2015年6月英語四級翻譯真題及參考譯文：中國最基本飲食

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翻譯原文:

在西方人心目中，和中國聯(lián)系最為密切的基本食物是大米。長期以來，大米在中國人的飲食中占據(jù)很重要的地位，以至于有諺語說“巧婦難為無米之炊”。中國南方大多數(shù)種植水稻，人們通常以大米為食;而華北大部分地區(qū)因?yàn)檫^于寒冷或過于干燥，無法種植水稻，那里的主要作物是小麥。在中國，有些人用面粉做面包，但大多數(shù)人用面粉做饅頭和面條。

參考譯文：

In the eyes of Westerners, the basic food that is the closest contact with China is rice. For a long time, rice in Chinese people's diet occupy very important position that proverb says "make bricks without straw", South China mostly cultivated rice, people usually take the rice as the staple food; and most of North China because it is too cold and dry to grow rice, where the main crop is wheat. In China, some people make bread with flour, but most people make bread and noodles with flour.

滬江網(wǎng)校版：

翻譯原文：

在西方人心目中，和中國聯(lián)系最為密切的基本食物是大米。長期以來，大米在中國人的飲食中占據(jù)很重要的地位，以至于有諺語說“巧婦難為無米之炊”。中國南方大多數(shù)種植水稻，人們通常以大米為食;而華北大部分地區(qū)因?yàn)檫^于寒冷或過于干燥，無法種植水稻，那里的主要作物是小麥。在中國，有些人用面粉做面包，但大多數(shù)人用面粉做饅頭和面條。

參考譯文：

In the mind of Westerners, Chinese people have the closest connection to rice, basic food for the Chinese. For a long time, rice occupies a very important position in the Chinese diet. There is even a saying that "even a clever housewife cannot cook a meal without rice". People in south China plant and live on rice, while people in the most parts of North China cannot plant rice due to excessively dry and cold weather. The main crop there is wheat. In China, some people use flour to bake bread, while most people make steamed bread and noodles with flour.

太原 新東方：

翻譯原文：

在西方人心目中，和中國聯(lián)系最為密切的基本食物是大米。長期以來，大米在中國人的飲食中占據(jù)很重要的地位，以至于有諺語說“巧婦難為無米之炊”。中國南方大多數(shù)種植水稻，人們通常以大米為食;而華北大部分地區(qū)因?yàn)檫^于寒冷或過于干燥，無法種植水稻，那里的主要作物是小麥。在中國，有些人用面粉做面包，但大多數(shù)人用面粉做饅頭和面條。

參考譯文：

In the eyes of the Westerners, rice is the basic food most closely connected with China. For a long time, rice is so important in Chinese diet. There is a saying "Even a clever housewife cannot make a meal without rice." In the south of China, people always grow rice and eat it as a staple food. While in the north of China, people cannot grow rice because of the exceedingly cold and dry weather, and the main crop there is wheat. In China, some people use flour to make bread, but it always used to make steamed bread and noodles.