秋季中口听力Spot Dictation点评(新东方)

高级口译听力篇主讲：郭中宝序言教师介绍及高口课程介绍一、教师介绍郭中宝老师：上海新东方学校资深口译考试听力主讲，口译教研组成员。

上外英语语言文学硕士，获英国皇家口语协会口语认证和美国跨文化协会培训师认证。

曾为包括美国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、以色列、芬兰等多国使领馆作同声翻译。

参与编著《高级口译考试笔试备考精要》一书。

二、通过高级口译考试的基本素质：1、汉语功底扎实2、英文基本功强3、思维清晰、口齿伶俐4、非常好的心理素质三、听力与口语的关系听力、记忆、构思、表达在英译汉阶段，听力更是重中之重。

四、课程介绍本课程以题型为线索开展，必须的参考资料有《上海市高级口译考试实考试卷汇编》图书及磁带《高级口译笔试备考精要》第一章Spot-dictation 填词听写一、题型剖析☞这部分为主观试题。

要求考生准确填写出试题中的空缺部分。

☞听写文字内容长度为350词左右，语速为每分钟150词左右。

录音朗读时间2－3分钟。

☞试题中有20处标号的空缺部分要求考生填写，填写部分的单词、短语长度为2－6个单词。

☞听写内容播放后有4－5分钟时间供考生填写。

注意：高级口译听力考试中的所有录音材料只放一遍，ONLY ONCE。

难点阐述❍听不出——不能准确听辨所要填写的信息。

❍记不下——虽然能听辨出信息，但来不及记下来。

“四要素”（语音、词汇、语法、文化背景）。

语言的“四要素”是听力提高的实力基础。

只有步步为营、稳扎稳打、认真掌握，听力才会有质的飞跃；也只有这样，才会有“不管风吹浪打，胜似闲庭信步”的从容。

●由于空格与空格之间的时间间隔短，不可能把单词全部拼写出来。

所以要掌握一套简写符号。

二、技巧速成边听边看边写，善用简写，不懂放弃，语法复查，小心誊抄。

解析：1、边听边看边写Spot-dictation要求考生一边听录音，一边填写出文章中的空白。

可是往往考生容易出现两种失误：要么把文章中已经有的内容当作了听写内容现在了空格中；要么看串了空格，把第五空填在第六空，第六空写在第七空...形成了恶性循环（vicious circle）。

9月高级口译听力真题spot dictationSpot DictationWhat’s in a surname? You may ask. A new website project has been released, that helps you locate your past. Have you ever wondered why your ancestors gathered where they did, or where others with your surname live now. A research project investigating the distribution of surnames in Britain answers these questions. And another study has found the surnames are still extremely regional.Smith, for example, remains the most common surname in Britain, used by more than half a million people. It has exactly the same concentration it always did in Lerwick, in the Scottish Shetland Islands. Jones is the No. 2 surname, and is the most common among hill farmers in north Wales.The data used for this project comes partly from electoral register. A number of other files are held by Ex-pairing, which is probably Britain’s largest collector of data about individuals.There’re some of us who are fairly predictable. Campbell, for example, as you might expect, is somewhat concentrated in the northern parts of Scotland, and it appears really bizarre to be found somewhere else.Well, with 25, 000 names as difficult to generalize, what you can do is put them in general categories, if, for example, you look at names which are people’s work. Like the name, Webber, you might find it is much more common in the Midlands than in the south of England. If you go to Wales, most people get their names from their ancestors and in Yorkshire for example, a lot of people have names based on the places that they originally lived in or at least their ancestors did.Well, we only have 25, 000 names on this website, but there’re another 50, 000names now found in Britain and they’re particularly interesting, for they are non-British names. Most British names are fairly common and about what we can now do as such is look for the frequency of all names from different parts of the world and different faiths, religions and languages. And what there is in names is actually extremely useful for researchers in anthropology and sociology may find a lot about different immigrant groups and their descendants now living in this country.。

9.13⾼级⼝译考试听⼒Spot dictation 参考答案： 1. success of failure 2. more and more Americans are electing 3. boys of girls blossom 4. tend to achieve more 5. strong religious or cultural reasons 6. out of reach 7. costly private school 8. separating the sexes 9. many girls get short change 10. positive exuberant attitude 11. watch their male peers 12. begin to gain confidence 13. such a fragile time 14. an obsession with weight 15. raise a girl’s self-esteem 16. all female schools 17. reinforce the regressive notion 18. has fostered a controversy 19. question the validity 20. such thing as separate by equal 新东⽅分析： 按照新东⽅上课所讲做题步骤，⾸先，抓住主题，通过⾸段和每段⾸句找出出现多次的School，并符号化为⼤写S. 因为主题词很可能在20个空格中再次出现，本次考试共出现了两次。

第⼆步，应标出相邻很近两个空格的前⼀个。

在近期的新东⽅⼝译考前模考讲评及冲刺串讲中，我将考试历年听写题的三个速记必考点（开头法、去元⾳法和两词合成）和历年出现的“黄⾦⾼频词”为⼤家作了总结（其中在本次考试出现的已⽤红字标出）。

填空听写二十篇(Spot Dictation)说明：本次听写练习题的难度在英语专业三级水平（相当于大学英语四级）。

每篇填空听写练习的前7个空只填写一个单词，较为简单，主要考查词汇量和辩音能力，第8-10个空应填写完整的句子，主要为专四标准听写做准备，可以不必完全与原句一样，用自己的话写出语法正确符合原文意思的Major Points即可。

填空听写训练是向专四标准听写过渡的重要阶段，这类习题可以在非英语专业的大学英语四级练习题中找到，建议训练几十篇后再进行难度较大的全文听写。

试题的语音及文字资料仅供课堂教学使用，请勿用于其他任何形式的转载和引用。

Passage 1People have been working on the idea of the helicopters for more than four hundred years. About four hundred years ago, a man thought of a flying machine and (1) _____ a picture of it. It was like a helicopter in some ways. But the people of that time did not know about the (2) _____ of flying. So the man's idea (3) _____ a picture on a piece of paper for many years.About one (4) _____ ago, some men made (5) _____ of flying machines and the first airplanes were born. Since then (6) _____ has been making (7) _____ progress.In about 1930, some people made a big helicopter. (8) _____. Then some other people made another kind of helicopter, which carried only one man, but could fly for many hours.Today there are many kinds of helicopters, big and small. (9) _____. People in some places cannot always drive their cars to the airport to board a plane. Some of them have helicopters of their own, though they are not always rich people. They fly to the airport in their helicopter, get ona plane, and take off again.(10) _____. Then people will go to work in their own helicopters just as they do in their cars today. Indeed, the helicopter is a great achievement of science.Passage 2Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on (1) _____ 15, 1929. He was a black (2) _____, who devoted himself (3) _____ to the struggle for equal rights for the black people and an end to segregation in the South of the United States. In (4) _____, he organized a black boycott of the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The black people there had (5) _____ that they would no longer ride in segregated buses. Led by King, they (6) _____ to the courts for support of their effort. The boycott against segregation lasted 381 days, and ended in (7) _____ the next year.In the spring of 1963, he began to organize a march to Washington to persuade the U.S. government to back a mass Civil Rights Movement for black people. (8) _____. From all over the country, citizens came to "march on Washington" in support of civil rights legislation. It was then that King delivered the most impressive speech of his career. (9) _____.In 1964, at the age of only 35, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (10) _____.Passage 3One of the (1) _____ of large modern cities is the number of big department stores, most ofwhich are to be found in or near the (2) _____ area. They're vast buildings many stories high, where you can buy almost anything you need, from a box of toothpicks to a suite of (3) _____. Most of them are very modern and are equipped with (4) _____ elevators and escalators, and have (5) _____ lighting, air-conditioning and ventilation. You can spend hours (6) _____ around in one of these department stores, and you will probably lose your way while you are doing so, in spite of the many (7) _____ pointing the way to the elevators and exits.If you have been in one of these stores so long that you feel hungry, you and your family will not need to leave the building, for nearly all the big stores have cafes, snack bars or restaurants in them. (8) _____, though occasionally an assistant may ask you whether he or she can be of help to you.Another feature of Shanghai's shopping life is the chain-store, in which prices are lower than in the big store, and a wide variety of goods are offered — chiefly foodstuffs, household goods, clothing and stationery. (9) _____, in spite of the vigilance of the store security guards.A lot of the food stores in Shanghai now operate on the "serve yourself" system: (10) _____. At the exit there are a number of counters where you pay for all your purchases together.Passage 4In the United States the cost of living has been (1) _____ rising for the past few (2) _____. Food prices, clothing costs, housing (3) _____, and tuition fees are constantly getting higher and higher. Partly because of (4) _____ need, and partly because of (5) _____ choices for personal fulfillment, mothers have been leaving the (6) _____ role of full-time homemaker. Increasingly they have been taking (7) _____ jobs outside the home.Making such a significant role change affects the entire family, especially the children. Some consequences are obvious. For example, dinnertime is at a later hour. (8)_____. They suppress their guilt since they believe that their work will benefit everyone in the long run. The income will enable the family to save for college tuition, take an extended vacation, buy a new car, and so on.The emotional impact on the children can be significant. (9) _____. They might need assistance with their homework or want to share the day's activities. (10) _____. Their priority is making the evening meal for the family, not engaging in relaxed conversation.Passage 5If you break your arm or leg, the doctor will (1) _____ send you to a hospital to have an X-ray photograph taken to find out just where the break is and what kind of break it is. If a small child (2) _____ a coin or some other hard (3) _____, as sometimes happens, the doctor will take an X-ray photograph of the child's (4) _____. Every hospital has an X-ray (5) _____, and doctors now depend on these photographs to find out if there is anything wrong with the (6) _____, for example, which can not be seen from outside the body.X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, in 1895, almost by (7) _____.He and other scientists were experimenting with passing electric currents through certain gases in a special glass tube. (8) _____. This aroused Rontgen's curiosity. The next thing he found out was that if he put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate, the rays would print ashadow of the bony framework of his hand on the plate. (9) _____.When Rontgen wrote an account of what he had discovered, (10) _____. Other scientists called them Rontgen rays in honor of the man who first found them, but X-ray is the name now commonly used.Passage 6Atoms are the building blocks of our world —(1) _____ units that make up everything around us. In the same way that wheels, bands, (2) _____, and pins fit together to make a clock or a toy, atoms of (3) _____ kinds fit together to form the (4) _____ around us.At one time or another, almost everyone has taken apart a toy or a clock to see what makes it work. The result is simply a (5) _____ of parts. Some people can (6) _____ out how to put the parts together again, to rebuild the toy or clock. And a few people can even work out ways to make (7) _____ new devices out of the toy or clock parts.Modern scientists have learned to do very much the same kind of thing with matter. (8) _____. Air, water, rock, and even people are composed of matter. (9) _____. A molecule is the smallest piece that keeps the characteristics of the original substance. For instance, a sugar molecule is the smallest piece that is still like sugar. (10) _____. These are atoms. From this example, we can see why atoms are called the building blocks of matter. All the kinds of matter in the world are made from only about 100 different kinds of atoms.Passage 7Since the (1) _____ of history, men have gathered information and have (2) _____ to pass it on to other men. The (3) _____ of word-pictures on the walls of (4) _____ caves as well as hieroglyphics on stone tablets (5) _____ some of man's earliest efforts to (6) _____ information. Evidently, these efforts were very simple and (7) _____.But as civilizations grew more complex, better methods of communication were needed. The written word, carrier pigeons, the telegraph and many other devices carried ideas faster and faster from man to man but still not fast enough to satisfy ever-growing needs. (8) _____. With the invention and development of computers, it is as if man has suddenly come upon Aladin's magic lamp.(9) _____. For this reason, computers can be defined as devices which accept information, perform mathematical or logical operations with the input information, and then supply the results of these operations as new information.(10) _____. However, although computers can replace men in dull, routine tasks, they only work according to the instructions given them, in other words, they have to be programmed. Their achievements are not very spectacular when compared to what the minds of men can do.Passage 8Canada has the largest (1) _____ area in the world after the (2) _____ U.S. S. R., but it is rather (3) _____ populated. Most (4) _____ live in the south, within about 500 kilometers of the (5) _____ with the U.S.A.The far north of Canada lies within the Arctic (6) _____, where the winters are long and (7) _____ cold. Eskimos live in the Arctic, a region where it is too cold even for trees to grow. South of that region is a vast area with many forests and lakes.The more populated part of southern Canada stretches about 5 000 kilometers from east to west. Here are found valuable forests, rich deposits of minerals, and various manufacturing industries. (8) _____.To the east of the Rockies are vast grasslands, called prairies, where cattle are reared and a large amount of wheat is grown. Coal and oil also come from this area. In south-eastern Canada is the important lowland region around the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. (9) _____. And this is where Canada's two largest cities, Toronto and Montreal, as well as the capital, Ottawa, are located.English and French are the official languages. (10) _____. The country is divided into ten provinces and two thinly populated territories. It has a central government, with a parliament, headed by a prime minister.Passage 9Everybody knows that the car is a (1) _____ machine. The experts (2) _____ that cars of the future will be made of (3) _____ and carbon fibers that will be much stronger than steel and much lighter in weight. Even the (4) _____ will be made of these materials.Cars of the future will be smaller and lighter but their designs will probably be (5) _____ to those of the latest (6) _____ of the modern sports cars. There will probably not be any (7) _____ design changes for a long time.The real frontier for cars of the future lies not in body design but with computer activation. Cars may someday actually drive themselves. (8) _____. Everyone in the car would be able to relax, even take a nap, as the car speeds along at hundreds of kilometers per hour. (9) _____. Changes of destination along the way could be made from a computer in the car to a central computer controlling and regulating the traffic.(10)_____, perhaps, even as early as the early 21st century — which would make it in your lifetime.Passage 10Do you have (1) _____ sleeping at night? Then, maybe, this is for you:When you worry about not being able to sleep and (2) _____ around, trying to find a (3) _____ position, you're probably only making matters (4) _____. What happens is that your heart rate actually (5) _____, making it more difficult to (6) _____. You may also have some bad habits that contribute to the problem. Do you rest (7) _____ during the day? Do you get almost no exercise or do you exercise strenuously late in the day? Do you think about sleep a lot or sleep late on the weekend?Any of all these factors might be leading to your insomnia by disrupting your body's natural rhythm. What should you do then on those sleepless night? Don't bother with sleeping pills. (8) _____. The best thing to do is to drink some milk or eat some cheese or tuna fish. (9) _____. Thiswill enable you to relax and you'll be on the way to get a good night's sleep. (10) _____. Think about this: when the morning comes, everything will be all right again.Passage 11Education is (1) _____ in Australia. Children begin school when they are 6 and stay until they are at least 15. Children in Tasmania must stay in school until they are 16. Most children start in (2) _____ classes at the age of 5. There are (3) _____, or "state" schools in all (4) _____ parts of the country, but pupils who live in the (5) _____ outback take (6) _____ courses and listen to radio classes. Australia also has many (7) _____ or "independent" school. One child in four attends an independent school. As in England, the leading private schools are called public schools. (8) _____. The school year, which begins in late January or early February, ends in mid-December. This time of the year is summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Christmas vacation is the time for taking long trips and for going to summer camps.(9) _____. Games are taught as part of physical education classes. The boys play cricket in summer and Australian Rules football, soccer, and rugby in winter. The girls play basketball throughout the year. (10) _____.Passage 12Indians in the United States are faced with (1) _____ problems. Many Indians still live on reservations, in squalid shacks that don't even have indoor (2) _____. The water there is often so (3) _____ that it is not fit for drinking. Mechanization has (4) _____ eliminated many of the ranching and (5) _____ jobs formerly (6) _____ to the Indians, and few (7) _____ have been set up on the reservations.In any case, most native Americans have had only very little schooling and remain untrained for skilled jobs. (8) _____. As groups of people with their own languages and cultures, each tribe wants to keep up its traditions and preserve some of its native customs. The adults want their children to be proud of being Indians, as well as to survive in the modern world. (9) _____. Like everyone else, they are anxious to get a good education and a good job. However, they have little prospect for success and become very frustrated because they usually can only go to inferior schools and often find it impossible to adjust to present-day life. (10) _____. The most important problem American Indians have to tackle, many experts believe, is the restoring of their pride and self-confidence. And this is to be first and foremost if they are to change their destiny.Passage 13Most Americans have great (1) _____ and (2) _____. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their (3) _____, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared to take the (4) _____, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have (5) _____ and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be (6) _____. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The (7) _____ American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life.(8) _____. They are considered sentimental. When on ceremonial occasions they see a flag,or attend parades celebrating America's glorious past, tears may come to their eyes. Reunions with family and friends tend to be emotional, too. They like to dress correctly, even if "correctly" means flamboyantly. They love to boast, though often with tongue in cheek. (9) _____. They have a wide knowledge of everyday things, and a keen interest in their particular city and state. (10) _____.Passage 14It is only (1) _____ that every one of us may, at some point in life, be called upon to make a speech, but most of us will worry a great deal out of (2) _____ that we may not do a very good job. Well, here is some (3) _____ you will find useful should such an occasion (4) _____.So now you have to give a speech — and you are (5) _____ at the thought. You get nervous, so much so that you gnaw at your (6) _____. You stumble over your words, and you forget what you want to say, or you talk too long and you (7) _____ your audience.But cheer up! It really doesn't have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps that will take the pain out of your speech-making. (8) _____. Then ask yourself the purpose of your speech. Now let us suppose you have been asked to introduce the main speaker at a conference. It is all right to tell a joke or an anecdote if it is in good taste, and will not embarrass the speaker. And most important, be brief. If you are giving a lecture or explaining an idea, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of time doing research. (9) _____. Never forget your audience. Don't talk over their heads, and don't talk down to them either. (10) _____. Make sure everyone in the room can hear you.To sum up, remember, be prepared, know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. If you just follow these simple rules, you will see that you don't have to be afraid to speak in public.Passage 15In China, it is taken for (1) _____ that everyone should marry, and every family should have children. Traditionally, children (2) _____ fortune and happiness for a family. A large population was (3) _____ as an asset for a nation. Not (4) _____, China's population reached more than a billion in the early 1980s, according to the 1982 census report.Since 1979, the birth control policy of one child per family has been in place. At the national level, the birth rate has been reduced to about 1.7 percent from 1979 to 1995, as (5) _____ with 3.4 percent in the early (6) _____. At the level of the (7) _____ family, the one-child policy has brought changes and challenges to families and parents.(8) _____. Nowadays, it is common for both parents to have full-time jobs. In a family that has two or more children, parents often juggle their time around to fit the schedules of their kids.(9) _____. With the ever rising living expenses and college tuition, parents who have only one child do not feel the economic pressure as much as those who have more than one child. The only child usually gets more attention and financial resources in the family.However, it is right here that the problem arises. As most "only children" are cuddled and coddled, they are often spoiled as "little emperors". Unlike their parents who used to contribute financially to their families' well-being and were self-reliant, they don't have direct experience with the struggle of life. (10) _____.Is your family (1) _____ in buying a dog? A dog can be a happy (2) _____ to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dog, the (3) _____ can cause you a lot of trouble. Families should sit down and (4) _____ discuss the problems (5) _____ before buying a dog. Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dog, the parents are the ones who are really (6) _____ for seeing that the animal is (7) _____ cared for.If you don't know much about dogs, it is a good idea to go to the library or the ASPCA for books about various kinds of dogs, as well as books about how to train a puppy. In reading about the different breeds, you should know that a dog described as very alert may be too jumpy and bouncy. (8) _____. Dog breeds vary in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular dogs these days is the German shepherd. (9) _____. The family should be warned that these dogs grow up to be very big, and may be too powerful for children to handle. If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good choice. (10) _____.Passage 17Now we all (1) _____ money in exchange for goods and (2) _____. We use money to buy clothes, food, (3) _____, books, cars and many other things we need or want. When we work, we usually get (4) _____ in paper currency.Most of the money (5) _____ today is made of metal, paper or plastics. But in (6) _____ times, people actually used various kinds of things as exchange (7) _____, such as knives, cloth, rice, gold and silver. In China, for instance, cloth and metals were used as money for thousands of years. (8) _____.Today everybody knows that the first metal coins were made in China. England used tin to make its first coins. Russia and some other countries used copper to make their money. Later, a number of countries began to make coins of gold and silver. (9) _____. As the metal money was inconvenient if you wanted to buy something expensive, paper currency came into existence, (10) _____.Passage 18One of the most (1) _____ of all studies is the study of words and their origins. Most languages are (2) _____ of several (3) _____ languages, and the words of a language can often be (4) _____ back through two or three (5) _____ languages to their origins. Again, a word from one language may (6) _____ into another language and (7) _____ a new meaning.The word "etiquette", which comes from French and originally meant a label or a sign, gradually changed its meaning after it passed into English. (8) _____.Another interesting thing is how the word "sandwich" was put into use for indicating the popular food. (9) _____. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. Very often he played for 24 hours a day without stopping to have his meals. He ordered his servants to bring him some meat and bread and he played while eating. (10) _____. People liked Sandwich's idea and began to eat bread and meat in this way too. From the name of the man came the word "sandwich" that we have today.As college students, each term they have to write some research paper. Now one of the most (1) _____ things about writing a research paper is giving proper (2) _____ for the students' (3) _____ of information. (4) _____ to do this is called plagiarism, which is a kind of (5) _____, or at least, an unauthorized borrowing of someone else's ideas.Sometimes (6) _____ students will plagiarize (7) _____, and then be surprised when the teacher won't accept their papers or gives them a failing grade.(8) _____. As you take notes on books and magazine articles about the topic you've selected, first try to assimilate the information thoroughly. Secondly, write it down in your own words. This is called paraphrasing. (9) _____. Most of your notes should probably be paraphrases.However, you may sometimes find something you wish to quote directly in your research paper. In this case, be sure that you copy the information precisely in your notes and place it in quotation marks. (10) _____. You can then use them properly and give the original author or authors proper credits.Passage 20Today this (1) _____ is about the English (2) _____ Emily Dickenson.(3) _____ with Walt Witman, whom we (4) _____ last week, I found Emily Dickenson greatly different. She seems, in fact, to have been the complete (5) _____ of Walt Whitman in her works. I would like to share (6) _____ with the (7) _____ some interesting facts about her life.Emily Dickenson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, barely a decade after Whitman. (8) _____. For the remaining thirty years of her life, she was seldom seen outside her home. In this respect she was quite unlike Whitman, who loved the great outdoors. (9) _____, notable "I Heard a Fly Buzz", and the poem we read for today "I Am Nobody". Although she showed some of her poems to her family, and sent some in her letters to her friends, only four were published in her lifetime. (10) _____. These poems have established her as a major poet, and several modern critics consider her the greatest woman poet in the English language.填空听写答案及原文Passage 1People have been working on the idea of the helicopters for more than four hundred years. About four hundred years ago, a man thought of a flying machine and (1) (drew) a picture of it. It was like a helicopter in some ways. But the people of that time did not know about the (2) (science) of flying. So the man's idea (3) (remained) a picture on a piece of paper for many years.About one (4) (century) ago, some men made (5) (models) of flying machines and the first airplanes were born. Since then (6) (aviation) has been making (7) (incredible) progress.In about 1930, some people made a big helicopter. (8) (It could carry more than one man, but it could not stay still in the air very long). Then some other people made another kind of helicopter, which carried only one man, but could fly for many hours.Today there are many kinds of helicopters, big and small. (9) (One of the newest helicopters is very light and easy to handle. It can be put in the back of a car). People in some places cannot always drive their cars to the airport to board a plane. Some of them have helicopters of their own, though they are not always rich people. They fly to the airport in their helicopter, get on a plane, and take off again.(10) (The helicopter is so useful that some day it may take the place of the car and the train and maybe many other means of transportation). Then people will go to work in their own helicopters just as they do in their cars today. Indeed, the helicopter is a great achievement of science.Major points:(8) It could carry several people, but couldn't stay long in the air.(9) The new helicopter is very light and simple and can be put into a car.(10) The helicopter is so useful that it may replace other means of transportation.Passage 2Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on (1) (January) 15,1929. He was a black (2) (clergyman), who devoted himself (3) (completely) to the struggle for equal rights for the black people and an end to segregation in the South of the United States. In (4) (1955), he organized a black boycott of the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The black people there had (5) (decided) that they would no longer ride in segregated buses. Led by King, they (6) (appealed) to the courts for support of their effort. The boycott against segregation lasted 381 days, and ended in (7) (victory) the next year.In the spring of 1963, he began to organize a march to Washington to persuade the U.S. government to back a mass Civil Rights Movement for black people. (8) (On August 28 that year, some 250 OO0 Americans of all races and faiths joined him and other civil rights leaders in an unprecedented demonstration of solidarity). From all over the country, citizens came to "march on Washington" in support of civil rights legislation. It was then that King delivered the most impressive speech of his career. (9) (Many of those present wept, deeply moved by these words that will forever be remembered by all freedom-loving people).In 1964, at the age of only 35, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (10) (But only four years later, on April 4, 1968, the day before another mass demonstration, he was shot and killed by an assassin).Major points:(8) On August 28 that year, he led a large demonstration with many Americans taking part in.(9) Many people were moved by what he said.(10) He was killed on April 4, 1968 before another demonstration.Passage 3One of the (1) (features) of large modern cities is the number of big department stores, most of which are to be found in or near the (2) (central) area. They're vast buildings many stories high, where you can buy almost anything you need, from a box of toothpicks to a suite of (3) (furniture). Most of them are very modern and are equipped with (4) (convenient) elevators and escalators, and have (5) (well-planned) lighting, air-conditioning and ventilation. You can spend hours (6) (wandering) around in one of these department stores, and you will probably lose your way while you are doing so, in spite of the many (7) (signs) pointing the way to the elevators and exits.If you have been in one of these stores so long that you feel hungry, you and your family will not need to leave the building, for nearly all the big stores have cafes, snack bars or restaurants in them. (8) (After a meal, you can inspect the goods on sale at your leisure, and you will not be forced to buy anything), though occasionally an assistant may ask you whether he or she can be of help to you.Another feature of Shanghai's shopping life is the chain-store, in which prices are lower than in the big store, and a wide variety of goods are offered — chiefly foodstuffs, household goods, clothing and stationery. (9) (The goods are displayed on open shelves and counters, and it is a regrettable fact that some shoplifting goes on sometimes), in spite of the vigilance of the store security guards.A lot of the food stores in Shanghai now operate on the "serve yourself" system: (10) (you go in, pick up a basket or a cart, walk round the shop and choose what you need). At the exit there are a number of counters where you pay for all your purchases together.Major points:(8) After a meal, you can look at the goods without having to buy them.(9) The goods are accessible to customers, so sometimes are stolen.(10) You can choose whatever you want in it.Passage 4In the United States the cost of living has been (1) (steadily) rising for the past few (2) (decades). Food prices, clothing costs, housing (3) (expenses), and tuition fees are constantly getting higher and higher. Partly because of (4) (financial) need, and partly because of (5) (career) choices for personal fulfillment, mothers have been leaving the (6) (traditional) role of full-time。

听力部分：1. Spot Dictation20个空，每个1.5分，只有名、动、形、副词直接扣分，扣分比重视该次考试的标准及该单词在词组中的重要程度而定，比如，a vital element如果vital没写，扣0．5分，element同理，如果a不写，不直接扣，教师在卷面做标注，比如红点，然后20个格子阅完后视标注情况整体再扣1-3分。

不是很严重的拼写错误不扣分，比如resistant写成resident.允许适当连笔书写，只要不影响老师的评改。

2. 听力选择共30题，每题1分，共计30分。

3. 听译Sentence & Passage translation句子翻译每句3分，也是整体评分，比如通读译文，大致给出是0，1，2，3档，这个标准与第二试的口译一致，要求给出大意，及主要的细节；要求逐字对应，不得出现严重误译，反译。

举个简单例子，原文是Britain witnessed sharp increase in its criminal activities from l999 to 2003。

如果译文是1999-2003年间英国犯罪率上升了。

那么基本是满分3分，不强求要把sharp体现出来，而witness目睹了这个意思也不用很精确。

如果写成1999-2002，扣0．5，如果没写出犯罪率或者犯罪案件这个概念，得分不超过1分，因为意思都不对了。

如果把increase译成了犯罪率下降，起码扣1分。

段落翻译两篇，一般是7+8分，passage的概念可以按照2-3句句子来理解，评分标准同理。

高口这个部分阅卷相对宽松，允许出现部分细节的遗漏。

比如原文是in the areas Of economy,finance，trade，shipping，insurance，realestate，六个关键词一般译出五个就肯定是满分，如果那次考试普遍得分较低，四个也可以不扣分。

阅读部分：共30题单项选择，每题2分，共计60分。

2014年9月中级口译真题答案：听力Spot Dictation第一部分听力（Spot Dictation）SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)Part A: Spot DictationDirection: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 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.参考答案及解析1.the special meaning2.the individual words3.more colorful4.idiomatic expression5.not related to6.vividly described7.several common theories8.long ago in England9.thatch-roofed houses10.no wood underneath11.get warm12.other small animals13.it became slippery14.fall off the roof15.down the streets16.carry along17.floating by18.Northern European myth19.as symbol for wind20.a heavy rainstorm【详细解析】本文的主题是谚语及其渊源，主要介绍了“raining cats and dogs”(倾盆大雨)几种可能的起源。

中级口译听力篇主讲：杨文杰教程内容提纲1．中级口译概述以及中级口译听力题型分类讲解（题型，评分标准，难点，技巧）2．听力能力提高的4个有效途径3．缩写与Spot Dictation4．听力中的音变现象和美语发音学习5．听力微技巧与Listening Comprehension6．笔记系统与Listening Translation上课必备书籍：《英语中级口译全真试题集》前言：教师介绍与课程风格一、教师介绍与课程介绍(一)、是语音速成班、高级听力预备班、高级口译预备班的结合口语于听力相结合，听力的好坏取决于口语举几个例子，考察一下听力：１、ice or water lose aimsame area your own2、高级口语例子：ill at easecrude oilsleep and eat3、段子：Boys of AmericanA helicopter carrying 8 people was reported missing. After it unloaded a cargo of foods, some crude oil and other provisions for workers digging a major tunnel for a water project for Manila, an official said yesterday.A helicopter carrying eight people was reported老师读两遍，第一遍语速180词/分，第二遍130词/分（中口考试难度）(二)、要听懂各个国家的发音，中级口译分为美式发音和英式发音两种，各占50％问题: Who is presenter; Who is keynote speaker.Good morning, it is a unique honor to act as a whole city, I also understand it is an honor which comes with a great responsibility, and which requires the highest levels of cooperation with the IOC. My promise to you is that we will be your very best partners all of us who made guarantees to you are ready to deliver them now, on security, on finance, on every single undertaking we have given. If you award the game to us, I pledge to you personally, we will continue to give the highest levels of support. My entire government and the main opposition parties, too, are united behind this bid. It has total political support, I can't think of a better place than London to hold an event that unites the world. London will inspire the young people around the world and ensure the Olympic Game will remain the dream for future generation.有关伦敦申奥的短文，以美式和英式发音各读一遍，注意区别。

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本文内容为2011年9月中级口译spot dictation真题。

Spot DictationIn America there are no nobles or men of letters, and the common folk mistrust the wealthy; Consequently lawyers form the highest political class and the most cultivated circle of society. They have therefore nothing to gain by innovation, which adds a conservative interest to their natural taste for public order. If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply without hesitation that it is not composed of the rich, who are united together by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar.When I started researching this topic, I found an interesting website “Legal Reform Now”. As the n ame suggests, this website is devoted to legal reform and it is definitely concerned about the dominance of lawyers in American government. There I read an article by a political science professor from the university of Wisconsin. One observation the UW article confirms is that the legal profession is the dominant profession of the people re-elect to public office. For example, about half our representatives and two-thirds of our senators are lawyers. No other profession comes close to having the same the number of people in political office. Effectively, lawyers form our nation’s most powerful organized political constituency in America. Lawyers make our laws and lawyers interpret our laws. When judges are appointed, the American bar association is the only professional organization that is consulted to rate the fitness of potential judicial appointees. Our nation has been in existence for over 200 years and lawyers have been this nation’s aristocracy since its formation. Oursystem works, but do we really want to have a single profession in charge of our nation? Specifically, do we want to have the legal profession in charge? Next time you vote, that’s something to think about.评析：这篇文章是关于律师在美国的地位。

新东方大学英语四级强化班——听力理解大学英语四级考试时间安排：考试时间：9：00~11：20听力理解：9：15~9：35阅读理解：9：35~10：10词汇与结构：10：10~10：25自由题型（Cloze / Translation / Short answer question）：10：25~10：40写作：10：50~11：20听力理解题型：Part One：Short conversationPart Two：Spot dictation / Compound dictation / Passage如何提高听力理解水：单词、短语²词与词：同义、反义、双重否定，²词与词组：go over=review , put off=postpne , behind schedule= late / delay²数词及程度副词：few1~2，a few2~3，sevral3~6，some6、7、8，dozen12，often2/3，usually3/4，frequently=generally85%，always100%类型题：²一般疑问句²Y//N[LU1] ，……语音——连读rush hour口语化¯instruction：语调——(，&，&&（愤怒）；重读¯新词僻义：校园化，口语化场景题¯常考思路ð解题¯线索词升华（interactive）类型题：ÿBut题型：A：………………B：……，but……[LU2]Q：……ÿ词组替换题：ÿSuggestion建议题型1) 旧题型：A：troubleB1：adviceB2：Don’t worry./Take it easy./Never mind./Calm down.2) 新题型：A：troubleB：B2+B1（Advice：should=If I were you, I would /ought to /How about / What about / Why not）ÿYes / No态度方向题1) Yes：And how / I’ll say / You said it / You can say that again / You bet / Sure / Indeed2) No：But ,…/ Are you kidding （joking/ serious）/ No, kidding （joking）/ Says who, says you.ÿFigure数字题Y 一般数字：短对话中要进行四则运算，篇章中只需数字与题干问题对应Y 数量：few（1~2），a few（2~3），several（3~6），some（6、7、8），dozen（12），Y 频度：often（2/3），usually（3/4），frequently=generally（85%），always（100%）、场景题：J 总体思路：1) 当对话双方与学习态度有关时，基于学生本身应抓住抱怨态度出发2) 当对话双方与学习态度有关时，坚持poor原则3) 当学习VS生活时，应以学习为重，学生要忙于学习4) 凡事充满遗憾，凡事充满抱怨J 选项[卢迪明3] 特点1) 介词结构2) To do3) Doing4) A&BJ 提问特点1) Where2) What3) When4) Who（与选项特点⑷对应）J 作业场景1) 阅读清单reading list：任务重2) 论文paper：choose a topic难选；do some research in library难查；type it out难打（typewriter或printer坏了）3) 个人演讲presentation：留一两分钟被提问；着装正式；内心不安J 机场场景：1) 特征词：board , transfer , flight , plane , direct flight , first class , economy class , safe belt , take off , land , wing（机翼，建筑物的附楼），terminal（候机大厅，终端）2) 常考思路：票买不到；接人晚点（happy）；送人伤感（sad）J 食饭场景：meal card , plate , helping , fancy , menu , order , book , waiter , reserveJ 理发场景：hair cut（剪发），trim（修剪毛发），bangs（刘海儿），parting分缝），plait（辫子），fringe（刘海儿），pigtail（辫子），ponytail（马尾辫），ripple（卷发）J 交通场景：1) 特征词：traffic jam , backup2) 交通阻塞；交通工具抛锚；交通晚点J 图书馆场景：想借的借不到；想还的已过期J Department store：costume , appliance , floor , men’sJ 迟到场景：病，晚起，塞车J Supermarket：supplies cart , product , price tag , vender , cashier , special offerJ Hospital：1) 关键字：cure/treatment , infirmary , health centre , subscribe（捐献）, prescribe2) 考思路：医生难找；病情如何（getting better or worse）；有病耽误了J Job：1) 关键字：apply for , application form , classified ads , bulletin board , flyer , resume , certificate , interview2) 常考思路：找到工作高兴；失去工作伤心；拒绝工作奇怪J 电话场景：1) 特征词：coin , cut off , hang up , dial , hook , slot , yellow pages , operator2) 常考思路：约人约不到；约会去不了；打不通（包括拨错电话）J 新东方提点：" Apple pie 100%好吃1) Traditional America传统美国特性2) Apple pie virtue" Concert与film1) concert好听2) film不好看，浪费时" Do you mind if I =Mind if I ：1) 同意：No, of course not.2) 不同意：Yes, I mind.[卢迪明3]重复反问，第二个人重复的词，加深程度为正确选项段落题讲故事文章故事的结局发人深省起因、经过、高潮、结局技巧：1. 听之前看选项1.1.选项的长短1.1.1短：文章的出题顺序和行进顺序，严格一致的，边听边做1.1.2长：听之前找相同词，相同词的内容范围对象1.2.数字1.2.1短对话：考查数字加减乘除四则运算1.2.2段落题：文章只出现一个数字时听到什么选什么；文章出现多个数字时，多选一要简单记下数字的背景2. 抓住文章的开头和结尾2.1当文章出现停顿意味着文章结尾2.2出现重复词时，意味着文章结尾，记下这个词2.3出现so , therefore , as a result , thus时，意味着文章结尾3. 中间抓小词：first , most , because , only , just , but , however4. 补救措施：务必要把文章提的问题听清楚，利用常识解题说明性文章中心思想题特征：main , idea , mainly , telling out解题思路：抓中心词，主题词常见正确选项的小词：development , effect , evolution , formation , and现象解释题现象就是主题中立concerned / neutrality把握考试原则Compound Dictation第一遍只做1~7题（单词），8~10（句子）听大意，第二遍才做8~10创建属于自己的符号体系十以内写英文，十以上写阿拉伯数字首字字母大写抓主干，去修饰成分解题步骤♑看选项：找相同词。

中级口译监考感受-----新东方口译教研组EricEric: 上海新东方口译教学与研究专家。

口译教研组成员，中/高级口译笔试阅卷人及口试主考官，高级同声翻译。

主讲中高级口译、听说特训等。

非常荣幸能参与这次春季中级口译笔试的监考工作，在此把监考过程中发现的问题、相关的程序以及自己的感想纪录一下，希望多少对即将参加下一次中级笔试的考生有所帮助:>3月19日下午一点钟来到所在考场，教室不大，可容纳25名考生，首先做的事情是在黑板上贴出考试的听力部分收听频率，即AM 792千赫和FM 89.9兆赫，然后检查座位号，无误后，等待考生入场。

规定入场时间是从1:40开始，但是已经有很多考生早早来到了自己所在考场教室门口等待了，场面蔚为壮观，可见口译考试的影响力是越来越大了，大家都相当重视。

总算到了入场时间，我和另一名监考人员守在门口，逐一检查两证，身份证和准考证，还好同学们都带齐了，没有出现被拒入场的情况。

但不时有考生走错考场，原来有的考生只看教室号，不看是在几号楼，所以导致他匆忙再跑去其它地方，会造成一定的心理压力，所以这里提醒大家一定要看清自己的考场到底在哪里，以避免不必要的紧张。

当然见到了好几个我在新东方的口译学生，但Business is business.1:45左右大多数考生都就坐了。

首先要求考生把包或相关资料放到讲台上来，并关闭一切通讯设备。

然后我拿出收音机调台，并且放出来给考生校对。

1:50收音机里面开始宣读考生守则，我和另一名监考拆开密封的试卷袋，按照电台指令发放试卷和答题纸。

听力部分考试是2:00正试开始，所以很多考生都在抓紧时间预览听力部分题目。

2:00听力部分正式开始，总共45分钟。

第一部分是spot dictation，20空。

后面依次是选择题形式的statements（10题）和conversation（20题），再下来就是sentence translation （5句）和passage translation（2段）。