英語經典文章翻譯

　　語言學習與文化學習是交織在一起的，語言習得者要掌握好一門語言，尤其是第二語言，具備充足的文化背景知識是必不可少的。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

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　　英語神話故事：遙遠的海面上有一島嶼，石崖邊居住著唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三姐妹。

　　The three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird，the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers，singing in voices that excited the hearts of duanwenw men. The attractive songs were so sweet that ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks. No sailor nor ship had ever been known to pass the Island of the Sirens without being attracted to disaster .

　　半人半島的塞壬姐妹們坐在一片花叢裡，唱著盎惑人心的歌，甜美的歌聲把過往的船舶引向該島，然後撞上礁石船毀人亡。過往的船員和船舶都受到利誘走向消滅，無一倖免。

　　Acting on the advice of Circe，Odysseus took careful preparation against the duanwenw Sirens.Before their ships came to where they could hear the song，Odysseus had himself tied to the mast ，stopped the ears of his men with wax and ordered them to ignore his orders and gestures when they were passing the fatal island .

　　奧德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的勸告。為了抵擋塞壬姐妹，他採取了慎重的防範辦法。船舶還沒駛到能聽到歌聲的地方，奧德修斯就令人把他拴在桅杆上，並叮嚀手下用蠟把他們的耳朵塞住。他還告誡他們經過死亡島時不要理睬他的指令和手勢。

　　Soon they came in sight of the rocky island，and the attractive song reached the ears of Odysseus. It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to free himself and shouted for his men to turn towards the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters. But no one paid daunwenw any attention to him. The sailors kept straight on until they were completely out of hearing. Then his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears. For once the Sirens had sung with no effects. The eldest of the sisters，Partherope，loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.

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　　塞翁失馬的經典成語故事Blessing or Bane：

　　Near China's northern borders lived a man well versed in the practices of Taoism. His horse, for no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone commiserated with him.

　　"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.

　　After a few months, his animal came back, leading a fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him.

　　"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of misfortune," said his father.

　　Since he was well-off and kept good horses his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his thigh bone falling from a horse. Everyone commiserated with him.

　　"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing," said his father.

　　One year later, the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions. All able-bodied young men took up arms and fought against the invaders, and as a result, around the border nine out of ten men died. This man's son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and so both the boy and his father survived.

　　經典成語故事翻譯：

　　戰國時期，湊近北部邊城，住著一個老人，名叫塞翁。塞翁養了良多馬，一天，他的馬群中忽然有一匹走失了。鄰居們據說這件事，跑來安慰，勸他不必太著急，年事大了，多留心身體。塞翁見有人安慰，笑了笑說：“丟了一匹馬喪失不大，沒準會帶來什麼福氣呢。”

　　鄰居聽了塞翁的話，心裡覺得很好笑。馬丟了，明明是件壞事，他卻認為興許是好事，顯然是自我安慰罷了。過了多少天，損失的馬不僅自動返回家，還帶回一匹匈奴的駿馬。

　　街坊據說了，對塞翁的預見非常佩服，向塞翁道賀說：“還是你有遠見，馬不僅不丟，還帶回一匹好馬，真是福分呀。”

　　塞翁聽了鄰人的慶賀，反而一點愉快的樣子都不，發愁地說：“白白得了一匹好馬，不一定是什麼福分，興許惹出什麼麻煩來。”

　　街坊們以為他故作姿態純屬老年人的狡猾。心裡明明高興，有意不說出來。

　　塞翁有個獨生子，無比喜好騎馬。他發現帶回來的那匹馬顧盼生姿，身長蹄大，嘶鳴洪亮，膘悍神駿，一看就知道是匹好馬。他每天都騎馬出遊，心中怏怏不樂。

　　一天，他高興得有些過火，打馬飛奔，一個趔趄，從馬背上跌下來，摔斷了腿。鄰居聽說，紛紛來慰問。

　　塞翁說：“沒什麼，腿摔斷了結保住性命，或者是福氣呢。”鄰居們認為他又在胡言亂語。他們想不出，摔斷腿會帶來什麼福氣。

　　不久，匈奴兵大舉入侵，青年人被應徵參軍，塞翁的兒子因為摔斷了腿，不能去當兵。從軍的青年都戰去世了，唯有塞翁的兒子顧全了生命。

　　這個塞翁失馬的經典成語故事，告訴咱們要隨遇而安，可千萬別片面看問題哦。

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　　Dionysus的經典傳奇故事，您有沒有聽過呢?說到神，談到酒，將會是一位什麼樣的傳說呢?

　　Dionysus was the god of wine.He was the son of Zeus by Semele. When his mother was burnt to death in the glory of Zeus .He was still a helpless infant.His father trusted his upbringing to some mountain fairy maidens .They tookthe greatest care of him. Under the tutorship of Silennus,the Satyr, he was introduced to all the secrets of nature and the culture of the wine. He travelled far and wide in his carriage drawn by wild beasts. He was said to have been to India and Ethiopia .Wherever he went, there was music and song and revelling.Hisattendants,known as the Bacchantes, were noted for their noiseand disorder.A most wild,noisy crow,they drank,danced andsang in a careless way.The women Bacchantes were infamous for their excessive immodesty and disgraceful excitement .In their madness and intoxication they committed cruel violence. They tore Orpheus,the gifted musician,limb from limb.King Pentheus of Thebes,for frowning on the worship of Bacchus in his kingdom, suffered the same treatment at the hands of a band of these fanatical women,of whom his own mother was the leader.

　　狄俄尼索斯的經典傳奇故事中文翻譯：

　　狄俄尼索斯是酒神,他是宙斯跟塞梅萊的兒子。當他的媽媽被宙斯的殘酷之焰燒去世時,他還只是個孤弱的嬰兒。他的父親將他寄託在山中仙子們那裡,他們精心地哺育他長大。在森林之神西萊娜斯的輔導下,他把持了有關自然的所有祕密以及酒的歷史。他乘坐著他那輛由野獸駕駛的四輪馬車到處遊蕩。據說他曾到過印度跟衣索比亞。他走到哪兒,樂聲、歌聲、狂飲就跟到哪兒。他的跟從們,被稱為酒神的信徒,也因他們的吵鬧無序而馳名。他們胡作非為地狂笑,漫不經心地喝酒、跳舞和唱歌。隨從中的婦女也因極其粗野、得意起來有失體面而臭名昭著。當她們猖獗或是極度愉快時,她們利用殘暴的暴力。她們曾把俄爾浦斯這位才華橫溢的音樂家的手足撕裂。就連底比斯國王僅因為在本國崇拜巴克斯***狄俄尼索斯的別名***問題上皺了皺眉頭,也遭受了同樣的處罰。而帶領這群狂熱的女人胡作非為的就是狄俄尼索斯的母親等經典傳奇故事內容。