英语四级翻译新题型模拟练习及答案：义务教育

　　参考译文

　　In China, primary and secondary education takes 12 years to complete, divided into primary, junior secondary and senior secondary stages. Primary education lasts either five or six years. At junior secondary stage, most have three-year schooling with any part of four-year. Almost 98 percent of students are enrolled in the former schools. The nine-year schooling in primary and junior secondary schools belongs to compulsory education. General senior secondary education lasts for three years. Throughout the whole process of compulsory education, students are required to take final examinations at the end of each semester.

　　难点注释

　　1.第一句句子结构较为复杂，翻译时首先理清句子主干，然后补充修饰成分。句子主干为：中小学教育需要花费l2年的时间来完成。“在中国”为地点状语，“分为小学……阶段”为伴随状语。“花费……时问”用take…to…表达，“分为”暗含被动含义，故用过去分词divided into.表被动。

　　2.第二句中的“持续”可译为last for。“或”可以用固定短语either…or…表示。

　　3.第三句中“极少数”译为with a tiny part of;为了避免重复，后面的一个分句省略了动词have，直接用with短语表伴随。

　　4.第四句中，“入学”可以译为be enrolled in。

　　5.第五句中，“9年教育”译为The nine-year schooling;“属于”可以用固定搭配belong to来表达;“义务教育”译为compulsory education。