2014年3月中级口译听力原文及听力解析
听力原文
Spot Dictation:
My topic for today’s lecture is communication, culture and work. When most people use the word ―culture‖, they think of people from different national backgrounds. National cultures certainly do exist, and they play an important role in shaping the way people communicate. But there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, regional differences can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one another’ s styles of be having so different that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also shape behavior, so can age. The customs, values and the attitudes of a 20-year-old girl may vary radically from those of her parents who were raised in the 1960s or her grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Still, other differences can create distinctive cultures, gender, sexual orientation, physical disabilities, religion and social economic background or just a few. All of these factors lead to a definition of culture as a set of values, beliefs, norms, customs, rules, and codes that lead people to define themselves as a distinct group, giving them a sense of commonality. It’s important to realize that culture is learned, not innate. A Korea-born infant adapted soon after birth by American parents and raised in the United States will think and act differently than his or her cousins who grew up in Seoul An African-American who grew up in the city will view the world differently than he or she would if raised in the suburbs or in the countries like France when African heritage has different significance than it does in the United States. The norms and values we learned as a part of our culture conditioning shaped the way we view the world and the way we interact with one another. In short, culture has such an overwhelming influence on communication. The famous anthropologist Edward W. once remarked ―culture is communication and communication is culture‖. Statements:
1: This report is urgent I have to finish typing it by Monday morning, so there goes my sleep this weekend.
2: What this office needs is better sound-proofing. I can’t concentrate here with all that traffic passing by on the street below.
3: Learning a language is a laborious (15:17) process, and adjusting to this subtle cultural differences require much more time and patience than anyone can imagine. 4: If you can talk your boss into investing in that project, it will be a turning point for your company and we both shall benefit in the long run.
5: I am afraid we’ve undercharged them; the invoice doesn’t include the legal fee and our agency’s commission. I think we need to inform. them about this immediately.
6: Being bilingual or multilingual can be an advantage in landing a job abroad although fluency in other languages is not always a requirement.
7: I believe our proposal is a real a contender for the contract. All we need to do is to walk ourselves into position to close the deal.
8: We must prepare the ground for a deeper understanding of our differences and problems. Only through a shared view of our problem shall we be able to carry our collaboration forward.
9: Give the size of the order and the amount of heavy expenses on our side, anything less than 10 per cent is not worth the trouble.
10: Walking burns calories. It takes about 3500 calorie to lose just one pound of weight. And the 1–hour-walk at a moderate pace will burn up only 300 to 350 calories.
Q11-Q14
W: Hello, purchasing department. Alice Ro ger’s speaking.
M: Good morning, Mrs. Roger. This is John Stone from ABS Company. How are you?
W: Quite good, thank you. Well, Mr. Stone, we are still studying your catalog and your products. M: That’s very thoughtful of you, Mrs. Roger. But I’m calling to see if you’d like to see our showroom at the trade fair that opened last week.
W: Oh, I didn’t know you would have a showroom there. I’d be glad to go and have a tour around the exhibition.
M: Just tell me when it would be convenient for you, and we can arrange for the tour. W: Let me see. How about next Monday afternoon, around two?
M: That’s fine. I’ll be over at 1:30. It’s only a ten-to-fifteen-minute drive from your department.
W: I can drive there in my own car. Shall we meet at the main gate of the trade fair? M: That’s ok. I’ll be at the main gate at about 1:50. See you then.
W: Right. Goodbye
Question 11: Why is the man telephoning the woman?
Question 12: What is the man’s profession according to the conversation?
Question 13: When will the woman be free to visit the showroom and the trade fair? Question 14: Where will the man and the woman meet at the trade fair?
Q15-Q18
Every human being, no matter where they are from, is born with the ability to smile.
A smile is a natural reaction to a positive moment, like a friendly face, or a clever joke. Most babies first smile between six and eight weeks’ old. At first, it is only an expression made when excursing their facial muscles or passing wind. But once they realize a smile gets them a lot of attention, huge smiles in return, happy noises, extra treats, they learn to try it again. And why wouldn’t they? It takes forty-three muscles to frown, but only seventeen to smile. We smile when we are happy. We smile when we see people we know. But what happens when you are not happy to see someone you know? You smile any way. You fake a smile. Unfortunately, however, a fake
smile never looks quite the same as the real one. In a genuine smile, you not only show your lower teeth, but also move the muscles running all the way around the mouth which in turn makes the skin around the eyes become tighter. And then your smile is real. However, when someone smiles politely, rather than because they really want to, they use the muscle, which only raises the size of the mouth, and which does not move the muscles at the corner of the eyes. This kind of fake smile is sometimes refer to as the ―Pan-Am Smile‖. As it is named, after the former airline whose flight attendants welcomed every passenger with the same force smile.
Question 15: According to the talk, what is a smile?
Question 16: What happens in a real smile?
Question 17: What do we learn about the Pan-Am Smile?
Question 18: Which of the following is not true according to the talk?
Q19-Q20
M: Hollow. This is Peter Sm ith’s speaking.
W: Hollow Peter, Betty’s speaking. I am calling about the open-door concert in London. Will it still be held this Sunday as is scheduled? It has been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.
M: Yes. It’s best to stay indoors in such beastly weather. But I am afraid I have no idea about the oncoming concert. You noticed our new neighbors who have arrived at No. 35 though. Surely, perhaps they knew something.
W: Well. I called on them yesterday. They seem such nice people at first but now I am not so sure.
M: Really? Why?
W: Well. They are from London and they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about it. The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.
M: Londoners always think they are always better than other people, but I always find them less cultured. What does she look like?
W: Quite young and pretty. But she does wear a lot of makeup and she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps she isn’t as young as she looks.
M: Anyway. I don’t want to m ix with people like that because I knew they would snob when they saw that huge car. Surely they don’t need such a big one.
W: No. Still my husband says it’s four years old and it probably costs less than our secondhand. And ours is certainly as fast theirs. Besides, it uses so much petroleum. You can hardly afford to run it.
19. What has the woman done for the past week?
20. Why is the woman telephoning?
21. What does the man say in general?
22. What does the man think of his new neighbor’s car?
Q23-Q26:
Most people are too anxious during tests. Their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with their ability to reason and makes them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap.
Especially if you are a student, who is going to spend 12-16 years or more taking tests. The solution of course is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking. Success builds assurance and confidence which in turn frees you to perform. better and better. Once you realize that eight tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated. You do not have to be clever, brilliant or dishonest to do it. It is just a matter of observation and practice. Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what it means to make, give and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have actual little meaning in the real world. Once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzle. Mastering test-taking, like learning to absorb and retrieve from information, is part of process of educating yourself, so the effort will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out tests is a
problem-solving experience and developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game but a true educational activity.
Q 23 Why do many students score far lower than they should in the test?
Q 24 According to the speaker, what is crucial for successful test-taking?
Q 25 What does the speaker think of school tests?
Q 26 Which of the following is not an educational activity?
Q27-Q30
W: I had a really strange experience while I was walking around on Saturday Morning.
M: Oh? What was it?
W: There was a crowd. And at first I thought there had been an accident. But then I thought that they were making a movie.
M: That’s not so strange. You see a lo t of film crews around town these days.
W: Yes, but when I started to walk away, one of the men called me over. He turned out to be the director.
M: Really? The director himself?
W: Believe it or not, he wanted me to be in the picture.
M: No kidding. Did he want you to say anything or were you just part of the crowd? W: I didn’t say anything, but I had to do something. This woman in pajamas was in the phone booth.
M: Did you know who she was? Was she somebody famous?
W: She wasn’t anybody I knew. Anyway, I had to walk up to the phone booth. Then when I saw that there was somebody in it, I had to look disgusted and walk away. M: You mean we’ll be able to see your face in when it comes out?
W: Well, maybe. But you know how it is. I’ll probably be cut out befo re anybody ever sees the movie.
M: How long did it take? Don’t they have to shoot these scenes over and over again? W: It didn’t take very long. After we’ve done it four times, the director said everything was OK.
M: I hope you got paid.
W: They took my na me and address, and they said they’d send me a check.
M: Wonderful. Now we are going to have a movie star in the office.
27 What was the woman’s strange experience?
28 According to the woman, who was in the phone booth while she was approaching it?
29 What was the woman suppose to do as she saw somebody in the phone booth?
30 What is the most likely relationship between the man and woman in the conversation?
Sentence Translation
1. Interesting work, enough money, plenty of exercise and entertainment, that’s my idea of a good and healthy life.
2. I don’t like the student canteen on campus. What’s wrong with it? It is interested in making money rather than serving good inexpensive foods for us students.
3. Young people should be encouraged to see the value of all trades and professions. They should look upon the careers they’ve chosen with interest and pride.
4. I think the best course of action would be to consult our lawyer before we sign the contract. Anyway, this is a big deal and is vital for our company.
5. Over 12,000 visitors attended the trade fair this year, this not only equals and increases by 20 percent, almost 2400 visitors from last year, but is also a new visitor record.
Passage Translation
1. Australia is almost a continent by itself. The vastness of the land, the relative small population and the rich nature resources make the country the most ideal place to live. For the past decade, Australia has increased its exports of more materials to China, which in turn has greatly aided its economy. However, because of the global financial crisis, Australia’s economy has show signs of slowdown. The Australian dollar is said to have lost its value against the US dollar by ten percent in the last three weeks.
2. In today’s world, your personal security is largely your financial security. A balanced checkbook and a saving’s account not only increase your future options, but also protect your current life style. Money makes it easier to live in a safe area, to have nutritious diet and to get a sound education. Although there is still no absolute protection from all of life’s hazards, wise financial planning can soften its harshest blow.
听力解析
Spot Dictation【解析】
作为中口笔试听力第一题Spot Dictation，考试选用了文化题材的内容，考生对此类型题材应该并不陌生，但若不集中注意力，也会比较难把握文章的层次。
全文围绕关键信息―other dimensions of culture‖，字面意思是其他的文化维度，指的是除国籍
外其他造成文化差异的因素。
文章首先给出纽约人和阿拉斯加人在交流过程中行事风格不同的例子，提出了地域性差异造成文化差异的概念。而后补充道不同人种和种族同样是形成文化交流差异的因素，紧接着文章便通过老中青三代人不同的思想意识观念的例子抛出了另外一个关键隐私——年龄。
文章还提出了一个较传统观念所不同的观点，It’s important to realize that culture is learned, not innate，即文化差异并非与生俱来，而是通过后天环境的影响逐渐形成的。韩裔和非裔美国人的例子说明了这一点。
最后引用人类学家Edward Hall的观点收尾，即文化与交流互相依附，不分彼此。
Part B: Listening Comprehension
1. Statements【解析】
1. 该题描述场景是在赶一份报告。此题难度较小。重点在前两句。
2. 该题描述了说话人对街上车辆噪音的不满。难点为sound proofing，意思是―隔音设备‖。考生应注意抓住重点信息，前后进行推测。
3. 该题描述的是语言的学习。难点在laborious，译为―艰苦的，费劲的‖。听力时，应抓住大意。
4. 该题在谈论投资项目的问题。A turning point译为―转折点‖。
5. 该题讨论的是关于费用的问题。主要应掌握几个单词和词组的意思。undercharge译为―索价低于常价‖；legal fee译为―诉讼费‖；agency commission译为―代理手续费‖。
6. 该题讨论的是语言与海外工作的关系。主要应掌握几个单词和词组的意思。Bilingual译为―双语者‖；multilingual译为―使用多种语言的人‖；land a job译为―找工作‖。
7. 该题讨论的是合同竞争的问题。主要难点在于两个单词，contender译为―竞争者‖，deal 译为―交易‖。
8. 该题讨论的是合作间相互理解的问题。难点为collaboration，译为―合作‖。
9. 该题讨论的是开支的问题。重点在两个单词，expenses译为―开支，费用‖，discount译为―折扣‖。
10. 该题是有关消耗卡路里的问题。需掌握单词calorie，译为―卡路里（热量单位）‖。考生在听力过程中需注意对具体数字的掌握。
2. Talks and Conversations【解析】
文章背景：本篇属于情景对话，首先应当抓住关键词Purchasing Department，接下来的对话就比较好理解了。在对话中男人打电话邀请女人去交易会，然后互相约定了时间和见面地点。对话内容比较简单，也无特别复杂的单词，但需要特别注意对话中时间和日期的表达。
关键词：
Purchasing Department 采购部；
showroom n. 陈列室；
trade fair 商品交易会；
exhibition n. 展览会；
convenient adj. 方便的，适合的；
Part C: Listening and Translation
1.句子翻译
(1) Interesting work, enough money, plenty of exercise and entertainment, that’s my idea of a good and healthy life.
工作有趣，钱赚的够多，足够的锻炼和娱乐，这就是我所认为的健康良好的生活。
(2) -- I don’t like the student canteen on campus.
-- What’s wrong with it?
-- It is interested in making money rather than serving good and inexpensive foods for us students. -- 我不喜欢学校食堂？
-- 有什么问题吗？
-- 食堂只想着赚钱，而不是为学生提供良好的物美价廉的餐饮服务。
(3) Young people should be encouraged to see the value of all trades and professions. They should look upon the careers they’ve chosen with interest and pride.
应该鼓励年轻人看到各行各业的价值。他们应该对自己的工作充满兴趣和自豪。
(4) I think the best course of action will be to consult our lawyer before we sign the contract. Anyway this is a big deal and is vital for our company.
我认为最好还是先咨询我们的律师之后再签约，不管怎么说，这都是一笔大买卖，对我们公司来说至关重要。
(5) Over 12 thousand visitors attended the trade fair this year. This not only equals an increase by 20%, almost 2,400 visitors from last year, but it’s also a new visitor record.
今年，一万两千多名游客参观了我们的贸易展销会。相比去年增加了20%，比去年多了2400人，而且创下历年参展人数的新高。
2. 段落翻译
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passage ONL Y ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.
(1) Australia is almost a continent by itself. The vastness of the land, the relative small population, and the rich natural resources make the country the most ideal place to live. For the past decade, Australia has increased its exports of raw materials to China, which in turn has greatly aided its economy. However, because of the global financial crisis, Australia’s economy has shown signs of slow-down. The Australian dollar is said to have lost its value against the US dollar by 10 percent in the last three weeks.
澳大利亚差不多本身就是一个洲。广袤的土地、稀少的人口和丰富的自然资源，使澳大利亚
成为最理想的居住地。在过去十年间，澳大利亚增加了对中国原材料的出口，反过来也大大地促进了其经济的发展。然而，由于全球金融危机，澳大利亚的经济已出现放缓迹象。据说过去三周内，澳元对美元的汇率已下降了10%。
(2) In today’s world, your personal security is largely your financial security. A balanced checkbook and a savings account not only increase your future options, but also protect your cool lifestyle. Money makes it easier to live in a safe area, to have nutritious diet, and to get a sound education. Although there is still no absolute protection from all of life hazards, wise financial planning can soften its harshest blow.
在现今世界，人身安全很大程度上取决于财务安全。收支平衡和个人储蓄账户不仅能够让自己的未来有更多的选择，同时也能保护自己安定的生活方式。有钱可以让人更容易地生活在安全的区域，享受有营养的美食，接受良好的教育。虽然目前还没什么能确保生命免受一切危害，但是明智的财务规划可以降低严重灾害的危害程度。
段落翻译【解析】
第一篇文章围绕澳大利亚这一话题展开，资源，原材料，出口，金融危机，等词语也是口译经常出现的词语。段落中并没有什么难词、生词，还是比较容易理解的。关键是要求考生平时注意积累，对vastness of the land，relative small population, the rich natural resources 等一些常见名词词组熟悉，并能够迅速翻译成汉语。最后一句话The Australian dollar is said to have lost its value against the US dollar by 10 percent in the last three weeks.是被动语态，在翻译时要注意，译成―据说‖―据称‖，比较符合汉语表达习惯。同时要注意10 percent之前by的翻译。
第二篇文章讲的是财物安全和规划的问题，属于社会问题，也是口译经常考的一类题。整篇的难度一般，除了个别单词拼写有些难度，如nutritious，hazard，还有个别冠词需要大家注意，其余的则主要是翻译问题了。我们常考到的数字问题或是细节问题，同学们听懂的基础上，合理笔记，全篇翻译一般问题不大。A balanced checkbook and a savings account not only increase your future options, but also protect your cool lifestyle.此处冠词不必翻译。这样的小翻译技巧都是需要考生掌握的，否则，译文就会很生硬，不符合汉语表达。另外，although这一类表达转折的词，都是很重要的信息，不仅对翻译，对听力理解都是很重要的。
上海中级口译考试怎样准备？ 中口考试分为两阶段。第一阶段笔试，一般在每年3月和9月中旬周日下午，时间150分钟，总分250分。共分四部分： 第一部分听力90分，分为三部分，均为30分。Part A是复合式听写，20个空，跟四六级考试有点类似，但区别在于全文只能听一遍，每个空要填2-4个单词，语速大约130词/分。Part B是听力理解，包括单句理解，长对话和短文。单句理解就是从四个选项中找出和所听到的句子意思最接近的一个，长对话和短文与四六级差不多。Part C是听译，分为单句听译和篇章听译，都是英译汉，即听力放英语句子和文章，然后留出一段时间，考生写出汉语翻译。 第二部分阅读60分，六篇文章，每篇文章后5个选择题。 第三部分英译汉50分，第四部分汉译英50分，要求考生不借助任何词典、参考资料和其它媒介，将一篇长度为180个单词（汉字）左右的英（汉）语文章段落译成汉（英）语。译文需忠实原文的意思，且语言通顺，符合译语规范。 合格为150分。凡第一阶段合格的考生方可参加第二阶段口试。笔试成绩两年内有效，即笔试通过后可以参加四次口试，只要任何一次通过即可拿到口译证书。 第二阶段口试，每年5月和11月，共分两部分：口语与口译。口语部分要求考生就指定话题作三分钟左右的命题发言，话题后面有三个提示问题，但不要求一定要按照问题阐述观点。考生拿到口语试题后有五分钟的准备时间。口译分英译汉和汉译英两部分，每部分均要求口译主题各不相同的两个段落。各两段，每段四断，每断两或三句，每断单独评分。答对11句及以上可以通过。 考生只有在通过笔试和口试两个阶段以后才能获得《上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书》。考试的指定培训教材：《中级听力教程》（周国强编著），《中级阅读教程》（陈汉生编著），《中级翻译教程》（孙万彪、冯慎宇编著），《中级口语教程》（严诚忠、朱妙南编著），《中级口译教程》（梅德明编著），均由上海外语教育出版社出版。听力和口译教程配有磁带，mp3网上可以下载到。 推荐参考书：《中级口译真题解析》，同济大学出版社，内有八套真题并配有详细解析，必买；新东方口试考试培训班指定辅导用书系列，汪海涛、邱政政主编，世界图书出版公司，一套四本，中口用到《词汇必备》，《口试备考精要》和《中口笔试备考精要》三本；《英语中级口译实用教程》，康志峰主编，华东理工大学出版社；《英语中高级口译笔试冲刺》和《口试导考》，都是谭宝泉编著，前者是上海译文出版社，后者是东华大学出版社；《实战口译》，（英）林超伦编著，外语教学与研究出版社，讲口译速记符号的。 考试准备 1.背单词 单词是肯定要背的。口译的准备一般从寒假开始，这时离你四六级考试或英语期末考试结束已经有一段时间了，背单词可以唤醒你丧失的英语记忆。而且上面也提到口译单词涉及到诸多方面，其中绝大部分都是具有中国特色、与我国现阶段国情紧密相关的，社会实用性很强，这些都是大学英语教学所欠缺的。有些单词你可能以前都没有接触过，通过背单词，可以初步了解口译考试的考点。 我用的是新东方的《中/高级口译考试词汇必备》，这也是迄今为止我所知道的最好的口译单词书。它打破了单词书按字母顺序编写的常规，将口译常用单词和词组分为若干类，既有英译中，也有中译英，充分考虑了口译的双向性。所选内容除了来自教程外，还参考了国内外多种资料和媒体，很多翻译（特别是对外口径）都是“权威”表达。 背单词点到为止，千万不要花太多时间，毕竟考试不是考默写单词。另外这本单词书有不少
9月中级口译真题+参考答案(4) Questions 16-20 We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men. Industrial automation has moved along three lines. First there is the conveyor belt system of continuous production whereby separate operations are linked into a single sequence. The goods produced by this well-established method are untouched by the worker, and the machine replaces both unskilled and semiskilled. Secondly, there is automation with feedback control of the quality of the product: here mechanisms are built into the system which can compare the output with a norm, that is, the actual product with what it is supposed to be, and then correct any shortcomings. The entire cycle of operations dispenses with human control except in so far as monitors are concerned. One or two examples of this type of automation will illustrate its immense possibilities. There is a factory in the U.S.A. which makes 1,000 million electric light bulbs a year, and the factory employs three hundred people. If the preautomation techniques were to be employed, the labour force required would leap to 25,000. A motor manufacturing company with 45,000 spare parts regulates their entire supply entirely by computer. Computers can be entrusted with most of the supervision of industrial installations, such as chemical plants or oil refineries. Thirdly, there is computer automation, for banks, accounting departments, insurance companies and the like. Here the essential features are the recording, storing, sorting and retrieval of information. The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their
中级口译听力教程第三版2A An intermediate course of English listening. Third edition. Unit four. Part one. How children learn social behaviors. 2. Exercises. 1. This is a talk about how children learn social behaviors. Listen to the first part of the talk and then supply the missing words you hear from the talk. W: Hi, welcome. Today we are going to talk about how children learn social behaviors, especially how they learn lessons from the family, the most basic unit of our social structure. There are a lot of discussions these days about how families are changing, and whether non-traditional families have a good or bad effect on children. But it’s important to remember that the type of the family a child comes from is not nearly as important as the kind of love and support that exist in the home. I’d like to focus on three of the ways the children acquire their behavior, through rewards, punishments, and finally modeling. First then, let’s discuss rewards. A reward can be defined as a positive reinforcement for good behavior. An example of a reward is when the parent says if you eat your vegetable you can have ice-cream for dissert, or a parent might say finish your homework first then you can watch TV. Most parents use rewards unconsciously, because they want their children to behave well. For example, a parent might give a gift to a child because the child behaved well, or parents might give child money for doing what the parents asked. 2. Now listen to the second part of the talk. Provide the missing information in the spaces given below. The opposite of the reward is a punishment. Punishments are the second important way in which a child is socialized. All of us have probably been punished in our lives. For example maybe our parents stopped us from going out with friends, because we did something we were not supposed to do, or maybe they wouldn’t let us watch TV, because we got a bad grade on the test. Both rewards and punishments are controversial. Many people think they are not effective or necessary, especially when used often. Let’s take this situation. A young boy has been asked to take out the garbage. Listen to situation A. The parents say if you take out the garbage for me I will give you a cookie. Some people argue that this reward is unnecessary, because it’s like a bribe. They argue that the child should be taught that it’s his duty to help with house hold chords, and that he should not get a special reward for doing something that’s his responsibility. Situation B would go something like this. David please take out the trash now. And David says OK dad. Not surprisingly punishment is extremely controversial, especially when the punishment is physical. Some of us grew up expecting to be spanked if we misbehaved. For example, our parents may have hit us on the hand if we talked back to them. But I don’t agree that spanking can teach children anything. And sadly some children are subject to really serious physical abuse. According to a study I just read one in 22 children is a victim of physical abuse. Children who come from homes where violence were used to solve problems are much more likely to abuse their own children when they become adults and have their own families. Part 2. Statements. 3. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer which is closed in meaning to each statement you hear. 1. Since you said you totally agreed with Tom’s views, you ought to have stood up for him in the argument at the meeting yesterday afternoon.
历年上海英语中级口译翻译英译汉真题及答案 原文： 出自Newsweek Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation’s future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. For much of this time—roughly the last half century—professional educators believed that if they could only find the right pedagogy, the right method of instruction, all would be well. They tried New Math, open classrooms, Whole Language—but nothing seemed to achieve significant or lasting improvements. Yet in recent years researchers have discovered something that may seem obvious, but for many reasons was overlooked or denied. What really makes a difference, what matters more than the class size or the textbook, the teaching method or the technology, or even the curriculum, is the quality of the teacher. Much of the ability to teach is innate—an ability to inspire young minds as well as control unruly classrooms that some people instinctively possess (and some people definitely do not). Teaching can be taught, to some degree, but not the way many graduate schools of education do it, with a lot of insipid or marginally relevant theorizing and pedagogy. In any case the research shows that within about five years, you can generally tell who is a good teacher and who is not. 我们为什么必须叫停“不称职”的老师?
2019中考英语听力+口语考试训练9（含听力材料、解析） （浙江专用） 本部分共有五小节.第一、第二节是听力题，第一节听五个短单句，第二节听一段短文，完成五个小题.第三节是篇章朗读，考察学生旳口语（朗读能力）.第四至第五节是口语题，根据朗读提示，学生口头回答问题.注意：请认真看要求、听录音，并在规定时间内按要求或指令完成任务. 第一节：听对话，选图片.（每小题1分，满分5分） 现在请听5段小对话.每段对话后有一个小题，请从A、B、C三个选项中选出符合对话内容旳图片.每段对话仅读一遍. 1. What’s the weather like? 2. When is the pen? 3. When is Mary’s birthday? 4. What’s Jim’s favorite food? 5. What sport does Jack like?
第二节：听录音，完成信息记录表.（每小题2分，满分10分） 现在听一段录音材料，请根据内容从每题旳A、B、C三个选项中选择正确旳选项，完成信息记录表.录音播放两遍. 6. A. Zoo B. Park C. Museum 7. A. 7:30 a.m. B. 8:00 a.m. C. 8:30 a.m. 8. A. By train. B. By bike C. By bus 9. A. Eggs B. Bread C. Hamburgers 10. A. 88663782 B. 87866832 C. 88678632 第三节：篇章朗读.（满分2分） 请用规范旳英语语音语调朗读下面一段英语文本： You asked me to visit your new house. I’m sorry I can’t go this week. Today is my cousin’s birthday. I’m going to his birthday party in the evening. And tomorrow, I will have to go to the hospital to see my grandmother. She is ill in hospital. On Wednesday, I will practice tennis. I’m on the school tennis team. Then I will study for the test on Thursday. On Friday, my class will have a trip. Can I visit your house next week? 第四节：根据情景或要点提示回答问题.（每小题1分，满分5分） 在这一节里，请根据所给情景用英语回答五个问题.每个问题问两遍.在每个提问后，你都有15秒钟旳时间回答问题. 请看下面旳情景提示： 你喜欢英语，觉得很有趣.7年前开始学英语，每天坚持读英语. 第12题： 考生：__________________________________________________________________ 第13题： 考生：__________________________________________________________________ 第14题： 考生：__________________________________________________________________ 第15题： 考生：__________________________________________________________________ 第16题： 考生：__________________________________________________________________ 第五节：说话.（满分3分）
2013年3月上海中级口译考试翻译真题及答案解析汇总 【原文】 朝气蓬勃，充满活力，丰富多彩的上海是现代中国的缩影。虽然上海的文化遗迹不能与北京媲美，但是上海迷人的城市风貌，风格各异的万国建筑为这座城市注入了无限的魅力。今日之上海，已经成为享誉中外的国际大都市。 漫步在这座日新月异的现代大都市里，你会发现许多精彩的历史亮点，隐现在众多摩天大楼背后的是上海发展变化的轨迹。它们记述了上海自十九世纪末开埠以来，尤其是新中国成立以后，是如何迅猛发展的。 【参考译文】 Shanghai is a dynamic, diverse and stimulating city - the very epitome of modern China. Though Shanghai cannot rival Beijing in cultural heritage, its varied architectural styles and cosmopolitan feel give it a charm of its own. Today's Shanghai has become a world-famous international metropolis. A walk through this booming city reveals many glimpses of its colorful past. Hidden amongst the skyscrapers are remains of the original Shanghai. They keep on showing how Shanghai has been developing fast and enormously since its opening as a commercial port in the late 19th century, especially after the founding of new China. 【评析】 该篇翻译属于经典话题，类似于上海城市介绍，考生如果熟悉教材，注意积累相关句型词汇，特别是对“朝气蓬勃、充满活力dynamic, diverse and stimulating、缩影epitome、遗迹heritage、城市风貌cosmopolitan feel、万国建筑varied architectural styles”等常考的表达，应该可以顺利取得高分。 If you’ve ever been on a jury, you might have noticed that a funny thing happens the minute you get behind closed doors. Everybody starts talking about themselves. They say what they would have done if they had been the plaintiff or the defendant. Being on a jury reminds me why I can’t tolerate talk radio. We Americans seem to have lost the ability to talk about anything but our own experiences. We can’t seem to generalize without stereotyping or to consider evidence that goes against our own experience. I heard a doctor on a radio show talking about a study that found that exercise reduces the incidence of Alzheimer’s. And caller after caller couldn’t wait to make essentially the opposite point: “Well, my grandmother never exercised and she lived to 95.”We are in an age summed up by the saying: “I experience, therefore I’m right.”Historically, the hallmarks of an uneducated person were the lack of ability to think critically, to use deductive reasoning to distinguish the personal from the universal. Now that seems an apt description of many Americans. 【参考译文】 如果你曾经当过陪审员，你可能会注意到一件有趣的事情：一旦关上了门，所有人就开始谈论他们自己。他们会讨论，如果自己是原告或被告的话会做什么。担任陪审员的经历让我明白了我为什么无法忍受谈话性的广播节目。我们美国人似乎只剩下了谈论自己经历的能力。我们似乎无法抛开固有的成见进行总结，也无法客观地分析与自身经历相悖的证据。 我曾听过一位医生在之声节目上讲述一项研究，该研究发现锻炼能降低阿兹海默症（老
中级口译历年真题--翻译篇 2012年春季（3月） 英译汉原文： When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960′s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it we re the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. 英译汉参考译文： 我年轻的时候，有本非常好的杂志《全球目录》，这是我们那代人的“圣经”之一。杂志的创办人是斯图尔特·布兰德，创办地是在离这里不远的门罗公园，他赋予了这本杂志诗一样的美感。六十年代后期，个人电脑和桌面排版尚未出现，所以这本杂志完全利用打字机、剪刀、偏光镜来完成，有点像平装本的谷歌，却出现在谷歌问世三十五年前。这本杂志充满了理想色彩，充满了整齐利落的工具、不同寻常的见解。 斯图尔特和他的团队出版了几期《全球目录》，在它完成使命后，他们出版了最后一期杂志。那是在七十年代中期，那时我和你们的年龄相仿。杂志最后一期的封底上是张清晨的乡村公路的照片，那样的路，如果你有些冒险精神，可能会一路搭车走过。照片下面有两句话：“求知若饥，虚怀若愚”，这是他们停刊的告别语，“求知若饥，虚怀若愚”，我总是以此鼓励自己。现在，当你们即将毕业踏上新的旅程，我给予你们同样的期望。 翻译评析： 这篇短文取自于乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲。语言比较口语化，词汇不难。因为是演讲类短文，所以考生在翻译的时候大可以顺序驱动。节选的这个短文有几处的词汇和短语大家可以注意下： poetic：充满诗情画意的 idealistic: 理想主义的 run his course: 完成使命 hitchhiking: 搭乘 sign off: 停止签发，停止 汉译英： 吸烟之危害，可谓大矣，其严重性是不能低估的。吸烟污染空气，损害健康，使肺癌发病率大大增加。为了使各国人民关注烟草的盛行及预防吸烟导致的疾病和死亡，世界卫生组织已将每年的5月31日定为“世界无烟日”。 瘾君子们说，一天饭不吃可以，一个时辰不抽烟就难捱了，不能戒。只要真正意识到吸烟有百害而无一利，于人于己都是一种祸害，就有可能下决心摆脱烟草的诱惑。戒烟贵在坚持，坚持下去就是收获。 参考译文： Smoking does great harm to human and its gravity should not be underestimated. Smoking pollutes air, damages health, and increases the incidence of lung cancer. To arouse the awareness about the prevalence of tobacco in all the countries and to prevent smoking-induced diseases and deaths, the WHO (World Health Organization) has defined May 31st in every year as World No-Tobacco Day. The tobacco addicts say that smoking is impossible to quit because they could do without meals in a day but would feel tortured without tobacco in two hours. However, when one realizes that smoking is harmful in many ways but beneficial in no way and that it is a curse to others as well
Unit eight. Part one. New dwellings in Great Britain. 3. Exercises. 1. Listen to the following passage about housing in Britain, and then choose the best answer to each question you hear. In all 189,000 new dwellings were completed in Great Britain in 2006, a rise of 3.6 percent on 2005. Growth in owner occupation has been particularly marked increasing from 50 percent in 1991 to 67 percent at the end of 2006. Both the public and the private sectors build housing, but about four fifths in new dwellings are built by the private sector for sale to owner occupiers. Local authorities are encouraged to see their housing role as in the neighboring one. Working with housing associations and the private sector to increase the supply of low cost housing for sale or rent. Without necessarily providing it themselves. Housing associations are now the main providers of new social housing. Housing provided at rents affordable to people on low incomes, usually substantially below market rents. This allows local authorities to focus on improving the management of their own stock. Rents on new private sector lettings in Great Britain were deregulated in 1988 with the aim of stimulating the private rented sector, which had been declining from most of the last century. These policies had been taking forward with the housing act in 1996. Questions: 1) How many new dwellings were completed in Great Britain in 2006? 2) What percentage was owner occupation at the end of 2006? 3) What are local authorities encouraged to do? 4) Why were rents on new private sector lettings deregulated in 1988? 2. Listen again and then supply the missing information in the following passage. Part two. Statements. 2. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the statement you hear. 1) If you want to add that information to your paper you really should check it out in the reference book. 2) We were met at the airport by Miss Janet the other day. It was very kind of her to do that especially at such short notice. 3) The forecast is for severe winter but I am hardly prepared. I am waiting for the next sale to get a down jacket. 4) She used to take two tablets a day, but recently the doctor doubled the dosage to see the effect of his prescription. 5) Alice has got her paper do, and 2 final exams next week, so she is spending a lot of time at the library. She has no time for parties at the moment. 6) John is going to California to take up a research position at the university very soon. And I need to find a new roommate. 7) Last Sunday we went to watch a football game. It started at 2 o’clock. And we arrived just in time for the second half. 8) In spite of occasional differences in the opinion about politics Ron and Pawl get along very well and often spend time together. 9) Having sent in his application 2 months earlier Tom should know by Monday whether his admission has been approved. 10) Seafood prices have come down quite a bit, the shrimp was 2 dollars a pound this week, so I bought 3 pounds.
2010.9中级口译真题
2010年9月中级口译真题 Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you'll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3). Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family. If you are invited to an English home,