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I wish to say again that I am so delighted and privileged to visit your great country and this lovely town.
我为自己能访问伟大的贵国和这座美丽的城市，再次表达我的愉快之情和荣幸之感。
I am deeply grateful for everything you have done for me since my arrival in China. 我对您为我到达贵国后所作的一切安排深表谢意。
第三章 中国传统文化
一、“传统节日”单词预热 vocabulary work 烹调 cooking cuisine
鱼肉满架 well stocked with fish and meat 象征意义 symbolic significance 农历 lunar calendar 阳历 solar calendar 端午节 Dragon Boat Festival 元宵节 Lantern Festival 清明节 Pure Brightness Day 重阳节 Double Ninth Day 放逐 be exiled 忠臣 loyal minister
糯米粽子 glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves 祭祀亡灵 in memory of sb. 龙舟比赛 dragon boat races 中秋节 Mid Autumn Festival 满月 full moon 月饼 moon cake 蜜饯 preserved fruits
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豆沙 bean paste 蛋黄 egg yolk 海鲜 seafood 家禽 poultry 饺子 dumplings 八宝饭 eight treasure rice 米羹 rice balls 油条 fried sticks 麻花 fried twisted stick 炒面 Chaomian
叉烧包 steamed bun with roast pork 粥 porridge 芋头 taro
葱油饼 pan-fried cake with sesame seeds and green onion 有关春节的常用词 放鞭炮 let off firecrackers 耍龙灯 play the dragon lantern 耍狮子 play the lion dance 拜年 pay a new-year call
二、有关“介绍”的翻译 ?
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我很高兴向各位介绍中国的主要传统节日。
I am very happy to have the opportunity to talk to you about major traditional Chinese holidays.
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表示“介绍情况”时，我们可以这样翻译： 1. to share with you brief information
在此，我愿意向朋友们介绍这些方面的情况。
I'd like to share with you brief information in this respect. 2. to brief you on
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借此机会，我愿意向各位朋友介绍中国加入世贸组织和参与经济全球化的有关情况。
I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to brief you on China's accession to WTO and participation in economic globalization.
3. to give a brief account of 我简单介绍我厂的情况。
Let me, first of all, give you a brief account of this factory.
在来宾们参观我校之前，请允许我简要介绍一下我校的概况。
Before you start to look around, I would like to give you a brief account of our school.
4. to tell us how/what
请主席先生介绍一下中国农村扶贫运动的情况。
Will Mr. Chairman tell us how the anti-poverty drive is going on in China? 5. to show you
我想向您介绍一下我们初步拟定的活动日程。 I would like to show you our tentative itinerary.
6. to provide sb. with some information
借此机会，向各位介绍上海经济发展和开展国际经贸交往的一些情况。 I’d like to take this opportunity to provide you with some information about Shanghai’s economic development and its foreign trade. 7. share a piece of my mind
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三、实考题分析
中国的传统节庆膳食除了在数量和质量上与平时有所不同之外，一些历史悠久、具有象征意义的食物也是节日必不可缺的伴侣。
Traditional holiday meals are different from everyday meals in terms of quantity and quality. In addition, some foods with a long history and symbolic significance are indispensable on these occasions.
例如，我国的端午节是纪念古代诗人屈原的日子。那一天，人们通常要赛龙舟、吃粽子。
For example, on the Dragon Boat Festival, a day set aside in memory of the ancient poet Qu Yuan, people will hold dragon boat races and eat zongzi, a kind of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
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中秋节是观赏满月的日子。圆圆的月亮象征着圆满，象征着家庭团聚。因此，中秋节的特制食品是一种圆形的月饼。
The Mid-autumn Festival is an occasion for viewing the full moon. The round moon is a symbol for completeness, and family reunion. The special food of the day is the yuebing, a round moon cake.
春节是中国的农历新年，除了常见的海鲜、家禽和肉类之外，人们还要按各自的地方习俗烹制传统菜肴，如饺子和年糕。
The Spring Festival is the Chinese lunar New Year’s holiday. In addition to the popular seafood, poultry and meat, people will prepare traditional food, for example, jiaozi, or boiled dumplings, and niangao, or the year cake according to their regional custom. 四、
“武术”单词预热 vocabulary work
武术 martial art
武术宫 martial art palace 健身 bodybuilding 减肥 lose weight
填写登记表 fill in a form 会员卡 membership card 古代格斗术 form of combat 习武 practice martial art
中国武术协会 Chinese Martial Arts Association 扣人心弦的表演 thrilling performance 杂技 acrobatics
顶尖/身怀绝技/无懈可击的 top/first-rate/ 武林高手 professional martial artist
warrior, sumono, knight, errant, martial artist, swordsman
单句翻译练习：
武术又称功夫，在中国已经有1000年历史了。
Wushu, known as Kongfu or martial arts, has a history of a thousand years in China.
中国的劳动人民练习武术以强身健体和自我保护，武术至今仍大受欢迎。
The working people in China practice Wushu for physical training and self-defense and Wushu is still immensely popular today.
中国武术还引起了外国人的兴趣，在全世界不少国家，都有人学习武术。
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Chinese Wushu has also aroused interest among foreigners and is taught in many countries throughout the world.
练习武术有各种各样的固定套路，有的要赤手空拳，有的要拿武器。
Wushu is practiced in various types of set exercises, either bare-handed or with weapons.
武术是中国特有的民族运动，它可以锻炼身体，培养意志力，训练打斗技巧。
A unique Chinese national sport, Wushu builds strong bodies, steels the willpower and gives training in fighting skills.
五、实考题分析
欢迎光临上海武术中心。在这里您可以健身、减肥、结交朋友，以及了解中国文化。
Welcome to Shanghai Martial Arts Center. Here you can do exercise to build up your body, reduce your weight, make new friends, as well as learn about Chinese culture.
我们的武术协会还为各位来宾准备了精彩的节目。除了武术表演，您还可以观赏京剧节目和杂技表演。
In addition, our Martial Art Association has prepared some fabulous programes for our visitors. You can watch martial art performances, Peking Opera and acrobatic shows.
倘若您想亲身体验一下中国武术，我们可以派一流的教师进行团体或个别指导。 If you want to get some personal experience with Chinese martial arts, we have first class teachers for individual or group training.
我们的武术专卖店出售有关中华武术的图书资料、录像带和激光视盘。满足您的需要是本中心的服务宗旨。
Our martial art store sells books, video tapes and VCDs on Chinese martial arts. To meet your need is the purpose of our service.
六、传统文化词汇补充
气功 controlled breathing exercise 春联 spring couplet 剪纸 paper-cut
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