秀水街形成于1980年，一群有抱負的年輕人在北京秀水東街做起了自己的生意，當時僅有幾個極其簡陋的攤位。他們做絲綢及外貿(mào)服裝生意。盡管簡陋樸素，秀水街的內(nèi)在魅力還是掩藏(obscure)不住的。當越來越多的攤販(vendor)開始售賣中國傳統(tǒng)絲綢制品和手工制品，秀水街便因此而得名。北京秀水街，與長城、故宮、烤鴨這些“北京象征”一起，成為很多海內(nèi)外游客到北京旅游的一個地標。
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The Xiushui Street
The Xiushui Street was originated in 1980 when a group of ambitious youth started their business at Silk Eastern Road, Beijing, with very simple stalls at that time. They dealt in silk and foreign-trade apparels. Though simple and crude, the inherent charms of Xiushui Street could not be obscured. The street got its name when more and more vendors began to sell traditional Chinese silk products and crafts. Beijing Xiushui Street, together with the symbols like the Great Wall, the Imperial Palace, and the Beijing roast duck, become landmarks of Beijing in the eyes of a lot of tourists from home and abroad.
1.一群有抱負的年輕人:應譯為a group of ambitiousyouth,其中“有抱負的”應譯為ambitious。
2.當時僅有幾個極其簡陋的攤位:翻譯為with very simplestalls at that time,用with介詞短語表示“具有”的概念，避免了再次使用主謂賓的句式， 讓整個句子顯得錯落有致。
3.內(nèi)在魅力:翻譯為inherent charms,注意此處的“內(nèi)在的”表示“本身所 具有的，天生的”之意，用inherent—詞表示十分恰當。
