一、样卷翻译译文
Paper cutting is one of China’s most popular traditional folk arts. Chine paper cutting has a history of more than 1,500 years. It was widespread particularly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People often beautify their homes with paper cuttings. During the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations, in particular, paper cuttings are ud to decorate doors, windows and rooms in order to enhance the joyous atmosphere. The color most frequently ud in paper cutting is red, which symbolizes health and prosperity. Chine paper cutting is very popular around the world and it is often given as a prent to foreign friends.
二、第六章翻译强化练习参考译文
1．参考译文：Rocks and rockeries are special features of southern Chine gardens. Stones of grotesque forms are often attractive with underlaid lines and water holes. Some large stones form sceneries of their own while smaller ones are put together to form artificial hills to add to the fantastic attractiveness of the garden. Corridors form another feature of the Chine garden. There are water corridors built along the waterside, flower corridors t among flowers, willow corridors among groves of willow and bamboo corridors among groves of bamboo. For the visitors, the corridors are good travel guides leading to the various views of the big garden.
2．参考译文："Zhong Qiu Jie" which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Mid-Autumn is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chine tea, while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.
"Zhong Qiu Jie" probably began as a harvest festival. The festival was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon.
According to Chine mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi stole the elixir of life but to save the people from his tyrannical rule, his wife,
Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chine girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
3．参考译文Chine martial arts describes the enormous variety of martial arts
