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翻译集锦 1. 筷子是中国进餐用具（utensil）中的一绝，至今已有数千年的历史。筷子是日常生活中最常用到的一种进餐工具。中国人什么时候开始使用筷子进餐的，已经无从查起。最初的记载是在2000年前所编纂的一本叫做《礼记》的书中。筷子可以用许多材料制作，如竹子、木头、金子、银子、象牙、锡、塑料等。其横截面（cross-section）或圆或方。有的镶有彩色图案或书法用以装饰。现在中国家庭使用的普通筷子多以木头或竹子制成，宴会通常使用象牙筷子，古代皇宫和贵族使用金筷。 Chopsticks, with a history of thousands of years, are a wonder of Chinese dining utensils. Chopsticks are the dining utensils most frequently used in Chinese people’s daily life. When the Chinese began to use chopsticks as an eating instrument is anybody’s guess.( 或We cannot make sure when the Chinese began to use chopsticks as an eating instrument ) They were first mentioned in Liji (The Book of Rites), a work compiled some 2000 years ago. Chopsticks may be made of several materials: bamboo, wood, gold, silver, ivory, tin and plastics. They may be either round or square in cross-section. Some of them are engraved with colored pictures or calligraphy for decoration. Ordinary chopsticks used in Chinese homes are made of wood or bamboo; those for banquets are often ivory, whereas gold ones belonged only to the ancient royalty and aristocracy. 　　2. 中国是茶的故乡。据说早在五六千年前，中国就有了茶树(tea- shrub),而且有关茶树的人类文明可以追溯到两千年前。来自中国的茶和丝绸、瓷器(porcelain)—样，在1000年前为世界所知，而且一直是中国重要的出口产品。目前世界上40多个国家种植茶，其中亚洲国家的产量占世界总产量的90%。其他国家的茶树都直接或间接地起源于中国。 　　China is the homeland of tea. It is believed that China has tea- shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago，and human cultivation of tea plants can date back to two thousand years ago. Tea from China，along with her silk and porcelain, began to be known to the world more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export. At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world’s total output. All tea trees in other countries have their origin directly or indirectly in China. 　　3.中国人喜欢在一起吃饭，这个传统可以追溯到很久之前。这反映出中国人喜欢团圆、不愿分离的观念---圆桌、圆盘、圆碗都象征着团圆和美满。盘子通常放在桌子的中央，这样坐在桌子面前的所用人都可以吃到。一锅热汤尤其可以增加和谐、团圆的气氛。朋友们也喜欢在一起吃饭、生活。最近一位美国汉学家(Sinologist) 的著作认为，中国人的集体