*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？