翻譯：

　　第一套:

《水滸傳》( Water Margin)是 中國文學四大經典小說之一。這部小說基于歷史人物宋江及其伙伴反抗封建帝王的故事，數百年來一直深受中國讀者的喜愛。笑而過

毫不夸張地說，幾乎每個中國人都熟悉小說中的一些主要人物。這部小說中的精彩故事在茶館、戲劇舞臺、廣播電視、電影屏幕和無數家庭中反復講述。事實上，這部小說的影響已經遠遠超出了國界。越來越多的外國讀者也感到這部小說里的故事生動感人趣味盎然。

Water Margin, one of the four classic novels in the Chineseliterature, is based on the stories of the historical figures ofSong Jiang and his partners, who rebelled against the feudalemperor, and has been popular among the Chinese readersfor hundreds of years.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost every single Chineseis familiar with some of the major characters in the book asits splendid stories are repeatedly told in tea houses, on the-atrical stages, by radio and television, and on film screens.In fact, its influence has been far. beyond the nationalboundary as more and more foreign readers are touchedand intrigued by the stories of the novel.

第二套:

《紅樓夢》( Dream of the Red Chamber)是18世紀曹雪芹創作的一部小說。曹雪芹基于自己痛苦的個人經歷，講述了賈寶玉和林黛玉之間的悲劇性愛情故事。書中有大約30個主要人物和400多個次要人物，每個人物都刻畫得栩栩如生，具有鮮明的個性。小說詳盡地描述了四個貴族世家興衰的歷程，反映了封建社會隱藏的種種危機和錯綜復雜的社會沖突。

《紅樓夢》融合了現實主義和浪漫主義，具有很強的藝術感染力。它被普遍認為是中國最偉大的小說，也是世界上最偉大的文學創作之一。

Dream of the Red Chamber is a novel written by Cao Xueqinin the 18th century, who, based on his own hard life experi-ence, tells the tragic love story between Jia Baoyu and linDaiyu. In the book, there are about 30 major characters andover 400 minor ones, each of whom is depicted vividly withdistinctive personalities. The novel narrates exhaustivelythe rise and fall of four aristocratic families, reflecting vari-ous crises and complicated social conflicts that lurk in thefeudal society.

Dream of the Red Chamber, which integrates realism and ro-manticism and generates strong artistic appeal, is universal-ly acknowledged as the greatest Chinese novel and one ofthe world's literary masterpieces.

第三套:

老而7《西游記》( Journey to the, West)也許是中國文學四大經典小說中最具影響力的一部，當然也是在國外最廣為人知的一部小說。這部小說描繪了著名僧侶玄奘在三個隨從的陪同下穿越中國西部地區前往印度取經( Buddhist scripture)的艱難歷程。雖然故事的主題基于佛教,但這部小說采用了大量中國民間故事和神話的素材,創造了各種栩栩如生的人物和動物形象。其中最著名的是孫悟空,他與各種各樣妖魔作斗爭的故事幾乎為每個中國孩子所熟知。

Journey to the West is probably the most influential one ofthe four classic novels in the Chinese literature and surelythe best-known one on foreign lands. Depicted in the novelis the hard journey that Hsuan-tsang, an eminent monk, andhis three followers make across west China to India to fetchBuddhist scripture. Although the theme is based on Bud-dhism, the book employs many materials of Chinese folktales and myths to create various vivid images of charactersand animals, among which is the most famous Monkey King,whose stories of fighting genies are extremely i popularamong Chinese kids.