文登四六级翻译终极预测.doc

Part IV Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 1 儒家思想由孔子（Confucius）在春秋时期创立，并迅速成为中国文化的核心内容之一。儒家重视道德和人与人之间的关系，着力于关注人类社会的秩序的和谐安定；对于虚无飘渺的神灵（illusory divine）世界，尽量采取回避的态度，或按照自己的观念加以改造而得到强化。儒学对中国文化产生了巨大的影响，其价值观念渗透在中国人民的生活、思想和习俗中。Confucius established the Confucian school of thought during the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucianism quickly became one of the pillars of Chinese culture. Confucian philosophy attaches great importance to ethics and interpersonal relationships and is concerned about the harmony and stability of the order of human society. It adopts the attitude of trying as much as possible to evade the illusory divine world or intensifying the concept through the transformation of divine world according to one’s own ideology. Confucianism has had a great influence on Chinese culture with its values permeating the life, thinking and customs of the Chinese people. 2 汉语是中国汉民族使用的语言，汉语历史悠久，在3000多年前就有了相当成熟的文字。汉语有超过12亿的使用者，是使用人数最多的语言之一，除了中国，新加坡、马来西亚等国也有相当一部分人使用汉语，分布在世界各地的几千万华侨、华裔，也以汉语的各种方言为自己的母语。汉语是中国人使用的主要语言，也是联合国的工作语言。Used by the Han people in China, the Chinese language has a long history, having established a fairly mature written language more than 3000 years ago. The Chinese language has more than 1.2 billion users and can be regarded as the one spoken by the greatest number of persons. In addition to China, some people in Singapore and Malaysia also use Chinese, and millions of overseas Chinese and foreign citizens of Chinese origin distributed around the world use various Chinese dialects as native language. The Chinese language is the main language used by Chinese, also one of the working languages of the United Nations. 3 道教（Taoism），同儒家思想（Confucianism）一样，是土生土长的中国宗教。它与儒学和佛学并称“三教”，是中国哲学的重要组成部分之一。中国的古代哲学家老子是道教的创始人。道教认为“阴”和“阳”是宇宙 中对立又统一的自然力量，并强调其相对的“稳定”，即“阴”和“阳”之间的和谐统一。江西的龙虎山作为道教的发源地一直被认为是圣地，每年都有很多人前去朝拜（pilgrimage）。Taoism,