英语六级寒假翻译练习

　　Opened on New Year’ Day in 1986, the Ancient Culture Street in Tianjin city is 687 meters long, with its architecture imitating the folk style of the Qing Dynasty. Located on the west bank of Haihe River in Nankai District, it is a commercial pedestrian street which is worth visiting. Furthermore, this street is known as the Cradle of Tianjin, and is the first cultural, religious and business centre of the city. In its centre is the famous Tianhou (Heavenly Queen) Temple, more popularly known as Mazu. Antiques, ancient books, traditional handicrafts and folk products are sold here. Additionally, the traditional folk-art Yangliuqing New Year paintings, Niren Zhang’s Colour-Clay Figurines, Wei Kites and Liu Carvings all have their shops there. There are also local snacks such as Chatang Soup, Guobacai, Earhole Fried Cake, etc.

　　【翻译词汇】

　　古文化街 the Ancient Culture Street

　　模仿 imitate

　　商业步行街 commercial pedestrian street

　　天津市的发祥地 the Cradle of Tianjin

　　天后宫 Tianhou Temple

　　妈祖庙 Mazu Temple

　　古玩 antique

　　手工艺制品 handicraft

　　民俗用品 folk product

　　杨柳青年画 Yangliuqing New Year painting

　　泥人张彩塑 Niren Zhang’s Colour-Clay Figurine

　　刘氏砖刻Liu Carving

　　风味小吃 snack

　　茶汤 Chatang Soup

　　锅巴菜 Guobacai

　　耳朵眼炸糕 Earhole Fried Cake

　　中国通过了第一部物权法，下令对北京的几百座四合院进行保护。然而，批评家们指出，所谓“保存”常常只是拆掉老房子，然后依照传统样式盖一座新的来代替。马岩松曾经说过：“现在的做法就是在假造古董，这不好。胡同吸引了很多旅游者，但这里贫困的老住户要么就像主题公园里的演员，要么就被踢出去，以便富人们可以购买这些房子。老北京的精神正在消亡。”

　　【翻译词汇】

　　物权法 property law

　　四合院 courtyard

　　拆掉 knock down

　　代替 replace

　　假古董 fake antique

　　胡同 hutong

　　主题公园 theme park

　　踢出去 kick out

　　消亡 die away

　　China has passed the first property law, ordering to protect Beijing’s hundreds of courtyards. But critics say, so-called “conservation” just means knocking down an old building and replacing it with a structure in a traditional style. For this, Ma Yansong’s opinion is “The way is just to build fake antiques, it is not nice. These hutongs attract many tourists. The poor, old residents are either like actors in a theme park or they are kicked out so that the rich can buy these houses. The spirits of old Beijing are now dying away.”

　　近十年来出现了一个值得深思的现象，人们越来越关注中国的传统文化，书架上摆满了诠释中国古老智慧、讲述中华灿烂历史和传奇人物的书籍。有些人甚至建议，将国学典籍列为学校必修课程。人们兴趣高涨的原因主要有两方面。首先，那些百年甚至千年未决的历史悬案勾起了人们极大的好奇心。再者，人们逐渐意识到，古老的中华文化是一座取之不尽的金矿，从中可以发掘很多经验教训以应用到实践中来解决现在的问题。

　　The last decade has witnessed an intriguing phenomenon that people are paying more and more attention to traditional Chinese culture. Their bookshelves are packed with books interpreting ancient Chinese wisdom, depicting its brilliant history and fascinating historic figures. What’s more, suggestions that Chinese classics be made a compulsory course have been made. Two factors may account for people’s up-surging interest. To begin with, tremendous curiosity is aroused by those pending history mysteries of hundreds or even thousands of years. Furthermore, people come to realise that ancient Chinese culture serves as a gold mine from which inexhaustible lessons can be learned and put into practice to solve the current problems.

　　【重点词汇】

　　值得深思的 intriguing

　　摆满 be packed with

　　诠释 interpret

　　讲述 depict

　　灿烂历史 brilliant history

　　传奇人物 fascinating historic figure

　　国学典籍 Chinese classics

　　必修课程 compulsory course

　　历史悬案 pending history mystery

　　再者 furthermore

　　金矿 gold mine

　　将…应用到实践中 put...into practice