Cultural Exchange

　　一、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 breathing technique therapy

　　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

　　二、例句

　　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 one’s won culture to a foreign culture, but one of inriching a nation’s own culture.