重点词汇：
《红楼梦》 A Dream of Red Mansions
　　由…所著 be attributed to
　　家族 clan
　　富裕 affluent
　　权势 prestige
　　沦落为 descend to
　　塑造 portray
　　阶层 rank
　　封建社会 feudal society
　　复杂 complexity
译文内容：
A Dream of Red Mansions is attributed to Cao Xueqin and Gao-E. The author chose Jia Clan as the focus, depicting how an affluent and influential family with prestige lost its favor and descended to crash. In the novel, about 100 classic characters are successfully portrayed. These characters concern people of all ranks in the Qing Dynasty. A Dream of Red Mansions is a remarkable story about Chinese feudal society. To understand Chinese values in all its complexity, one can do no better than to read A Dream of Red Mansions. “It is not only a love story, but also a history story, because it describes the success and failure of the feudal period,” said Chairman Mao.
上文中关于《红楼梦》的内容翻译成英文时有很多特定词汇是我们不常见的，希望考生认真掌握，再次遇到类似的翻译题型时，考生就能轻松搞定了。