2018年高考英语真题难句解析与翻译（连载04）

16.【2018年全国I卷·七选五】

F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time

【参考译文】所以（对此做到）心中有数大有好处，因为咱们都希望这件事一次就做好/成功。（意思是大家都希望这种活儿能一步到位，谁都不希望拖拖拉拉甚至是返工。）

【参考解析】注意两个有用的结构：

(1) It pays to do sth  做某事有所值/有回报/很划算  这里的pay与我们人教选修8学的pay off意义相同，= to be worth the effort to do sth。

It pays (=it is worth the effort)  to study the note after every class.每次课后都学习一下笔记对你会有好处的。

It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned.凡是涉及人身安全时，冒险决不会有什么好处。

(2) do/get it right the first time 一次就做好/做成/成功

So we'd better get it right the first time. 所以我们最好一次成功。

This means that in America you rarely get more than one chance to put forth your version of the facts, so you had better do it right the first time. 这就意味着，在美国，你只有一次说明自己一方事实的机会，所以说你最好在第一次就把这事情做对。

(3) 除此以外，我们可能还应留意一下句首的so,其在这里位于整篇文章的末尾以因果关系起到总结收尾的语篇功能。无独有偶，本卷的语法填空的最后一句话同样是以这种方式收尾全文：

If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give ___70___ a try.