Unit 4 Translation from C .pptVIP

Unit 4 Translation from Chinese to English;Principles for Translation from C TO E;;;;;;;; 梦想 我母亲和我都是耽于梦想的人。我们常常坐在海滩上，把脚趾插进沉重而潮湿的沙里，看又大又慢有绿有白的碎浪滚滚而来，脑子里尽在遐想。当时我10岁，母亲34岁。我想的是海边有幢房子。母亲想的是钻石耳环。 母亲是矮身材，那时胖胖的。容貌端庄秀美，鼻梁笔直，鼻尖微翘，头发古铜色。我黑发细眼，长的矮，矮到比不上弟弟约翰。我们常常坐下来梦想，一面看约翰和小妹妹阿黛在海滩上赛跑。 ; Dreams Do Come True We were dreamers, my mother and I. We would sit on the beach, digging our toes into the heavy, wet sand, and watch the big, slow breakers come curling in, green and white, and we would dream. I was 10. She was 34. I dreamed that I wanted to own a house by the sea. She dreamed that she wanted real diamond earrings.; She was a short, plump woman in those days. She had a calm exquisite face and a straight nose with a tiny tilt on the end. There was bronze in her hair. I was short, shorter than my younger brother John and I had black hair and slit eyes. We used to sit and dream, and watch John and little Adele race each other up and down the beach. ;; Xu Xiake During his lifetime, Xu Xiake (1546-1641) visited 16 provinces, leaving his footprints in nearly every corner of the country. He never completely depended on books to guide him in his tours, nor blindly accepted the conclusions given therein. As a result, he found many inaccuracies in the travel notes written by his predecessors. In order to get a detailed and truthful picture of the places he visited, he seldom traveled by cart or boat. ; He would walk across hills and dales, and trudge long distances, and to find out the true features of the great world of nature, he would venture far out into mountainous areas with the most treacherous rails and into jungles seldom frequented by human beings. The reward for his work was the discovery of many fantastically beautiful scenes. Famous mountains in various places would find him coming back for revisits during different seasons. There he was, marveling at the kaleidoscopic spectacles during the different hours of the day. ;