孔子(Confucius)是我國古代著名的思想家、教育家，儒家學(xué)派(Confucian School)的創(chuàng)始人。相傳孔子有弟子三千，賢弟子72人，孔子曾帶領(lǐng)部分弟子周游列國14年。在中國五千年的歷史上，對華夏民族的性格、氣質(zhì) (temperament)產(chǎn)生最大影響的人就算是孔子了。他正直、樂觀向上、積極進(jìn)取。他一生都在追求真、善、美，一生都在追求理想的社會。他品格中的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，幾千年來影響著中國人，特別是影響著中國的知識分子。

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Confucius is a famous ideologist, educator, and thefounder of Confucian School in ancient China. It's said he has 3,000 disciples, 72 out of whom are excellent ones, and he has led some disciples to visit various states for 14 years. During 5,000 years' history of China, it's Confucius who has exerted the greatest impact on Chinese nation's characteristic and temperament. He is upright,optimistic, active and enterprising, striving for truthfulness, kindness and beauty, and seeking for an ideal society all his life. The shining points in his characteristics have been influencing the Chinese people, especially the Chinese intellectuals for thousands of years.

詞匯積累

1.創(chuàng)始人:founder/creator/originator

2.弟子:disciple(門徒)

3.周游列國:visit various states / travel around various states

4.戰(zhàn)國:Warring States

5.積極進(jìn)取:active and enterprising

6.真、善、美:truthfulness, kindness, beauty

7.追求:文中兩處用到“追求”，可以分別翻譯為striving for和seeking for,以增加用詞的變化，彰顯語言功底。