英文介绍中国传统.doc

用流利英文介绍中国传统 ? ? 在去年的英语四六级考试中，很热点的一个问题是比较“中国风”的一些词汇的翻译，例如有的同学把“火药”翻译成TNT、把“指南针”翻译成GPS...那么其他一些中国传统应该如何翻译呢？? 火 ? ?药 gunpowder ? ?? 指南针 compass 1. ? ?元宵节： Lantern Festival ? 2. ? ?刺绣：embroidery 3. ? ?重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival 4. ? ?清明节：Tomb sweeping day? 5. ? ?剪纸：Paper Cutting? 6. ? ?书法：Calligraphy? 7. ? ?对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets? 8. ? ?象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters? 9. ? ?人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow? 10. ?四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle? 11. ?战国：Warring States? 12. ?风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen? 13. ?铁饭碗：Iron Bowl? 14. ?函授部：The Correspondence Department? 15. ?集体舞：Group Dance? 16. ?黄土高原：Loess Plateau? 17. ?红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals? 18. ?中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day? 19. ?结婚证：Marriage Certificate 20. ?儒家文化：Confucian Culture? 21. ?附属学校：Affiliated school? 22. ?古装片：Costume Drama? 23. ?武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie? 24. ?元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)? 25. ?一国两制：One Country, Two Systems? 26. ?火锅：Hot Pot? 27. ?四人帮：Gang of Four? 28. ?《诗经》：The Book of Songs? 29. ?素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education? 30. ?《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian? 31. ?大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)? 32. ?《西游记》：The Journey to the West? 33. ?除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival? 34. ?针灸：Acupuncture? 35. ?唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery? 36. ?中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinesecharacteristics? 37. ?偏旁：radical? 38. ?孟子：Mencius? 39. ?亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic? 40. ?大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises? 41. ?火药：gunpowder? 42. ?农历：Lunar Calendar? 43. ?印/玺：Seal/Stamp? 44. ?物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization? 45. ?京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera? 46. ?秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera? 47. ?太极拳：Tai Chi? 48. ?独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child? 49. ?天坛：Altar of ?Heaven in Beijing? 50. ?小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand? 51. ?红双喜：Double Happiness? 52. ?政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor? 53. ?春卷：Spring Roll(s)? 54. ?莲藕：Lotus Root? 55. ?追星族：Sta