翻译原文：
苏州是一个具有悠久丝绸文化历史的城市。它有栽桑、养蚕、缫丝和织造的传统。苏州的丝绸是皇家贡品，早在唐宋时期就在世界范围内享有盛名。苏州市有自然优势，日照充足，雨量充沛，土壤肥沃，这些给蚕茧的高产和丝的高质量提供了合适的环境。它一直是中国丝绸原料的主要产地和集散中心。
重点词汇：
丝绸文化 silk culture
栽桑 plant mulberry
蚕 silkworm
养蚕 sericulture / silkworm raising / silkworm rearing
缫丝 silk reeling
织造 weave
皇家贡品 imperial tribute
享有盛名 enjoy a high reputation
蚕茧 silkworm cocoon
主要产地 main producing area
集散中心 distributing center
参考译文：
Suzhou is a city with a long history of silk culture. It has a tradition of mulberry planting, sericulture, silk reeling and weaving. Suzhou’s silk was an imperial tribute and gained a worldwide reputation from as early as the Tang and Song dynasties. Suzhou city also abounds in natural gifts, abundant sunshine, plentiful rainfall and rich soils, which offer a pleasant environment for high yield of cocoons and high qualities of silk. It has been the main producing area and distributing center of raw silk materials in China.
