版本一：烏鎮 

烏鎮是浙江的一座古老水鎮，坐落在京杭大運河畔。這是一處迷人的地方，有許多古橋、中式旅店和餐館。在過去一千年裡，烏鎮的水系和生活方式並未經歷多少變化，是一座展現古文明的博物館。烏鎮所有房屋都用石木建造。數百年來，當地人沿著河邊建起了住宅和集市。無數寬敞美麗的庭院藏身於屋舍之間，游客們每到一處都會有驚喜的發現。

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Wuzhen is an ancient water town in Zhejiang province, which is located in the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou. This is a charming place, having many ancient bridges, Chinese style hotels and restaurants. Over the past one thousand years, the water system and lifestyle of Wuzhen has not experienced many changes, which is a museum showing ancient civilizations. All the houses in Wuzhen are built of stone and wood. For hundreds of years, the local people built homes and fairs along the river. Countless beautiful and spacious courtyards lie among the houses, thus the tourists would have a pleasant surprise when coming to here.

版本二：功夫

功夫（Kung Fu）是中國武術（martial arts）的俗稱。中國武術的起源可以追溯到自衛的需要，狩獵活動以及古代中國的軍事訓練。它是中國傳統體育運動的一種。年輕人和老年人都練。它已逐漸演變成了中國文化的獨特元素。作為中國的國寶，功夫有上百種不同的風格，是世界上練得最多的武術形式。有些風格模仿了動物的動作，還有一些則受到了中國哲學思想、神話和傳說的啟發。

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Kung Fu is commonly known as the Chinese martial arts, the origin of which can be traced back to the need of self-defense, hunting activities and military training in ancient China. It is one kind of Chinese traditional sports. The young and the old often practice it. It has gradually evolved into the unique elements of Chinese culture. As a national treasure of China, there are hundreds of different styles for Kung Fu, which is most common forms of martial arts. Some of styles imitate the movement of the animals, and some are inspired by Chinese philosophy, myths and legends.

版本三：風箏

在山東濰坊市，風箏不僅僅是玩具，而且還是這座城市文化的標志。濰坊以“風箏之都“而聞名，已有將近2400年放飛風箏的歷史。傳說中國古代哲學家墨子用了三年時間在濰坊制作了世界上首個風箏，但放飛的第一天風箏就墜落並摔壞了。也有人相信風箏是中國古代木匠魯班發明的。據說他的風箏用木頭和竹子制作，飛了三天后才落地。

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In the city of Weifang, Shandong province, kites are not just toys, but also a sign of the city culture. Weifang is famous for "the kite", having a history of nearly 2400 years of flying kites. It is said that the ancient Chinese philosophers spent three years on making the first kite in the world , but the first day of the flying kites had dropped and broken. Some people believe that the kite was invented by ancient Chinese carpenter, Lu Ban. It has been said that his kite is made of wood and bamboo, falling to the ground after flying three days.

綜合對以上題目進行分析，我們會發現，翻譯還是沿續老的傳統側重對中國文化進行考查，內容相對來講，是大家所熟悉的，象“風箏”，“烏鎮”“功夫”，駕馭起來難度並不是很大。同一個內容，可以用不同的形式來呈現，比如，“以……而聞名”用英文表達可以“be famous for...”還可以是“be renown as...”﹔再比如，“追溯到...”即可以“go back to....”也可以用“trace back to”等等。隻要平時在學習的過程中，用心積累，必然會駕輕就熟。

來源：文都教育

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