1.The company is betting that some of the nearly 50 million people who visit it each month to shop will take a few minutes to watch the show. Amazon was the seventh-most visited website in the United States in December, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
Key word:
bet n.赌, 打赌 v.赌, 赌钱
bet on v.打赌
bet one's bottom dollar on v.孤注一掷
bet your boots v.必然, 有把握
website 站点
Tips:这个句子翻译的要点在于前半句的句子结构,that引导一个宾语从句做bet的宾语,从句中,who引导定语从句修饰people.注意后边一句中的the seventh-most visited 应该如何理解.
2.Mr.Miller declined to say exactly how the data would be used, but according to the government's willing, it would help estimate the prevalence of material that could be deemed harmful to minors and the effectiveness of filtering software. Opponents of the pornography law contend that filtering software could protect minors effectively enough to make the law unnecessary.
Key word:
decline vi.下倾, 下降, 下垂
v.拒绝, 衰落
n.下倾, 下降, 下垂, 斜面, 斜坡, 衰败, 衰落
decline with thanks 谢绝
decline all responsibility for声明对...不负任何责任
estimate v.估计, 估价, 评估n.估计, 估价, 评估
estimate cost 估计成本
prevalence n.流行
material n.材料, 原料, 物资, 素材, 布料
adj.物质的, 肉体的, 具体的, 重要的, 实质性的
material market 物资市场
effective adj.有效的, 被实施的, 给人深刻印象, 有生力量
effective coin 硬币
pornography n.色情文学, 色情描写
Tips:how引导一个宾语从句做say的宾语,注意"decline to do sth"是什么意思,"According to"表示什么意思,后边句子中的it指代前边什么成分,be harmful to是什么意思,that引导定语从句修饰the prevalence of material ,最后一句注意翻译整理的次序即可.
3. His enemies say Maryland is justified in expropriating some of the company's revenue because the company's pay and medical benefits are insufficient to prevent some employees from being eligible for Medicaid. Well.
Key word:
justify v.证明...是正当的
expropriate vt.没收, 征用, 剥夺
expropriation contingency 紧急征用
revenue n.收入, 国家的收入, 税收
revenue budget 岁入预算
revenue capital 收入资本
revenue of capital and industrial domain 资产收入, 企业收入
insufficient adj.不足的, 不够的n.不足
eligible adj.符合条件的, 合格的
eligibly adv.适当地
Tips:句子的主干是say后边的宾语从句,注意in expropriating 如何理解,medical benefits 如何理解,be insuffient to是...的不足,Medicaid.值的是美国的公共医疗补助制度.这个句子没有结构上的难度.
参考译文：
公司估计每月拜访他们店的几乎五千万人中的一些人会花一些时间看这场展示.根据Nielsen/NetRatings的调查,Amazon是12月美国七大电击率最高的网站之一.
Miller先生拒绝透露这些资料如何被应用,但是根据政府的意愿,这将帮助评估这些被认为对未成年人有害的流行事物和过滤软件的效力.色情法律的反对者主张过滤器软件能足够有效地保护未成年人使法律从此失效.
他的强力竞争者说Maryland被证明剥夺一些公司的正常收入,因为这些公司的收入和医疗补贴是不足以防止雇员们合理的享受公共医疗补助制度的.