问答题 When President Obama took the stage here Wednesday to address a community—and a nation—traumatized by Saturday"s shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, it invited comparisons to President George W. Bush"s speech to the nation after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the memorial service President Bill Clinton led after the bombing of a federal office building killed 168 people in Oklahoma City in 1995. But Mr. Obama"s appearance presented a deeper challenge, reflecting the tenor of his times. Unlike those tragedies-which, at least initially, united a mournful country and quieted partisan divisions—this one has, in the days since the killings, had the opposite effect, inflaming the divide.
It was a political reality Mr. Obama seemed to recognize the moment he took the stage. He directly confronted the political debate that erupted after the rampage, asking people of all beliefs not to use the tragedy to turn on one another. He called for an end to partisan recriminations, and for a unity that has seemed increasingly elusive as each day has brought more harsh condemnations from the left and the right. It was one of the more powerful addresses that Mr. Obama has delivered as president, harnessing the emotion generated by the shock and loss from Saturday"s shootings to urge Americans "to remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together."
问答题 When President Obama took the stage here Wednesday to address a community—and a nation—traumatized by Saturday"s shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, it invited comparisons to President George W. Bush"s speech to the nation after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the memorial service President Bill Clinton led after the bombing of a federal office building killed 168 people in Oklahoma City in 1995.
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【答案解析】星期三，当奥巴马总统在这里登上讲台，向因亚利桑那州图森市周六枪击事件而受到精神创伤的社区民众——以及全国——发表讲话时，其情其景堪与2001年9月11日美国遭恐怖袭击后小布什总统向全国发表的讲话、以及1995年俄克拉荷马市联邦办公大楼遭炸弹袭击导致168人死亡后克林顿总统主持的悼念仪式相比。 [解析] 这是一个结构较复杂的复合长句，主句结构为it invited comparisons to，句首为一when引导的状语从句，主句中的介词to后含两个宾语，且第二个宾语中又含两个从句。译文与原句结构表达有一定的距离，几个美国总统的人名及相关地名的翻译应熟悉。尤其应注意上述主句结构的翻译中表达方式上的变化。
问答题 But Mr. Obama"s appearance presented a deeper challenge, reflecting the tenor of his times. Unlike those tragedies—which, at least initially, united a mournful country and quieted partisan divisions—this one has, in the days since the killings, had the opposite effect, inflaming the divide.
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【答案解析】但是，奥巴马先生的演讲表明的是一个更深层次的挑战，反映了其所处时代的趋势。与前面提到的悲剧不同——它们至少开始时还使得悲伤的国入团结一致、党派纷争归于沉寂——而这一次的悲剧自枪击事件发生以来，起的是相反的作用，党派分歧愈演愈烈。 [解析] 这两句各带有一现在分词状语reflecting...和inflaming...，按汉语顺序译出即可。第二句的破折号之间为一定语从句。一般情况下，英语中的破折号汉语译文中可保留，但是否与原文一样用一个还是两个破折号则需依句子结构而定。
问答题 It was a political reality Mr. Obama seemed to recognize the moment he took the stage. He directly confronted the political debate that erupted after the rampage, asking people of all beliefs not to use the tragedy to turn on one another.
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【答案解析】奥巴马先生登台演讲之时，似乎就意识到了这一政治现实。他直面枪击事件后触发的政治论争，要求持不同信仰者不要利用这一悲剧相互指责。 [解析] 前一句the moment he took the stage为时间状语，相当于as soon as，主句为由it引导的强调句，突出句中的宾语political reality，但汉译不一定要照搬该结构。后句含一后置定语从句(这里根据汉语句式译为前置定语)和一现在分词状语，短语to turn on one another可译为“互相攻击，指责”。
问答题 He called for an end to partisan recriminations, and for a unity that has seemed increasingly elusive as each day has brought more harsh condemnations from the left and the right.
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【答案解析】他呼吁结束党派之间的相互攻讦，团结一致——因为来自左派和右派的谴责日甚一日，两党之间的团结似乎渐行渐远。 [解析] 这句结构也较为复杂，主句he called for...and for...，谓语动词后面共带两个宾语，第二个宾语则另带一后置定语从句和一状语从句，汉译过程中需考虑意思的准确和语句结构的必要调整。
问答题 It was one of the more powerful addresses that Mr. Obama has delivered as president, harnessing the emotion generated by the shock and loss from Saturday"s shootings to urge Americans "to remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together".
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【答案解析】这次演讲是奥巴马先生作为总统所发表的最有力的讲话之一，他抚平了人们因遭受周六枪击事件的震惊和损失而产生的情绪，鼓励美国人“不要忘记把我们的希望和梦想维系在一起的成功之道”。[解析] 强调句型，用代词it引导原主句中的宾语one of the more powerful addresses，译文不一定照搬英语的强调句式；现代分词结构的状语可通过添加一主语而成为一并列句。