BBC纪录片 中国故事第一集学习笔记整理

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纪录片中国故事

第一集祖先笔记整理

与……保持平衡

keep sth in balance with

天坛

the Altar of Heaven

进行祭天仪式

perform rituals

黄帝

the Yellow Emperor

1900

In 1900, China was plunged into catastrophe with rebellion, flood and famine.

踏上回乡的旅程

set off on the journey home

冬至

the winter solstice

清明节

the Qingming Festival

自古以来，中国人在这天祭祖先。

When,

since

ancient

times,

the

Chinese

have

honored

the

ancestors.

勇往直前地走入未来

be on a headlong rush into the future

由于自由的召唤

for as new freedoms beckon

人们自发地要去

追 溯

那些在他们的历史中至关重要的一些东西

the

people

themselves

are

reaching back to the things that have mattered most to them in their history

对于中国人来说，身份起源于家庭

for the Chinese people, identity begins with the family.

Enticing

有吸引力的

祭祖日

the day of the ancestors

扫墓日

Tomb-Sweeping Day

他们来自于全国各地，

每个人向祖先祷告告诉他们家族目前是什么情况，

告诉祖先们他 们的

价值观仍然存在我们之中。

They have come from all over China and further afield to make their

own report to the ancestors to tell them how the family is doing and how the ancestors and their

values still live on in us.

As the ancients used to say, repaying our roots

正如古人们说，落叶归根

家风

family values

经历种种变化

experience dizzying changes

Mirror

反映

现在那段历史的意义已经潮水般涌回

and now the meaning of that history is flooding back

This whole great festival is to two ancient gods in Chinese mythology

，

Fuxi, the male god, and

Nvwa,

the

female

god.

整场节日是用 来纪念中国神话中远古的两位神，男的是伏羲，女的是

女娲。

A nd she

’

s famous because she created humanity out of yellow mud of the Yellow River.

And the mud that was left over she made dogs and chickens, according to the myth.

女娲闻名

于她用黄河的泥创造了人类 。根据神话传说，她用剩下的泥创造了狗和鸡。

流传下来

hand down

汉人

Han Chinese

All four of the great old world civilizations began on rivers-the Nile, the Euphrates, the Indus and

the

Yellow

River.

世界上 的四大发明均起源于河流，尼罗河、幼发拉底河和恒河，当然还有

黄河。

只有中国一直延续到了今天。

China alone has come down until today.

Harness the waters of the river for irrigation that enable ancient people to feed bigger and bigger

populations

治理河流用于灌溉，让古代人能够养活越来越多的人口