笔译中级备考辅导之快速翻译训练(1)

培养英语思维的习惯，把汉语部分翻译成合适的英文。
建议大家看到题目快速反应，十秒钟，给出你的答案。

第一期的短文：
“Mom, you must have been terribly bored staying at home when I was a child",I said.
"Bored? Housework is boring.But you were never boring”.
I didn't believe her, so I said.”Surely children are not as stimulating as a career.”
“A career is stimulating,” she said. “ I'm glad I had one. But a career is like an open balloon. It remains inflated only as long as you keep pumping. A child is a seed . You water it,

你尽力照看他，他自己就可以长成一朵美丽的花。

单词提示：
stimulating adj. 刺激的，有刺激性的
inflated adj. 膨胀的

答案：

You care for it the best you can . And then it grows all by itself into a beautiful flower.

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