2018下半年英語四級翻譯考試模擬題：風箏2篇

　　第一篇

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　　古時在中國風箏也稱作“鳶(hawk)”。春秋戰(zhàn)國時期(the Spring and Autumn Period)，東周哲人墨子(Mo-tse)曾“費時三年，以木制木鳶，飛升天空”，但這只木鳶只飛了一天就壞了。墨子制造的這只“木鳶”就是世上最早的風箏，已有2400多年的歷史。唐代時，風箏傳入朝鮮、日本及其他周邊國家。十三世紀末，風箏的故事首次被意大利探險家馬可·波羅帶到歐洲，至此，中國風箏變逐漸開始傳到世界各地。

　　參考譯文

　　In ancient time, kites were also called “Yuan (a hawk)” in China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Mo-tse, a philosopher in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty spent three years making a wooden hawk that could fly in the sky, but it broke down only in one day. That wooden hawk Mo-tse made has a history of over 2400 years, which was claimed to be the first kite in the world. In Tang Dynasty, kits were introduced to Korea, Japan and other surrounding countries. Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo, an Italian adventurer, towards the end of the 13th century. Since then, the Chinese kite was gradually introduced to the whole world.

　　第二篇

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　　風箏是中國的一個發(fā)明，被贊譽為現(xiàn)代飛機的先驅(qū)。它為科學的發(fā)展和飛機的生產(chǎn)做出了貢獻。第一架飛機的形狀便是根據(jù)風箏造出來的。中國最早的風箏都是用木頭做的，最早可追溯到至少兩千年前的戰(zhàn)國時期(the Warring StatesPeriod)。紙被發(fā)明后，人們開始使用這種新材料制作風箏。早期的風箏被用于軍事目的。據(jù)歷史文獻記載，那時風箏的尺寸很大，有些大到足以能夠把人帶到空中來觀察敵人的行動。

　　參考譯文

　　The kite, a Chinese invention, has been praised asthe forerunner of modern aeroplane. It hascontributed to the development of science andproduction of aeroplanes.The first plane was shapedafter the kite.The earliest Chinese kites were made ofwood which can date back as far as the Warring States Period,at least two millennia ago. Afterthe invention of paper, kites began to be made of this new material.Early kites were used formilitary purposes.Historical records say they were large in size;some were large enough tocarry men up in the air to observe enemy movements.

　　熱點關(guān)注：2018年英語四級考試翻譯試題庫(810篇)