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India
is a land of architectural magnificence. having many ornate and exquisite
temples, monuments, and palaces. The best-known of all these is the
beautiful Taj mahal, a tomb built by an emperor in honor of his beloved
wife .
印度是个建筑王国,拥有许多装饰华丽且工艺精湛的庙宇,纪念碑及宫殿.其中最著名的是瑰丽的泰姬陵----国王为纪念爱妻所建的陵墓.
Built of white marble that shimmers in both
sunlight and moonlight the Taj Mahal stands on an eighteen-foot-high
marble platform which has a delicate minaret on each corner. In the
center of the platform stands the tomb itself, octagonal in shape,
crowned with a graceful dome rising high above it.
泰姬陵是由白色的大理石建成的。这种大理石在日光及月光下发着微光。泰姬陵矗立在一个十八英寸高的平台上，平台各个角上都建有一个精致的尖塔。这个平台的中央是泰姬陵,其形状是八边形的，上部是别致的圆屋顶。
Each structure to the beauty of the others,
and together they all make up a whole whose charm has never been matched.
每一建筑都增添了其它建筑的美感。这些建筑浑然一体，魅力无与伦比。
Artists
were brought from as far away as Italy and Portugal to help decorate
the walls, both inside and outside, with inlays of precious and semiprecious
stones, and to create mosaic designs of great intricacy.
来自遥远的意大利及葡萄牙的艺术家帮助装饰泰姬陵的内外墙壁。艺术家们用宝石及半宝石做镶嵌物，设计出复杂的嵌花式图案。
Paintings
and calligraphy represent Chinese art at its finest for some Westerners,
who find it exotically different, in style and spirit, from European
art.
在某些西方人看来，绘画及书法最能再现中国艺术，他们发现中国绘画及书法在形式及思想上与欧洲艺术截然不同。
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