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旨在弘扬与传播中华优秀文化的英语读本

明代园林艺圃园是苏州园林中保存最完好的古典园林，今天我们就和Peter老师一起去逛逛艺圃园：

Located at No.5 Wenya Nong in Suzhou City, the Garden of Cultivation, with its Chinese name “Yipu”, is one of the best preserved examples of Ming Dynasty classical garden in Suzhou.

位于苏州市文衙弄5号的艺圃园是苏州保存最完好的明代古典园林之一。

cultivation / ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n /

n.开垦，耕作；栽培，种植

例：

Intensive cultivation has impoverished the soil. 

密集耕作使土壤变得贫瘠。

High schools should lay emphasis on the cultivation of students" interpersonal communication skills. 

高中应重视培养学生的人际交往能力。

preserved / prɪˈzɜːvd /

adj.保藏的

The garden"s arrangement is open and simple: buildings, ponds and mountain trees are laid out from north to south successively. All structures in the garden are used to create one artistic garden view with hills shrouded in mist, waves reaching far into the distance, and trees growing luxuriantly.

艺圃园布局开放简单，建筑、池塘、山树由北向南依次布局。园中所有的结构营造了一个艺术的园林景观效果，假山笼罩在雾中，池中波浪流向远方，树木繁茂生长。

mist / mɪst /

n.薄雾，水汽

例：

Thick mist made flying impossible.

浓雾使得无法飞行。

The windows misted, blurring the stark streetlight.

窗户蒙上了一层水汽，使得明亮的街灯模糊了。

luxuriantly / lʌɡˈʒʊəriəntli /

adv.丰富地；繁茂地

The pond in the middle of the garden occupies one fourth of the total area and has a roughly rectangular shape with coves at the southeast and southwest corners, which are spanned by low, flat and small bridges.

园林中间的池塘占据了总面积的四分之一，呈矩形，在东南角与西南角各伸出水湾一处，各架有一低矮平摊的小桥。

occupy / ˈɒkjupaɪ /

v. 占据（空间，时间）

rectangular / rekˈtæŋɡjələ(r) /

adj.长方形的，矩形的

cove / kəʊv /

n.小湾；山凹；小峡谷

On the east and west banks of the pond are roofed and open-sided galleries, pavilions, rocks and trees, serving transitionally as a foil to the northern and southern scenes.

在池塘的东岸和西岸，是有屋顶、四周开放式的画廊，亭台楼阁、岩石和树木作为对南北景色的过渡衬托。

foil / fɔɪl /

n. 陪衬者，陪衬物

At the southeast corner of the pond is the Fry Pavilion that dates from the Ming Dynasty. A moon gate in the wall that borders the pond and the mountains leads to a small garden court on the southwest.

在池塘的东南角是明代的乳鱼亭。连接池塘和假山的墙上有一扇月门，可以通往西南方向的一个小花园。

The Garden of Cultivation, simple, rustic and natural, still keeps much of the layout, design principles and other characteristics of the Ming garden. Altogether the garden has 13 pavilions, 17 tablets, and 8 steles.

艺圃园简朴、自然，保留了明代园林的布局、设计等特点。花园共有13个亭子，17个碑，8个石碑。