回复weiz发表于:2006/9/6 15:38:00悬赏金额:
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W.S.Maugham的一段散文,难度比较大,大家读读,猜猜描写的中国什么地方(文中其实有比较明确的提示),第一个答对的奖励10分。
是天坛没错啦,不过这段话具体描写的是天坛的某一个建筑物,大家再想想。
明天晚上之前如果没有人能猜出来,10分就给第一个猜出天坛的了。
It stands open to the sky, three round terraces of white marble, placed one above the other, which are reached by four marble staircases, and these face the four points of the compass. It represents the celestial sphere with its cardinal points. A great park surrounds it and this again is surrounded by high walls. And hither, year after year, on the night of the winter solstice, for then heaven is reborn, generation after generation came the Son of Heaven solemnly to worship the original creator of his house. Escorted by princes and the great men of the realm, followed by his troops, the emperor purified by fasting proceeded to the altar. And here awaited him princes and ministers and mandarins, each in his allotted place, musicians and the dancers of the sacred dance. In the scanty light of the great torches the ceremonial robes were darkly splendid. And before the tablet on which were inscribed the words: Imperial Heaven-Supreme Emperor, he offered incense, jade, and silk, broth and rice spirit. He knelt and knocked his forehead against the marble pavement nine times.