四级英语翻译题目及答案.doc

一习俗’ history that Chinese have celebrated the Spring festival. China is a multi-ethnic country, different nationality have different ways to celebrate Spring festival, however, no matter which place in China, people always make the family reunion during the Spring festival, they eat New Year cake, dumplings and rich food. People always decorate the house and set off firecrackers, and bless each other. 二、艺术 京剧脸谱 京剧脸谱（Peking Opera facial makeup）是具有民族特色的一种特殊的化妆方法。由于每个历史人物或某一种类型的人物都有一种大概的类型，就像唱歌、奏乐都要按照乐谱（music score）一样，所以称为“脸谱。关于脸谱的来源，一般认为脸谱来自假面具。京剧脸谱是广大戏曲爱好者非常喜爱的一门艺术，国内外都很流行，被大家公认为是中国传统文化的标志之一。 ----Peking Opera facial makeup is a special make-up method and it is with national characteristics. Due to each historical figure or a certain type of figures have a rough type, just like singing songs or playing music should accord to the music score, so it is said “facial makeup”. About the source of the facial makeup, it is generally believed facial makeup from mask. Peking Opera facial makeup is a favorite art for the opera lovers. It is popular at home and abroad. Everyone believes it is one of the symbol of China traditional culture. 三、 历史 汉字 汉语是一种很古老的语言。大量文献记载说明，汉字起源于新时器时代（the Neolithic Age）仰韶文化时期，最早的汉字已有近4,000年的历史。汉字在其漫长的发展中演化出不同的书写形式，例如篆书（seal script）、隶书（official script）、楷书（regular script）和行书(cursive handwriting)。中国书法家笔下的汉字往往以字形的夸张取得艺术效果，例如一些旅游胜地的石刻碑文。 ----Chinese is an ancient language. A large number of documents show Chinese characters originated nearly 4,000 years. Chinese characters in its long development evolved different forms of writing, for example seal script, official script, regular script and cursive handwriting. Chinese calligrapher’s Chinese characters often to the glyph exaggeration in the achievement of artistic effect, such as some stone inscriptions seen in tourist resort. 四、 人文 花木兰 花木兰是中国著名古诗《木兰辞》中描绘的一位替父从军的英雄。因木兰的父亲年事已高，不能经受奔波劳苦，木兰又没有兄长可以代替老父，于是她把自己乔装成男子代父从军。虽然这个故事是否真实不得而知，但是千百年来，花木兰作为孝顺的典范而深受中国人的尊敬。1998年，美国迪士尼公司将花木兰的故事改编成了动画片，受到了全世界的欢迎。 ----Hua