2015年考研英语一翻译练习答案

Human friends may come and go, but a horse could be one of your mostloyal, long-term friends if you treat it right.

Horses understand words better than expected, since horses can hearthe human voice better than even dogs can, due to their particular range ofhearing. And scientists predict that trainers could have greater success ifthey use more verbal commands in their horse training programs.

Horses possess excellent memories, which allow horses to not onlyrecall their human friends after a long period of separation but also toremember some complex human instructions for ten years or more. The bonds withhumans are likely an extension of horse behavior in the wild, since horsesvalue their own horse relatives and friends, and are also open to new,non-threatening acquaintances. Horses maintain long-term bonds with severalmembers of their family group, but they also interact temporarily with membersof other groups when forming herds.

【答案】

人类的朋友有来有走，有聚有散，而马会是你最忠实、最长久的密友——假如你善待它的话。

马对人类语言的理解超出我们的预期，由于听觉范围的特殊，马对人类声音的敏感度甚至比狗还略胜一筹。科学家预测，如果驯马师多用口头指令，驯马效果会更佳。

马有着出色的记忆力，它们不仅在分别一段时间后仍能记住人类朋友，而且对人类的一些复杂指令，记忆时间达10年甚至更长时间。马与人的这种关系可能是野生马行为的一种延伸，因为马看重自己的“亲朋好友”，也乐于与没有威胁的新朋友交往。马会与自己种族中个别成员保持长久关系，但在混合放牧时，也会与其他物种发生短暂互动。