一：汉译英遇见的特别词汇

　　汉字的四声（平声、上声、仄声和去声） the four tones of Chinese characters, namely, the level tone, the rising tone, the falling-rising tone, and the falling tone笔画 stroke部首 radical偏旁 basic character component象形文字 pictograph

　　独角戏 monodrama/one-man play 皮影戏 shadow play 折子戏 opera highlights 单口相声 monologue comic talk 对口相声 comic cross talk 说书 monologue story-telling 传说 legend 神话 mythology 寓言 fable

　　武术 martial art 气功 controlled breathing exercise 气功疗法 breathingtechniquetherapy             春联 spring couplet 剪纸 paper-cut戏剧脸谱 theatrical mask

　　草药的四气：寒、热、温、凉 four properties of medicinal herb： cold, hot, warm and cool草药的五味：酸、苦、甘、辛、咸 five tastes of medicinal herb： sour, bitter, sweet, hot and salty

　　二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms天干地支 the heavenly stems and earthly branches清明节 the Pure Brightness Day端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival

　　文化事业 cultural undertaking民族文化 national culture民间文化 folk culture乡土文化 native/country culture跨文化交流 cross-cultural communication文化冲击 culture shock

　　表演艺术 performing art舞台艺术 stage art流行艺术 popular/pop art高雅艺术 elegant/high art电影艺术 cinematographic art

　　十四行诗 sonnet三幕六场剧 a three-act and six-scene play音乐舞台剧 musical

　　复活节 Easter万圣节 Halloween

　　内容与形式的统一 unity of content and form

　　古为今用，洋为中用。

　　Make the past serve the present and the foreign serve China.中国是一个历史悠久、文化灿烂的多民族国家。

　　China is a multinational country with a long history and splendid culture.文化交流不是让外国文化吞没自己的文化，而是为了丰富和充实本民族的文化。

　　Cultural exchange is by no means a process of losing ones won culture to a foreign culture, but one of inriching a nations own culture.

　　二、练习

　　筷子起源于中国，现在许多亚洲国家都使用它。第一批筷子是骨头或玉制成的。在春秋时期出现了铜制和铁制的筷子。

　　在古代，富人家用玉或金子制成筷子以显示其家庭的富有。许多帝王有银制的筷子来他们的食物是否被投了毒。

　　友情提示：

　　筷子：chopsticks玉：jade