英語專八翻譯模擬練習題（10）

　　那位小姐住在山后峽谷的對面.那是好多年以前了，當時我還年輕，常常騎馬去看她.路雖然很長，但是我騎得很快.夫人一定知道，年輕人都沒有耐心.而且，那位小姐非常不友好，總是讓我等，一等就是好幾個小時。有一天，等了很久她也沒來，我非常生氣，在我們約定見面的花園里走來走去.一氣之下便折了她的一棵玫瑰，只是從上面折了一根枝條下來.當我意識到自己做的事情之后，立馬把它藏在了外套里.在回家之后，我便把它栽了起來.夫人都已看到了，它長成了現(xiàn)在這個樣子.如果夫人喜歡，我一定送你一枝栽在花園里.我聽說英國的花園非常漂亮，總是綠幽幽的，不像我們這里的園子，都快被太陽烤焦了。

　　參考譯文：

　　"The lady lived across the valley there beyond that hill. I was a young man then, for it was many years ago. I used to ride over to see her; it was a long way, but I rode fast, for young men, as no doubt the Signora knows, are impatient. But the lady was not kind, she would keep me waiting, oh, for hours; and one day when I had waited very long I grew very angry, and as I walked up and down in the garden where she had told me she would see me, I broke one of her roses, broke a branch from it ; and when I saw what I had done, I hid it inside my coat so ; and when I came home I planted it, and the Signora sees how it has grown. If the Signora admires it, I must give her a cutting to plant also in her garden; I am told the English have beautiful gardens that are green, and not burnt with the sun like ours."