The lifestyle of Mongolian herdsmen is distinctive.Herdsmen like eating beef, mutton and dairyproducts and drinking black tea and brick tea. Mostof them live in Mongolian yurt with a skylight forventilating and lighting. Mongolian people areexperts at horseback riding and shooting and skilled in singing and dancing. The Nadam Fairheld in July or August every year is an annual grand festival for Mongolian people. There arehorse racing,wrestling,archery contest and wonderful dancing and singing performances duringthe festival.During each Nadam Fair, people from different places come to compete and watchperformances, instantly turning the quiet grasslands into a sea of pleasure.
Mount Tai locates in the middle of ShandongProvince.It is one of the birthplaces of the ancientculture along the Yellow River basin, and is regardedas the head of the Five Great Mountains. Mount Tai iscelebrated for its precipitous peaks andmagnificent sceneries.In Chinese history, emperors of all dynasties would take a journey toMount Tai, which was considered as the symbol of heaven, to worship and offer sacrifices tothe heaven and earth. The cultural celebrities in ancient China composed numerous pieces ofpoems and calligraphy works after they had toured Mount Tai.Currently, there are 22 ancientarchitecture complexes, 97 historic sites, 819 pieces of stele, 1,800 pieces of carved stones,which provide plenty of important material evidences to make researches on Chinese ancienthistory and calligraphy. Mount Tai is not only a mountain of scenery, but also a mountain ofculture.
1.它是中国黄河流域古代文化的发祥地之一:其中“黄河流域”译为the Yellow River basin; “发祥地”即“发源地”,译为birthplace。
4.历代帝王纷纷到此封禅、祭告天地:其中“历代帝王”译为emperors of all dynasties;“纷纷”即“多”,而前句中“emperors”用复数已表达出“多”的含义,故可省略翻译;“封禅、祭告天地”可译为worship and offersacrifices to the heaven and earth。
Xishuangbanna adjoins Laos and Myanmar and isclose to Thailand and Vietnam. The straight-linedistance from Xishuangbanna to Thailand is onlymore than 200 kilometers. Xishuangbanna has veryunique subtropical scenery, and it is also ratherrich in flora and fauna, tbus enjoying the reputation of “Kingdom of Plants' “Kingdom ofAnimals" and “Kingdom of Medicine". Xishuangbanna means “an ideal and magical paradise”. Itis famous for natural landscapes of the magical rainforest and customs of national minorities.Itis one of China's hot tourist cities.The annual Water-Sprinkling Festival lasting from April 13thto 15th attracts many tourists home and abroad.
1.句中“与...相连”、“邻近...”和“与...的直线距离”可分别译为adjoin,be close to和the straight-line distance from。