补充翻译练习7-汉语参考译文

Hall of Maitreya BuddhaThe Hall of Maitreya Buddha, unique in its style, was built in 1990 on the old site of Tian Wang Dian or Hall of Four Gods. In A Dictionary of Buddhism published in 1934, under the entry "Four Sacred Buddhist Temples", there is such a record: “Recently some people claimed that Xuedou Temple, where Maitreya Buddha had practiced Buddhism, should be included in the Sacred Buddhist Temples and thus it should be one of the Five Sacred Holy Buddhist Temples.” The popular image of Maitreya Buddha was modeled after Qici, a monk who was born in Changting Village of Fenghua and started practicing Buddhism in Yuelin Temple of Fenghua. He is known as “Cloth Bag Monk” for he often carried a cloth bag on the back when he roamed around the country as a general practice of a monk. Story has it that wherever he went, he was followed by groups of kids and he always had the bag full of nibbles for them. So children were happy at the sight of him and so were their parents. That is why folks called him “Bu ddha of Happiness”. In the eye of the people, the Buddha has an extraordinarily large belly. That is because his belly has to be so large for it contains infinite compassion, mercy, tolerance, generosity and large-mindedness. As the saying goes, the infinite mercy in his big belly enables him to be tolerant for all that ordinary people of the world can not. For his large-mindedness, he always carries a smile on his face, as if he is smiling his tolerant smile at the ridicule of the people in this world. When he went to west in Yuelin Temple, the Cloth Bag Monk left behind four lines of a Buddhist hymn, whose English translation might be: “I am the incardination of Maitreya Buddha, having thousands of incardinate forms in this world. I show mercy to the world all the time but this world does not know who I am.” For these words he left behind, the Cloth Bag Monk has been acknowledged as the real incardination of Maitreya Buddha in the Buddhist circle. The Cloth Bag Monk passed away sitting on the bolder in the eastern corridor of Yuelin Temple and was buried in the Zhongta Temple on Jinping Mountain of Fenghua. According to Buddhism classics, Maitreya Buddha is the successor to Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, known as Buddha of the Future, in charge of all mortal beings of the world. What we see of Maitreya Buddha in Xuedou Temple is a Buddha that has a benevolent and kind look and a permanent smile on his face, the typical Chinese Buddha, an image far different from the original Indian Maitreya Buddha who was introduced into China. Maitreya Buddha is not only worshiped by Buddhists and devout men and women but also respected and loved by common people. In the Hall, the over one thousand little statues of Maitreya Buddha with different shapes and appearances are the different incardinate forms of Maitreya Buddha, and they are reflection of the superb Buddhist sculptural arts.。

第六组：熊晓丽 李红梅 吴艳 乔淑萍
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（1）千里送鹅毛，礼轻情义重。 e present is trifling, but the feeling is profound.
The gift itself maybe insignificant as a goose feather, but sent from afar, it conveys deep feelings.
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（12）要解决问题，还需要进行系统而周密的 调查和研究工作。 Systematic and thorough research is needed to solve the problem.
In order to solve the problem it is necessary to make a systematic and thorough investigation and study.
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（3）熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect.
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（4）热烈欢迎各国游客参观故宫。 The tourists from different countries are enthusiastically welcome to visit the Forbidden City
Travelers from various countries are warmly welcomed to visit the Forbidden City.
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（10）在过去的几年当中，中国发生了惊人的 变化，基本上家家户户都有了电视机。
China has witnessed great changes in the past few years, and almost every family owns a TV.

1. 刺绣（embroidery）是一种具有悠久传统的民间艺术，在中国艺术和手工艺品史上占有重要地位。

刺绣的长期发展离不开蚕的饲养与纺丝技术的发展。

中国是世界上第一个发现和使用丝绸的国家。

早在5000年前，中国就已经开始饲养蚕。

丝线和丝制品的生产促进了刺绣艺术的诞生。

时至今日，丝绣几乎传遍整个中国。

最好的绣品通常被认为来源于下面四省：江苏（尤其是苏州）、湖南、四川和广东，各省绣品各有特色。

Embroidery, a folk art with a long tradition, has an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. During the course of its long development, embroidery has become inseparable from the raising of silkworms, silk reeling and weaving.China was the first country in the world where silk was woven. Silkworms were domesticated as early as some 5,000 years ago. The production of silk threads and fabrics gave rise to the art of embroidery. Today, silk embroidery is practiced nearly all over China. it is generally agreed that the best commercial products come for four provinces: Jiangsu(notably), Hunan, Sichuan and Guangdong , each with its distinctive features.2. 川剧（Sichuan Opera）就像四川火锅以及其他的名菜一样动人、丰富。

练习1 美国印象☐我恐怕不能把美国描绘成十足的天堂——从一般角度来说，也许我对这个国家所知甚少。

我说不出它的经度或纬度；我算不出它出产谷物的价值；我对它的政治也不十分熟悉。

这些东西可能不会使你感兴趣，它们当然也不会让我感兴趣。

☐在美国上岸后得到的第一个深刻印象，就是美国人可能算不上世界上穿得最漂亮的，但却是穿得最舒服的。

那里看得到男人头戴着不堪入目的烟囱式高顶礼帽，但很少有不戴帽子的男人；还看到穿着难看至极的燕尾服的男人，但很少有不穿外套的男人。

美国人的穿戴显得舒适，这和在我国常可以看到的人们衣衫褴褛的情形形成了鲜明的对比。

☐我特别注意到的第二个特点是，似乎每个人都在急着赶火车。

这种情形对诗歌和浪漫爱情是不利的。

要是罗密欧和朱丽叶老是为乘火车而担心，或是在为返城车票而烦恼，莎士比亚就不可能写出那几幕如此富有诗意与伤感情调的阳台戏了。

☐美国是世界上最嘈杂的国家。

在早晨，不是夜莺的歌声，而是汽笛的呜叫把人们唤醒。

美国人讲求实际的头脑这么健全，却没有想到要降低这种令人难以忍受的噪音，真叫人吃惊。

所有艺术都依赖于精细微妙的敏锐感觉，这样持续不断的喧嚣，最终一定会损害人的音乐天赋。

☐美国城市没有牛津、剑桥、索尔兹伯里和温彻斯特那么美丽，那些地方有优雅时代的美好遗迹；虽然不时还是可以看到许多美的东西，但只能在美国人没有存心创造美的地方。

在美国人有意创造美的地方，他们显然没有成功。

美国人的突出特点，便是他们把科学应用于现代生活的那种态度。

☐在纽约走马观花地一走，这一点就一目了然了。

在英国人们常把发明家视作狂人，发明带来的是失望与穷困的例子简直不胜枚举。

在美国发明家受到尊重，他随时可以得到人们的帮助。

在那里心灵手巧、把科技应用于人类的劳动，是致富的捷径。

没有一个国家比美国更爱机器的了。

☐或许，值得指出的是，被许多人指为美国式英语的其实是老的英国式表达，它们在我国已经消失，却在我们的殖民地里留存下来。

许多人以为美国人常说的“I guess”（“我猜”）纯粹是一种美国式表达，但约翰∙洛克在他的The understanding (《理解论》）中就用过这种说法，就像我们现在使用“I think”（“我想”）一样。