【正文】 otherwise pursue or even try on education itself。s handwriting is like seeing the person. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world39。書法能夠通過作品把書法家個(gè)人的生活感受、學(xué)識(shí)、修養(yǎng)、個(gè)性等折射出來，所以，通常有字如其人的說法。今天，由于美國(guó)電影、電視、音樂、貿(mào)易和技術(shù)、包括互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的大受歡迎，美國(guó)英語的影響力尤其顯著。英語起源于公元5世紀(jì)，當(dāng)時(shí)三個(gè)日耳曼部落入侵英國(guó)，他們對(duì)英語語言的形成起了很大的作用。新視野大學(xué)英語（第三版）第二冊(cè)課后翻譯答案及原文Unit 1原文：English is known as a world language, regularly used by many nations whose English is not their first language. Like other languages, English has changed greatly. The history of the English language can be divided into three main periods: Old English, Middle English and Modern English. The English language started with the invasion of Britain by three Germanic tribes during the 5th century AD, and they contributed greatly to the formation of the English language. During the medieval and early modern periods, the influence of English spread throughout the British Isles, and from the early 17th century its influence began to be felt throughout the world. The processes of European exploration and colonization for several centuries led to significant change in English. Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the popularity of American cinema, television, music, trade and technology, including the Internet.翻譯：人們普遍認(rèn)為英語是一種世界語言，經(jīng)常被許多不以英語為第一語言的國(guó)家使用。在中世紀(jì)和現(xiàn)代社會(huì)初期，英語的影響遍及不列顛群島。 原文：中國(guó)書法（calligraphy）是一門獨(dú)特的藝術(shù)，是世界上獨(dú)一無二的藝術(shù)瑰寶。中國(guó)書法不僅是中華民族的文化瑰寶，而且在世界文化藝術(shù)寶庫中獨(dú)放異彩。s treasure house of culture and art. Unit 2 原文：A MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education and have now bee a surging trend in higher education. These classes are aimed at expanding a university39。 provide multiple ways to engage with course material, encouraging multimodal (多模式的) learning that can address the needs of learners with a variety of learning styles。除了擁有傳統(tǒng)的課程資料，慕課還給使用者提供互動(dòng)論壇，支持學(xué)生和講師之間的交流。和傳統(tǒng)教學(xué)方式相比，數(shù)字化教學(xué)方式有很大的優(yōu)勢(shì)。 on the other hand, it expands the learner39。人們通常認(rèn)為，什么是對(duì)個(gè)人最好的要比什么是對(duì)家庭最好的更為重要。原文：孝道（filial piety）是中國(guó)古代社會(huì)的基本道德規(guī)范（code of ethics）。孝道文化是一個(gè)復(fù)合概念，內(nèi)容豐富，涉及面廣。翻譯：Filial piety is the basic code of ethics in ancient Chinese society. Chinese people consider filial piety as the essence of a person39。s Day on February 14 is celebrated in various American and European countries. It is a holiday of love and romance usually by exchanging valentines or love tokens between lovers. There are different origins regarding the festival. One legend goes that the Romans put a priest named Saint Valentine into prison for refusing to believe in the Roman gods. On February 14, Valentine was put to death not only because he was Christian, but also because he had cured the jailer39。關(guān)于這個(gè)節(jié)日的起源有著不同的說法。后來，2月14日就成了一個(gè)人們可以為他們的情人展示感情的節(jié)日。原文：農(nóng)歷七月初七是中國(guó)的七夕節(jié) (Qixi Festival)，是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日中最具浪漫色彩的一個(gè)節(jié)日。七夕節(jié)來自牛郎與織女（Cowherd and Weaving Maid）的傳說。但隨著時(shí)代的變遷，這些活動(dòng)正在消失，唯有標(biāo)志著忠貞愛情的牛郎織女的傳說一直流傳民間。在這一時(shí)期眾多偉大的探險(xiǎn)家中，最杰出的是克里斯托弗?哥倫布，因?yàn)樗l(fā)現(xiàn)了新大陸。原文：絲綢之路（Silk Road）是我國(guó)古代一條連接中國(guó)和歐亞大陸（Eurasia）的交通線路，由于這條商路以絲綢貿(mào)易為主，故稱絲綢之路。這一戰(zhàn)略一經(jīng)提出即受到沿線各國(guó)的積極響應(yīng)。t mean there39。用最簡(jiǎn)單的話來說，極簡(jiǎn)的生活方式，就是生活得越簡(jiǎn)單越好，直到獲得心靈的平靜，這種簡(jiǎn)單既是精神上的，也是身體上的?，F(xiàn)在的問題似乎在于，我們往往太重視所擁有的東西，而常常拋棄了健康、人與人之間的關(guān)系、我們的熱情、個(gè)人成長(zhǎng)，以及幫助他人的愿望。政府注重改善民生，努力改善人民群眾的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況，滿足人民群眾日益增長(zhǎng)的物質(zhì)文化需求。s livelihood and happiness in a country or region. With the fast growth of Chinese economy, the Chinese government has been paying more and more attention to people39。雖然白色已成為當(dāng)今婚紗禮服在世界各地最受青睞的顏色，可是這在維多利亞時(shí)期之前并不是一個(gè)普遍的潮流。就款式而言，婚紗禮服曾一度是前面短短的、后面是長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的裙擺。從事刺繡的多為女子，因此刺繡又被稱為女紅（women39。中國(guó)有四大名繡: 蘇州的蘇繡、廣東的粵繡、湖南的湘繡以及四川的蜀繡。s also called women39。該組織最初于1961年被命名為世界野生動(dòng)物基金會(huì)。目前，其大部分工作都集中在對(duì)海洋和海岸、森林、淡水的保護(hù)。政府采取了一系列保護(hù)和改善生態(tài)環(huán)境的重大舉措，譬如積極推進(jìn)重點(diǎn)生態(tài)工程，加強(qiáng)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)建設(shè)(ecosystem) 及生物多樣性保護(hù)(biodiversity conservation)，建立了一批自然保護(hù)區(qū)(nature reservation)、生態(tài)示范區(qū)(