中级听力教程
汉语中级听力教程 pdf
《汉语中级听力教程》是一本对外汉语的教材，主要用于训练外国学生的汉语听力技能。
该教材分为上下两册，每册包含多个课目。
每个课目都分为生词、攻克生词、课文、练习等部分，其中生词部分配有英文及日、韩文翻译，方便不同母语背景的学生理解。
该教材的所有话题与场景均来自现实生活，实用性与趣味性相结合。
攻克生词部分通过简单自然的语句练习帮助学生理解文中出现的重点词语。
练习部分则特意设置了与HSK相一致的专项补充练习，有助于学生备考汉语水平考试。
此外，该教材的课文内容丰富多样，包括通知、校园、购物、饮食、健康、爱情、就业等各种日常生活场景，有助于学生了解中国的文化和社会生活。
总的来说，《汉语中级听力教程》是一本适合外国留学生汉语言专业本科生、进修生使用的教材，其他汉语学习者也可根据实际情况灵活选用。
中级汉语听力教程 第一课
2.医生为什么不给老人的妻子拿药？（ ） A.他的妻子没病 B.医生认为有病的是老人自己 C.病人不来，医生就不能开药 D.老人的药妻子也能吃
3.老人的妻子为什么生气？（ ）
A.老人的身体不好 B.老人不给妻子拿药
C.老人不做饭 D.老人常常唠叨
4.医生建议老人做什么？（ ）
一、 判断正误
1.一位老人为了给自己妻子买药，去了医院。（ ） 2.老人去医院是顺便的。 （ ） 3.医生告诉老人，病人不来，要就没法开。（ ）
4.老人的妻子讨厌上医院。（ ）
5.医生让老人先回去，试试妻子多远能听到他的 话，然后再来买药。（ ）
6.老人没办法，只好先买点儿药自己回去吃。（ ）
A.带妻子来看病
B.把自己的药给妻子吃
C.试试妻子的听力 D.她什么都没听到
5.老人的妻子为什么没去医院？（ ） A.她不爱上医院 B.她生老人的气 C.她要做饭 D.她什么也听不到
6.老人为什么问妻子“中午吃什么饭”？（ ）
A.想跟妻子开玩笑
B.老人爱唠叨
C.想知道妻子的耳朵有没有问题
D.老人饿了
老人回到家里，见妻子正在厨房做午饭，就来到离 妻子大约 10 米的地方大声地问：“哎，今天中午吃什 么饭啊？”妻子特别生气，最近老头儿总是唠唠叨叨
的，真不想理他。老头儿听不到妻子回答，又分别来
到离妻子8米、5米和3米的地方大声问：“老婆，今天
中午吃什么饭啊？”当老头最后跑到离妻子一米的地
方在问时，妻子骂道：“你这个讨厌的老头子，问什 么问，我都告诉你四遍了 !”老人仔细一算，在妻子骂 自己之前自己正好问了四遍，老人立刻傻了，难道是 我自己的耳朵出了毛病？
一位老人去看病，看完了自己的病，忽然 想到最近跟妻子说话，妻子常听不到，就请医 生顺便也给妻子开点儿药。医生说:“这药怎么 开呀，除非她自己来看病。”老人说，妻子一 辈子就是不爱上医院。医生想了想对老人说： “你回去后在离妻子10米、8米、5米、3米、和 1米的地方分别试试，看她多远才能听见你说的 话，完了之后你再来开药。”老人说 : “好。” 就拿了自己的药回去家了。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit 4
中级口译听力教程第三版2AAn 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.2. Alan used to read 2 books a week when he was attending university in Germany, but now he reads twice as many.3. Located by the lake side and surrounded with so many tall trees, it would have been an attractiv e house if it hadn’t been painted green.4. Failing to understand what professor Grown said in class, the students were confused about the written assignment that he told them to do.5. You say that George is going to work in New York for the summer. But can he do that and also go to summer school?6. I just have to make several phone calls and will be ready in a few minutes. You can go down to the lobby for the paper.7. It was the rush hour and the traffic was extremely heavy on the street. The bus should have arrived at 8 o’clock. But it didn’t arrive until 8:45.8. Jenny is extremely busy these days. She has to spend so much time in the library to finish her papers before the exams begin.9. After studying and teaching in that well-known university for 25 years, Charles has left there for good. He is living quietly now in his hometown.10. Mike said he was looking for a job in a book store, but when he had the chance to work there he turned it down.11. We tried to persuade him not to go swimming in the lake by the forest, but in vain. He never listens to others.12. After his doctor told him how to stay healthy, Mr. Johnson hardly ever smokes, though he used to be a chain smoker.13. I got some bad news today. The store where I work is laying off staff. I am worried that they are going to let me go.14. As a member of the board of the multi-national company he has no voice at all in the matter, though he little realizes it.15. Lucky you! You finished your exams and can relax and go to the movie tonight. I have still got two more finals to take.16. After investigating the case for more than 2 months under the order of the public security minister, the police all but caught the smugglers.17. Although the accountant promised to help by all he could, the auditor called into question the accuracy of the figures in the book.18. Sitting all day in the reading room with so many students passing by him, the professor often loses himself in books.19. I hear that you are taking professor Barn’s cou rse next semester, if I were you I would take careful notes, his exams are based on his lectures.20. If you have no change for the parking meter, go into the restaurant right across the street. You will probably be able to change a dollar bill.Part 3. 3. Exercises.1. My family. Listen to the following conversation about Simon’s family. And then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Hello, Simon. I’d like to talk to you about your family.M: Well, probably the most important influence in my life was my family. Not just my mother and father, but my extended family. I grew up very close to them. I had never really sawpeople out besides my family. And we lived together in a 3 generation house.W: Three generations in one house? That’s am azing!M: I remember feeling when I was in the car, and we were going some place with my parents and grand-parents. I used to feel sorry for all the other children on the street, because they weren’t going anywhere with their own families. So I was very h appy.W: Weren’t there ever any problems with you all live in the same house?M: Well, there was a time when I was in college. And you see my father always wanted his children with him. He was actually more protective of us than my mother was. And I remember I had a big project to do for school. And they were going away for the weekend, and I had decided that I wasn’t going to go because I needed to do my work. And this caused a terrible problem. And I did end up going because my father was so upset. So I think of course as I got older I started to realize that I had to live my own life. But it wasn’t that easy. W: How many children were there?M: Well, I was the oldest of three boys. And of course we used to dance and roller-skate in the basement and pl ay together, I didn’t play with children on my block very much.W: It sounds like you had a really good up-bringing.M: Well, I had very positive feelings about my family. And the most positive feeling is love. What I learned from different people in my family and perhaps some of my best traits, my father was a very generous person, and I learned that you should care about other people. Questions:1) Which of the following statements is true about Simon’s family?2) According Simon what was the problem with his family?3) How many children were there in Simon’s family?4) Simon says he has very positive feelings about his family. What is the most positive feeling according to him?2. Growing up in the single parent house hold. This is a conversation about a single parent family. Listen and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Michael, I know you grew up in a single parent house hold. Can you tell me about your family?M: OK. My mother and father migrated to the US from Mexico when I was 5 years old, and my sister was 3. But then my mother left my father, so it was just my mother, my sister and myself. And my mother was a garnered worker. You know, sewing. But that industry is seasonal. So when there was work she worked a lot, then she would find people to take care of us until she got home. When we were a little older we pretty much took care of ourselves. W: Did you play with other kids in the neighborhood much?M: Oh, yeah, there was a good stretch when I was in junior high school and played out in the street a lot. After school I would be out and just play stick ball, marbles, yoyo, just ran around the neighborhood.W: What kind of lessons do you think you learn from your mother?M: Well, I guess there were 2 things. The first thing I remember is being taught to pretty much take care of myself. You know, picking up after yourself around the house. And I remember her teaching me cooking, cleaning, and ironing, and I remember running errands because in dinner time there was always something she had forgotten to get.W: You said you learned 2 lessons.M: I guess the other lesson was just, you know, how important it is to get an education. I remember she wanted us to learn Spanish, so she bought a blackboard and started teaching us in the house.W: Well, Michael, over the past generation or so, family structures has changed a lot. How important do you think these changes are?M: Well, I don’t really know if it has changed that much. Sure, there has been an increasing single par ent households. But I don’t know if the family has really changed. But I do think is important is having a person in the family who does what has to be done to show you the right way, so that you get an education, moral instruction, religious outlook, some positive influences in you life, and anger in your life. So, for example, school was very influential in my life. There were enough good teachers to really point me in the right direction. It’s not just what you get in the home, but other positive influences as well.Questions:1) Who compose Michael’s family when his parents separated?2) What was his mother’s job at that time?3) Michael says he learned 2 lessons from his mother, what was the first lesson?4) What was the second lesson he learned from his mother?5) Which of the following statements is true about Michael’s life?3. Is there any advice you could give parents? This is a conversation about adolescence. Listen and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Peter, they say that adolescence is the time when people begin to get most pressure from their peers. Do you think that’s true?M: What I have seen is that adolescence is the time when the pressure begins to shift from the family and the school to friends. I think it begins about 11, but comes into full bloom at about 13, 14.W: What actually happens then?M: Well, the first thing you see is that adolescence begins to make fashion statements. And certainly those ideas don’t come from you. You can tell at a glance that they don’t come from you, like wearing baggy pants that look like it falling down, and piercing their ears. My younger son began to ask if he could dye his hair blue.W: And what did you say?M: We said when he was a little older, he could make that decision, with the hope that that fad would have passed out of style.W: OK, but where would you draw the line? I mean you let him wear baggy pants, but would you let him dye his hair?M: I think in the end I would, but not without a fight.W: So what other things happen?M: Well, as the kids get older you start to lose them, because they are always talking on the phone or talking on line or doing other things. Even when they are home they are in their room most of the time talking on the phone and not just talking on the phone, they might be talking to one person on the phone and to other people on line. And the only thing you know for sure is they are not talking to you.W: Do you think this is all normal behavior? I mean should you be trying to monitor it?M: I think both. It’s healthy to develop your own values, your own tastes. But I also think thatparents should be monitoring it. When it’s a question of fashion, that’s OK. Where you draw the line is when they are doing something dangerous or illegal, drugs, smoking, drinking. W: Is there any advice you could give parents?M: Well, one thing is to think back to your own experiences as a teenager. I must say I find myself repeating the same annoying language my father used with me. I have to try to remember not to do that.W: So how you talked to your kids is important.M: Yes, and it’s hard to watch your kids doing things you don’t want them to do. For example, my kids are into video games. And I can’t find any value whatsoever in these games. But I think you don’t have to like everything your kids do, as long as it’s not dangerous or illegal. Questions:1) What are they talking about in the short conversation?2) According to the conversation adolescence likes to do several things. Which of the following is not one of these things?3) Apart from arguments with their kids, what other things happen to parents as their children get older?4) What is the parents’ right attitude towards such behavior of their kids?5) What advice does the man give to parents at the end of the conversation?Part four. Listening and translation. 3. Exercises.1. Sentence translation. Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1) Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.2) Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money you can get a little house in the country with a garden of your own.3) A total of 442 manufacturers from over 10 countries and regions including China’s Hongkong, Germany, India, Korea, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, set up 560 boosts to show case their latest range of merchandises.4) Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women. Yet recent surveys indicate that many women continue to underestimate the threat of heart disease.5) Two teenage boys were arrested for setting their school on fire. They entered the school after classes were over. And set fire to the teacher’s lounge. Luckily no one was hurt.2. Passage translation. Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) Because of the energy crisis, scientists have become increasingly interested in the potential of solar energy. The problem that solar energy researchers face is how to harness the sun’s energy effectively and inexpensively. All the useful energy at the surface o f the earth comes from the activity of the sun. The sun heats and feeds mankind. Each year it provides men with 200 million tons of grain, and nearly 10 million tons of wood.2) As one of the largest trade fairs in London for Asian made toys, gifts and household products, the Asia expo has successfully helped thousands of Asian suppliers link up with their numerous European buyers in the past 7 years. This year, the 7th Asia expo was held from Jan 30th to Feb 2ed at Olympia Exhibition Center London. It accommodated 604 exhibitors from China, Korea, Vie Nam, India, and many other Asian countries in a total of631 boods displaying high quality Asian products.Unit fourPart one How children learn social behaviorReinforcement加固; 加强; 增援.DessertTo socialize with（同他人）来往, 交往, 交际/使（某人）适应社会生活Controversial引起或可能引起争论的CookieHouseholdChoreTrash拙劣的材料﹑作品/垃圾; 废物/没出息的人To spank掴（尤指小孩）（尤指打屁股惩罚）: spank a child's bottom掴小孩的屁股.Part twoTo stand up for defend them and make your feelings or opinions very clear= stick up for Lobby（入口的）厅堂; 前厅/游说（政治家等）支持或反对某立法议案Auditor审计员; 查帐人To call in question ask questionFor goodTo lay off 解雇All butBristol布里斯托尔英格兰西南部工业港口城市Part threeGarment（一件）衣服In spring nature wears a new garment. 春天, 大自然披上了新装Stickball A form of baseballMarble大理石Yo-yo专利名悠悠（玩具, 为木制或塑料制两厚圆盘, 中间有一深沟连接一绳, 用手指抻绳可使之沿绳上下移动Anchor /æŋkə(r); ˋæŋkɚ/抛锚; 用锚固装置固定（某物）anchor man主持人,主力Roller-skate shoes with four small wheels 溜冰鞋Upbringing儿童期的教养; 抚育; 养育Extended family 子孙几代组成的大家庭Mexico 墨西哥（天主教西班牙语90 m/population 是美国人和西班牙人结合的后裔food&language 对美国文化影响大）Part FourTo harness类似马具的装备（如降落伞背带或幼童的系带）、控制及利用（自然界的力量）以产生电能等To showcase displayed, especially to advantageTo accommodate 住宿、迁就; 迎合、准予或提供某人（某事物）、顺应（某事物[某人]）; Olympia Exhibition Centre in London 伦敦奥林匹亚展览中心Flat garden rent442 Manufacturer 厂商set up 560 booths 展台to showcase their latest range of merchandises 展示他们的最新产品heart disease the leading cause of ……..最大的因素underestimate the threat of 低估。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit 12
Unit 12. Part one. Mass media and new technologies. 3. Exercises.1. Listen to a talk about mass media and then supply the missing parts in the following answers.Fifteen years ago if you heard the words mass media you probably immediately thought of television, newspapers, magazines, and the radio. But today if you made a list of the mass media you use you would have to add newer technologies, such as cable, satellite TV, PDAs (or personal digital assistance), and the internet. In today’s world we are surrounded by technology that allows us to communicate with others. And of course technology has brought us some wonderful things. And I personally wouldn’t want to li ve without it. But all these new advances bring us dangers that we should be aware of. Let’s begin by discussing 3 of these danger, violence, passivity, and addiction. There is a lot of violence in TV shows, and many people worry about its effect on us. For example, almost every home in the United States has a color television, and according to a recent study TV is owning every household for 7 hours and 37 minutes everyday. And many people are afraid that children and adolescence are especially susceptible to this violence. In 2003, for example, a young boy jumped out of a window after seeing a superhero do the same thing on TV while he was chasing an enemy. And what about the movie where kids set a subway booth on fire? Some teenagers saw that movie and then they did the same thing. Tragically the man working at the booth died as a result of the fire.2. Listen to the second part of the talk about mass media and supply the missing word you hear from the talk.In addition to making us violent TV can also ma ke us passive. You’ve probably heard the term couch potato. It refers to a person who daydreams for hours in front of the TV. When we are in this passive state we may not be able to distinguish between fantasy and reality, and we may make bad decisions about important things in our lives. Third, using the media can become very addictive. For example, how many internet users can say that they quickly go on line find what they need and get off again. That’s just not the case for most of us who wander through cyber-space kicking here and there and wasting a lot of time in the process. If you check your email more than 3 or 4 times a day you might want to ask yourself if youreally need that communication, and cell-phones which these days can also be used to go on line are highly addictive as well.中级口译听力教程第三版5BPart two. Statements. 2. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer that is closest in meaning to each statement you hear.1. When I saw him from a distance on a downtown street this morning, I thought that he was my professor, but he wasn’t.2. Perhaps we should just stay at home and watch television. The concert started at 8 o’clock and were already half an hour late.3. Professor Jones is a very busy woman. Even so she always takes time to help her students after class. That’s why she is very popular at the school.4. David is an insurance agent and makes good money. He bought a 20,000 dollar car last month. And that only took 1/3 of his yearly salary.5. If George kept studying as his sister does, he would have no trouble passing his exams. But unfortunately he does not.6. I am sure glad that today’s physic class is over. I was lost. I couldn’t follow a word professor Smith said.7. After the morning meeting in the office he hurried to the railway station at noon by taxi only to miss his train to Chicago by half an hour.8. Jack is happy and excited these several days. His advisor has agreed with his decision to begin a Ph.D program instead of an MA program.9. There is a long line in front of the box office. I doubt there will be any tickets left. I guess we will wind up going to the second show.10. It doesn’t come as a surprise to us that Mary got a research grant. Everybody knows that she is brilliant.11. Dan is meeting my parents for the first time this weekend. Fortunately my father loves to fish, so that they have something to talk about.12. Jim was very embarrassed when he was requested to answer the professor’s question during the class. If he had paid attention he would have heard the question.13. We had only expected 20 people to apply for the post, but twice as many showed up on the first day.14. The flight was supposed to take off at 8 o’clock in the morning, but it was delayed 45 minutes owing to the heavy fog in the area.15. If work is not urgent in the office Sally likes nothing better than to talk on the telephone with her friends.16. You can see what’s happening with the library. They are adding a new wing. Actually the construction cruise finishing it up.17. I ca n’t tell you when the next shuttle bus is leaving for downtown shopping center, but there is a schedule posted on the bulletin board over there.18. Weather reports are sometimes not dependable. The weather was supposed to be nice today, but it rained most of the afternoon.19. Although Mrs. Smith has less teaching experience than the other members of the staff, she is one of the best instructors.20. We don’t have enough information for our financial plan, but it’s due tomorrow. I am afraid we will just have to make due of what we have got.Part 3. 3. Exercises.1. A status symbol thing. This is a short conversation about mass media between 2 friends. Listen and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.M: Maggie, can you tell me if there is any form of media that has a particular influence on you? W: Well, I guess I have mix feelings about cell phones. They used to bother me a lot. But now I have one.M: Why didn’t you like them?W: I used to think they were just trendy, a status symbol thing and too expensive. But I think there are other dangers for cell phones.M: Like what?W: Like driving or talking on the cell phone. When I was coming home from college for Thanks Giving break, the bus driver was talking on the cell phone the whole way. And it really upset me. The weather was really bad. And he was just talking on the phone. And I was really scared. Like I didn’t think I was gonna getting home.M: Well, that does sound dangerous.W: Yeah, but I think there are benefits too. I finally bought one because I need people to get in touch with me about school or about work and for my mom. She works a lot. She is away from home a lot. So it’s great for her to have a cell phone to call us at home to keep tabs on us. And, you know, we can call her too.Questions:1) What form of media has a particular effect on Maggie?2) What’s Maggie’s present attitude towards cell phones?3) There are several reasons for which Maggie didn’t like cell phones before. Which of the following is not one of these reasons?4) Why has Maggie finally decided to buy a cell phone?2. Playing video games. This is a short conversation about playing video games. Listen and choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Hi, Bill. Tell me, how often you play video games.M: I don’t know. Maybe a couple of hours a week. In the summer time it’s more maybe 5 or 6 hours a weekW: Don’t you think there is a lot of violence in video games?M: Yeah, well, I try not to play those games. I only like sports games. I hate those gun ones where you just walk around and kill people.W: Why? Do you think they have a bad effect on you?M: I don’t think a bad effect, maybe a waste of things. I feel like when I play I am wasting the day away. I think video games restrict the things kids do, like read. Kids can become addict to them. They just sit and do video games all day.W: So you think they do have a bad effect.M: I don't know. A bad effect? Not for teenagers I think. Maybe they could be dangerous for little kids, bec ause they haven’t been alive for that long and their minds aren’t fully developed.W: And what about big kids? Do big kids know the difference between fantasy and reality? M: Yeah, definitely.W: But what about all the violence?M: Well, most kids like the feeling of killing things in video games. But it’s part of the game. It’s not real. Video games can be very entertaining, but it’s not good if you overuse them. The reason isn’t because that make you deranged, just that they make you waste time. I don’t play any violent games myself. But I know a lot of people who do. And they don’t really have a negative effect. They just make the kid a little more anti-social. They don’t make people want to kill each other.Questions:1) How often does Bill play video games a week in summer?2) What type of games does he like?3) What kind of effect do video games have on people like him according to Bill?4) What’s Bill’s general attitude towards video games?3. Modern forms of media. This is a short conversation about modern forms of mass media. Listen and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Robert, I know you have strong feelings about the media.M: I do. I had never had a television in my life. I grew up before television was reallyco mmon, I just don’t have time for it. I think you have to look at the trade-off for what ever you do.W: What do you mean by trade-off?M: What it costs not only in money but in terms of what it does to your life. I have no real machines in my apartment. Well, I do have an FM radio.W: Yeah, what do you listen to?M: Oh, weather reports, good music, and I have a telephone now, but I lived for 8 years without one.W: Eight years without a telephone?M: Well, I discovered there were telephones on every s treet corner and I really didn’t need one for anything.W: Do you have a computer?M: I do not own a computer. Because when I go on the Internet I am always disappointed. You see, I think modern technology destroys all the beauty of meaning in life. The machine gets in the way. And I don’t want to be part of a machine. That’s not the way I want to live mylife.W: Aren’t there any good things that the modern media brings us? I don’t know closer contact with other people?M: Well, I do have a confession to make. The only modern form of media I really like is the jet plane. I mean I know it’s not the media, but I really consider it to be a form of communication. It has allowed me to travel all over the world. I get great enjoyment out of travelling. I link up with people from foreign countries. I meet them. I talk to them. And so in that way the jet plane has improved international communication much more than fax or email will ever do. W: What an interesting idea! Thank you, Robert.Questions:1) Why has Robert never had a television in his life?2) Which type of modern machine does Robert have now in his apartment?3) According to Robert why didn’t he have a telephone for 8 years?4) How does Robert feel when he goes on the internet?5) What is the only modern form of media? Does Robert really like according to his confession?Part four. Listening and translation. 2. Exercises.1. Sentence translation. Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1) Unemployment has risen to over 3 million for the first time in 6 years and analyst expect the jobless total to rise by a further 40,000 this month.2) The pay negotiations were going badly. We want to link the pay increase to productivity level, but the unions refused.3) After some discussion we have reached a compromise on the trade and we will come down to details at the next meeting on Friday afternoon.4) It is generally felt that inflation is aggravating the social problems. It’s time th at the government should take immediate measures to curb inflation.5) In the United States there are about 9 murders a year per 100,000 people. In Japan, for example, that figure is 0.5. In France, it’s 1.1.2. Passage translation. Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Thenwrite it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) All through history men had tried to build their homes near the sources of fresh water. Now fresh water is becoming scarce. But more and more is needed because of the increasing number of people in the world. Some industries also use large amounts of fresh water in the production of such things as steel, petroleum, paper, and synthetic rubber. Scientist estimate that the need for fresh water will have doubled by the year 2050. If they are correct we must find new ways of saving it or producing it.2) To make a long story very short I got the job. There were 5 of us who went for it. And I was chosen. At first it was very awkward, because I know that my friend Bill really wanted it. He was very upset. But now that a few weeks have gone by he is calmed down a bit. I have gotten used to my new position, and my friendship with Bill is better than ever. You could say that I am very relieved. And I love my new job.Unit twelvePart one Mass Media and New TechnologiesPDA=personal digital assistants个人数字助理a PALMTOP (=a very small computer) on which you can store addresses and telephone numbers, and write letters and reports Adolescent adj.青春期的, 青少年的n.青少年An adolescent between the ages of 13 and 19 is called a teenagerSusceptible to 易受某事物影响或损害: highly susceptible to flattery 听几句好话就忘乎所以* plants that are not susceptible to disease不易受病害侵袭的植物.Passivity . 被动性(尤指无行动, 迟钝, 顺从) activity 能动性AdditionSuperheroTo chaseBoothCyberspaceTo click（使某物）发出轻微尖声（像钥匙在锁中转动的声音）; （使某物）发?嗒声/ ~ (with sb) 很快成为好朋友/为（某人）所喜爱/突然明白或理解Mass media . 大众传播媒体, 海量媒体数据, 新闻界Part twoShuttle穿梭班机﹑公共汽车等（定时往返两地的）: I'm flying to Boston on the shuttle. 我将乘穿梭班机去波士顿.Bulletin board告示牌/公告栏Part threeTrendy赶时髦的，贬Keep tabs on记入某事物[某人]的帐; 监视某事物[某人]:Zoom（指飞行器或汽车等）急速的移动, 急速移动时发出的声音Deranged尤指）有精神病的; 精神失常的Anti-socialSomeone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people....teenagers who will become aggressive and anti-social.Trade-offtrade sth off (against sth) give sth up (in exchange for sth else) as a compromise 放弃某物作为让步（以换取他物）~ (between sth and sth) balancing of various factors in order to achieve the best combination; compromise （为获得最佳组合, 对各种因素的）权衡, 协调FM radio ？？？Confession（指天主教）向神父忏悔、供认; 招供; 承认; 坦白; 交代、（表明宗教信仰﹑准则等的）声明Status symbol 地位的象征Thanksgiving 11月的第四个星期四Part fourTo aggravate【ægrəveɪt】使（疾病﹑情况﹑罪过等）恶化, 更坏, 加重, 加剧:Synthetic用合成法制造的; 人造的Synthesis综合; 结合/合成; 人造1.Unemployment has risen to over three million for the first time in six years andanalysts【ænəlɪst】expect the jobless total to rise by a further 40,000 this month.失业人数在六年里首次上升到。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit 5
Unit 5. Part one. The inhabitants of a small island.2. Exercises. 1. Listen to the passage about the life on a small island and then answer the following questions.The inhabitants of a small island in the South Pacific discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug. This drug made it more difficult for them to think rationally. It stops them worrying about the future, and enables them to forget all their problems. At the same time it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves. So much so indeed that the whole population of the islands stopped working and spent all their time singing dancing and looking at the sea. Unfortunately this had a very bad effect on the country’s economy, and people began to run short of food. This however didn’t discourage the people from taking the drug. The prime minister made speeches on the TV, warning them about the drug. But nobody took any notice. And before long the economy was in ruins. This forced the government to make the drug illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law couldn’t prevent the people from taking the drug which grew wild all over the island. On the contrary the fact that the drug was illegal merely encouraged people to take it. Eventually the government found a better solution. They exported the drug to other countries. This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day a week, and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without a care of the world.2. Listen again and then supply the missing information in the following passage.Part 2. Statements. 2. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the statements you hear.1. Since the 1990s I have been to the southern part of Europe several times. But I wouldn’t mind another package holiday in Spain.2. If Tom could have repaired the roof of his own house he wouldn’t have called in a builder and paid him a packet.3. Jane said that she would be happy to come to our graduation. But she has to work on her assignment every evening this week.4. I am kind of busy now and have no time to look at this proposal for you. How does late this afternoon sound?5. I am not the only one in the school of economics to graduate with honors. There are a number of others.6. Do you really ask me to cook for the children over the weekend? To be frank with you I would rather do anything but cook.7. You have decided to take another semester of biology. You must be kidding. I know you didn’t even take the introductory course.8. In my garden there are a great variety of plants. I grow some plants for their flowers and others for their leaves.9. The other day Sally felt greatly embarrassed in the bank branch, because her check bounced with so many people looking at her strangely.10. I have known Jack for so many years. If I had known he was in the hospital I would have visited him.11. The earliest flight from Washington to New York is a t 6 o’clock. If that’s full there is another one at 7 o’clock.12. Alice is now taking an intensive spoken English course but her writing has obviouslyimproved since she started to focus on written English.13. These 2 months I had been doing a part time teaching job, so I have enough money to last the rest of the semester.14. The summer position we advertized in the paper is still available. If you are interested why don’t you come to our office for an interview?15. I spent the whole weekend totally absorbed in this biography. And I still haven’t finished reading it.16. The woman must have been unfairly fined. She was just not strong enough to have caused so much damage.17. Bored without those poorly constructed plots and unrealistic characters I never want to see another film about space travel.18. People staying too long playing games in front of a computer, do so at the risk of their own health.19. I hear that Michel turned down that job. Well, the hours were convenient, but she wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.20. Tom sees no need of owning a car. He would sooner do without a car than pay all that money for one.Part 3. 1. A tiny village in France. Listen to the following passage about a small village and then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.Once every year for the last few years we have visited our friends in a small tiny little village in the middle of France. And they bought a cowshed, and it was literally a cowshed not fit to live in. And they have gradually ma de it better and renovated it. And it’s in a beautiful position. It’s on the top of a hill. And for miles around you can see this beautiful countryside. And I think only one another house. So you do need a car and you take the car into the tiny little village where there are about 4 or 5 shops and a very nice restaurant where you can go and have a 5 course meal for very little money. And also near is a very big lake, because this place is in the DorDon, and there are lots of lakes there. And we go there most afternoons and wind surf and sail. Also there is a very nice market, French Market, there once a week, where you get lovely parties, lovely fresh fish, really good fresh fish and lovely bowls and baskets which the local people have made. I like this part of France very much. But I think it’s a shame that there are too many English people there.Questions:1) How often does the speaker visit his friends in France?2) In which part of France do his friends live?3) What was their house before they modernized it?4) Where is the house located?5) According to the passage which of the following statements is not true?2. I came from a small town. Listen to the following passage about a town in the US, and then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.I come from a place, I come from the northern United States, Rochester Minnesota. It’s a town of about 50,000 people. And it’s a very clean town. It’s an ordinary town, fairly wealthy, but it’s a bit strange because there are a lot of transience,a lot of people who don’t live there. It’s the home of mild clinic. So there are thousands and thousands of people who come every year. The other thing is there are also a lot of foreign residents, a lot of doctors and nursesare from other countries, and so it makes what could be a really dull mid-west town something special. The library is very good. Cultural events are much more interesting than the rest of Minnesota, and actually it’s not a bad place to grow up. On the other hand I was dying to leave there. And all I could think of was getting away from the mid-west in the cold winters. You have about 6 months when it’s almost too cold to go outside. A lot of the buildings are designed so that you can walk from one to the other underground. There is a big pedestrian subway system so you can avoid all these snow.Questions:1) According to the passage what is unusual about the town as described by the speaker?2) About how many people are there in the town?3) Who are the foreign residents in the town?4) In which parts of the United States is the town situated?5) How does the speaker feel about being a child there?6) How did the people in the town avoid the snow?3. What kind of city is it? Listen to the following passage about Tokyo. And then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.What kind of city is it? It’s a very modern city. I expected that Tokyo would be quite old. But there are very few parts of it which are old in fact at all. Because it was fire bombed during the second world war by the Americans. There are one or two temples that survived, but basically it’s a city that’s being built since 1945. A lot of it is low rise, one, two, three storeys houses because of the earthquake danger, because it gets lots of earthquakes. Once you have mastered a little bit of Japanese it’s relatively easy to get around Tokyo, because they get excellent subway system and it’s quick and easy to get around. The problem is of course Tokyo is the city of 13,14,15 million people and they all want to get around at exactly the same time. So especially if you are travelling in the rush hours, 8 o’clock in the morning, 5 o’clock at night, it is a question in many of the big stations being pushed onto the train. They paid students a bit of pocket money to do this. Right in the center of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace. And that’s set in delightful gardens, but it is completely closed to the public, so nobody have seen it. In the rest of Tokyo there are 10, 12 public gardens but they tend to get very filled up of people especially during national holidays. Other than that it’s just street after street, and block after block very similar houses as I say one or two storied houses which just go on and on for mile after mile, because Tokyo extends hundreds of square miles, a massive city.Questions:1) What’s special with most of the buildings in Tokyo?2) Why is it relatively easy to get around Tokyo according to the speaker?3) How do you get on the trains in the busy periods of the day?4) Why is it a problem to go to the public gardens?5) In which part of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace located?Part 4. Listening and translation. 2. Exercises.1. Sentence translation. Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1) I am afraid we will have to change our appointment for tomorrow morning. Something unexpected came up. And I have to handle that first.2) We wish to get in touch with the local firm and set up a joint venture. We are planning to expand into the Asian market.3) I can’t decide now. I’ll have to phone my head office and inquire before I can give you a definite answer.4) The meeting was cancelled because the chairman of the board came down with the flu. He will stay away from his office for the next 2 or 3 days.5) Over 1 billion people world wide are over-weight. And that number will increase to 1.5 billion by 2015 unless current trends are reversed.2. Passage translation. Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) Now in this industrial world people are inclined to choose material possessions. This is true of doctors too. The high income of doctor is the envy of the other people. Many high school graduates are eager to get into medical colleges, and countless girls consider doctors to be their best choice of husbands. For many years the public has charged that doctors in public hospitals demand money from patients. The amount of money the patients give determines the kind of treatment they receive.2) Products of our company received considerable attention of the exhibition visitors. We held many efficient business meetings and our stand was visited by over 6000 people. We established new business net works. After the exhibition we continued working on contact established during the event. We are very happy with the results of participation. The results are very important for us that the exhibition was held in a new exhibition hall. It was very light and spacious and is very convenient both for exhibitors and visitors.Unit FivePart one the inhabitants居民, 住户, 栖息的动物of a Small IslandRationally / `ræʃənəli /To discourage from使某人丧失（做某事的）信心; 使某人泄气Part twoWith honorsTo bounce使某物）（碰到硬物）弹回Part threeCowshed 牛棚LiterallyTo renovate / renəveɪt; ˋrɛnəvet/修复（尤指旧建筑物）; 整修To windsurf 划帆板帆板运动windsurfingTransient短暂的; 片刻的; 转瞬即逝的:Pedestrian pəˋdɛstrɪən subway为行人而设的地铁To firebomb A bomb used to start a fireDordogne 法国西南部，河名，英国旅游者喜欢的地方Pate头; 脑袋，肉酱; 鱼酱Minnesota in the US 工业，农业（milk）Mayo a famous US surgeonPart fourVenture工作项目或事业; （尤指有风险的）商业, 企业at a `venture (fml 文) at random; Joint venture 合资企业by chance 随便地; 碰运气地.In this industrialized world 工业化社会Be inclined to 倾向于Material possessions 物质财产High incomeEnvyHigh school graduate 高中毕业生Medical collegeCountless girl 无数的女孩Public hospital 公立医院Charge 指控The amount of money the patients give determines the kind of treatment they receive. 病人支付多少钱决定了他们接受何种治疗ProductsReceive considerable attention 获得广泛关注Hold efficient business meetings 举行高效的商务会谈Establish Business networks业务网络Continue working on contacts established during the event 与新建的客户保持密切的联系Results of our participation参展的成果Exhibitor 展商visitors 参观者light and spacious 宽敞明亮Enquire 咨询Come down with the flu 染上流感病倒了He will stay away from his office 病假休息。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit 15
Unit 15. Part one. First aid. 2. Exercises.1. Listen to the passage about first aid. And then choose the best answer to each question you hear.The most important thing about first aid is to do only what is necessary, but to do that is carefully and quickly as you can. When an accident happens, don’t rush or get exited. Stop and think first. If the injured person is in no immediate danger from fire, water or traffic, leave him lying where he is. A rolled up cope or pull over placed under his head and a cope blanket over him is the best treatment you can give while waiting for help. If the person is unconscious, loosening his clothing and especially around the neck. If an arm or leg lies awkwardly or looks out of shape, trying not to move it. Remember that you can do a lot of harm by trying to do too much. Of course there are times when you can’t wait for help, and you must do the best you can until a doctor or ambulance arrives. If the injured person has stopped breathing, you must start artificial respiration as soon as possible. If he is bleeding badly you must act immediately to stop the flow of blood. If he can’t stand the side of blood, take a few deep breath through your mouth, this will enable you to think clearly and act calmly.Questions:1) What is the most important thing about first aid?2) What should we do if the injured person is in no immediate danger?3) Which of the following is not an act of first aid?2. Listen again and 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) I am really not interested in seeing that American film, although it has already won so many awards on international film festivals.2) As more and more people come to big cities, it’s difficult for me to find affordable housing in New York.3) After we had waited for more than 2 hours, the airport announced that our flight to Sydney would depart in a few minutes.4) According to the company board it was necessary to postpone the annual general meetingof share holders.5) As the head of the financial department of this company, he never manages to hand in his budget reports on time.6) In the restaurant where I often go with my wife the unhappy dinner had the undercooked meat sent back to the chef yesterday evening.7) The coat I tried on was really nice and reasonably priced, I would have bought it right away if they had my size.8) Rarely do new employees take such initiatives as Mr. Jonson does. Usually they will wait until they get familiar with what was going on in the organization.9) The auto mechanic indicated that the repairs to my car would be quite expensive. So I bought a new car instead.10) She is considering taking a part time job. Next semester tuitions will be increased more than she can afford.11) My boss had me finish all the math and reports, so I was so late in getting home from work these several days.12) He’s got a dental appointment for tomorrow afternoon, so I am afraid he can’t come to this meeting.13) It’s impossible for me to read all the books on the reading list within such a short time, because there are more than 50.14) Do you want me to recommend a hotel in New York? Well, I can think of several. What’s your budget like?15) Unfortunately he didn’t get high scores in the entrance examination. So he wasn’t admitted to the university he was planning to extend.16) He has to spend 2 days every week off campus to supplement his scholarship, he has a part time job in the law firm down town.17) Did you hear the weather report for today? The temperature is going to be so high that they recommend stay indoors as best you can.18) We really ought to take some of the furniture out of here, or maybe we should look for a bigger apartment.19) I’d like to inquire about some of the charges of my electricity bills. I can’t understandwhy it is so high this month.20) The medicine the doctor gave me seemed to have helped, but it’s making me awfully drowsy when I am working in the office or driving my car.中级口译听力教程第三版7AAn intermediate course of English listening. Third edition.Unit 15. Part 3. 2. Exercises.1. Next patient please. Listen to the following dialogue, and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Next patient, please. Come in.M: Morning, doctor. Sorry I am a bit late. But I felt really awful when I got up.W: Don’t worry. It’s Mr. Barnes, isn’t it?M: That’s right.W: Is that BARNES?M: Yes, it is.W: Right. Now, what seems to be the trouble?M: Well, I have had this awful flu and a terrible cough.W: I see. How long have you been feeling like this?M: Oh, about 3 or 4 days I suppose.W: And have you been taking any medication?M: Just the normal things, aspirins, lemon, and hot drinks, but it hasn’t done any good.W: Are you a smoker?M: No, I gave up 3 years ago.W: Have you had a temperature?M: Yes, for the last couple of days or so.W: OK, I will just take a look at your chest. Take off your pull-over and jacket, please. Right, now breathe in and out slowly. Then again. Good, once more. That’s it. Pop your clothes back on.M: Thank you.W: Well, it looks as if you got touch brown kidus. I will give you some cough mixture and a prescription for course antibiotics as well. Take one capsule every 8 hours for the next 5 days. M: OK, doctor. What about going to work?W: No, you will have to spend a couple of days in bed until it clears up.Questions:1) What’s wrong with the man?2) Why did he apologize?3) What’s the man’s name?4) When did the man give up smoking?5) Which of the following symptoms does the man not exhibit?6) What was the man most probably suffering from?7) Which of the following is not the woman doctor tells the man to do?2. First aid for young children. Listen to the following talk about first aid for young children.And then choose the best answer to each question you hear.As any parent will tell you small cuts and minor grazers are unavoidable among small children. Such cuts and grazers were usually needed little or no treatment. The bleeding will clean the wound naturally and it should stop within a few minutes as the blood clots and dries. More serious cuts may need to be gentler cleaned with soft cotton and warm water. They should then be dressed with a clean cotton bandage. Follow this simple check list of questions. Ask yourself each of these questions in order to make sure you treat cuts and grazers properly. Firstly, is the cut on the face. If it is, call a doctor as soon as possible, especially if the eyes injured. Secondly, is the cut near the eye. If it is, put a clean piece of cotton wool over it and press it on firmly for about 5 minutes. Thirdly, ask yourself if the cut is still bleeding badly. If it is, dress it with a clean cotton bandage and call a doctor as soon as possible. Fourthly, is the cut a deep one and is it wide open. If it is, clean the cut gently with clean cotton wool and a little warm water then hold it close with an adhesive dressing. Fifth question, was the cut made by a nail or a long sharp piece of wood. If it was, there may be some dirt in the cut. Let it bleed for a while to clean itself. Then clean it with cotton wool and warm water and dress it with a clean cotton bandage. Finally, don’t forget that young children can become very easily upset or shocked by a cut, especially if it is a serious one. Try to keep them calm and quiet. Don’t give them anything to drink but keep their lips wet with a little water.Questions:1) What should you do if a child is cut near the eye?2) What should you do with a very deep cut?3) What should you do if the child is nervous or upset?3. How to keep fit? Listen to the following interview and then choose the best answer to each question you hear.W: Could you tell how we should keep fit?M: Well, really what we should do is to try to keep fit or round. Now what do I mean by that?I mean such things as keeping up our strength and our suppleness and our stamina. Now you may say why do we need all 3 of those things? Well, strength is usually really just so that we don’t strain muscles or pull ligaments and tendons when we suddenly have to do somethi ng and be energetic, like to lift a heavy suitcase or perhaps shift a wardrobe or even get out of a chair or a bath. Suppleness is important obviously, so that you can bend and move freely and reach things, again without injuring yourself. And stamina is particularly important so that you can sought of keep going without losing breath, so you have endurance. One other great plus about developing stamina, is that you maintain your stamina over a period of years. It actually has an affect of protecting the heart against heart disease.W: So out of those three which is most important?M: Well, it depends who you are, and what you want to do. I mean the reason for keeping fit is to keep it for your way of life, the life you choose. Now you may say, “Well, if I choose the sort of flop about in an armchair all day watching tele, I don’t need to keep very fit, do I?” Well, that’s unfortunately not true, because there are always times when you have to make a little bit of extra amount on your body by force of circumstance. You may have to suddenly lift something heavy, or move something, or may have to run for a bus or whatever, in which case you do yourself at injury, and you may even actually harm something important likeyour heart. So it is important to actually try to keep your fitness a little ahead of the sort of way of life that you have. Just to push yourself, just that little bit harder, and get yourself just that little bit fitter.Questions:1) According to the man being interviewed, for which group of people is keeping fit important?2) According to the man being interviewed, which of the following factors is not included in the idea of keeping fit?3) Which of the following is more important for protecting your heart?4) Which of the following is not true according to the interview?Part four. Listening and translation. 2. Exercises. 1. Sentence translation. Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1. Sentence translation.1) Railway service is now being improved in many parts of the world to meet competition from road and air transport.2) Reducing population growth rate is particularly important for developing countries, because their economies cannot support too many people.3) Com puter games can improve children’s health despite research that shows excessive playing causes aggression in the young a new study claims today.4) Researchers have found that women and men do with pains differently. Women tend to focus on the emotional aspects of pain, while men tend to concentrate on the physical sensations.5) As we enter 2007 the economic growth is stable. More than 7 million jobs have been created since August 2006 and inflation and interest rates are low.2. Passage translation. Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) On a whole, I find television commercials extremely annoying. I mean you are watching a film on television perhaps, and suddenly you are interrupted by the stupid commercials with a silly format which has nothing to do with the film you are watching. And it can completely destroy your concentration. That really irritates me.2) Mm, my favorite kind of clothing is T-shirts and jeans. And, you know, pink is popular now again. I love pink. And I kind of like baggy jeans and platform shoes. I am kind of shorts, you know, I love wearing platform shoes and something comfortable, but yet really cool. And you know some kind of clothing that people notice me in. That’s the kind of clothing I like.Unit fifteenPart one First Aid Emergency treatmentPullover 紧身羊毛衫Respiration呼吸; 一次呼吸respiration rate呼吸率Part twoChef厨师; （尤指饭店的）厨师长Initiative n. 为解决困难而采取的行动/ the initiative [sing] power or right to take action 采取行动的力量或权利; 主动权/主动性; 自发性; 积极性To supplement to sthPart threeMedication The act or process of treating with medicine.To pop on ????Bronchitis支气管炎brɔŋkaɪtɪsCough mixtureCough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough. Antibiotics抗菌素, 抗生素（如青霉素）; 抗菌的; 抗生的.CapsuleTo clear upTo clear up a medical problem, infection, or disease means to cure it or get rid of it. If a medical problem clears up, it goes away.Antibiotics should be used to clear up the infection...Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy.Graze指牛﹑羊等）吃青草/（在田野里）放牧（牛等/v. 擦去某物的皮; 擦破To clot使某物）凝固/液体结成的）凝块Bandage ?带（包紮伤口或患处的纱布带）.Adhesive n. 胶黏剂Supple ness易弯曲的; 柔软的; 灵活的人sʌplStamina 精力; 耐力; 韧劲To strain拉紧、竭力; 用全力（做某事/因过度伸展或用力而损伤（尤指身体某部位）: strain a muscle, one's heart肌肉﹑心肌劳损Ligament韧带: tear/pull a ligament撕裂[拉伤]韧带. lɪgəməntTendon腱: strain a tendon扭伤腱EnduranceTo flop about（沉重地而不受束缚地）悬挂或摆动: flopping stirrups 垂着的马镫* Her hair flopped (about) over her shoulders. 她的头发披散在肩上. （因疲劳）重重地﹑笨拙地坐下或躺下: I'm ready to flop. 我要累倒了. （笨拙地﹑不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下: The pile of books flopped noisily onto the floor. 那摞书劈里啪啦地散落到地上. * The fish we'd caught flopped around in the bottom of the boat. 我们捕到的鱼在船底乱蹦.Part fourTo disrupt将（某事物）弄乱; 扰乱（某事物Format书的版式, 开本, 装订方式/某事物的）总体安排﹑计画﹑设计等/ Platform shoes木屐式坡形高跟鞋/厚底鞋1. railway service is now being improved 铁路服务正在盖上meet competition from road and air transport 以适应铁路服务和空中运输的竞争2. reducing population growth rate 降低人口增长率their economies cannot support too many people. 因为他们的经济无法承担太多的人3. computer games can improve children’s health, despite research that shows excessive playing causes aggression （敌对的情绪或行为; 攻击行动）in the young, a new study claims today.今天一项新的研究宣称，尽管研究显示过度游戏会导致年轻人的激进行为，电脑游戏可以促进儿童健康。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--ST 4
中级口译听力教程第三版9AAn intermediate course of English listening. Third edition.Sample test four.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 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.Let’s face it. We all have some form of stress. Whether it’s due to work, school reports, family or relationships, we could all use a break now and then. Yet in the hustle and bustle of everyday l ife, a lot of us can’t find the time to just drop everything and take it easy. Well, what if someone told you that by just playing music from classical composers like Mozart, Strauss, or Vivaldi, you might find your job a little easier, and that you might even be able to relax. This is actually been found to be true. Listening to classical music has proven to be beneficial to learning and mind relaxation. It can also reduce our level of stress. Various studies of children have shown that those who received music education or play a musical instrument often have increased academic skills. Don Camble, author of The Mozart Effect, has dedicated himself to studying the effects of music on the mind and body. He council students that classical music playing in the background can help them concentrate for longer periods of time and memorize material more easily. He feels that Mozart’s music has a balance that makes it especially beneficial. But Camble doesn’t stop with Mozart. He says that Bach can stimulate the mind, military marches can ramp up the body and religious music can help create a meditative mood. It’s important to find what works best for your situation. So the next time you feel yourself overwhelmed with work and deadlines, or if you just find it difficult to concentrate, remember the power of the music.Part B. Listening comprehension.1. Statements. Directions: In this part of the test you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken only once. And you will not find them written on the paper. So you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in yo ur answer booklet. Now let’s begin with question number one.1) My friends thought I should have gotten rid of my old car years ago, but it turns well and I have got quite attach to it.2) You would like me to describe professor Jonson’s lectures. Well, I could never stay awake in one of his classes without first drinking at least 2 cups of coffee.3) My telephone doesn’t seem to be working. And I have lots of calls that I have to return this afternoon. Can I use yours?4) Do you have any hot water in y our dorm? Because we haven’t had any for 3 days and I hate cold showers.5) I just found out at the registration that creative writing class is full. Now I have to wait a whole year to get in.6) At the rate of it’s being used, the copier is not going to make it through the rest of the year, though it is supposed to be good for 5 years.7) The style of your suit is fine, but you might want to reconsider the choice of color. Dark blue or grey might be better for you.8) Jane has to give all presentation in history next week. She says that she is really nervous about speaking in front of everyone.9) Who told you that I am thinking about moving back into the dorm next semester? I would never give up my apartment.10) I overslept this morning, so I ran ou t of the house without listening to the forecast. That’s why I am only wearing a jacket.2. Talks and conversations. Directions: In this part of the test you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and the questions only once. When you hear a question read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.M: Is this table on the corner OK?W: Sure, we can sit here.M: Gee, you hardly got anything on your tray.W: Yeah, I guess I am just not that hungry.M: What’s the matter? Aren’t you feeling well?W: Well, I have been really feeling worried. It’s my car. It’s in the shop again.M: Oh, really! What’s wrong this time?W: I don’t know exactly. Something is wrong with the brakes I think.M: Well, ble ss that shouldn’t cost you much to fix. Parts are cheaper for all the American cars like yours. Did the mechanic say how much it would cost?W: He said he would call me with an estimate later on today.M: Watch out. He doesn’t try to take advantage of yo u.W: What did you mean?M: Well, some car mechanics if they think that someone doesn’t know much about cars they might try to overcharge that person.W: Maybe so. But I trust this guy. He was recommended by one of my neighbors. He has done some work for me in the past and his prices seemed to be reasonable.M: Oh, that’s good to know. Maybe I will try using him in the future. By the way, do you need a ride home after class today?W: Oh, I assure appreciate it. It’s really tough getting around without a car when you live off campus.Questions:11) What does the woman imply about her car?12) What does the man say about the woman’s car?13) What does the woman say about the mechanic?14) What does the man offer to do?Questions 15 to 23 are based on the following conversation.W: So, how long have you lived in New York?M: All my life. I was born here. Sounds like you are new in town.W: Two months. I just moved here from Michigan.M: Wow, that’s big change. New York must be quite a shock.W: Well, not exactly. I lived here once before when I went to the graduate school. So I guess you would say that I am used to like New York if that’s possible.M: When did you live here?W: Oh, let’s see. It must have been about 8 years ago. Boy, the city su re has changed since then.M: I suppose so. I mean they’ve really cleaned up Time Square. It used to be so dirty. I mean now it’s just full of tourists.W: Yeah. And the subway seem to run more on schedule now.M: Basically I think the city is safer anywhere you go, probably because we have so many more police officers on the street.W: Oh, that’s true. You know, the one thing I can’t get used to is the noise, especially those garbage trucks. They come at 5 in the morning, and they are so loud. The noise wakes me up every time.M: I guess I have lived here so long, I don’t hear it any more. I can sleep through just about anything. You know, the one thing I am tired of, the weather. I mean I am so sick and tired of these long cold winters. I am thinking about moving next year.W: Really?M: Yeah. I mean like I said, I have lived here all my life, and I feel like I need some kind of change. You know, a new environment. It’s time to get out of New York.W: Mm, not me. I love the night life, the theatre, and the great restaurants, I can’t wait to get out to discover all that New York is offering.Questions:15) Which place are the man and the woman talking about?16) How long has the man lived in the city?17) From where did the woman move to the city?18) When did the woman move here?19) When did the woman come to the city for the first time?20) Which of the statements is true about the woman?21) They are talking about several things they feel pleased about. Which of the following is not one of these things?22) About which of the following does the woman feel unhappy about?23) What makes the man think about moving somewhere else next year?Questions 24 to 30 are based on the following conversation.W: Hey, Bob. So how was the movie?M: Well, I didn't really enjoy it very much.W: Why? That film got great reviews. And it’s really popular.M: Oh, the movie was fine. I just got irritated by the people sitting in front of me.W: What happened?M: Well, first they came in late. It took them a while to get into their seats. All this was happening during an exciting part of the movie. And then they start talking.W: Oh, I hate when that happens.M: There were two of them, a man and a woman. The man had seen the movie before. He was telling the woman the entire story.W: Unbelievable.M: Well, you won’t believe what happened next. Another person asked them to be quiet, politely of course.W: Right.M: And they started arguing. Their voices were getting louder and louder. One guy was saying you shouldn’t talk in the movie. And the other guy was saying, you can’t tell me what to do.W: Well, what finally happened?M: The usher had to be called in because it was getting out of hand. Everyone quiet down eventually, but it was too late. They had ruined the movie for me.Questions:24) How did Bob enjoy the movie?25) Why did the woman feel surprised at Bob’s negative comment?26) By whom exactly did Bob get irritated?27) What did these people do that made Bob irritated?28) Who had seen the movie before?29) What were the irritating people talking about?30) What happen next?Part C. Listening and translation.1. Sentence translation. Directions: Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1) Don’t be preoccupied with missing your friends and family. It is a feeling that will pass. After a year you will have passed a worst period of homesickness.2) It’s been more and more expensive to stay in a hospital when you are sick. Fu rthermore insurance is paying less of the cost.3) Hardly any of the people I know are concerned about immigration controls, because immigration is not a big problem in my country.4) More people are wearing seat belts when they drive. Consequently there are fewer death caused by road accidents.5) If the government give out more student loans students could attend good universities rather than quit schooling merely because of financial problems.2. Passage translation. Directions: Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) Working at home has been a real struggle. It’s been a lot harder than I imagined. I needed to be more organized, that’s for su re. So I decided to hire a part time secretary. You know, someone who can come in a couple of times a week, and help out with the phones, the filing, and just clean up in general. I am so busy that sometimes I am kind of let things get out of hand. The office gets really messy. I am sure could use some help.2) Well, I started mountain climbing a year and a half ago. And I just love it. Well, the next step for me is to concentrate on that sport and see where I can go with it. I love to someday, say 5 or 10 years from now, go mountain climbing in the Himalayas. They have some of the highest and most beautiful mountains in the world. That would be a real adventure. But before I do anything like that I have to practice, practice, and practice. And I have to get stronger mentally as well as physically.。
上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit-5
Unit 5. Part one. The inhabitants of a small island.2. Exercises. 1. Listen to the passage about the life on a small island and then answer the following questions.The inhabitants of a small island in the South Pacific discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug. This drug made it more difficult for them to think rationally. It stops them worrying about the future, and enables them to forget all their problems. At the same time it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves. So much so indeed that the whole population of the islands stopped working and spent all their time singing dancing and looking at the sea. Unfortunately this had a very bad effect on the country’s economy, and people began to run short of food. This however didn’t discourage the people from taking the drug. The prime minister made speeches on the TV, warning them about the drug. But nobody took any notice. And before long the economy was in ruins. This forced the government to make the drug illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law couldn’t prevent the people from taking the drug which grew wild all over the island. On the contrary the fact that the drug was illegal merely encouraged people to take it. Eventually the government found a better solution. They exported the drug to other countries. This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day a week, and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without a care of the world.2. Listen again and then supply the missing information in the following passage.Part 2. Statements. 2. Exercises. Listen and then choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the statements you hear.1. Since the 1990s I have been to the southern part of Europe several times. But I wouldn’t mind another package holiday in Spain.2. If Tom could have repaired the roof of his own house he wouldn’t have called in a builder and paid him a packet.3. Jane said that she would be happy to come to our graduation. But she has to work on her assignment every evening this week.4. I am kind of busy now and have no time to look at this proposal for you. How does late this afternoon sound?5. I am not the only one in the school of economics to graduate with honors. There are a number of others.6. Do you really ask me to cook for the children over the weekend? To be frank with you I would rather do anything but cook.7. You have decided to take another semester of biology. You must be kidding. I know you didn’t even take the introductory course.8. In my garden there are a great variety of plants. I grow some plants for their flowers and others for their leaves.9. The other day Sally felt greatly embarrassed in the bank branch, because her check bounced with so many people looking at her strangely.10. I have known Jack for so many years. If I had known he was in the hospital I would have visited him.11. The earliest flight from Washington to New York is a t 6 o’clock. If that’s full there is another one at 7 o’clock.12. Alice is now taking an intensive spoken English course but her writing has obviouslyimproved since she started to focus on written English.13. These 2 months I had been doing a part time teaching job, so I have enough money to last the rest of the semester.14. The summer position we advertized in the paper is still available. If you are interested why don’t you come to our office for an interview?15. I spent the whole weekend totally absorbed in this biography. And I still haven’t finished reading it.16. The woman must have been unfairly fined. She was just not strong enough to have caused so much damage.17. Bored without those poorly constructed plots and unrealistic characters I never want to see another film about space travel.18. People staying too long playing games in front of a computer, do so at the risk of their own health.19. I hear that Michel turned down that job. Well, the hours were convenient, but she wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.20. Tom sees no need of owning a car. He would sooner do without a car than pay all that money for one.Part 3. 1. A tiny village in France. Listen to the following passage about a small village and then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.Once every year for the last few years we have visited our friends in a small tiny little village in the middle of France. And they bought a cowshed, and it was literally a cowshed not fit to live in. And they have gradually ma de it better and renovated it. And it’s in a beautiful position. It’s on the top of a hill. And for miles around you can see this beautiful countryside. And I think only one another house. So you do need a car and you take the car into the tiny little village where there are about 4 or 5 shops and a very nice restaurant where you can go and have a 5 course meal for very little money. And also near is a very big lake, because this place is in the DorDon, and there are lots of lakes there. And we go there most afternoons and wind surf and sail. Also there is a very nice market, French Market, there once a week, where you get lovely parties, lovely fresh fish, really good fresh fish and lovely bowls and baskets which the local people have made. I like this part of France very much. But I think it’s a shame that there are too many English people there.Questions:1) How often does the speaker visit his friends in France?2) In which part of France do his friends live?3) What was their house before they modernized it?4) Where is the house located?5) According to the passage which of the following statements is not true?2. I came from a small town. Listen to the following passage about a town in the US, and then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.I come from a place, I come from the northern United States, Rochester Minnesota. It’s a town of about 50,000 people. And it’s a very clean town. It’s an ordinary town, fairly wealthy, but it’s a bit strange because there are a lot of transience,a lot of people who don’t live there. It’s the home of mild clinic. So there are thousands and thousands of people who come every year. The other thing is there are also a lot of foreign residents, a lot of doctors and nursesare from other countries, and so it makes what could be a really dull mid-west town something special. The library is very good. Cultural events are much more interesting than the rest of Minnesota, and actually it’s not a bad place to grow up. On the other hand I was dying to leave there. And all I could think of was getting away from the mid-west in the cold winters. You have about 6 months when it’s almost too cold to go outside. A lot of the buildings are designed so that you can walk from one to the other underground. There is a big pedestrian subway system so you can avoid all these snow.Questions:1) According to the passage what is unusual about the town as described by the speaker?2) About how many people are there in the town?3) Who are the foreign residents in the town?4) In which parts of the United States is the town situated?5) How does the speaker feel about being a child there?6) How did the people in the town avoid the snow?3. What kind of city is it? Listen to the following passage about Tokyo. And then choose the correct answer to each question you hear.What kind of city is it? It’s a very modern city. I expected that Tokyo would be quite old. But there are very few parts of it which are old in fact at all. Because it was fire bombed during the second world war by the Americans. There are one or two temples that survived, but basically it’s a city that’s being built since 1945. A lot of it is low rise, one, two, three storeys houses because of the earthquake danger, because it gets lots of earthquakes. Once you have mastered a little bit of Japanese it’s relatively easy to get around Tokyo, because they get excellent subway system and it’s quick and easy to get around. The problem is of course Tokyo is the city of 13,14,15 million people and they all want to get around at exactly the same time. So especially if you are travelling in the rush hours, 8 o’clock in the morning, 5 o’clock at night, it is a question in many of the big stations being pushed onto the train. They paid students a bit of pocket money to do this. Right in the center of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace. And that’s set in delightful gardens, but it is completely closed to the public, so nobody have seen it. In the rest of Tokyo there are 10, 12 public gardens but they tend to get very filled up of people especially during national holidays. Other than that it’s just street after street, and block after block very similar houses as I say one or two storied houses which just go on and on for mile after mile, because Tokyo extends hundreds of square miles, a massive city.Questions:1) What’s special with most of the buildings in Tokyo?2) Why is it relatively easy to get around Tokyo according to the speaker?3) How do you get on the trains in the busy periods of the day?4) Why is it a problem to go to the public gardens?5) In which part of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace located?Part 4. Listening and translation. 2. Exercises.1. Sentence translation. Listen and translate each sentence you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below.1) I am afraid we will have to change our appointment for tomorrow morning. Something unexpected came up. And I have to handle that first.2) We wish to get in touch with the local firm and set up a joint venture. We are planning to expand into the Asian market.3) I can’t decide now. I’ll have to phone my head office and inquire before I can give you a definite answer.4) The meeting was cancelled because the chairman of the board came down with the flu. He will stay away from his office for the next 2 or 3 days.5) Over 1 billion people world wide are over-weight. And that number will increase to 1.5 billion by 2015 unless current trends are reversed.2. Passage translation. Listen and translate each passage you have heard into Chinese. Then write it in the space given below. You may take notes while you are listening.1) Now in this industrial world people are inclined to choose material possessions. This is true of doctors too. The high income of doctor is the envy of the other people. Many high school graduates are eager to get into medical colleges, and countless girls consider doctors to be their best choice of husbands. For many years the public has charged that doctors in public hospitals demand money from patients. The amount of money the patients give determines the kind of treatment they receive.2) Products of our company received considerable attention of the exhibition visitors. We held many efficient business meetings and our stand was visited by over 6000 people. We established new business net works. After the exhibition we continued working on contact established during the event. We are very happy with the results of participation. The results are very important for us that the exhibition was held in a new exhibition hall. It was very light and spacious and is very convenient both for exhibitors and visitors.Unit FivePart one the inhabitants居民, 住户, 栖息的动物of a Small IslandRationally / `ræʃənəli /To discourage from使某人丧失（做某事的）信心; 使某人泄气Part twoWith honorsTo bounce使某物）（碰到硬物）弹回Part threeCowshed 牛棚LiterallyTo renovate / renəveɪt; ˋrɛnəvet/修复（尤指旧建筑物）; 整修To windsurf 划帆板帆板运动windsurfingTransient短暂的; 片刻的; 转瞬即逝的:Pedestrian pəˋdɛstrɪən subway为行人而设的地铁To firebomb A bomb used to start a fireDordogne 法国西南部，河名，英国旅游者喜欢的地方Pate头; 脑袋，肉酱; 鱼酱Minnesota in the US 工业，农业（milk）Mayo a famous US surgeonPart fourVenture工作项目或事业; （尤指有风险的）商业, 企业at a `venture (fml 文) at random; Joint venture 合资企业by chance 随便地; 碰运气地.In this industrialized world 工业化社会Be inclined to 倾向于Material possessions 物质财产High incomeEnvyHigh school graduate 高中毕业生Medical collegeCountless girl 无数的女孩Public hospital 公立医院Charge 指控The amount of money the patients give determines the kind of treatment they receive. 病人支付多少钱决定了他们接受何种治疗ProductsReceive considerable attention 获得广泛关注Hold efficient business meetings 举行高效的商务会谈Establish Business networks业务网络Continue working on contacts established during the event 与新建的客户保持密切的联系Results of our participation参展的成果Exhibitor 展商visitors 参观者light and spacious 宽敞明亮Enquire 咨询Come down with the flu 染上流感病倒了He will stay away from his office 病假休息。
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“英语中级口译证书考试”的官方配套教程《中级听力教程》第四版于2014年3月出版。
第四版《中级听力教程》对原教程做了较大幅度的修订，更新了试题讲解材料。
修订后的大多数单元的材料做了更换，更换幅度最大的是“听力理解”，“句子听译”，“段落听译”，紧跟时事，换用了最新的材料。
另外，第四版的《中级听力教程》在内容总量上有所消减，全书原设有的“复习练习”（Revision Exercises）单元全部删除，原书最后附设的6套模拟试题（Sample Tests）删除了最后3套。
修订后的教材更注意语言材料的真实度和现实性，其中相当一部分材料涉及世界各国（主要是英语国家）的政治、经济、文化教育、社会生活、历史、地理、旅游等内容。
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