【问】 Mrs. Shaw’s glance wandered round her lovely room，which had provided a magazinecalled Tasteful Homes with a large number of photographs.

[原译]萧太太的眼光环顾了一下她那美丽的房间，房间里摆着有一份名叫《风雅家庭》的杂志，上面登有许多照片。(《外国短篇小说集》)

译文似乎误译了provide的含义。请分析。

【答】 译者误解了provide的含义，因而把整个句子的意思都译错了。provide with是一个很常用的动词，它的意思是“为……提供”[supply(someone or something) with (necessary thingsor people)]。例如：

1. The workers tried to provide the production lines with automatic control devices.

工人们试图给生产线装上自动控制装置。

2. I shall be very glad to provide you with any additional information about it.

我极愿向您提供关于这个问题的其他资料。

[试译]……漂亮的房间，一家名叫《风雅家庭》的杂志曾经刊登过许多有关这间房屋的照片。

请做下面的英语试题：

Directed by D.W.Griffith in 1915，“The Birth of a Nation” provided the screen for itsfirst major spectacle.