距离2016年6月18日的英语四级考试越来越近，新东方网英语四级频道为大家整理了英语四级翻译预测：苏州，希望能在四级考试最后的冲刺阶段，助考生一臂之力。

翻译原文：

苏州是一个具有悠久丝绸文化历史的城市。它有栽桑、养蚕、缫丝和织造的传统。苏州的丝绸是皇家贡品，早在唐宋时期就在世界范围内享有盛名。苏州市有自然优势，日照充足，雨量充沛，土壤肥沃，这些给蚕茧的高产和丝的高质量提供了合适的环境。它一直是中国丝绸原料的主要产地和集散中心。

重点词汇：

丝绸文化 silk culture

栽桑 plant mulberry

蚕 silkworm

养蚕 sericulture / silkworm raising / silkworm rearing

缫丝 silk reeling

织造 weave

皇家贡品 imperial tribute

享有盛名 enjoy a high reputation

蚕茧 silkworm cocoon

主要产地 main producing area

集散中心 distributing center

参考译文：

Suzhou is a city with a long history of silk culture. It has a tradition of mulberry planting, sericulture, silk reeling and weaving. Suzhou’s silk was an imperial tribute and gained a worldwide reputation from as early as the Tang and Song dynasties. Suzhou city also abounds in natural gifts, abundant sunshine, plentiful rainfall and rich soils, which offer a pleasant environment for high yield of cocoons and high qualities of silk. It has been the main producing area and distributing center of raw silk materials in China.