外事往來參考譯文：第四篇 Passage 4

第四篇 Passage 4

Discussing the Schedule in Xi’an

Host： Mr. Silverman, shall we start discussing your program in Xi’an? I’ve worked out a suggested schedule. If you have any objection or suggestion, please let us know.

客： 很好，請講吧。

H： Today’s Monday and you’ll fly to Shanghai on Friday afternoon, is that right?

客： 是的。我們將于星期五下午4︰15乘東方航空公司的航班飛往上海。

主： Here is the suggested program: If you are not tired, we’ll take you to the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Great Mosque and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, all this ancient Chinese architecture of different styles.

客： 我們一點也不累，我們在西安想盡可能多地看些地方。

H： We’ll try our best to arrange. At 6:30 this evening, our mayor will host a dinner party to welcome you in the dining hall of Xi’an Hotel. So you are welcome to the party.

客： 非常感謝。我們一定去。

H： Tuesday morning you’ll visit the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, Emperor Qin’s Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. You’ll have lunch there. On the way back to the hotel in the afternoon, you’ll visit Banpo Museum, where you’ll see how the Chinese people lived and labored some 6000 years ago. You’ll watch an evening performance of Music and Dance in the Tang-dynasty Style at Xi’an Opera House this evening.

客： 那真是太好了。

H： Wednesday morning, you’ll visit the Tang tombs in Qianxian County, 80 kilometers away from Xi’an. There is the joint tomb of the third emperor of Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi and his consort, Wu Zetian, the only empress in Chinese history, and the tombs of their relatives. You’ll have lunch there. In the afternoon you’ll visit Zhaoling tombs, the tomb of the second emperor of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimen and numerous satellite tombs. It will be a tiring day. So there is no arrangement in the evening. However, during the National Day and the Mid-autumn Festival, there are some cultural entertainments such as lantern show on the city wall. If you are interested in them, you can go and watch the lantern show.

Thursday morning, you’ll visit Shaanxi History Museum, one of the four most important museums in China. There you’ll see numerous valuable cultural relics from pre-history period to the Song Dynasty (1127A.D.). In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Xi’an Forest of Steles, the cultural treasure house of ancient China. After that, we’ll take you to Xi’an Art and Handicraft Factory and do shopping in the stores. In the evening, the president of the Xi’an Friendship Association will invite you to a dinner of dumplings; it’s a dinner of Xi’an local flavor.

Friday morning we’ll take you to Northwest University, the oldest comprehensive university in northwest China. We arrange this for you because many of our friends come from schools and wish to visit a university in Xi’an and talk with the students there. You’ll fly to Shanghai Friday afternoon. Well, what do you think of this arrangement?

客： 很好。你們想得真周到，為我們代表團擬定了這樣細致的日程。我同意你們的安排。但有一點補充：如果可能的話，我們很想?yún)⒂^一個村子。因為我們聽到了很多有關(guān)中國農(nóng)村的經(jīng)濟改革和變化情況，很想親眼看一看今日中國的農(nóng)民是如何勞動生活的。還有一件事，就是我們希望會長能讓我們在星期四晚上請客，而不是由你們再設(shè)宴招待我們。

H： We can arrange you a visit to a village. Tuesday morning, after the visit of the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, we’ll take you to a village nearby. You can visit the farmer’s homes and talk with them, so that you will have some idea of the farmers’ life in west China today. You know, your former president Mr. Clinton visited a village there.

客：太好了，一切都定下來了。我要說中國人民是世界上最熱情好客的人民。我只希望本代表團的成員們不會被寵壞了。不要濫用你們的熱情好客。

H： We were warmly received by the American people when we visited Kansas City. The people of our two countries have always been friendly to each other.