1、大学英语六级-231 及答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Translation(总题数:5,分数:100.00)1.压岁钱压岁钱(lucky money)是指中国春节时长辈送给未成年小辈的红包(red packet),里面装有钞票。压岁钱可在小辈拜年后赏给,亦可在除夕夜孩子睡着时,由家长悄悄地放在孩子的枕头底下。民间认为当鬼怪准备伤害孩子时,孩子可以用压岁钱贿赂它们而化凶(portentous)为吉(propitious)。所以,给“压岁钱”,无论数量多少,都体现出长辈对小辈的关爱和呵护,都意味着长辈对孩子深深的祝福和期盼。如今,这一习俗仍然盛行。压岁钱多被孩子们用来购
2、买学习和生活用品。 (分数:20.00)_2.能源能源是人类社会赖以生存和发展的重要物质基础。纵观人类社会发展的历史,人类文明的每一次重大进步都伴随着能源的改进和更替。中国是目前世界上第二大能源生产国和消费国,已经成为世界能源市场不可或缺的重要组成部分。中国坚持节约资源和保护环境的基本国策,对维护全球能源安全正在发挥着越来越重要的积极作用。 (分数:20.00)_3.中国人的购房观中国自古就有“修身、齐家、治国、平天下(pacify the country)”的古训。“齐家”指的是成家立业,然而,成家不能没有房子,因此,房子成为中国人有家、有归属感的重要标志。房子在人们观念中的重要地位,使得房
3、子不仅仅是居住环境的体现,更是个人身份的体现。根深蒂固的传统观念和强烈的家庭归属感,吸引着都市生活中这样一群忠实而又执着的“买房族”。也可以说,中国的房价之所以一路飙升与中国人的购房观念是密不可分的。 (分数:20.00)_4.中国制造制造业是一个国家的战略性支柱产业(pillar industry),关系到国家的繁荣富强和经济安全。目前我国已经成为全球第一制造大国,但是我们的制造业大而不强。由于自主创新(independent innovative)能力不强,中国制造如今也面临着新一轮工业革命和发达国家“再工业化”的严峻挑战。在这种背景下,为促进我国从制造业大国向制造业强国跃升,实现从“中国
4、制造”向“中国智造”的转变,我国制定了中国制造 2025发展蓝图,探索新的制造业发展之路。 (分数:20.00)_5.水墨画水墨画(ink wash painting)在中国画中非常有代表性,几乎已成为中国画的代名词。水墨画从我国唐代发展起来,后传入日本和朝鲜,是古代文人墨客(scholar)闲暇时的爱好,他们在宣纸(rice paper)上用毛笔和墨汁作画,因此大部分的水墨画都是黑白的。水墨画最为常见的主题就是风景。水墨画不是简单地再现事物的外观,而是捕捉它的神韵。作画者利用构图、明暗和一些细节刻画,在隐晦地传达着他所体会到的某种人生哲学。 (分数:20.00)_大学英语六级-231 答案解
5、析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Translation(总题数:5,分数:100.00)1.压岁钱压岁钱(lucky money)是指中国春节时长辈送给未成年小辈的红包(red packet),里面装有钞票。压岁钱可在小辈拜年后赏给,亦可在除夕夜孩子睡着时,由家长悄悄地放在孩子的枕头底下。民间认为当鬼怪准备伤害孩子时,孩子可以用压岁钱贿赂它们而化凶(portentous)为吉(propitious)。所以,给“压岁钱”,无论数量多少,都体现出长辈对小辈的关爱和呵护,都意味着长辈对孩子深深的祝福和期盼。如今,这一习俗仍然盛行。压岁钱多被孩子们用来购买学习和生活用品。 (分数:2
6、0.00)_正确答案:()解析:Lucky MoneyLucky money is the red packet stuffed with cash that the elders give the underage kids on the Spring Festival in China. The kids will receive their lucky money after they pay a New Year visit to the elders, or the parents put the lucky money under kids“ pillows quietly aft
7、er they fall asleep on the eve of the Spring Festival. It is believed that when the ghosts are about to hurt the kids, the kids can bribe them with the lucky money to change the portentous into the propitious. Therefore, giving lucky money, no matter what the amount is, reflects the elders“ and pare
8、nts“ love and care for the kids and stands for their deep blessings and expectations. This custom is still very popular nowadays. In most cases, kids use their lucky money to buy articles for study and daily use.2.能源能源是人类社会赖以生存和发展的重要物质基础。纵观人类社会发展的历史,人类文明的每一次重大进步都伴随着能源的改进和更替。中国是目前世界上第二大能源生产国和消费国,已经成为
9、世界能源市场不可或缺的重要组成部分。中国坚持节约资源和保护环境的基本国策,对维护全球能源安全正在发挥着越来越重要的积极作用。 (分数:20.00)_正确答案:()解析:EnergyEnergy is an essential material basis for human survival and development. Over the entire history of the development of human society, each and every significant step in the progress of human civilization has b
10、een accompanied by energy innovations and substitutions. China is now the world“s second-largest energy producer and consumer. As an irreplaceable component of the world energy market, China takes resource conservation and environmental protection as two basic state policies and plays an increasingl
11、y important role in maintaining global energy security.3.中国人的购房观中国自古就有“修身、齐家、治国、平天下(pacify the country)”的古训。“齐家”指的是成家立业,然而,成家不能没有房子,因此,房子成为中国人有家、有归属感的重要标志。房子在人们观念中的重要地位,使得房子不仅仅是居住环境的体现,更是个人身份的体现。根深蒂固的传统观念和强烈的家庭归属感,吸引着都市生活中这样一群忠实而又执着的“买房族”。也可以说,中国的房价之所以一路飙升与中国人的购房观念是密不可分的。 (分数:20.00)_正确答案:()解析:The Ch
12、inese Concept of House PurchaseThe old maxim of “cultivating oneself, managing the family well, administering a country and pacifying the country“ has been embraced in China since ancient times. Managing the family well refers to getting married and embarking on a career. However, one can“t get marr
13、ied without a house. Therefore, the ownership of a house has become a major symbol for Chinese people to have a family and sense of belonging. Due to its important position in the mind of people, a house embodies not only the living environment but also the identity of an individual. Deep-rooted tra
14、ditional modes of thought and a strong sense of family belonging attract a group of loyal and persistent “house buyers“ who lead their life in big cities. It can also be said that the soaring house prices in China is closely related to the Chinese concept of house purchase.4.中国制造制造业是一个国家的战略性支柱产业(pil
15、lar industry),关系到国家的繁荣富强和经济安全。目前我国已经成为全球第一制造大国,但是我们的制造业大而不强。由于自主创新(independent innovative)能力不强,中国制造如今也面临着新一轮工业革命和发达国家“再工业化”的严峻挑战。在这种背景下,为促进我国从制造业大国向制造业强国跃升,实现从“中国制造”向“中国智造”的转变,我国制定了中国制造 2025发展蓝图,探索新的制造业发展之路。 (分数:20.00)_正确答案:()解析:Made in ChinaAs a strategic pillar industry in a country, manufacturing
16、 industry is crucial to its prosperity and economic security. At present, China has become the number one manufacturing country in the world. However, China“s manufacturing industry is big but not strong. Due to its insufficient capability of independent innovative, China“s manufacturing industry is
17、 now faced with rigorous challenges posed by a new round of industrial revolution and “re-industrialization“ of developed countries. Against this backdrop, China has formulated the development blueprint of the “Made in China 2025“ designed to explore a new development path for the manufacturing sect
18、or so as to accelerate the transformation of China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power and to shift from “made in China“ to “smart manufacturing in China“.5.水墨画水墨画(ink wash painting)在中国画中非常有代表性,几乎已成为中国画的代名词。水墨画从我国唐代发展起来,后传入日本和朝鲜,是古代文人墨客(scholar)闲暇时的爱好,他们在宣纸(rice paper)上用毛笔和墨汁
19、作画,因此大部分的水墨画都是黑白的。水墨画最为常见的主题就是风景。水墨画不是简单地再现事物的外观,而是捕捉它的神韵。作画者利用构图、明暗和一些细节刻画,在隐晦地传达着他所体会到的某种人生哲学。 (分数:20.00)_正确答案:()解析:Ink Wash PaintingInk wash painting is such a representative type of Chinese painting that it has almost become a synonym of it. Ink wash painting emerged in China during the Tang Dyn
20、asty, and was later introduced to Japan and Korea. It was a hobby of ancient scholars at their leisure time, who drew on rice paper with writing brush and ink. This explains why most of the ink wash paintings are black and white. The most common theme of ink wash painting is landscape. Ink wash painting is not simply to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its spirit. With composition, arrangement of light and shade, and depiction of some details, the painter communicates in an obscure manner some kind of philosophy of life that he has learned through experience.