2018翻譯資格考試初級口譯練習題：中國古代

　　早在公元前2500年，中國人就開始了仰觀天文、俯察地理的活動，逐漸形成了“天人合一”的宇宙觀。

　　As early as in 2,500 B.C. Chinese began astronomical observation and geographical survey, and gradually formed a world outlook of an “integration of the universe and humanity.”

　　中國歷史上產(chǎn)生了許多杰出的哲學家、思想家、政治家、軍事家、科學家和文學藝術(shù)家，留下了浩如煙海的文化典籍。

　　China produced in its history many outstanding philosophers, thinker, statesmen, strategists, scientists, writers and artists and left us numerous volumes of literatures.

　　春秋戰(zhàn)國時期出現(xiàn)的“百家爭鳴”局面和老子孔子等諸子百家的學說，在世界思想史上占有重要的地位。

　　The scene of “contention of a hundred schools of thought” brought forth in the Spring and Autumn Period 2,500 years ago and the Warring State Period over 2,200 years ago and the emergence of various schools of thought and their exponents such as Lao Zi and Confucius about 2,400 years ago all occupy a very important position in the world history of philosophy.

　　古代中國在天文歷法、地學、數(shù)學、農(nóng)學、醫(yī)學和人文科學的許多領(lǐng)域，都作出過獨特的貢獻。

　　Ancient China made unique contributions to many areas of science including astronomy, calendric system, geography, mathematics, agriculture, medicine and the humanities.

　　中國的絲織、制瓷、冶金、造船技術(shù)很早就達到世界的先進水平。

　　China’s silk weaving porcelain making, metallurgy and shipbuilding reached the world’s advanced level in ancient times.

　　中國的醫(yī)藥學在世界上獨樹一幟。

　　The Chinese medicine is a unique school of its own.

　　特別是中國的造紙、火藥、印刷術(shù)、指南針四大發(fā)明，曾經(jīng)改變了世界的面貌。

　　Particularly, China’s four great inventions of paper making, gunpowder, printing and compass had once changed the face of the world.