用英语介绍西游记

Journey to the West is a mythologi- cal novel based on many centuries of popular tradition.It was probably putinto its present form in the 15708 by Wu Cheng’en (1500-82).This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest San- zang as he travels west in search of Buddhist sutras with his three disci- ples,the irreverent and capable Mon- key,greedy Pig,and Friar Sand.The opening chapters recount the earlier exploits of Monkey,culminating in his rebellion against Heaven.We then learn how Sanzang became a monk and was sent on his pilgrimage by the Tang emperor who had escaped death with the help of an Underworld official.The main story,the journey,takes the priest through all kinds of entertaining trials and tribulations,mainly at the hands of monsters and spirits who want to eat him.Only the courage and powers of his disciples,especially Monkey,save him from death.Monkey is the hero of the fantasy,and the read- er will soon learn why he has long beenso loved in China.Will the pilgrims reach the Vulture Peak and obtain the Scriptures?The answer will only be found at the end of the lOO-chapter novel.The story is as full of imagination as Monkey is of magic,and packed with incident and down-to-earth hu- mour.The illustrations are from 19th- century Chinese edition.This is the firstof the three volumes of the novel.

1、英语简介： Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literatures.It is written in 16th century Ming dynasty.It tells a story about a Buddhist monk and his three students who are animals but with human characteristic.They travel west to India to find Buddhist scriptures. The monk,called XuanZang or Tangsheng,is an idealist,who is as weak as a kitten and just sets there helplessly for rescue when he gets into trouble.But he is really kind and great,trying to dispel the darkness and ignorance in people’s heart.The monkey named Wukong is born from a stone and he owns extraordinary powers and amazing intelligence that he uses to overcome demons and monsters.The pig is Bajie.He loves beauty and delicacy and he always makes a mess and generates a lot of humor in the process.The loach is called ShaSeng and he is very modest and diligent; he takes care of the monk and colleagues. 2、中文翻译： 《西游记》是中国四大古典小说之一。它写于 16 世纪的明朝。它讲述了一个和尚和他的三个学生的故事，他们是动物，但有人类的特点。他们向西旅行到印度去寻找佛经。 唐僧是一个理想主义者，他身体虚弱得像一只小猫，遇到麻烦就无助地站在那里等待救援。但是他真的很善良很伟大，试图驱散人们心中的黑暗和无知。这只名叫悟空的猴子是石头生的，他拥有超凡的力量和惊人的智慧，用来战胜妖魔鬼怪。猪是八戒。他喜欢美丽和精致，他总是弄得一团糟，在这个过程中产生了很多幽默。泥鳅叫沙僧，他非常谦虚和勤奋，照顾和尚和同伴。

Journey to the west is a story about a Buddhist monk and bunch of animals with human characteristic.These group of a monk and three animals traveled west to India to find Buddhist scriptures. The animals have magical powers that protect the monk from the goblins and the evil spirits.

译文：

《西游记》讲述了一个和尚和一群具有人类特色的动物的故事，这群和尚和三只动物西行到印度寻找佛教经文。 这些动物具有神奇的力量，可以保护和尚免受地精和邪灵的伤害。

扩展资料：

西游记中，东方朔出场一次，孙悟空为救人参果树四处求方，来到方丈仙山东华帝君处，东华帝君虽号称＂烟霞第一神仙眷＂，但见了孙悟空也要行礼。这时一位童儿出来道：“老贼，你来这里怎的？我师父没有仙丹你偷吃。”

这个童儿据东华帝君介绍就是东方朔，这里也点明了其身份是东方帝君的徒弟，不过是个侍茶的童子，只是胆子比较大些，但仙界的地位还是很低的，甚至还未入流。