中国人对玉(jade) —向有着特殊的尊爱之情，从而延伸发展出一种优秀而古老的玉石文化。
作为配饰供人赏玩是玉器的原始功能之一，也是玉器最广泛的一种用途。
玉器作为一种文物，它也是历史的见证，有着不可复制的唯一性，更为当今世人所器重。
玉器从一种美化生活的装饰品，到简单的生产工具，然后被融入各种礼节(ritual)内容，被人格化、道德化，继而被看成是财富的象征、宗教图腾(totem)的崇拜……这些无不反映出中国传统文化和中华民族爱玉的心理。
Chinese people always show special respect and love for jade, thus deriving and excellent and ancient jade culture. Being used for decoration and admiration is one of the original functions of jade, and is also the most widely used one. As a cultural relic，jade is also the witness of history，the uniqueness of which cannot be copied,making it valued more by people around the world today. From ornaments that beautify our life，to simple instrument of production, and then being integrated into a variety of rituals, jade has been personified, moralized and further regarded as a symbol of wealth and worship for religious totems…All of these reflect Chinese traditional culture and Chinese people s love for jade.1.延伸发展出:即“衍生出”，翻译时可以使用derive—词来表达。
2.配饰供人赏玩:“配饰”可译为decoration, “赏玩”可译为admiration。
3.历史的见证:可译为the witness of history。
4.美化生活的装饰品:可译为ornaments that beautify our life。
5.融入:可译为integrate into或blend into。
6.被人格化、道德化:可译为be personified and moralized。
7.宗教图腾的崇拜:可译为worship for religioiis totems。
8.反映出:可译为reflect,或者使用mirror—词来表达。
传统的中国婚俗被视为中国传统文化礼仪的基础。
通常，婚礼是隆重场合，有很多的礼节。
婚礼有八大程序，包括求婚、生辰匹配、合婚（marriage divination),下聘礼（betrothal gifts presenting)、确定婚期、置办嫁妆（dowry urging)、迎娶新娘、举行正式的结婚仪式。
在中国传统的婚礼中，新娘由新郎牵着。
她头顶红盖头，全程都垂在肩上。
传统的中国婚俗已经实行了几千年。
它们可能会因时间和地点而异，但在中国人的生活中一直占据着重要地位，对中国人的生活方式产生着深远的影响。
参考译文：Traditional Chinese wedding customs are considered as the foundation of rites in traditional Chinese culture.A wedding is usually a grand occasion with so many formalities.There are eight major procedures of a wedding,including proposal making,birthday matching,marriage divination,betrothal gifts presenting,wedding date fixing,dowry urging,welcoming the bride to the wedding and performing the formal wedding ceremony.During the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony,the bride is led by her groom.Her head is covered by a red veil which is Ming down to her shoulder during the whole period.Traditional Chinese wedding customs have been running for thousands of years.They may vary from place to place and from time to time,but they have been holding an important position in the life of Chinese people,having a far-reaching impact on Chinese people's lifestyle.1.隆重场合:可译为a grand occasion。
grand意为“重大的，盛大的”。
2.求婚:可译为名词结构proposal making。
3.生辰匹配:可译为birthday matching。
4.合婚:八字合婚是中国民间的一种旧俗，即婚前男女双方交换庚帖，以卜八字是否相配来确定婚姻是否幸福美满。
故此处译为marriage divination,divination意为“预测，占卜”。
5.下聘礼:可译为betrothal gifts presenting。
betrothal是名词，意为“订婚”，betrothal gifts意为“聘礼”。
6.置办嫁妆:可译为dowry urging。
7.红盖头:可译为red veil。
veil意为“头巾；面纱”。
8.因...而异:可译为vary。
vary是常见词，常用词组有vary from(与...不同),vary with(随...而不同)，vary in(在...方面有差异)。
北京有无数的胡同(hutong)。
平民百姓在胡同里的生活给古都北京带来了无穷的魅力。
北京的胡同不仅仅是平民百姓的生活环境，而且还是一门建筑艺术。
通常，胡同内有一个大杂院，房间够4到10个家庭的差不多20 口人住。
所以，胡同里的生活充满了友善和人情味。
如今，随着社会和经济的飞速发展，很多胡同被新的高楼大厦所取代。
但愿胡同可以保留下来。
参考答案：In Beijing, there are numerous hutongs. The life of common people in hutongs brings endless charm to the ancient capital, Beijing. The hutong in Beijing is not only the living environment of common people but also a kind of architecture. Usually, there is a courtyard complex inside hutong, with rooms shared by 4 to 10 families of about 20 people. Therefore, life in hutongs is full of friendliness and genuine humanity. Nowadays, with rapid social and economic development, many hutongs are replaced by new tall buildings. I hope hutongs can be preserved.难点精析：1.带来了无穷的魅力：翻译为bring endless charm to。
2.汉语习惯于用并列的散句或短语来表达一个语境，而英文习惯上用整句表述，句内不太重要的信息会用介词短语或从句来补充说明，如本段中“胡同内有一个大杂院，房间够4到10个家庭的差不多20口人住”是：两个并列关系的汉语短句，翻译成英文时可将第二句用with介词结构表达出来，起补充说明的作用。
3.充满友善和人情味：翻译为full of friendliness and genuine humanity。
4.随着社会和经济的飞速发展：翻译为with rapid social and economic development，也是with介词短语的应用，在句中作伴随状语。
要了解中国文化，就应该对中国的戏曲文化有所了解。
中国地方戏种类很多，其中京剧是一个具有代表性的剧种。
作为一个独立的剧种，京剧的诞生大约是在1840年至I860年。
京剧是在吸收其他地方戏营养的基础上形成的。
京剧有明确的角色分工;在念白上用北京方言;在音乐上以胡琴为主要伴奏乐器。
由于京剧是在融合各种地方戏之精华的基础上形成的，所以它不仅为北京的观众所钟爱，也受到全国人民的喜爱。
参考答案To understand the Chinese culture, you have to know something about the Chinese opera culture. In China, there are many kinds of local operas, among which Peking Opera is a representative one. As an independent opera form, Peking Opera was approximately born between 1840 and I860. Peking opera originated from absorbing the essentials of other local operas. In Peking Opera there is a clear division of roles; the spoken parts are in Beijing dialect; and huqin, is the main accompaniment instrument. Since Peking Opera has combined the cream of various local operas, it is enjoyed not only by Beijing audience, but also by people all over the country.难点精析1.要了解中国文化，就应该对中国的戏曲文化有所了解：该句没有给出明确的主语，因而在翻译时要注意：增译主语you。