蒙古族牧民(Mongolian herdsmen)的生活方式很有特色。牧民們喜歡吃牛羊肉和奶製品，喜歡喝紅茶和磚茶。他們大多住在圓形的.蒙古包(Mongolian yurt)裡。蒙古包頂上開有天窗(skylight)，用來通風和採光。蒙古族是一個能騎善射、能歌善舞的民族。每年七八月舉行的“那達慕”大會(the NadamFair)，是蒙古族同胞—年一度的盛大節日。大會上有賽馬、摔跤、射箭比賽和精彩的歌舞表演。每逢盛會，人們都從四面八方趕來參加比賽、觀看錶演，寧靜的大草原頓時變成了歡樂的海洋。
參考翻譯:
The lifestyle of Mongolian herdsmen is smen like eating beef, mutton and dairyproducts and drinking black tea and brick tea. Mostof them live in Mongolian yurt with a skylight forventilating and lighting. Mongolian people areexperts at horseback riding and shooting and skilled in singing and dancing. The Nadam Fairheld in July or August every year is an annual grand festival for Mongolian people. There arehorse racing,wrestling,archery contest and wonderful dancing and singing performances duringthe ng each Nadam Fair, people from different places come to compete and watchperformances, instantly turning the quiet grasslands into a sea of pleasure.
1.蒙古族牧民的生活方式很有特色:作為段落的第一句，翻譯時一定要恰當處理。這裡譯者很靈活地把“很有特色”處理為be distinctive,表示跟其他民族不同，特色鮮明;另外，"牧民”還可以譯為shepherds。
2.紅茶和磚茶:不能想當然地把紅茶譯為red tea,而是blacktea;我們對“磚茶” 可能也不太熟悉，磚茶是一種外形為長方體的緊壓茶，文中譯為brick tea，也可音譯為Zhuan Tea。
3.頂上開有天窗:採用介詞短語with a skylight，簡潔明瞭。
4.能騎善射、能歌善舞:中文為並列關係，英文也應譯為並列的短句be expert at horseback riding andshooting and skilled in singing and dancing。
5.賽馬、摔跤、射箭比賽:可譯為horse racing, wrestling, archery contest。
6.歡樂的海洋:可譯為a sea of joy/pleasure。
