语篇翻译

Passage One
Enchantment of the South Sea Islands
The mighty Pacific washes the shores of five continents—North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. Its waters mingle in the southeast with the Atlantic Ocean and in the southwest with the Indian Ocean. It is not on the shores of continents, nor in the coastal islands, however, that the soul of the great Pacific is found. It lies far out where the fabled South Sea Islands are scattered over the huge ocean like stars in the sky.
Here great disturbances at the heart of the earth caused mountains and volcanoes to rise above the water. For hundreds of years tiny coral creatures have worked and died to make thousands of ring-shaped islands called atolls.
南海诸岛之魔力
浩瀚的太平洋不断冲刷着五大陆的海岸—北美、南美、亚洲、澳大利亚、南极洲。

其东南与大西洋汇合，西南与印度洋分界。

太平洋的魔力即不存在于大陆海岸，也不存在于海岛之中，而是隐藏于神秘的南海诸岛。

那些神秘的岛屿分布于广阔的太平洋中，就像散布在天空的繁星一样。

由于南海诸岛位于地球中心，地质状况极不稳定，加剧了山脉和火山不断上升，高于海平面之上。

几百年来微小的珊瑚虫不断进化演变，从而形成了数以万计的环形珊瑚礁。

Passage Two
泼水节
泼水是傣族新年的主要喜庆活动。

人们互相泼水，表示洗去身上一年的尘垢，迎接新一年的到来。

泼水又文泼和武泼之分。

文泼是对长者的泼法，舀起一勺水，一边说着祝福的话，一边拉开长者的衣领，江水顺着领口往下浇。

被迫的人欣然接受对方的祝福。

武泼则没有固定的形式，用瓢、用盆、用桶都可以，互相追逐，劈头盖脸的泼。

被人泼的水越多，说明受到的祝福越多，被泼的人越高兴。

The Water- splashing Festival
The Water- splashing is the main celebraion activity of the Dai nationality in New Year.It means washing off peopl e’s dust and dirt of the old year and welcoming the New Year through water- splashing each other.It is divided into gently and fiercely splashing.The former is to the elders: spoon up some water , open the elders’ collar and pour it down along their collars while expressing good wishes.The one being splashed accept it with pleasure.The latter has no fixed pattern: people run after each
other and use ladles,basins,or even buckets to splash each other direct to their heads and faces.Getting more blessing and more happier based on being more splashed.。