口译基础教程对话练习答案--仲伟合

Unit 1

❖李颖：We are going to ascend the great wall tomorrow morning. So I’d like to go to bed early and have a good sleep this evening. You know climbing the great wall is not an easy job.

❖明天早上我们计划去爬长城，所以我想今晚早点休息，好好睡一觉。你知道爬长城可不是一件简单的事情。

❖Jack: Great. The Great Wall is very famous and becomes a must for tourist in Beijing. Would you tell me something about it?

❖好啊。长城那么有名，是游客来北京必去的景点。你能和我说一说长城么？

❖李颖：OK. The construction of the great wall took altogether over 2000years.it started in the Zhou dynasty in the 7th century. B.C. And continued until Ming Dynasty in the 15th century A.D. The existing wall was built in the Ming Dynasty.

❖好。长城的整个建筑过程持续了总共两千多年，始于公元七世纪的周朝，后来一直延续到公元后十五世纪的明朝。现存的城墙都是明朝修建的。

❖Jack: The Great Wall is indeed the crystallization of the industry and wisdom of the Chinese people and also a symbol of ancient Chinese culture. Then why the ancient people built the wall?

❖长城的确是中国人民勤劳智慧的结晶，同时也是中国古代文化的象征.那么为什么古代人民要修建长城呢？

❖李颖：It was constructed to guard against the invasion by nomadic tribes from the north. When enemy troops approached, guards on watch would send smoke signals from the beacon-fire towers as an alarm.

❖修建长城是为了抵御来自北方游牧民族的入侵。敌军逼近时，放哨的警卫就会在烽火台上发送烟雾信号作为警报。

❖Jack: How did they manage to do so? Can you be more specific?

❖他们怎么发送烟雾信号作为警报呢？你能说的具体点么？

❖李颖：Those towers on the wall are spaced at equal distances from each other.

When guards in a tower saw the signals from its neighbor, they immediately did the same thing .In this way; the signals would be relayed to the capital.❖长城上的烽火台是均匀分布的。如果烽火台上的警卫看到相邻烽火台上发出的信号，他们就会立刻跟着发出信号。这样一个接一个信号就传到了都城。

❖Jack: what the smart idea the ancient people had! I was told that in china.

People usually call the Great Wall “Ten Thousand Li Long Wall”. Does it really mean that long?

❖古代人民的想法真是巧妙啊！我听说在中国人们通常把长城称作“万里长城”。真的有那么长么？

❖李颖：Yes, exactly. It runs all the way across the eastern half of china with a length of about 6 000 kilometers.

是的，正是这样。长城绵延约6 000公里，穿越了中国的东半部。

❖Jack: 6 000 kilometers! It is unbelievable.

6 000公里！难以置信。

❖李颖：The Great Wall is said to be the only building on the earth that can be seen from the outer space.

据说万里长城是从外太空可以看到的地球上唯一的建筑。

❖Jack: I believe so. I once learned that The Great Wall in china has been ranked one of the Eight Great Wonders in the world.

这个我相信。我以前听说中国的万里长城已经被列入世界八大奇迹了。

李颖：噢，我看你对长城很了解嘛。

Li Ying: Oh, it seems to me that you already know a lot about the Great Wall. Jack: To tell you the truth, I am interested in Chinese culture and specialize in the study of the history of China. I even know the story of “Mengjiangnu Weeping on the Great Wall”.

杰克：老实说，我对中国文化很感兴趣，专修中国历史。我还知道孟姜女哭长城的故事呢。

❖李颖：真的？这是个悲惨的故事，发生在秦始皇统治时期，秦始皇也就是秦朝的第一个皇帝。

❖Li Ying: Really? That’s a tragic story. It took place in the reign of Emperor Qinshihuang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty.

❖Jack: Yes. Mengjiangnu was a very good wife. One winter, she came to the Great Wall with warm clothes for her husband, but her husband had already died. She was heartbroken and wept so bitterly that the Great Wall collapsed.

❖杰克：是的。孟姜女是位很好的妻子。她在寒冬里到长城给丈夫送棉衣，但是丈夫却已经过世了。她伤心欲绝，悲泣不止，结果把长城都哭倒了。

❖李颖：正是这样。孟姜女看到丈夫的尸体在城墙下时，带着万分悲痛投海自尽。真