流浪的面包树大学英语六级翻译试题：筷子5篇.doc

成。它要么 上方下圆，要么上下全圆而上粗下细。不管其形状如

何，筷子必须是成对使用的，并且两 只筷子的大小长短要相同。

筷子是中国人日常生活的必备工具，

它的发明 充分反映了中国人

民的智慧。

参考译文

Chopsticks,

with

a

history

of

thousands

of

years,

areunique

traditional

Chinese dining

utensils.

Theywere

called

zhu

in

ancient

China

and

the

name

ofKuai

Zi

began

to

be

used

in

Ming

icks are usually made of bamboo. Some aremade of

wood, ivory, metals or other materials. Their upper parts are square

and lower partsround, or they are all round with thicker upper parts

and thinner lower parts. Whatever theirshapes are, they are used in

pairs and the pair must be identical to each other. chopsticks arethe

necessary dining utensils in Chinese people’

s daily life, the invention

of which fully delaysthe intelligence of Chinese people.

第二篇

请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

中国人使用筷子已经有

3000

多年的历史了。

中国的筷子夹菜

的一端是圆的，象征着天

;

另一端是方的，象征着地。这是因为，

维持充足的食物供应是天地之间最重要的事情。

中国有个古老的

风俗，女子出嫁时要用筷子当嫁妆，因为筷子与快子谐音 。根据

中国的餐桌礼仪，

吃饭时一直握着筷子是不礼貌的。

将菜送入口

中后，应立刻把筷子放下。吃饭时，用筷子指着别人会对其造成

参考译文

There

has

been

a

history

of

more

than

3

000

years

for

the

Chinese

to

have

meals

with

chopsticks.

Chinese

chopsticks

are

round on the eating end which symbolizes the heaven, and the other

end is square which symbolizes the earth. It is because maintaining

an adequate food supply is the greatest concern between the heaven

and

the

earth.

There

is

an

old

custom

in

the

past

in

China,

that

chopsticks should be a part of a girls dowry. Kuaizi (chopsticks) is

pronounced the same as kuai latter symbolized quick and son.

According to the Chinese traditional table manners, it is impolite to

hold the chopsticks all the time over the meal. As soon as one person

sends

a

bite

into

his

mouth,

he

should

put

down

the

chopsticks.

It

would offend others to point at them with chopsticks over the meal.

第三篇

请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

说到筷子

(chopsticks)

的起源，中 国是世界上第一个使用筷子

的

国家，

用 筷子吃饭已经有至少

3000

年的历史了。

筷子看起来

只有两根小细棒，但它有很多功能，比如挑选，移动，< /p>

夹，搅拌或

者挖。此外，它便于使用，价格便宜。而且筷 子也

是世界上独有的

餐具

(table ware)

。

使用複子的人，

无论是中国人

还是外国人，都无

不钦佩筷子的发明者。

参考译文

:

As

the

origin

of

chopsticks,

China

is

the

first

country

in

the

world to use chopsticks and has a history of at least 3,000 years to

have

meals

with

chopsticks.

Chopsticks

seems

quite

simple

with

only

two

small

and

thin

sticks,

but

it

is

in

possession

of

many

functions,

such

as

picking,

moving,

nipping,

mixing

and

digging;

moreover

，

it

is

convenient

for

use

and

cheap

in

price.

Besides,

chopsticks

are

also

unique

tableware

in

the

world.

Anyone

using

chopsticks

，

no

matter

Chinese

or

foreigners,

would

without

exception admire the inventor of chopsticks.

第四篇

请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

中国人使用筷子就餐的方式在世界上独树一帜。有史记载用

筷的历史已有三千多年。筷子古时称为箸，它看似简单，但却同