【风筝】

风筝起源于中国，在这里制作风筝的理想材料一应俱全：丝织品用来做帆，极具韧性的（high-tensile-strength）丝线可以制作风筝线，轻盈的骨架则由韧性十足的竹子制成。据说，风筝是墨子和鲁班在公元前5世纪时发明的。在13世纪末期，马可•波罗首次将与风筝有关的故事介绍到欧洲。尽管风筝最初只被看作珍奇物品（curiosity），但自18世纪开始，风筝已经被用作科研工具。现在，风筝节已经成为一种流行的娱乐形式，最为著名的就是中国的潍坊风筝节。

参考译文

Kites originated in China, where ideal materials for making kites were readily available: silk fabric for the sail, high-tensile-strength silk thread for the kite string, and resilient bamboo for the light framework. It is said that kites were invented by Mozi and Lu Ban in the 5th century BC. Stories about kites were first introduced to Europe by Marco Polo in the late 13th century. Although kites were initially regarded as curiosities, since the 18th century they have been used as a tool for scientific research. Now, kite festivals have become a popular form of entertainment, and the most famous one is China’s Weifang Kite Festival.

【笛子】

笛子是一种来自中国古代的乐器，也是中国乐器中最具代表性的吹奏乐器（wind instrument）之一。中国竹笛（the Chinese bamboo flute）是中国传统音乐中常用的乐器之一,也常在西洋交响乐团（the Western symphony orchestra）和现代音乐中得以运用。笛子在中国古人的观念中早已被赋予了“文化”的含义，有着不可替代的深远影响。诗人们过去常常以听到笛声后的感受作诗。在乐队中，笛子作为一种吹奏乐器有着举足轻重的地位，被称作“民乐之王”。　　

参考译文

The flute is a musical instrument from ancient China and also one of the most representative wind instruments in Chinese musical instruments. As one of the musical instruments commonly used in traditional Chinese music, the Chinese bamboo flute often finds its use in the Western symphony orchestras and modern music as well. Endowed with the connotation of “culture” in ancient Chinese concepts for a long time, the flute has exerted an irreplaceable and profound influence. Poets used to write poems according to how they felt after hearing the flute performance. In the band, the flute as a wind instrument occupies a pivotal position, known as “the king of the folk music”.

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