美國拍的這部中國紀錄片美Cry:附學習筆記
一直很想與大家分享這部紀錄片《鳥瞰中國》,先問一句:你看了么?這部紀錄片呢,是美國拍的,分為上下兩集,內(nèi)容包括自然人文與現(xiàn)代發(fā)展。紀錄片拍得還是蠻不錯的,一起來看看吧,學學里面的地道英文表達~~
上集:The Living Past(源遠流長)
1?詞匯篇
武僧warrior monks
禪Zen
坎兒井運河系統(tǒng)the Karez canal network
天馬節(jié)the heavenly horse festival
2?景點篇
樂山大佛
The twelve-hundred-year-old Leshan Buddha is the world’s largest Buddhist statue. It took three generations of workers and incredible 90 years to chip away into mountain and complete this colossus. The middle finger alone is the height of a three-story building.
樂山大佛有1200年的歷史了,是世界上最大的佛像。工代工匠經(jīng)過90年的苦心雕琢,才完成了這尊巨像。僅佛像的中指就有三層樓高。
張家界
It's a breathtaking mystical scene that provided inspiration for the alien landscapes of the movie Avatar, a wonder of geology that draws people from all over the world.
令人屏息夢幻奇景,正是電影《阿凡達》中奇幻外星景觀的靈感來源。獨一無二的地質(zhì)奇觀,吸引著來自世界各地的游客。
恒山懸空寺
Clinging to this cliff for fifteen hundred years, while millions visit the Great Wall at any one time, only eighty people are allowed inside this temple.
恒山的懸空寺,已在這峭壁上挺立了1500年,長城可同時容納上百萬名游客,而這座寺廟每次只允許80人進入。
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下集:Future is Now(繼往開來)
1?詞匯篇
農(nóng)村落后地區(qū)? rural backwaters
裝機容量production capacity
風電機葉片wind blades
改變中國人的出行方式
transform how we Chinese commute
高壓輸電網(wǎng)絡(luò)
high-voltage transmission network
2?句型篇
古老的傳統(tǒng)將一直延續(xù)下去
Ancient Chinese traditions are hard to shake off
從字面上講,掃墓有清掃和修繕墓碑的含義,也表達了對已故親人的緬懷。
Tomb sweeping literally involves cleaning and restoring family grave stones, paying spiritual respect to their deceased elders.
這座巨大的風力發(fā)電廠將很快投入運行。
These giant wind farms are quickly coming online
中國如今可以為1.1億個家庭供電。
China can now power 110 million homes.
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