2014年12月英语四级新题型翻译冲刺模拟练习(1)

2015-06-06 17:19:19来源：网络

　　4.冰灯(ice lantern)是中国北方广泛创作的冬季艺术品。它最初是为了照明，在寒冷的冬夜为中国北方的农民和渔民的工作生活提供光源。后来，各种形状和大小的水晶般透明的冰灯逐渐成为一种民间艺术，冰灯博览会(fair)成为北方特有的民俗休闲活动。黑龙江省省会哈尔滨是中国冰雪艺术的发源地。1963年元宵节期间，哈尔滨市在公园举办了首届冰灯博览会，几千盏冰灯和几十枝冰花展出，冰灯和冰花由简单的工具制成，如结冰的盆和篮子。后来，大型年度冰灯博览会每年都在哈尔滨举行。

　　翻译：An ice lantern is a wintertime work of art widelycreated in north China. It was originally made forillumination, providing a light source for the life andwork of farmers and fishermen of north China oncold winter night. Later, the crystal-clear ice lanternsof all shapes and sizes gradually became a folk art and an ice lantern fair became a folkrecreational activity unique to the north. Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, is thebirthplace of Chinese ice and snow art. During the Lantern Festival in 1963，the city hosted thevery first ice lantern feir in the park, during which over a thousand ice lanterns and dozens ofice flowers made with simple tools like basins and basket for freezing were on display. Later, alarge-scale annual ice lantern feir was held each year in Harbin.

　　5.打麻将(mahjong)有时被描述成现实生活的翻版，既需要策略，也需要运气。在中国玩麻将通常还需要下或大或小的赌注(bet)。一个世纪前，麻将主要是富人的消遣(pastime),但如今已被认为是大众游戏。麻将在20世纪20年代引人美国，一股麻将热潮随之而来。学习打麻将最好的方式是与朋友坐在一起，让他们示范玩一次，把麻将牌面向上，看大家怎么玩。

　　翻译：Playing mahjong, which is sometimes described as ametaphor of real life， needs a mix of strategies andluck. Typically in China，it also involves placing largeor small bets.A century ago，it was mainly a pastimefor wealthy people，but today it is considered agame of the people. When it was first introduced to the U.S.A. in the 1920s，a craze ofmahjong ensued The best way to learn playing mahjong is to sit with friends and ask them toplay a demonstration game: ask them to turn their pieces upwards and watch what everybodyis doing.

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