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课程名称：翻译理论与实践本科三年级第二学期汉英/英汉互译选材内容主讲教师苗菊1．The New Breed of a Digital PlanetEmily Feld is a native of a new planet. While the 20-year-old university student may appear to live in London, she actually spends much of her time in another galaxy out there, in the digital universe of websites, e-mails, text messages and mobile phone calls. The behaviour of Feld and her generation, say expert, is being shaped by digital technology as never before, taking her boldly where no generation has gone before. It may even be the next step in evolution, transforming brains and the way we think.“One day, I went to meet a friend in town, and was about two minutes away when I realised I’d left my mobile phone at home. I travelled the five miles back to collect it. I felt so completely lost without it, I panicked. I need to have it on me at all times...” Thats what makes Emily a “digital native”, one who has never known a world without instant communication.2．泼水节泼水节是傣族的年节。按照傣历，它在清明节后四月十三日至十五日之间。泼水是傣族年节的主要喜庆活动。人们相互泼水，表示洗去身上一年的污尘，祝福新的一年幸福平安。泼水有文泼和武泼之分。文泼是对长者的，舀起一勺净水，说着祝福的话，拉开对方的衣领，让水沿着脊梁流下去，被泼的人高兴地接受祝福。武泼则没有固定的形式，用瓢、用盆、用桶都可以，互相追逐，迎头盖脸地泼。被人泼的水越多，说明受到的祝福越多，被泼的人也越高兴。The Water-Splashing DayThe Water-splashing Day is the New Year Festival of the Dai nationality. According to the Dai’s calendar, it comes after the Tomb-sweeping Day, someday between April 13th and April 15th.Splashing water is the main celebrating activity at the New Year Festival of the Dai nationality. People splash water against one another, symbolizing to wash away the whole year’s misfortune and to wish for health and safety in the New Year. There are two ways of splashing water. One is gentle splashing, while the other is free splashing. Gentle splashing is particularly for the elderly. With best wishes, people scoop a ladle of clean water and open the elder’s collar to let the water run down the back. The elderly who issplashed accept the blessings happily. Whereas free splashing has no fixed form, so that any tool such as