*Wire poles would have to be replaced at two or three years’ interval due to damage by termites.

　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船沉没。

　　*此句可以理解为:如果白蚁在船上轻微泛滥, 货物会被蛀烂, 如果严重泛滥, 会使船沉没.

　　(1.) If slightly damaged by termite eating, goods on a boat might decay; if heavily damaged, the boat might sink.

　　船只有了白蚁，轻的会将货物蛀烂，重的会使船沉没。

　　*(2.) Minor damage to a boat by termites would very likely ruin the freight on board while severe destruction might well lead to the sinking of the boat.

　　铁路枕木如果受白蚁侵蚀，火车就有出轨的危险。

　　*枕木: sleeper, crossties

　　*出轨：be derailed, run off the track, go off the rail

　　1.If railway sleepers were eaten away by termites, trains would be in danger of running off the track.

　　2.Trains running on termite-eaten sleepers are running the risk of going off the rails.

　　3. Termite-eaten sleepers would derail trains.

　　白蚁这种害虫，实在是相当可恶的。

　　*可恶：abhorrent；abominable；loathsome; disgusting

　　*How disgusting pests like termites are!

　　*What disgusting pests termites are!

　　*Such pests as termites are really disgusting!

　　在我们的社会里, 则有另一种“白蚁”。

　　1. There is another kind of “termites” in our society.

　　2. “Termites” of a different kind can also be found in our society.

　　前些日子报载

　　*前些日子：即最近、近来 a few days ago, the other day, lately, recently

　　*报载：it was reported on the newspaper that; according to a newspaper; according to a press report

　　吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？

　　* 外贸局：Foreign Trade Bureau

　　*吉林省外贸局: Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau

　　* 副局长：vice-director; deputy chief

　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？

　　* 吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇：Wang Zhenyu, former（因已经下台）deputy director of Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau

　　*利用：use; utilize; employ; exploit; take advantage of; (滥用)abuse

　　*职权：power; authority

　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？

　　* 慷慨：大量给予，这里是反话，大量使用，挥霍spend/expend wastefully; squander

　　* （慷慨：滥用职权的具体表现，所以使用abuse his power by squandering 的结构更好）

　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？

　　* 国家：government, state

　　*大慷国家之慨：expend money at the expense of the state; squander large amounts of government money …

　　*吃喝玩乐：wining, dining and other pleasure-seeking

　　前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权，大慷国家之慨，吃喝玩乐，请客送礼，浪费惊人，不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗？

　　*请客：entertain guests; give a dinner party; invite… to dinner; treat

　　*送礼: present / give … gift or present

　　*不也是：难道不是Aren’t they/Isn’t it…

　　*按照英文习惯，这段文字处理成“浪费大量资金用于吃喝玩乐、请客送礼，这一切全部出自国家腰包”。

　　*According to a recent press report, Wang Zhenyu, former vice director of Jilin Foreign Trade Bureau, abused his power by squandering a grotesque amount of money wining , dining, holding dinner parties, giving gifts and seeking other pleasures, all at the expense of the state. Isn’t he as destructive as “termites” too?

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