长城故宫英语介绍

长城故宫英语介绍
长城故宫英语介绍

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Susanna:Wow! What grand building s! Whyarethe roofs of most buildings yellow??苏珊娜:哇哦!多么宏伟的建筑啊!为什么大多数建筑的房顶都是黄色的呢?

Jane:Because yellow wasasymbol of imperialpower in ancientChina.?简:因为黄色在中国古代象征着皇室权力。

Susanna:What arethoseanimals that are carved on the stones?

苏珊娜:那些刻在石头上的是什么动物??Kangkang:They are dragons. It's said thatthey're powerful an imals which guardthe whole nation.Inancient China, emperors thought that theythemselves were real dragons and thesons ofHeaven.

康康:它们是龙。据说它们是守护整个国家的神兽。在古代中国,皇帝们都认为自己是真龙天子。?Jane:And thedragonha

s become asymbol of theChinese nation.?简:龙成了中华民族的一个象征。?Kangkang:That's correct!Italso playsan importantpart i nChinese festivals.

康康:没错!龙在中国节日中也扮演着重要的角色。?Susanna:How interesting! Anything else aboutdragons?

苏珊娜:太有趣了!还有其他与龙有关的吗??Kangkang:Yes, there are a lot ofoperas,music, paintings and sayings about dragons.?康康:有,有很多与龙有关的戏剧、音乐、画作和谚语。

TheGreat Wall

长城

The Great Wallof Chinais one of the greatest wonders of the world.?中国长城是世界上最伟大的奇观之一。

The entirewall, whichhas manybranches, is about 8 800 kilometerslong.?长城有很多分支,总长度达8800千米。

It stretchesfrom Shanghaiguaninthe east to Jiayuguan inthe west.?它从东部的山海关绵延至西部的嘉峪关。?Th econstruction was begunduringthe warringstates pe riod, which wasabout2500 yearsago.

长城的建造始于战国时期,大约是2500年以前。?The states ofQin, Wei,Zhao, Qi, Yan andZhongshanall built walls to protect their people.

秦、魏、赵、齐、燕以及中山都曾建造长城保护自己的子民。

The first emperor,Qin Shihuang, joinedallthese small erwalls together to makethe Great Wall.?第一位皇帝秦始皇将长城的所有小墙连接起来,建成长城。

These earlywallsthat weremadeof packed earth and woodwore awayin the rainand wind.

早期用泥土和木头做的墙经过风吹雨打后都有所磨损。?Littleof these walls remain.Most of theGreatWallthat canbe seen today was built duringthe Ming dynasty.?很少一部分残留了下来。今天我们看到的长城多数都是建于明朝。

Itwasmade of stoneand brickthat would last longer.

它是由石头和砖块造成的,持续时间更久。?TheGreat Wall was first built by ancient people toseparatethem from their enemies.?古代人建造长城是为了阻挡敌人。?ThoseMing dynasty rulers didnot expect that it would later be used tobrin

g touristsinto China.

明朝的统治者并没有想到长城日后竟然会吸引游客到中国来。

Itissaid that hewho hasnever been to the GreatWall isnot a true man.?据说不到长城非好汉。?The Great Wall is a treasure of Chinese civilizationand itisregardedas a symbolof theChinesenation.

长城是中华文化的瑰宝,也是中华民族的象征。

The home of tea, which has more than 4 000years of history,isChina.

有着4000多年历史的茶之乡是中国。

People throughoutChina drink teadaily.?全中国的人们每天都喝茶。?Ofthe threemajor drinks--tea,coffee and cocoa,t ea is drunk bythe largest number of people in theworl d.

在茶、咖啡和可可这三种主要的饮品中,茶在世界上的饮用人数最多。

?Tea from China, along withsilk andporcelain, beganto beknownbythe worldover athousand years ago and has beenan important Chinese exportsince then.?一千多年前,来自中国的茶叶、丝绸和瓷器就闻名世界,从那时起便是中国重要的出口物资。

The words for "tea"indifferentlanguages came from the Chinese character,"cha".?不同语言中的“茶”来自汉字中的“茶”。

The English word,"tea",sounds similar tothe Pronunciation of it inXiamen, Fujian province.

英语中“tea”的发音与福建省厦门对“茶”的发音很相似。

The Russianscall it"cha'i", which sounds like"chaye" (tea leaves)asitispronounced in northern China.?俄罗斯人将其称为“茶衣”,听起来很像中国北方所说的“茶叶”(茶树的叶子)。?TheJapanesecharacterfor "tea" iswritten exactly the sameas it is in Chinese,thought it is pronounced a little differently.

日语对“茶”的写法与汉字一模一样,不过发音上有细微差别。

Tea leaves are produced mainlyin the south ofChinabe cause of the mildclimate and richsoil there.

茶叶主要产在中国南方,因为那里有温和的气候和肥沃的土壤。

Longjing, Pu'er,Wulong and Tieguanyin are all fam

ous teas.

龙井、普洱、乌龙和铁观音都是很出名的茶。

They're produced in the provincesof Zhejiang, Yunnan and Fujian.?它们的出产地在浙江、云南和福建。

Over the past centuries,Chinesepeople have developed their uniqueteaculture, includingtea planting,tea-leaf picking, tea making and teadrinking.

过去的几百年间,中国人发展出了自己独特的茶文化,包括种茶、采茶、制茶和品茶。?Tea is aslo a populartopic indances, so ngs,poemsand novels.

茶在舞蹈、歌曲、诗歌和小说中也是很受欢迎的主题。

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