2014年12月六级翻译真题 第1套

反映在艺术和文学中的乡村生活理想是中国文明的重要特征。这在很大程度上归功于道家(Taoist)对自然的感情。传统中国画有两个最受青睐的主题，一是家庭生活的各种幸福场景，画中往往有老人在下棋饮茶，男人在耕耘收割，妇女在织布缝衣，小孩在户外玩耍。另一个则是乡村生活的种种乐趣，画有渔夫在湖上打渔，农夫在山上砍柴采药，或是书生坐在松树下吟诗作画。这两个主题可以分别代表儒家(Confucian)和道家的生活理想。

参考答案：

Rural life ideal reflected in the arts and literature is an important feature of Chinese civilization, which, to a large extent, can be attributed to Taoist affection towards nature. There are two most popular themes in the traditional Chinese paintings. One is the various happy scenes of family life. In most of the paintings, seniors are playing chess and drinking tea; men are sowing and reaping; women are weaving and sewing; and kids are playing outside. The other describes all kinds of joy in the country life. In these paintings, fishermen are fishing on the lake; farmers are cutting firewood and gathering herbs in the mountains; or scholars are composing poetry and painting pictures under the pines. The two themes represent Confucian and Taoist ideal life of Confucianism and Taoism respectively.