问答题 You probably won't be shocked to find out that the inventor of tire rubber is Charles Goodyear, as he's the only guy on the list to actually get his name attached to the end product. (46) It wasn't easy coming up with a form of rubber tough enough to withstand the drag racing and car chases everyone envisioned the day the automobile was invented. In fact, if there was one man who should have given up his life dream, it was Goodyear. (47)The man spent time in and out of prison, lost every friend he had and starved his children in his tireless pursuit of a stronger form of rubber.
(48) After his first two years of tinkering and failing with primitive rubber in the 1830s, Goodyear and his family were camping out in an abandoned factory and fishing for sustenance. This is when he made a huge breakthrough: He'd use acid to smooth out and toughen rubber! The government bought 150 mailbags made of the stuff and the rest is...
Oh, wait. They were all defective. The process didn't work and Goodyear was ruined. Again.
Finally in 1839, Goodyear wandered into a general store with another failure of a formula. The crowd watched and laughed at him. (49)In a rage, he began to shake his fist, flinging a piece of his rubber onto the hot stove top.
After inspecting the charred remains, he realized that he had just found a way to make durable, weatherproof rubber. (50) Despite what we're sure were numerous failed "now let's try setting this on fire to see if it improves it!" experiments, an empire was born.

【正确答案】[句子精译] 在汽车刚发明出来的时候,想要找出强度足以随汽车加速赛和飞车追逐的轮胎,可不像我们现在所想的那么容易。
【答案解析】[考核知识点] It句型译法
[句子分析] 本句的主干是It wasn't easy。It是形式主语,coming up with...car chases是真正的主语,the day the automobile was invented在句中充当时间状语成分。
【正确答案】[句子精译] 这家伙进过监狱,所有的朋友都离他而去,几个孩子也在忍饥挨饿,但是,他仍然孜孜不倦地寻找着一种强度更大的橡胶。
【答案解析】[考核知识点] and引导的并列句
[句子分析] 本句的主干是The man spent time...,lost friend and starved his children。and在句中表明了本句是一并列句,并列了三个成分。in his tireless pursuit of a stronger form of rubber是整句的时间状语,可译为“在……过程中。”本句采取了意译。
【正确答案】[句子精译] 19世纪30年代,他花了两年的时问来捣鼓原始橡胶,但却没以任何收获,后来便只好带着家人暂住在一座废弃的工厂里头,勉强维生。
【答案解析】[考核知识点] 状语从句译法
[句子分析] 本句的主干是Goodyear and his family were camping out...and fishing for sustenance。After位于句首,引导一个时间状语从句。
【正确答案】[句子精译] 怒火中烧的固特异冲人群挥舞起拳头,身上的一块橡胶掉进炽热的火炉当中。
【答案解析】[考核知识点] 分词短语及固定短语译法
[句子分析] 本句的主干是he began to shake his fist。In a rage是固定短语,译为“一怒之下,发脾气”。flirtging a piece of his rubbm onto the hot stove top是现在分词短语,表伴随。
【正确答案】[句子精译] 固特异又开展了无数次“现在把这个放到火上看看有没有效!”的实验,可以肯定其中有无数次的失败,但是,一个帝国终于还是由此诞生了。
【答案解析】[考核知识点] 让步状语从句
[句子分析] 本句的主干是an empire was boru。Despite引导的是让步状语从句,表转折、让步。引号中的部分是experiments的具体做法。