大学英语四级训练翻译.docVIP

训练一 在元宵节这一天人们会吃一种叫做“元宵”的食物。元宵又可叫做汤圆（tang yuan），它是由糯米（glutinous rice）做成的圆子，内可搭配多种馅料，比如豆沙、芝麻（sesame）、核桃肉、干果等。汤圆的烹煮方法也很多样，可以煮、炸或者蒸，口感香甜。更重要的是，汤圆在汉语发音中和“团圆”很相似，寓意团团圆圆。所以人们吃汤圆是为了期盼家庭团圆、家人和睦、合家欢乐。 On the special day of Lantern Festival, Chinese people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings. That is why it has gained its name: the Yuanxiao Festival. Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with sesame, bean paste, walnut meat, dried fruit,sugar and edible oil as filling. There are more than one method to cook Tangyuan: boiling, frying or steaming. Whatever the method, it can taste sweet and delicious. What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese,when pronounced, sounds similar to tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family. 训练二 中国书法（Chinese calligraphy）是一种亚洲文化特有的视觉艺术。正像建筑和雕塑在西方美术中占据重要地位一样，书法和绘画在中国美术中起着统领的作用。书法往往能够反映书法家的心态（mindset）、品格、学识（erudition）和修养。在长达三千多年的发展过程中，中国书法一直散发着世界上任何其它艺术都无与伦比的魅力，因此为一代又一代的人所喜爱。它是我们民族永远值得骄傲的艺术瑰宝。 Chinese calligraphy is generally regarded as a visual art unique to Asian cultures. Just as architecture and sculpture occupy a distinguished position in Western arts, calligraphy and painting are playing a leading role in Chinese fine arts. Calligraphy can reflect the mindset, moral integrity,erudition and cultivation of the calligraphers. In more than three thousand years of evolution, it has been embodying its glamour unmatched by any other forms of arts around the world. Therefore,people’s love of calligraphy has been handed down from generation to generation. It is our eternal treasure of arts that we Chinese should pride ourselves on. 训练三 虽然对风筝（kites）的起源有不同的看法，但大多数人认为风筝起源于中国，并已有2000多年的历史。甚至，风筝被称为是中国的第五大发明，因为它们为飞机的发明提供了理论基础和灵感。风筝的形状各异、大小不一，主要模仿（imitate）大自然中鸟雀、昆虫及其他动物等。如今，放风筝是人们喜爱的户外活动之一。并且，中国的放风筝活动，在促进对外文化交流、加强与世界各国人民友谊、发展经济和旅游事业中发挥着重要的作用。 Although views about the origin of kites are various, a majority of people consider that kites originated from Ch