2级期中口试题学生复习2013级

2013级2级班期中口试复习

时间：教学周第9周, 每位学生约3分钟。

1. 朗读课文(教师自选课文段落)；30% 45秒

判分标准：

吐字清晰：5分；语音正确：10分；语速适中、停顿等：5分；语言自然、流利：10分。

2. 课文翻译（教师抽选2句，英译中）；20% 40秒

判分标准：

反应快速：5分；语言准确：10分；译文流畅自然等：5分。

1) We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it.

我们安排时间、节约时间、浪费时间、挤抢时间、消磨时间、缩减时间、对时间的使用作出解释；我们还要因付出时间而收取费用。

2) Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count..

一旦人生的光阴逝去，就不能复返了。我们应当让每一分钟都过得有意义。

3) You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you..

你还会发现汽车司机开车很鲁莽, 人们推搡着在你身边过去。

4) Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such a relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner.

一般来说，美国人是不会在如此轻松的环境里通过长时间的闲聊来评估他们的客人，更不用说带他们出去吃饭, ······

5) we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer — especially given our traffic-filled streets. 我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流, 而不是通过直接接触。虽然面对面接触令人愉快，但却要化更多的时间, 尤其是在马路上交通拥挤时。

6) To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. 就我们而言，电子交流的缺乏人情味与我们手头上事情的重要性之间很少有或完全没有关系。在有些国家里，没有当面接触就做不成大生意, 需要面对面的交谈。

7) However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting teleconferences to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally. 然而现在人们越来越多的是在电视屏幕上见面，开电信会议不仅能解决本国的问题，而且还能通过卫星解决国与国之间的问题。

8) Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. 如果不是花一定的时间来处理某件事的话，则这件事就好像是无足轻重，不值得给予适当的重视。

9) In the U.S., however, it’s taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. (L52) 但在美国，能迅速而又成功地解决问题或完成工作则被视为是有水平、有能力的标志。

10) Because your views may clash with the different beliefs, norms, values, and traditions that exist in different countries, you may have difficulty adjusting to a new culture and to those parts of the culture not familiar to you. (L6)

因为你的观点可能会与存在于不同国家的不同信念、价值观念和传统发生冲突，在适应一种新的文化及该文化中你不熟悉的那些部分时，你也许会遇到困难。

11) After you deal with your hostile feelings, recognition of the temporary nature of culture shock begins. (Para.6)

在你对付过了自己的敌对情绪后，你就会开始认识到文化冲击的短暂性。

12) You begin to see that even though the distinctions of the culture are different from your own, it has elements that you can learn to appreciate. (L47)

你开始明白，虽然这种新的文化的特点和你自己的文化的特点有所不同，其中也必定有着值得你学习和欣赏的东

西。

13) During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. (L1)

在一起相处的两年中，我们经历了一对情侣在学着相互了解、理解、和尊重时常常出现的磕磕碰碰。

14) Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.

盖尔有时不明白为何我和其他黑人如此热衷于种族问题，她好像忘记了美国社会中种族仇恨更加微妙的表现形式，这一点令我感到惊讶。

15) Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. (L10)

作为一对居住在美国、异族通婚的夫妻，我和盖尔对未来不抱丝毫幻想。

16) We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. (L13)

许多夫妻因为错误的理由结了婚，结果在10年、20年或30年后才发觉他们原来是合不来的。他们在婚前几乎没有花时间去了解彼此，他们忽视了严重的性格差异，指望婚姻会自然而然地解决各种问题。我们希望避免重蹈覆辙。

17) That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail’s parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.

下列事实强调了这样一点：已经结婚35年的盖尔父母正经历着一场充满怨恨、令人痛苦的婚变，这件事给了盖尔以毁灭性的打击、并一度给我们正处于萌芽状态的关系带来了负面的影响。

18) To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. (L29)

首先我必须承认，刚开始时我对异族通婚是有保留的，也许你甚至可以把这称为偏见。

19) My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. (L.34)

我最大的担心是你也许跟我当初嫁给你爸爸一样，是因为错误的原因而嫁给马克的。

20) Yo u may be right. But I still think that waiting won’t hurt. (L.45)

你也许是对的。但我还是认为再等一段时间有好处。

21) Gail’s father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. (L47)

盖尔的父亲戴维—我还未见过他的面—以知女莫若父的态度来对付我们的决定。

22) In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans.(L.56)

事实上，当我们在讨论结婚的时候，他清楚地表明了这样一点：如果我对任何事情有怀疑, 我完全可以取消我们的计划。

23) Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties.

她的父亲开始引用统计数据说明异族通婚的夫妻离婚率比同族结婚的夫妻要高，而且还列举了接受过他咨询的、在婚姻上有麻烦的异族通婚夫妇的例子。

24) If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.

假如我们在做什么事之前，必须把所有的疑难问题全部解决的话，那么我们几乎就什么都干不成了。

25) She can only cook looking at directions. My instructions are in my fingers. (L15)

她只会看着烹饪指南烧菜，而我对烹饪操作了如指掌。

26) I could feel the goose bumps rise on my back. (L35)

我听后感到背上起了鸡皮疙瘩。

27) As is the Chinese cook’s custom, my mother always made negative remarks about her own cooking. (L52)

我妈妈总是要对她自己的烹饪发表一些评论，说一些自己的菜烧得不好之类的话，这是中国厨师的习惯。

28) He was a bit on the short side, compactly built.(L28)

他稍微矮了一点，但长得很结实。

29) And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back.

他们所有的人都从中获得了勇气，也感激她对他们为之战斗的事业的支持，但只有他给梅内尔女士回了信。30) When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease.

即使没有他的回信，她仍然一如既往地写信给他，从未减少过。

31) Suppose I’m beautiful. I’d always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I’m plain. Then I’d always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you.

假如我很漂亮，我会因为觉得你爱的只是我的美貌而时时困扰，那样的爱会让我厌恶。假如我相貌平平，那我又会常常害怕你只是出于寂寞和别无他选才给我写信。不管是哪种情况，我都会阻止自己去爱你。

32）…so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own.

他多想跟着那女孩，但又深深地向往那位以心灵真诚地陪伴他、带给他温暖的女人。

33）…, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than love –a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful.

这将成为一样珍贵的东西，一样可能比爱情更不寻常的东西——一份他一直感激、也将继续感激的友情。

34）A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive.

一名年轻女子向他走来，他立刻感到自己与她之间存在着一种联系。她身材修长而苗条，漂亮的金色长发卷曲在小巧的耳后。她的眼睛如蓝色的花朵，双唇间有着一种温柔的坚毅。她身穿别致的绿色套装，犹如春天般生气盎然。

35）She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat.She brings me an apple, flinging it over the fence with greater precision than before so that the apple flies over the fence and drops directly above me. (L25)

她就站在那少女的身后，一位四十好几的女人，头发斑斑灰白。在年轻的他的眼里，梅内尔简直就是一块活脱脱的化石。她不是一般的胖，粗笨的双腿移动时摇摇晃晃。但她棕色的外衣上戴着一朵红色的玫瑰。

36）The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished into the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a small cement ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; and there she stood.

布兰福德觉得自己的心好像被压缩成一个小水泥球，他多想跟着那女孩，但又深深地向往那位以心灵真诚地陪伴他、带给他温暖的女人；而她正站在那里。

37）We suffer under the whips of the terrible Nazis. Will I still be alive tomorrow? Will I be taken to the gas chamber tonight? Or will a security guard simply shoot me with his rifle?

我们在纳粹可怕的皮鞭下受尽煎熬。明天我还会活着吗？今晚我会不会被带到毒气室去？或是被警卫简简单单地用来复枪射杀？

38）She has the light, gravity-free steps of a fairy. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes. The camp has taken its toll on me. I want to look away, as I feel oddly ashamed for this stranger to see me like this, sickly thin and in torn, stained clothing, but I cannot take my eyes from hers.

她的步履轻盈，仿佛不受重力的影响，宛如仙子。她停下来，用忧伤的眼睛看着我。集中营里的生活已经损害了我的健康。我想把目光挪开，因为我一副病容、枯瘦如柴，又穿着破烂肮脏的衣服，被一个陌生人这样打量，我感到特别害臊，但我的目光却无法从她的眼睛移开。

39）The next day, I am drawn to that spot near the fence, as if pulled by a magnetic force. Am I crazy for hoping she will come again? Of course. But in here, I cling to any tiny trace of hope.

第二天，就像被磁力吸引一样，我又来到了铁丝网边的那块地方。我希望她再次出现。我是不是疯了？当然是。但在这里，我不放弃任何一丝微小的希望。

40）I am living in New York City, a far cry from the awful scenery of Nazi Germany. And I have achieved a modest amount of prosperity, having gone into the business of aluminum fence installation and recycling. A friend, who is in the insurance business, convinces me to go on a blind date with a lady friend of his. Reluctantly, I agree. But she is nice, this woman named Roma. And like me, she is a foreigner, so we have at least that in common.

我住在纽约，生活状况与纳粹德国期间的情景相差何止天地。我做铝栅栏安装和回收的生意，并且发了点小财。我一个做保险的朋友劝说我与他的一位女性朋友相亲。我勉强同意了。她人还不错，叫罗玛，像我一样，她也是移民，因此至少在这一点上我们有共同之处。

3. 课后翻译习题（教师抽选2-3句，中译英或英译中）；30% 45秒

判分标准：反应快速：5分；语言准确：10分；能用知识点或语言点来回答：10分；表达时吐字清晰、流利自然等：5分。

A .Translate the following sentences into English.

1）. 她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

She wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.

2）. 他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。

He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.

3）. 这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？

How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week?

4）. 他们利润增长，部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。

The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.

5）. 这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。

Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.

6）. 我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。

We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.

7）. 你再怎么有经验，也得学习新技术。

You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.

8）. 还存在一个问题，那就是派谁去带领那里的研究工作。(Use an appositional structure.)

There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there.

9）. 由于文化的不同，他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难。

Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences.

10）. 虽然他历经沉浮，但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的。

Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along that he would succeed someday.

11）. 我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法。

I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.

12）. 她长得并不特别高，但是她身材瘦，给人一种个子高的错觉。

She isn't particularly tall, but her slim figure gives an illusion of height.

13）. 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？(Use "it" as the formal subject.)

It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.

14）. 不管黑猫白猫，能抓住老鼠就是好猫。(as long as)

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.

15）. 你必须明天上午十点之前把那笔钱还给我。

You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

16）. 请允许我参加这个项目，我对这个项目非常感兴趣。

Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it.

17）. 人人都知道他比较特殊：他来去随意。(be free to do sth.)

Everyone knows that he is special: He is free to come and go as he pleases.

18）. 看她脸上不悦的神色，我似乎觉得她有什么话想跟我说。

Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wished to say something to me.

B. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1). I don't think that he would commit robbery, much less would he commit violent robbery.

我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。

2). Men earn ten dollars an hour on average, whereas women only seven dollars.

男工平均工资每小时10美元，而女工每小时才7美元。

3). Once the balance in nature is disturbed, it will result in a number of possible unforeseeable effects.

自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏，就会带来很多不可预知的影响。

4). The final examination is close at hand; you'd better spend more time reading.

期终考试迫在眉睫，你最好多花点时间看书。

5). What is interesting is that consumers find it increasingly difficult to identify the nationality of certain brands. This is due partly to globalization and partly to changes in the location of production.

有趣的是，消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的原产国。其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响，部分原因是由于产地的变化。

6). A recent survey showed that women account for 40 percent of the total workforce.

最近一次调查表明,妇女占总劳动力的40%

7). A person is never too young to receive the clear message that the law is to be taken seriously.

应尽早告知年轻人：必须认真对待法律。

8). He's now faced with an important decision, a decision that can affect his entire future.

他现在面临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。

9）. You must be calm and confident even when things are at their worst.

即使在情况最糟糕的时候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。

10）. The success of a relationship has a lot to do with how compatible two people are and how well they communicate. 人际关系的成功与双方相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。

11）. He was attacked and sustained severe injuries from which he subsequently died.

他受到袭击，身受重伤，随后不治而亡。

12）. He behaved, at least on the surface, like a normal person.

他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人。

13）. It is getting harder these days for a man with only a secondary education to get a good job.

现如今，仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份好工作越来越难了。

14）. As long as the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

15）. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we will be more than happy to give your money back to you.

如果你对所购物品不满意，我们将很乐意退款。

16）. We are thankful for the beauty of this great land, which has welcomed so many to its shores across the years.

我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情，多年来它迎接了众多的人来这里的海滩游览。

17）. To the teacher's surprise, no one volunteered for the position of monitor.

让老师吃惊的是，没人自愿当班长。

18）. The dog continued to wait for its master at the train station without fail until its own death two years later.

那条狗忠心耿耿地继续在火车站等待主人，直到两年后死去。

4. 抽选话题陈述：20% 45秒

判分标准：

观点明确：10分；语音正确、语速适中、停顿等正确：5分；语言自然、流利：5分。

1）Time;

2) Cultural differences;

3) True love;