢題：這是一個(gè)情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，should be folded 被折疊；under the fork放在叉子下面．
48 使用離盤子最遠(yuǎn)的那個(gè)．英譯漢題：這是一個(gè)祈使句，use使用；the one特指的那一個(gè)；farthest away from the plate離盤子最遠(yuǎn)的，farthest（最遠(yuǎn)的），是far的最高級(jí)形式，這是一個(gè)不規(guī)則變化的最高級(jí)形式．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 翻譯題既要忠實(shí)于原文，也要符合漢語的表達(dá)習(xí)慣．