【原文】 Contemporary environmentalists recognize that physical surroundings are only part of a total environment that includes social and economic factors, cultural tradition, and reciprocal influences between societies and their environment. 【参考译文】 当代环保主义者认识到物理环境只是包括了社会和经济因素、文化传统、社会和它们的环境间的相互影响的整个环境的一部分。 【难点分析】 在翻译时,需用后置定语前置翻译法将后置定语“that includes social and economic factors, cultural tradition, and reciprocal influences between societies and their environment.”翻译后放到其修饰的“a total environment”的前面,如译成“包括了社会和经济因素、文化传统、社会和它们的环境间的相互影响的整个环境”。