2018年英语六级考试翻译模拟试题：西方人眼中的中国人

　　请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

　　西方人对中国人有一种刻板的想象，他们通常认为中国人非常“智慧”，每个人都是哲学家，像老子、孔子那样睿智，于是西方知识分子便热衷研读各类英译本的老子、庄子。西方人概念里的中国人形象相当“正当”，

　　这些年来，西方人发现一般中国百姓也热衷于赚钱、享受世俗生活时，可怜的他们震惊不已。他们感兴趣的中国问题也就很可笑。

　　参考译文

　　Western ideas about the Chinese people are rather rigid, supposing that the Chinese are “wise” and everyone is a philosopher like Laozi and Confucius. So some Western scholars take to reading English translations of Laozi and Zhuangzi. They have a very “positive” picture of the Chinese people. But when recently they find that the Chinese are becoming money-drive and interested in worldly enjoyment, they are shocked. The questions they ask about China sound funny.