1中华文明Chinesecivilization文明摇篮cradleofcivilization华夏祖先theChineseancestors秦始皇帝FirstEmperor,EmperorChin皇太后EmpressDowager汉高祖刘邦founderoftheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)成吉思汗GenghisKhan;Temujin夏朝XiaDynasty明清两代(of)MingandQingdynasties地名:特别注意四川和陕西拼法四川Sichuan,Szechwan,Szechuan陝西Shaanxi四大发明thefourgreatinventionsofancientChina火药gunpowder印刷术printing造纸术paper-making指南针thecompass汉字Chinesecharacter单音节singlesyllable汉语四声调thefourtonesofChinesecharacters阳平leveltone阴平risingtone上声falling-risingtone去声fallingtone四书theFourBooks《大学》TheGreatLearning《中庸》TheDoctrineoftheMean《论语》TheAnalectsofConfucius《孟子》TheMencius《春秋》theSpringandAutumnAnnals《史记》HistoricalRecords《诗经》TheBooksofSongs;TheBookofOdes《书经》TheBooksofHistory《易经》IChing;TheBookofChanges《礼记》TheBookofRites《孝经》BookofFilialPiety《孙子兵法》TheArtofWar《三字经》TheThree-CharacterScriptu