中国春节风俗习惯 第2期:中国羊年(1)

 　　The Chinese Year of the Goat

　　中国羊年

　　Hello, This is Natasha and this is a special story to celebrate 2015.

　　你好，这是娜塔莎，这是一个特殊的庆祝2015年的故事。

　　As you may know, there are 12 animal signs in the Chinese calendar, and every year is named after one of those animals.

　　正如你可能知道的，在中国日历有12个生肖，每年都是其中一个动物名命名的。

　　We are just saying goodbye to the year of the horse, and on February the 4th we will start the year of the goat.

　　我们刚刚告别了马年，并在2月4日迎接羊年的到来。

　　In some parts of Asia this year is also known as the year of the sheep or ram¹.

　　在亚洲的一些地区今年也被称为的绵羊年或公羊年。

　　Bertie, who knows all sorts of things, tells me that it comes from the Chinese word yang which pretty much covers all the animals who have horns and like to munch² grass.

　　知道各种各样的事情的伯蒂告诉我，它来自中国词羊，几乎涵盖了所有的有角的、喜欢吃草的动物。

　　People who are born in the year of the goat are peace-loving, artistic³, and nurturing⁴.

　　属羊的人是爱好和平，有艺术天赋和育人的。

　　For instance, the Chinese city of Guangzhou used to be called Yangcheng-City of Goats.

　　例如，中国广州过去被称为羊城—山羊城。

　　The story goes that thousands of years ago, there was a famine and people were going hungry.

　　故事是这样的：数千年前闹饥荒，人们挨着饿。

　　Five gods rode into Guangzhou on the backs of 5 rams⁵.

　　五神骑着5只公羊到了广州。

　　Each of the rams was carrying rice in its mouth, as a sign that the famine would soon end.

　　每个公羊在嘴里衔着大米，表明饥荒将很快结束。

　　A stone statue of the 5 rams commemorates⁶ this story.

　　5公羊的石头雕像是为了纪念这个故事。

　　And goats were the characters in one of China's most popular television programmes, a cartoon animation⁷ called – Pleasant Goat and Big Bad Wolf.

　　山羊是中国在电视节目里最受欢迎的角色，有一部卡通动画叫——喜羊羊和大灰狼。

　　It was all about a clever goat who saved his brothers and sisters from the clutches of a dim-witted wolf.

　　它讲述的是一只聪明的山羊从笨狼的魔爪里救出了他的兄弟姐妹的故事。

　　The series was hugely popular until the authorities in China decided⁸ it was too violent.

　　该系列在中国广受欢迎，直到当局认定它太过暴力。

　　The Gray Wolf's wife was in the habit of hitting him over the head with a frying pan, and sometimes he ended up in a cauldron of boiling water.

　　灰太狼的老婆习惯用煎锅打他的头，有时他会得到一大锅沸水。

　　Anyway, to celebrate the year of the goat, Bertie has asked me to read you a story from Tibet which is a beautiful part of China,

　　无论如何，为了庆祝今年的羊年，伯蒂要求我给你们读一个发生在西藏的故事，西藏是中国美丽的一个地方，

　　high up in the Himalayan Mountains on the border of Pakistan.

　　在巴基斯坦边境的喜马拉雅山高处。

　　It also tells the story of how a goat goes against a wolf, but don't worry, it's not as violent as the Pleasant Goat and the Big Bad Wolf cartoon.

　　它也讲述了如何山羊违背了狼，不过别担心，它不会像喜羊羊和大灰狼卡通那么暴力。

　　Long ago, a goat lived in a valley with her kid.

　　很久以前，一只山羊和她的孩子住在一个山谷。

　　Every summer she liked to move up to the mountain pastures where the grass was green and lush.

　　每年夏天她喜欢搬到山上绿色茂盛的牧场。

1 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

2 munch   

v.用力嚼，大声咀嚼

参考例句：

• We watched her munch through two packets of peanuts.我们看她津津有味地嚼了两包花生米。
• Getting them to munch on vegetable dishes was more difficult.使他们吃素菜就比较困难了。

3 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

4 nurturing   

养育( nurture的现在分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• These delicate plants need careful nurturing. 这些幼嫩的植物需要精心培育。
• The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. 这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

5 rams   

n.公羊( ram的名词复数 )；(R-)白羊（星）座；夯；攻城槌v.夯实（土等）( ram的第三人称单数 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• A couple of rams are butting at each other. 两只羊正在用角互相抵触。 来自辞典例句
• More than anything the rams helped to break what should have been on interminable marriage. 那些牡羊比任何东西都更严重地加速了他们那本该天长地久的婚姻的破裂。 来自辞典例句

6 commemorates   

n.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

8 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。