6 月大学英语四级翻译练习题:风筝 请将下面这段话翻译成英文: 风筝 古时在中国风筝也称作“鸢(hawk ) ”
春秋战国时期(theSpring and Autumn Period ),东周哲人墨子(Mo-tse)曾“费时三年,以木制木鸢,飞升天空”,但这只木鸢只飞了一天就坏了
墨子制造的这只“木鸢"就是世上最早的风筝, 已经有 2400 数年的历史
唐代时,风筝传入朝鲜、日本及其他周围国家
十三世纪末,风筝的故事初次被意大利探险家马可·波罗带到欧洲,至此,中国风筝便逐渐开始传到世界各地
参照翻译: The Kite In ancient time, kites were also called “Yuan (ahawk)” in China
In the Spring and Autumn Period,Mo-tse, a philosopher in the Eastern Zhou Dynastyspent three years making a wooden glede that couldfly in the sky, but it broke down only in one day
That wooden glede Mo—tse made has a historyof over two thousand and four hundred years, which was claimed to be the first kite in theworld
In Tang Dynasty, kites were introduced to Korea, Japan and other surrounding countries
Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo, a