考研英语阅读和翻译是分不开的，要掌握文章主旨，理解文章内涵，必须要有一定的翻译能力，尤其是面对长难句时，模糊带过往往不能解决问题。新东方在线带领大家逐句翻译阅读真题，希望大家能够先打好基础，攻克长难句便指日可待。下面我们来看2003年第2篇第5句的翻译。
2003年第2篇第5句
Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.
词汇：
allegation//n. 陈述，宣称;陈词
cruelty//n. 残忍
setting//n. 地方，环境
perplexed//adj. 困惑的，糊涂的
deliberately//adv. 故意地
结构：
Hearing allegations of cruelty to animalsin research settings(分词短语作状语), //many are perplexed (主句)//that anyone would deliberately harm an animal(that宾语从句).
译文：
当听到实验室里动物受到残忍对待的说法时，许多人都不明白为什么有人会故意伤害动物。
作业：
考研阅读逐句翻译2003年第2篇第6句 For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals—no meat, no fur, no medicines.