2017年12月大学英语四级翻译练习：四合院

　　四合院是从明代的北京延续下来的古典建筑风格的住宅。—个标准的四合院通常由一个位于中心的院子和四侧房屋构成。 门通常漆成红色，并有大的铜门环。通常情况下，全家人住在大院。 北端的正房由长辈居住,年轻_代生活在两侧的房子,朝南的房子里, 通常是家庭客厅或书房。四合院之间的狭窄的街道被称为“胡同”。四合院与胡同都是人们常见到的，有超过700多年的历史，但是由于现在的城市改造和中国经济的发展，四合院慢慢地从北京消失。

　　Si He Yuan is a classical architecture style of residential housing of Beijing citizens dated from the Ming Dynasty. A standard siheyuan usually consists of houses on its four sides with a yard in the center. The gates are usually painted red and have large copper door rings. Usually，a whole family lives in compound. The elder generation lives in the main house standing at the north end, the younger generations live in the side houses, and the south house is usually the family sitting room or study.The narrow streets between the Si He Yuan are called “Hutongs.. Si He Yuan and Hutong which have been very familiar to people，having a history of more than 700 years now suffer from the urban renovation and economic development of China, and they are slowly disappearing from Beijing.