试题题干
Correct or improve the translation of the following English sentences.
原文: Egypt, wrote the Greek Historian Hecataeus, is the gift of the Nile.
译文:埃及历史记载希腊史学家赫卡泰奥斯是尼罗河送来的礼物。
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试题解析
wrote the Greek Historian Hecataeus是Egypt的后置定语,过去分词表被动。直译为:埃及被希腊史学家赫卡泰奥斯写为:埃及是尼罗河送来的礼物。根据汉语的语言习惯,动作的施动者作主语。