民俗口译.ppt

TourismInterpretation April 26, 2010 International News Vocabulary Building Vocabulary Building 民族文化 甲骨文 象形文字 青铜器 景泰蓝 泥塑 捏面人 踩高跷 檀香扇 雕漆器 刺绣 唐三彩 水墨画 戏剧脸谱 文房四宝 金石印章 Vocabulary Building 字画卷轴 汉字 声韵 笔画 部首 偏旁 八股文 五言绝句 七言律诗 题诗求对 皮影戏 折子戏 相声 说书 春联 剪纸 Passage Exercise Passage 1 春节期间的娱乐活动多种多样，丰富多彩。耍龙灯和舞狮子是春节期间的传统项目。还有一种至今仍受人欢迎的传统表演活动，叫踩高跷。// Passage 1 The recreational activities during the Spring Festival are varied and colorful. The Dagon Dance and Lion Dance are traditionally performed during the festival. Walking on stilts is another traditional performance event popular in china. // Passage 1 现在，随着生活水平的不断提高，人们采用了新的方式庆祝新年。但不管庆祝方式怎么变，春节的精华不会变，那就是为了祈求新年吉祥如意。// Passage 1 Nowadays, with the improvement of living standards, people have taken up new ways to celebrate the New Year. No matter what change there might be, the highlights of the Spring Festival will remain the same: hoping for a propitious and happy new year.// Passage 1 家家户户都会打扫的干干净净，门上都会贴上对联，人人都会穿上新衣裳，拿出最精美的食物，团聚在一起，互道吉利，表示祝贺。// Passage 1 Each family will clean up the house and put up an antithetical couplet on each side of the door. Dressed up in their best, people will get together, treat each other to the most delicious foods and exchange auspicious greetings.// Passage 1 最重要的是，春节是一个合家欢聚的日子，出门在外的人总要想方设法在除夕夜到来之前赶回家，吃上一年中最重要的一段饭——“团圆饭”。// Passage 1 Most important of all, the Spring Festival is the occasion for a family reunion. People away from home for various reasons will always try their best to come back before the New Year’s Eve for the family reunion dinner, the most important meal of the year.// Passage 2 汉语常被认为是一种非常古老的语言。从某种意义上说，这种说法不免失之偏颇。人类所有的语言都可追溯到朦胧的史前时期，但目前我们还无法确定这些语言是否都同宗同源。// Passage 2 Chinese is often termed a very old language. In a sense, such a statement is misleading. All human languages go back to the dim uncertainty of prehistory, and at present we have no way of knowing for sure whether or not they can all be traced back to the same root.// Passage 2 五千年前华夏祖先说汉语的方法同英语人士的祖先说英