4级段落翻译练习.doc

四级段落翻译练习 1. 元宵节是每年农历的一月十五日，亦即春节后的第一个月圆之日。根据传统，人们会在元宵当晚吃汤圆（亦叫元宵）。这些汤圆是用糯米粉做成的，里面有甜的馅料，象征着一家团圆。这一天，街头和庭院都挂满了五颜六色的灯笼，人们喜欢在晚上出去赏灯。有的地方还举办灯谜晚会。元宵节有时也被称为中国的情人节。 The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the night of the first full moon after the Spring Festival. Traditionally, people eat sweet dumplings on that night. Sweet dumplings, round balls of glutinous rice flour with a sugar filling, symbolize reunion. During the festival, the streets and courtyards are decorated with multicolored lanterns. People like to stroll around admiring them at night. Some places also hold evening parties for people to guess riddles written on lanterns. Sometimes the Lantern Festival is also referred to as the Chinese Valentine’s Day. 2. 清明节是中国节气中的一个节气，通常在每年４月的４日-６日，在此之后气温将会上升，并且降雨将会增多。这时也是春季耕及播种的繁忙时节。然而清明节不仅仅是用于农业的节气，它更是象征纪念的一个节日。这个节日是祭祖的最重要的一天。汉族和少数民族都会在这一天祭奠他们的祖先并为逝去的人扫墓，这一天通常是不开火的，只能吃“寒食”。The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 solar terms in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall will increase. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a solar term to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration. This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the deceased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served. 3. 端午节，又叫龙舟节，是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原。屈原是一位忠诚和受人敬仰的大臣（minister）,他给国家带来了和平和繁荣。但最后因为受到诽谤（vilify）而最终投河自尽。人们撑船到他自尽的地方，抛下粽子，希望鱼儿吃粽子，不要吃屈原的身躯。几千年来，端午节的特色在于吃粽子（glutinous dumplings）和赛龙舟，尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。 The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified. People got to the spot by boat and cast gl