景德鎮(zhèn)(Jingdezhen)位于江西省東北部，以瓷器而聞名，歷來被譽為中國的 “千年瓷都”。在景德鎮(zhèn)出產的各類瓷器中，尤以青花瓷(blue and white porcelain)最為突出。清代是青花瓷的鼎盛時期，景德鎮(zhèn)青花瓷以其燒造精致而獨占鰲頭。新中國成立后，在景德鎮(zhèn)設立了人民瓷廠(People'sPorcelain Factory)專門生產青花瓷。景德鎮(zhèn)青花瓷造型優(yōu)美，色彩絢麗，裝飾精美，是景德鎮(zhèn)四大傳統(tǒng)名瓷之一，素有“永不凋謝的青花”之稱。青花瓷遠銷世界各地，受到世界人民的喜愛。

　　Jingdezhen，located in the northeast of JiangxiProvince，is famous for porcelain and is honored as“home of porcelain for thousands of years” inChina. Among different types of porcelain producedin Jingdezhen，blue and white porcelain is the mostrenowned. Blue and white porcelain reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty.Blue and whiteporcelain from Jingdezhen ranked first for its fine production. After new China was founded,People's Porcelain Factory was set up in Jingdezhen to produce blue and white porcelainspecially. Blue and white porcelain from Jingdezhen is elegantly shaped，rich in color anddelicately decorated. It is one of the four famous traditional types of porcelain in Jingdezhen,and enjoys the reputation of “ever-green blue and white porcelain”.Blue and white porcelainhas been sold to countries all over the world and is liked by people around the world.

　　1.位于:可譯為be located in,也可用lie in或be situated in等來表達。

　　2.被譽為:可譯為be honored as，也可譯為be praisedas。

　　3.清代是青花瓷的鼎盛時期:本句可以理解為“青花瓷在清代達到頂峰”，其中 “達到頂峰”可以用reach its peak表達。

　　4.專門生產:其中“專門”可譯為specially。

　　5.色彩約麗:即“色彩豐富”，可譯為rich in color，也可以用形容詞colorful表達。

　　6.永不凋謝的:可以理解為“常青的”，即ever-green。

　　當今社會，客來敬茶已經成為人們日常社交和家庭生活中普遍的往來禮儀。俗話說:酒滿茶半。上茶時應以右手端茶，從客人的右方奉上，并時帶微笑。當然，喝茶的客人也要以禮還禮，雙手接過，點頭致謝。品茶時，講究小口品飲，其妙趣在于意會而不可言傳。另外，可適當稱贊主人茶好。總之，敬茶是國人禮儀中待客的一種日常禮節(jié)，也是社會交往的一項內容，不僅是對客人、朋友的尊重, 也能體現(xiàn)自己的修養(yǎng)(self-cultivation)。

　　Nowadays, offering tea to guests has becomecommon etiquette in daily social interaction andfamily life. As the saying goes, white spirit, full cup;tea, half cup. Tea cup should be held on the righthand and offered to guests with a smile from theirright side. Of course,the guests should pay respect as well, taking over the cup with bothhands and nodding to express his thanks. When tasting tea,you should drink it in small sips,the beauty and fun of which is beyond words. In addition, you could praise the tea of theowner appropriately. In short, offering tea is a daily ritual of Chinese people when receivingguests and it is also part of social interaction. It can not only show respect to guests andfriends, but also reflect your self-cultivation.

　　1.敬茶:可以理解為“獻茶”，故譯為offer tea。

　　2.俗話說:可譯為as the saying goes,固定譯法。

　　3.酒滿茶半:可譯為white spirit，full cup;tea，halfcup。在中國的餐桌文化里，酒要倒?jié)M，而茶要倒半杯。

　　4.以禮還禮:可譯為pay respect as well。

　　5.講究小口品飲:即drink it in small sips。其中，sip作名詞，意為“小口喝”;也可以作動詞，例如Mike sipped hisdrink quickly.(邁克快速地喝了 一小口飲料。) 詞組take a sip表示“喝一小口，抿一口。”

　　6.日常禮節(jié):可譯為daily ritual。

　　7.對客人、朋友的尊重:可譯為動詞詞組，即show respect to guests and friends。