Paper cutting is one of China’s most popular traditional folk arts. Chinese 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 used to decorate doors, windows and rooms in order to enhance the joyous atmosphere. The color most frequently used in paper cutting is red, which symbolizes health and prosperity. Chinese paper cutting is very popular around the world and it is often given as a present to foreign friends.
1. 正确判断句子之间的关系，补充连接手段，实现显性连接。
e.g. ……在这一年半中，她抄写、背写英语单词的纸，累起来可达桌子高。…… 思路：SVO=纸+达到+桌子高。 问题：累起来怎么处理？
In that year and a half, the paper on which she had copied English words or written them down from memory, if stacked up, could reach the table from the floor. 我们的班主任姓王，五十开外，方脸，一脸的胡子。
Mr. Wang, the head teacher responsible for our class, was over fifty. He had a square-shaped face with a full beard.
原文：大家都记得1979年秋天，当这个总共只念过八年书、连英文字母也认不全，而且已有三个孩子的女工，竟然报名上电大英语班时，招来了多少惊讶的目光。
They remember how many astonished looks were cast at her in the autumn of 1979, when this woman worker with only 8 year’s schooling, little acquaintance with the English alphabet and three children to look after, actually enrolled in the English class offered by the local TV university.
如： 我们的朋友遍天下。
Our friends are all over the world. (直译) We have friends all over the world.
北京是中国的政治、文化中心。这里你可以游览万里长城、故宫、颐和园等。
Beijing is a political and cultural center that offers some scenic attractions: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace etc.
1. 我不觉得用英语与外国人交谈有什么困难。
I don’t think it difficult to speak to a foreigner in English. 2. 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes on lag behind
这是革命的春天，这是人民的春天，这是科学的春天！让我们张开双臂，热烈拥抱这个春天吧！
Let us stretch out our arms to embrace the spring, which is one of the revolution, of the people, and of science.
见到自己的故乡，他想起了童年的情景。
The sight of his native place called back his childhood.
他连续讲了两小时的法语，没有出现任何错误。
He has been speaking in French for two hours without any mistakes.
长嗟短叹 －－ sighing deeply 发号施令－－ issue orders 土崩瓦解－－ fall apart
两面三刀－－ two-faced tactics
他的演讲给我们的印象很深。 His speech impressed us deeply.(名词变动词) eg. 你说他傻不傻？
Don’t you think he is an idiot? (形容词变名词) 这个小男孩在放学回家的路上受了伤 。
The little boy was hurt on his way home from school. 门锁好了。
The door has been locked up. 新教材在印刷中。
New textbooks are being printed.
少年是一去不复返的，等到精力衰竭时，要做学问也来不及了。
Youth will soon be gone， never to return. And it will be too late for you to go into scholarship when in your declining years.
她隔窗望去，突然发现有只小船停泊在河边，船里有位船夫睡得正香。
Looking through the window, she suddenly spotted a boat moored to the bank. In it there was a boatman fast asleep.
对我来说，我的水族箱就像我自己的一个小王国。我就是里面的国王。 To me my aquarium is like my own little kingdom where I am king.
第二天，我又接到一个电报。这个电报有34个字，比前一个电报说得更详细。
The following day I received another telegram consisting of 34 ciphers, giving more details. 他提出的论据相当不充实。
The argument he put forward is pretty thin. 他七十岁了，可是并不显老。
He was 70, but he carried his years lightly.
II.汉语从正面表达，译文从反面表达 她来得正是时候。
She couldn’t have come at a better time. 对于汉译英，你越细心越好。
You can never be too careful about Chinese-English translation.
到西安你可以买兵马俑、唐三彩。
Unique local creations are available in Xi’an, such as the three colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty and terra-cotta figures.
中国将进一步发展经济、扩大开放，这对海外企业（enterprises）意味着更多的商机。改革开放以来， 中国企业与海外企业一直积极开展经济技术合作，并取得了巨大成就。海外企业不仅帮助了中国企业的成长，而且也在合作中获得了收益。中国政府将继续提供有利的政策和条件，推动中国企业与国外企业进一步开展合作。
China will develop its economy further and open itself wider to the outside world, which offers more business opportunities to overseas enterprises. Since China’s reform and opening up,
Chinese enterprises have been cooperating with overseas enterprises in terms of economy and technology, and have scored great achievement. Overseas enterprises have not only helped Chinese enterprises with their growth, but also benefited from the cooperation. Chinese government will continue to offer favorable policies and conditions to promote the further cooperation between Chinese and overseas enterprises
狮舞（Lion Dance）是中国最广为流传的民间舞蹈之一。狮为百兽之首，在中国传统中，狮子被视为是能带来好运的吉祥物（mascot）。古人将狮子视作是勇敢和力量的化身，能驱赶邪恶、保护人类。据记载，狮舞已拥有了2,000多年的历史。在唐代（the Tang Dynasty），狮舞就已经被引入了皇室。因此，舞狮成为元宵节（the Lantern Festival）和其他节日的习俗，人们以此来祈祷好运、平安和幸福。
The Lion Dance is one of the most widespread folk dances in China. The lion is the king of animals. In Chinese tradition, the lion is regarded as a mascot, which can bring good luck. Ancient people regarded the lion as a symbol of braveness and strength, which could drive away evil and protect humans. The dance has a recorded history of more than 2,000 years. During the Tang Dynasty, the Lion Dance was already introduced into the royal family of the dynasty. Therefore, performing the lion dance at the Lantern Festival and other festive occasions became a custom where people could pray for good luck, safety and happiness.
假日经济的现象表明：中国消费者的消费观正在发生巨大变化。根据统计数据，中国消费者的消费需求正在从基本生活必需品转向对休闲、舒适和个人发展的需求。同时，中国人的消费观在蓬勃发展的假日经济中正变得成熟。因此产品结构应做相应调整，来适应社会的发展。另一方面，服务质量要改善，以满足人们提高生活质量的要求。
The phenomenon of holiday economy shows that Chinese people’s consumption concept is undertaking great changes. According to statistics, the demands of Chinese consumers are shifting from the basic necessities of life to leisure, comfort and personal development. Therefore, the structure of products should be adjusted accordingly to adapt to social development. On the other hand, services should be improved to satisfy people’s demand for an improved quality of life.
端午节，又叫龙舟节，是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原。屈原是一位忠诚和受人敬仰的大臣（minister）,他给国家带来了和平和繁荣。但最后因为受到诽谤（vilify）而最终投河自尽。人们撑船到他自尽的地方，抛下粽子，希望鱼儿吃粽子，不要吃屈原的身躯。几千年来，端午节的特色在于吃粽子（glutinous dumplings）和赛龙舟，尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。
The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified. People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous dumplings into the water, hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by glutinous dumplings and dragon boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
2013年6月20日在中国各地，剧估计60万儿童和他们的老师观看了有宇航员（astronaut）王亚平在距离地球300公里的上空所讲授的科学课。王亚平与两个同事乘坐天宫一号实验舱(the Tiangon-1 laboratory module) 执行为期两周的任务。她在课上进行了一系列太空的物理演示。在有些演示中还对比了在地球上重力（one-gravity）环境下同样的实验。这堂物理课不仅让孩子们享受了一堂知识与乐趣兼具的物理课，也显示了我国通信科技的前进。
On June 20, 2013, an estimated 600 thousand school children and their teachers across China watched a science lesson taught from 300km above the Earth by astronaut Wang Yaping. Wang is aboard the Tiangong-1 laboratory module with two crewmates, for a two-week mission. Her lessons were a series of physics demonstrations in the space. In some demonstrations, she compared with the same experiment under the one-gravity environment on Earth. The lesson has not only offered children a physics lesson with knowledge and interest, but also shows the advance in communication technology of Chin
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