2017年6月英语六级翻译模拟练习题：年糕

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　　请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
        　　年糕(Chinese New Year Cake)是中国人的传统食品，距今已有两千年的历史。早期被用来祭奠灶神(the Kitchen
God)，其后渐渐成为一种春节特色食品。年糕主要是用糯米粉(glutinous rice
flour)制作而成，有黄、白两色，象征金、银。在汉语中，“粘”与“年”同音，而“糕”与“高”同音，所以年糕寓意人们的生活水平一年比一年提高。年糕营养丰富，不但吃起来香甜可口，而且还有健身祛病的作用。中国地域广、各地的风俗习惯不同，因而年糕的种类也多种多样。
        　　参考翻译:
        　　Chinese New Year Cake is a traditional food for Chinese people with a
history of 2,000 years. In early times, it was used as an offering to the
Kitchen God and gradually evolved into a kind of food typical in the Spring
Festival. Chinese New Year Cake is made of glutinous rice flour, with yellow or
white as its color, symbolizing gold and silver. In Chinese, "sticky" is
identical in sound to "year" and "cake" to "high", so Chinese New Year Cake also
implies that people's standard of living would be improved year by year. Chinese
New Year Cake, containing lots of nutrition, not only tastes sweet and delicious
but also benefits people health and wards off diseases. China is vast in
territory and its customs vary from place to place, thus the types of Chinese
New Year Cake are also various.