2017年成人高考学位英语翻译翻译（十八）

　　1.The bus driver has a style of driving and it' s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so.

　　2.By now you've sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time.

　　3.17th century sailing ships were small and rolled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick.

　　4.Courage was needed, for the heavy sails had to be set and taken down in all kinds of weather, and quite often sailors were swept overboard in a gale.

　　5.A few newspapers support extremist groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate.

　　答案：

　　公交车司机都有自己的开车风格，而在开始的一个小时左右观察这种风格是有趣的事情。

　　现在，你双腿交叉着坐在座位上，双手或者放在大腿上，或者放在扶手上，或者交叉着枕在头后面。这时旅途就正好结束了。

　　17世纪的帆船很小，并且在风大浪急的海上颠簸得厉害，所以大多数乘客都会晕船。

　　勇气是必须的，因为不管天气如何，厚重的帆都要由船员们挂起或降下，船员们经常会被大风吹到甲板上。

　　一些报纸支持那些极端主义者如右派或左派，但是大部分报纸都试图吸引那些持中立观点的美国人。