四六级

　　经济、文化、教育等等内容都是英语四级翻译考试中常考的，所以考前要多积累一些相关词汇、句型。下面小编为大家准备了一道英语四级翻译练习：风筝，供各位考生练习。

　　古时在中国风筝也称作“鸢(hawk ) ”。春秋战国时期(theSpring and Autumn Period ),东周哲人墨子(Mo-tse)曾“费时三年，以木制木鸢，飞升天空”，但这只木鸢只飞了一天就坏了。墨子制造的这只“木鸢”就是世上最早的风筝， 已有2400多年的历史。唐代时，风筝传入朝鲜、日本及其他周边国家。十三世纪末，风筝的故事首次被意大利探险家马可·波罗带到欧洲，至此，中国风筝便逐渐开始传到世界各地。

　　参考翻译：

　　In ancient time, kites were also called “Yuan (ahawk)” in China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Mo-tse, a philosopher in the Eastern Zhou Dynastyspent three years making a wooden glede that couldfly in the sky, but it broke down only in one day. That wooden glede Mo-tse made has a historyof over two thousand and four hundred years, which was claimed to be the first kite in theworld. In Tang Dynasty, kites were introduced to Korea, Japan and other surrounding countries. Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo, an Italian adventurer, towards theend of the 13th century. Since then, the Chinese kite was gradually introduced to the wholeworld.