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正确答案：The early-morning streets become rivers of cyclists clad in bright summer garments pedaling off to work. In the heat of August when the temperature can climb as high as 38℃ many a girl put on low-cut sleeveless dresses and some young men roll up their T-shirts to expose their chests. With air-conditioning still being too luxurious in average families everyone suddenly develops a passionate interest in TV weather forecasts and the calendar while the hot summer days seem to crawl especially slowly away amidst a chorus of sleepy complaints exclamations and sighs about the scorching heat.
本段为写实性描写，故采用一般现在时为总体时态。原文清新明快，翻译时应尽量保持其风格。2、本段的中心内容是人们在炎热夏天的感受，故翻译第1句时应以“骑自行车、身着五颜六色的夏服去上班的‘人’”为主要描写对象，将两个分句合二为一，译成riversofcyclistscladinbrightsummergarmentspedalingofftowork。3、第2句的“达到”可译为climb，形象生动；“不少姑娘”可译成manygirls或manyagirl，表达出普遍性，“有的小伙子”则应译成someyoungmen，与“不少姑娘”形成对比；“低胸”为low-cut；“露肩”、“无袖”意思相仿，即为sleeveless；“捋上肚皮”意指把背心卷起来露出肚皮，故译为rollup…toexposetheirchests。