汉朝是中国历史上最重要的朝代之一。汉朝统治期间有很多显著的成就。它最先向其他文化敞开大门，对外贸易兴旺。汉朝开拓的丝绸之路通向了中西亚乃至罗马。各类艺术一派繁荣，涌现了很多文学、历史、哲学巨著。公元l00年中国第一部字典编撰完成，收入9,000个字，提供释义并列举不同的写法。其间，科技方面也取得了很大进步，发明了纸张、水钟、日晷(sundials)以及测量地震的仪器。汉朝历经400年，但统治者的腐败最终导致了它的灭亡。

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The Han dynasty is one of the most important dynasties of China in history. There were many distinguished achievements during the reign of the Han dynasty. It was the first dynasty to open the door to other cultures, and its foreign trade was also prosperous. The Silk Road, which was set up in the Han Dynasty, leads to central and western Asia, and even to Rome. Arts of various kind flourishing, many great literary, historical and philosophical works sprang up. In 100 A.D., the first Chinese dictionary was completed, which included 9,000 characters with their definitions and different ways of writing. During this period, great progress was made in science and technology—paper, water clock, sundials and equipment for earthquake detection were invented. The Han dynasty lasted for 400 years and the corruption of its rulers finally led to its collapse.

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本篇翻译篇幅较长，难度较大。无主句比较多：第二句、第五句后半句以及第七句前后两个半句。第二句可以处理为there be句型。第5句可以将前半句处理为独立主格结构，后半句则调整句序，将巨著作为主语，或者依然处理为there appear句型。第七句则可以处理为两个独立的被动句。第六句为多动词的句子，可以适当调整结构，“收入9,000个字，提供释义并列举不同的写法”可以处理为定语从句，其中“提供释义并列举不同的写法”，是针对9,000字的具体说明，可以处理为with短语作伴随状语。