英语六级翻译预测.doc

泰山称东岳，以“五岳独尊”的盛名享誉古今。按照“五行学说”，东方属木，主生发，有生命之源、万物之本的含义。这就是古代帝王通常在自己登基或晚年时到泰山封禅祭拜的原因。泰山拔地通天，气势磅礴，汉语又有“稳如泰山”、“重于泰山”之说。1987年，联合国教科文组织将泰山列为世界自然与文化遗产。 　　【翻译词汇】 　　泰山 Mount Tai 　　东岳 East Yue 　　五岳独尊 the most important mountain of the Five Holy Mountains 　　享誉 have a great reputation 　　五行学说 the theory of five elements 　　生发 liveliness 　　生命之源、万物之本 a place where nature regulated and adjusted its procedures 　　登基 be crowned 　　封禅祭拜 make pilgrimages to 　　稳如泰山 as firm as Mount Tai 　　重于泰山 as weighty as Mount Tai 　　宣布 proclaim 　　【精彩译文】 Mount Tai, called “East Yue”, has a great reputation for the most important mountain of the Five Holy Mountains. According to the theory of five elements, the East belongs to mu, which means liveliness. Therefore, the East is a place where nature regulated and adjusted its procedures. This explains why important emperors made pilgrimages mostly to Mount Tai when they were crowned or in their later years. It is a symbol of loftiness and might, hence, there are the Chinese idioms: “as firm as Mount Tai” and “as weighty as Mount Tai”. Mount Tai was proclaimed world natural and cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1987. 长江是中国最长的河流，也是世界第三长河，仅次于非洲的尼罗河和拉丁美洲的亚马逊河。长江总长度约为6 300米，发源于青海省，向东流入东海。长江流域是中国重要的农作物产区，粮、棉产量分别占全国总量的40%和30%。长江三峡大坝是世界上最大的水利枢纽工程之一，为通航、发电和运输带来了很大的便利。 　　【翻译词汇】 　　长江 the Yangtze River/Chang Jiang 　　尼罗河 the Nile 　　亚马逊河 the Amazon 　　向东 eastward 　　东海 East China Sea 　　长江流域 the Yangtze River valley 　　农作物产区 agricultural base 　　产量 output 　　分别 respectively 　　长江三峡大坝 the Three Gorge Dam 　　水利枢纽工程 water control project 　　为…带来便利 benefit 　　通航 navigation 　　发电 generate electricity 【精彩译文】 The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world, after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. The river is about 6 300 km long and flows from its source in Qinghai Province, eastward into the East China Sea. The Yangtze River valley has always been an important agricultural base in China. Grain and cotton outputs make up 40 pe