《女娲补天》阅读答案及翻译

《女娲补天》阅读答案及翻译

篇一：汉英互译---女娲补天

1.此文为一片神话故事

2.时态基本为一般过去式

3.内容丰富，故事短小，英语句式结构过于单一

4.原文为文言文，翻译时要斟词酌句，步骤繁琐

5.内容包含众多远古猛兽，不易理解和翻译

6.汉语句式繁杂却字数较少，英语不易表达

女娲补天

往古之时，四极废，九州裂，天不兼覆，地不周载；火爛炎而不灭，水浩洋而不

息；猛兽食颛民，鸷鸟攫老弱。

于是女娲炼五色石以补苍天，断鳌足以立四极，杀黑龙以济冀州，积芦灰以止淫

水。

苍天补，四极正；淫水固，冀州平，狡虫死，颛民生；背方舟，抱圆天。当此之

时，禽兽虫蛇，无不匿其爪牙，藏其蛰毒，无有攫噬之心。

考其功烈，上际九天，下契黄垆，名声被后世，光辉熏万物。

选自（191字）

NvWa Mends the Sky

Liu An

In ancient times, the four pillows which support the sky collapsed

and ancient China fell apart. The sky couldn’t cover the earth nor could

the earth foster all the things. The fire spread and couldn’t die out. The

flood overflowed and couldn’t cease. The fierce monsters devoured the

innocent people. The evil birds preyed on the old and children.

Then NvWa mended the sky with rocks of five colors. She cut off

legs from a giant turtle to support the four corners of the sky. She killed

the black dragon to save people in Jizhou, and then obstructed the flood

with the ash of bulrush in heaps.

Thus the sky was mended and the four pillows were erected. The

flood receded, and peace was restored in JiZhou. The vicious birds and

monsters were killed, and then the innocent people survived. NvWa

turned her back to the earth and embraced the blue sky. From then on,

poultry, monsters,insects and snacks all stopped to use teeth and

poisonous stings to hurt people. They all didn’t want to catch and kill

people.

When referred to her merit and contribution,the people in heaven

witnessed them and the death had deep feeling about them. People

built temples in honor of her. Her name was remembered by later

generations and her light shone on every creation.

selected from HuaiNai Tzu

篇二：女娲补天汉语讲解和英语译文

女娲补天

往古之时，四极废，九州裂，天不兼覆，地不周载；火爁(làn 焚烧)焱(yàn,火花，火焰)而不灭，水浩洋而不息。猛兽食颛(zhuān善良：颛民:善良的百姓,)民，鸷(zhì,凶猛)鸟攫（jué，抓取：攫取（掠

夺）。攫夺）老弱。

于是女娲炼五色石以补苍天，断鳌足以立四极，杀黑龙以济冀州，积芦灰以止淫水。苍天补，四极正；淫水涸，冀州平；狡虫死，颛民生；背方州，抱圆天。当此之时，禽兽虫蛇，无不匿其爪牙，藏其蛰毒，无有攫噬之心。

考其功烈，上际九天，下契(qiè古同“锲”，用刀子刻。)黄垆(lú,黑色坚硬的土)，名声被后世，光晖熏万物。汉语讲解：传说盘古开天辟地，女娲用黄泥造人，日月星辰各司其职，子民安居乐业，四海歌舞升平。后来共工与颛顼争帝位，不胜而头触不周之山，导致天柱折，地球上除了人类所有生物灭绝，地球两极颠倒，九州裂，天倾西北，地陷东海，洪水泛滥，大火蔓延，人民流离失所。

女娲看到她的子民们陷入巨大灾难之中，十分关切，决心炼石以补苍天。于是她周游四海，遍涉群山，最后选择了东海之外的海上仙山—天台山。天台山是东海上五座仙山之一，五座仙山分别由神鳌用背驼着，以防沉入海底。女娲为何选择天台山呢，因为只有天台山才出产炼石用的五色土，是炼补天石的绝佳之地。

于是，女娲在天台山顶堆巨石为炉，取五色土为料，又借来太阳神火，历时九天九夜，炼就了五色巨石36501块。然后又历时九天九夜，用36500块五彩石将天补好。剩下的一块遗留在天台山中汤谷的山顶上。

天是补好了，可是却找不到支撑四极的柱子。要是没有柱子支撑，天就会塌下来。情急之下，女娲只好将背负天台山之神鳌的四只足砍