凝望着窗外攀附在老墙上的常春藤，他突然有了故事的灵感：生命纵然在废墟中也要坚守，哪怕一切看似无望。(hit)

Staring at the ivy clinging to the old wall outside the window, he was suddenly hit by the inspiration for his story: Life persists even in ruins, even when all seems hopeless.

考查动词和名词。“凝望” 用动词短语stare at表示；cling to (依附) 和the ivy是逻辑主动关系，cling to用现在分词形式作后置定语，“攀附在老墙上的常春藤” 翻译为the ivy clinging to the old wall；“窗外” 翻译为outside the window；“凝望着窗外攀附在老墙上的常春藤” 翻译为stare at the ivy clinging to the old wall outside the window，动词stare在句中作状语，与句子的主语he之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词staring作状语。“突然” 是suddenly；be hit by (被……击中)，“他有了故事的灵感” (事情已发生用一般过去时) 翻译为he was hit by the inspiration for his story；“生命纵然在废墟中也要坚守” (客观事实用一般现在时) 翻译为Life persists even in ruins；“哪怕一切看似无望” (客观事实用一般现在时) 用副词even强调when引导的时间状语从句，翻译为even when all seems hopeless。故翻译为：“Staring at the ivy clinging to the old wall outside the window, he was suddenly hit by the inspiration for his story: Life persists even in ruins, even when all seems hopeless.”。