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英语翻译资格考试-高级口译第二部分口试模拟5.doc

高级口译第二部分口试模拟5一、口语题Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate• You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with "My name is . . . 11, "My registration number is • • • " •The desks of the companies 1Human Resources directors are flooded with resumes of graduating students. However, it is complained that the resumes tend to be com plicated and flamboyant or even cheating•Topic: Is a successful resume a door leading to a good job?Questions for Reference:1.An increasing number of the graduating students spend money, time and energy on their resumes. What1s your idea of a successful resume? How will you design your own resume?2.What role does a resume play in the student1s search for a job?3 . In this competitive job market, instead of flamboyant resumes, what should the graduating students do to stand out?二、口译题Part ADirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese• Start interpreting at the signal ••. and stop it at the signal .•• You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will he ar the passages only once • Now let1s begin Part A with the first passage.2、Passage 13 Passage 2Part BDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into English・ Start interpreting at the signal ・・・ and stop it at the signal ・・・ You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once・ Now let's begin Part B with the first passage・4、Passage 15、Passage 2答案:一、口语题1> (略)二、口译题Part A2、我们的目标是,提倡我国的能源独立,同吋使环境得到人幅度改善。
0903高级口译模拟试卷一

英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试昂立模拟考试(2009年3月)试卷一TEST BOOK 1SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 MINUTES)Part A: Spot DictationDirections:In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.As a full-time student at West Thames College you will have your own Personal Mentor who will see you each week to ________ (1), and discuss any problems which may arise. We take a ________ (2) to the assessment of your work and encourage you to contribute to discussion.This service provides ___________ (3) for those who need help to improve their writing, oral and ________ (4) for the successful completion of their college course. Help with basic skills is also available.This service is available to anyone who is undecided ________ (5). It is very much a service for ________ (6), whatever your age, helping you to select the best option to ________ (7). The service includes educational advice, guidance and support, including a facility for accrediting ________ (8)—the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL). The Admissions Office is open Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00pm. All interviews are confidential and conducted in a ________ (9). Evening appointments are available on request.The College Bookshop stocks ________ (10), covering aspects of all courses, together with __________ (11). It also supplies stamps, phone cards, blank videos and computer disks. The shop is open ________ (12) in the Student Handbook in the mornings, afternoons and evenings.When students are ________ (13) and want the chance to relax and enjoy themselves with friends, they can participate in a number of ________ (14). Depending on demand, we offer a range of ________ (15) including football, badminton, basketball, table tennis, volleyball,weight training and aerobics. For the non-sporting students we offer a ________ (16), video club, hair and beauty sessions, as well as a range of creative activities. Suggestions for activities from students are ________ (17).This confidential service is available if you have ________ (18) during your course of study, whether of a ___________ (19). Our Student Advisors can help you directly or put you ________ (20) someone else who can give you the help you need.Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections:In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.1. (A) Examples of different types of media.(B) The way to use media.(C) The best way to write an essay.(D) How children learn through the media.2. (A) Computer.(B) Film.(C) Television.(D) Video.3. (A) Videos.(B) Tapes.(C) Computers.(D) Pictures.4. (A) tapes.(B) Computers.(C) Wall maps.(D) Books.5. (A) The essay will be divided into two parts.(B) There are 3 types of media.(C) Maps are pictorial media.(D) Computer is an example of electronic media.6. (A) 6.7 million(B) 7.6 million(C) 12 million(D) 19.6 million7. (A) snow storm(B) road accidents(C) power outages(D) plane crash8. (A) Security cameras and glass doors were smashed.(B) An attempt to steal its art pieces was thwarted.(C) An oil painting from Pablo Picasso was sold at a record high price.(D) Two valuable paintings were stolen.9. (A) to reorganize IMF and the World Bank(B) to discuss how to address the threats from emerging market countries(C) to find solutions against the global financial crisis(D) to prevent the excessive industrialization of key developing countries10. (A) preventing US entities and citizens from doing business(B) offering help to the Iranian government in its infringement of UN sanctions(C) blocking the aid from the US Treasury Department(D) freezing the financial assets of US entities and citizensQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.11. (A) Food and the weather.(B) Food and the rickshaw pulling.(C) Language and the rickshaw pulling.(D) Food and language.12. (A) Japanese game shows are more challenging.(B) Japanese game shows are more fun.(C) Japanese game shows add more physicality.(D) Japanese game shows are more thrilling.13. (A) They scored the best of all the Japanese game shows that were available.(B) It is really funny with lots of costumes, trampolines while people dressed in Velcro suits.(C) It is great to know in the end the contestants all enjoyed their experience, and a lot ofthem want to go back and visit again.(D) They took people to Japan and had them living in Tokyo, where they interacted withJapanese people and Japanese culture.14. (A) They go out into Tokyo and get a helicopter tour.(B) They got to visit a Buddhist monastery,.(C) They do mochi pounding.(D) They participated in a ritual event.15. (A) The contestants of the Japanese show are taken from America.(B) The contestants have to get a rickshaw ride if they are punished.(C) Tony Sanno is the host of the Japanese game show.(D) The contestants have to participate in rewards and punishment based on the way theydid in the show.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.16. (A) People who want to buy environmentally friendly products.(B) People who are unaware of green issues.(C) People who are unconcerned about green issues.(D) People who buy goods which do not involve dealings with oppressive regimes.17. (A) Women.(B) Managerial groups.(C) People aged 20 to 35.(D) Professional groups.18. (A) 13%.(B) 21%.(C) 26%.(D) 28%.19. (A) Animal testing.(B) River and sea pollution.(C) Forest destruction.(D) Recycling.20. (A) Politicians may be seriously misjudging the public mood by claiming thatenvironmentalism is yesterday’s issue.(B) Being financially better off has made shoppers more sensitive to buying green products.(C) “Pale green” consumers tend to buy green products if they see them.(D) The image of green consumerism used to be associated with the more eccentricmembers of society.SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)Directions:In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by severalquestions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5In the early twentieth century, the thrust in American architecture was toward a style rooted in the American landscape and based on American rather than European forms. Two architects who worked independently yet simultaneously at endorsing an American architecture were Mary Colter (1869-1958) and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). Both developed regional styles that paralleled the regionalism seen in the other visual arts. Colter created a uniquely Southwestern idiom incorporating desert landscapes with Native American arts: Wright and his followers in Chicago developed the Prairie style of domestic architecture that reflected the natural landscape of the Midwest.Mary Colter’s hotels and nation al park buildings are rooted so masterfully in the history of the Southwest that they seem to be genuine pieces of that history. Her magnificent Watchtower, overlooking the Grand Canyon in Arizona, was built to suggest an ancient Native American ruin preserved for the delight of the present-day traveler.Colter was a lifelong student of art history, natural history, and human civilization. Her well-rounded artistic talents empowered her to work historical references into buildings constructed with modern methods and materials. She preferred to use materials indigenous to the region, such as Kaibab limestone and yellow pine. She took great stock in materials and setting, gathering many of her materials on-site and incorporating them in their natural state into her projects. She treated building and site as integral halves of a single composition and merged them seamlessly. Her Lookout Studio, for example, appears to rise straight from the rim of the Grand Canyon because its layering of stonework matches the texture, pattern, and color of the canyon wall below it.When Colter designed the Watchtower. She wanted the building to be a part of its environment while also enhancing the view of the surrounding desert and the canyon and river below. She decided to recreate a Native American watchtower because it would provide the necessary height while assuming the appearance of a prehistoric building. Colter was familiar with the architectural remains of ancient villages scattered about the Southwest and was especially fascinated by the stone towers--round, square, and oval monoliths. The ancient Round Tower at Mesa Verde became the direct inspiration for the form and proportions of the Watchtower. The Twin Towers ruin at Hovenweep, whose stone was closer to that available at the Grand Canyon, was the model-for the Watc htower’s masonry. The Watchtower is perhaps the best example of Colter’s integration of history architecture, and landscape in a unified work of art.Like Mary Colter. Frank Lloyd Wright believed that architecture was an extension of thenatural environment. Wright was appalled by much of what he saw in the industrialized world. He was not fond of cities, and although he designed office buildings and museums, his favorite commissions were for homes, usually in the country. Wright is associated with the Prairie style of residential architecture, whose emphasis on horizontal elements reflected the prairie landscapes of the Midwest. Most Prairie-style homes have one or two stories and are built of brick or timber covered with stucco. The eaves of the low-pitched roof extend well beyond the walls, enhancing the structure’s horizontality.Wright’s own studio-residence in Wisconsin was completely integrated with the surrounding landscape. He nestled his house in the brow of a hill and gave it the name Taliesin, which means “shining brow”in Welsh. Every element of the design corresponded to the surrounding landscape. The yellow stone came from a quarry a mile away, so Taliesin looked like the outcroppings on the local hills. The exterior wood was the color of gray tree trunks. The stucco walls above the stone had the same tawny color as the sandbanks in the river below.Wright’s most famous house, Falling Water, was built right over a waterfall in Pennsylvania. The house blends harmoniously with its surroundings, yet it departs from the Prairie philosophy of being a completely integrated extension of the natural landscape.1. According to the passage, both Mary Colter and Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings that________.(A) reflected the history of the region(B) emphasized the architect's individuality(C) relied on the assistance of other artists(D) blended into the natural environment2. The author mentions Kaibab limestone and yellow pine in paragraph 3 as examples of________.(A) materials with high artistic value(B) references to art history and natural history(C) materials that are native to the Southwest(D) traditional materials that are now scarce3. What was the main inspiration for Mary Colter’s design of the Watchtower?(A) The beautiful views of the American Southwest(B) The ancient Round Tower at Mesa Verde(C) The colorful stone cliffs of the Grand Canyon(D) Architectural remains of masonry homes4. What can be inferred from the passage about the Watchtower?(A) The Watchtower was the only building Colter designed at the Grand Canyon.(B) The Watchtower’s purpose was to help people appreciate the desert scenery.(C) Colter used landscape design to enhance the beauty of the Watchtower.(D) The Watchtower’s success inspired other architects to design tall buildings.5. All of the following characterize the Prairie style of architecture EXCEPT ________.(A) a concern for the surrounding landscape(B) a direct reference to the region’s history(C) an emphasis on horizontal elements(D) the building being horizontally enhancedQuestions 6-10Through various methods of research, anthropologists try to fit together the pieces of the human puzzle--to discover how humanity was first achieved, what made it branch out in different directions, and why separate societies behave similarly in some ways but quite differently in other ways. Anthropology, which emerged as an independent science in the late eighteenth century, has two main divisions: physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. Physical anthropology focuses on human evolution and variation and uses methods of physiology, genetics, and ecology. Cultural anthropology focuses on culture and includes archaeology, social anthropology, and linguistics.Physical anthropologists are most concerned with human biology. Physical anthropologists are detectives whose mission is to solve the mystery of how humans came to be human. They ask questions about the events that led a tree-dwelling population of animals to evolve into two-legged beings with the power to learn--a power that we call intelligence. Physical anthropologists study the fossils and organic remains of once-living primates. They also study the connections between humans and other primates that are still living. Monkeys, apes, and humans have more in common with one another physically than they do with other kinds of animals. In the lab, anthropologists use the methods of physiology and genetics to investigate the composition of blood chemistry for clues to the relationship of humans to various primates. Some study the animals in the wild to find out what behaviors they share with humans. Others speculate about how the behavior of non-human primates might have shaped human bodily needs and habits.A Well-known family of physical anthropologists, the Leakeys, conducted research in East Africa indicating that human evolution centered there rather than Asia. In 1931, Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leakey began excavating at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where over the next forty years they discovered stone tool and hominid evidence that pushed back the dates for early humans to over 3.75 million years ago. Their son, Richard Leakey, discovered yet other types of hominid skulls in Kenya, which he wrote about in Origins (1979) and Origins Reconsidered (1992).Like physical anthropologists, cultural anthropologists study clues about human life in the distant past; however, cultural anthropologists also look at the similarities and differences among human communities today. Some cultural anthropologists work in the field, living and working among people in societies that differ from their own. Anthropologists doing fieldwork oftenproduce an ethnography, a written description of the daily activities of men, women, and children that tells the story of the society’s community life as a whole. Some cultural anthropologists do not work in the field but rather at research universities and museums doing the comparative and interpretive part of the job. These anthropologists, called ethnologists, sift through the ethnographies written by field anthropologists and try to discover cross-cultural patterns in marriage, child rearing, religious beliefs and practices, warfare--any subject that constitutes the human experience. They often use their findings to argue for or against particular hypotheses about people worldwide.A cultural anthropologist who achieved worldwide fame was Margaret Mead. In 1923, Mead went to Samoa to pursue her first fieldwork assignment--a study that resulted in her widely read book Coming of Age in Samoa (1928). Mead published ten major works during her long career, moving from studies of child rearing in the Pacific to the cultural and biological bases of gender, the nature of cultural change, the structure and functioning of complex societies, and race relations. Mead remained a pioneer in her willingness to tackle subjects of major intellectual consequence, to develop new technologies for research, and to think of new ways that anthropology could serve society.6. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence inparagraph 2?(A) Physical anthropologists investigate how intelligent human beings evolved fromcreatures that lived in trees.(B) There are unanswered questions about why some tree-dwelling animals have evolvedonly two legs.(C) People want to know more about the behavior of animals and how some animals acquirethe ability to learn.(D) Some animal populations have the power to ask questions and to learn from the eventsof the past.7. Why does the author discuss the Leakey family in paragraph 3?(A) To argue for an increase in the amount of research in Africa(B) To contradict earlier theories of human evolution(C) To give examples of fieldwork done by physical anthropologists(D) To compare hominid evidence from Tanzania with that from Kenya8. Which of the following is of major interest to both physical and cultural anthropologists?(A) Methods of physiology and genetics(B) Religious beliefs and practices(C) Child rearing in societies around the world(D) Clues about human beings who lived long ago9. According to paragraph 4, cultural anthropologists who do fieldwork usually ________.(A) discover hominid evidence indicating when humans evolved(B) write an account of the daily life of the people they study(C) work at universities and museums interpreting the work of others(D) develop new technologies for gathering cultural data10. According to the passage, Margaret Mead wrote about all of the following subjectsEXCEPT ________.(A) the nature of cultural change(B) relations between people of different races(C) the biological basis of gender(D) economic systems of pioneer womenQuestions 11-15Among all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed, musical talent appears earliest in life. Very young children can exhibit musical precocity for different reasons. Some develop exceptional skill as a result of a well-designed instructional regime, such as the Suzuki method for the violin. Some have the good fortune to be born into a musical family in a household filled with music. In a number of interesting cases, musical talent is part of an otherwise disabling condition such as autism or mental retardation. A musically gifted child has an inborn talent; however, the extent to which the talent is expressed publicly will depend upon the environment in which the child lives.Musically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of music, including pitch and rhythm. Pitch—or melody—is more central in certain cultures, for example, in Eastern societies that make use of tiny quarter-tone intervals. Rhythm, sounds produced at certain auditory frequencies and grouped according to a prescribed system, is emphasized in sub-Saharan Africa, where the rhythmic ratios can be very complex.All children have some aptitude for making music. During infancy, normal children sing as well as babble, and they can produce individual sounds and sound patterns. Infants as young as two months can match their mother's songs in pitch, loudness, and melodic shape, and infants at four months can match rhythmic structure as well. Infants are especially predisposed to acquire these core aspects of music, and they can also engage in sound play that clearly exhibits creativity.Individual differences begin to emerge in young children as they learn to sing. Some children can match large segments of a song by the age of two or three. Many others can only approximate pitch at this age and may still have difficulty in producing accurate melodies by the age of five or six. However, by the time they reach school age, most children in any culture have a schema of what a song should be like and can produce a reasonably accurate imitation of the songs commonly heard in their environment.The early appearance of superior musical ability in some children provides evidence that musical talent may be a separate and unique form of intelligence. There are numerous tales ofyoung artists who have a remarkable “ear”or extraordinary memory for music and a natural understanding of musical structure. In many of these cases, the child is average in every other way but displays an exceptional ability in music. Even the most gifted child, however, takes about ten years to achieve the levels of performance or composition that would constitute mastery of the musical sphere.Every generation in music history has had its famous prodigies—individuals with exceptional musical powers that emerge at a young age. In the eighteenth century, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing and performing at the age of six. As a child, Mozart could play the piano like an adult. He had perfect pitch, and at age nine he was also a master of the art of modulation—transitions from one key to another—which became one of the hallmarks of his style. By the age of eleven, he had composed three symphonies and 30 other major works. Mozart’s well—developed talent was preserved into adulthood.Unusual musical ability is a regular characteristic of certain anomalies such as autism. In one case, an autistic girl was able to play “Happy Birthday” in the style of various composers, including Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Schubert. When the girl was three, her mother called her by playing incomplete melodies, which the child would complete with the appropriate tone in the proper octave. For the autistic child, music may be the primary mode of communication, and the child may cling to music because it represents a haven in a world that is largely confusing and frightening.11. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence inparagraph 1?(A) Children may be born with superior musical ability, but their environment willdetermine how this ability is developed.(B) Every child is naturally gifted, and it is the responsibility of the public schools torecognize and develop these talents.(C) Children with exceptional musical talent will look for the best way to expressthemselves through music-making.(D) Some musically talented children live in an environment surrounded by music, whileothers have little exposure to music.12. The word predisposed in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.(A) inclined(B) gifted(C) pushed(D) amused13. According to the passage, when does musical talent usually begin to appear?(A) When infants start to babble and produce sound patterns(B) Between the ages of two and four months(C) When children learn to sing at two or three years old(D) Between ten years old and adolescence14. According to the passage, which of the following suggests that musical talent is a separateform of intelligence?(A) Exceptional musical ability in an otherwise average child(B) Recognition of the emotional power of music(C) The ability of all babies to acquire core elements of music(D) Differences between learning music and learning language15. Why does the author discuss Mozart in paragraph 6?(A) To compare past and present views of musical talent(B) To give an example of a well-known musical prodigy(C) To list musical accomplishments of the eighteenth century(D) To describe the development of individual musical skillQuestions 16-20There's no word for the sound you hear upon opening a can of soda. But the tchk-ptoop-fshchss! of a top being popped is distinctive, immediately recognizable. It is the sound of carbonation — or CO2 — rushing from the can. And it's a sound that brings to mind a technology, much overlooked in the popular press, that could safely recapture and store much of that emitted carbon, and has the potential to prevent an impending climate catastrophe.The CO2 in carbonated drinks is the same CO2 that is spewed from tailpipes and power plants and causes global warming. In fact, the CO2 that makes the bubbles in your soda comes from those same power plants. Instead of being released into the atmosphere as a global-warming gas, the CO2 is captured from power plant exhaust, purified and sold to the nation's bottlers and soft drink fountain suppliers. When you pop the tab, however, the CO2 escapes into the atmosphere anyway.But there's a silver lining. The same process that captures CO2 from power plants to make drinks fizzy is the one half of a process that has the potential to capture and stash as much as 90% of all CO2 from coal-burning power plants. Engineers and scientists are working on several ways to catch the carbon, either before or after coal burns. One technology known as integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC, would turn the coal into gas before it's burned for energy; gasifying it releases the carbon for capture, transportation, and sequestration deep underground. Another process, called "oxy-coal" combustion, removes nitrogen from air before combustion; when coal is burned, the waste gas is close to pure CO2, which can be easily captured.Scientists and engineers hope to pump this captured carbonation through mile-long straws that reach deep into the Earth's crust, into salt mines, aquifers and oil fields. Underground, the pressure will liquefy it and perhaps eventually turn it to rock. Think of it as "geo-bottling" —except we never want to pop the cap. From Houston to Huainan, scientists are already digging holes and pumping down CO2 by the ton. "The carbon belongs underground," Susan Hovorka, ageologist at the University of Texas, Austin, told one of us in 2005. "I say, put it back."Today, the CO2 captured for producing soda is only a very small percentage of the total CO2 from power plants, but the technology for large-scale carbon capture and storage looks to be just around the corner. Spurring action from industry and governments has proved difficult, however, because the long-term economic, social and environmental costs of CO2 pollution are not included in the price we pay for energy. That makes CO2-intensive sources of energy like coal-fired power plants look like a better deal than cleaner technologies. But the truth is, it's a "pay me now, or pay me later" situation. In the context of climate change, it's more like, "pay me now, or your kids will pay me even more later."Fortunately, a combination of efficient markets and smart policy could level the playing field. A carbon-storage industry will be virtually impossible without a national policy that puts a price on CO2 pollution. One such policy involves the creation of a national cap for greenhouse gas emissions and an accompanying market for tradable carbon emission credits. This summer, the U.S. Senate will likely consider legislation that would set up such a market. By making carbon a pollutant and unleashing market forces to find a price for it, the nation will essentially be revealing fossil fuels' true social cost — and giving cleaner technologies, including carbon capture and storage, a fair shot.Even before the federal government creates a national cap — which is generally considered inevitable — the economy will need a bridge, economic nudges, so that the private sector can test carbon capture and storage before scaling it up. More than 30 states are looking at legislation that would give carbon storage technology a boost. Some call for comprehensive studies of the technology, while in Wyoming — one of several states identified as having underground carbon storage potential — laws are already being written to address questions about ownership of and liability for the underground CO2 vaults. These laws will help U.S. "geo-bottling" incubate while the federal government catches up to state and private efforts. At Duke University's Climate Change Policy Partnership, for example, researchers are modeling optimal routes for gas pipelines, based on engineering, social and environmental factors, to move the CO2 from plant to storage site.There is little doubt that we'll need help from many new technologies to fight the inexorable rise in greenhouse gas emissions. And indeed, reversing emission trends is truly an all-hands-on-deck affair. But to achieve the targets talked about in current legislation —and notably by each of the presidential candidates — reducing carbon from our power production has to be disproportionately responsible for overall progress. If thorny questions surrounding carbon capture and storage are not answered, and if the technology is not implemented soon, we will have lost precious time in the quest toward off irreparable consequences of climate change.Today we bottle CO2 to make soda. Tomorrow we need to be bottling industrial carbon on a grand scale. It's something to think about when you take a soda break on this Earth Day. Pop the tab — tchk-ptoop-fshchss! — drink, think, and, of course, don't forget to recycle.。
口译三级综合能力模拟试卷32(题后含答案及解析)

口译三级综合能力模拟试卷32(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. PART 1 2. PART 2 3. PART 3 4. PART 4PART 1 (20 points, 10 minutes)SECTION 1 (10 points)Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this section.听力原文:If you don’t travel too often, you may not know how to make a hotel reservation. By following these simple steps, you can ensure that your hotel meets your needs and expectations when you arrive. First, check rates and book a hotel reservation as far in advance of the departure date as possible. Hotels tend to raise rates as availability declines. Second, use an online travel website to identify hotels in the city you are visiting or near a specific attraction, address or airport. Third, determine whether you need a standard room, one-bedroom, two-bedroom or something larger. Fourth, identify what amenities you need. The in-room conveniences to consider include disposable slippers, high-speed Internet, a refrigerator, and a TV. The out-room amenities might include an indoor or outdoor pool, fitness center, business center, restaurants and room service. Fifth, enter your arrival and departure dates as well as how many adults and children will be staying in the room. Sixth, narrow down the list to one or two hotels with the amenities you need and the best rates, and then go to those hotel websites to check rates there. Seventh, pay attention to what is included in price and what is stated in reservation policy. You might take into account whether a free breakfast is included. If something is not stated in the policy of reservation, it means an extra cost will be charged, such as drinks, beer, gums and taxes. Eighth, look at the photos and virtual tours available online to get a feel for what the hotel and its rooms look like. You may need to call the hotel to get specific information, such as check-in/check-out times and cancellation policy. Ninth, book the hotel room online or by phone. You can pay for your reservation upon arrival in hotel using cash or credit card. Tenth, print or write down your confirmation number and bring it with you on the trip. If online confirmation is delaying more than a couple of hours it would be wise to contact hotel directly and confirm our reservation via phone.1.Tourists don’t have to book a hotel reservation in advance.A.正确B.错误正确答案:B解析:根据原文“Check rates and book a hotel reservation as far in advance of the departure date as possible.Hotels tend to raise rates as availability declines”的信息,推断题干是错误的,应该将“don’t have to”改为“have to”。
XX翻译资格考试高级口译模拟试题及答案

XX翻译资格考试高级口译模拟试题及答案Good afternoon, class. I want to start my lecture by telling you a story. Once there was a young woman from Mexico named Consuela, who came to New York to learn English. She got a job at a factory owned by a Chinese. One day as Consuela came to work, her Chinese boss handed her a red envelope. Consuela looked inside and saw 20 dollars.She became very upset and threw the envelope back at her boss! Her boss was shocked. Well, he had given her the red envelope and the money because it was Chinese New Year. And on the Chinese New Year, it is traditional to give money to young, single people for good luck. However, from Consuela’s point of view, he was an older man giving her money in an envelope, which meant that he was asking herfor sexual favors. Naturally, she refused to take the money.Now, what does this story show us? It shows that an action can have totally opposite meanings in different cultures. Every culture has its own rules for what is appropriate and what is not appropriate behavior. And to illustrate my point today, I’m going to give examples from four areas. First, the way people greet each other in different cultures. Second, the way they use names and titles. Third, the way people eat. And finally, the waythey exchange gifts.OK, let’s start with greeting customs—First of all, I’m sure you know that in the United States and in most western countries, greetings often involve some sort of touching, such as a handshake, a hug, or a kiss if people know each other very well. On the other hand, people from most Asian countries don’t usually feel as fortable touching in public. Although handshakes between business people are mon, many Japanese prefer a bow, while people from Thailand, normally hold their hands together in a kind of prayer position. So imagine how embarrassing it would be if an American was invited to someone’s home in Japan or Thailand and she tried to hug the host!Now, another behavior that differs from culture to culture is the use of names. Have you noticed that Americans are quick to use people’s first names even if they have just met. For instance, visitors to the United States are always surprised to hear employees speak totheir bosses using first names. In contrast, people in most other cultures are more formal and prefer to be addressed as Mr. Brown or Mr. Honda, for example. In addition, in some countries, such as Italy or Korea, people like you to include their title or position with their family names, especially if they’re university graduates or owners of a business.Now I want to look at eating customs. I’ll talk about the behaviors connected with eating that vary from culture to culture. One of these is the use of utensils. You probably know that people in many Asian cultures use chopstick s but in some countries it’s customary to eat with your fingers. It’s important to be aware of different dining customs. Here is another example. In some cultures, eating everything on your plate is considered impolite. In Egypt and China, you should leave some food in your dish at the end of the meal. This is to show that your hosts were generous and gave you more than enough to eat. However, Americans generally consider a clean plate as a sign of satisfaction with the food.Finally, what I want to mention today is gift giving, which you may think is a universal custom and there is not much variation from culture to culture. But the rules of gift giving can be very plicated. In USA, if you’reinvited to someone’s home for dinner, bring wine or flowers or small item as a present. On the other hand, the Japanese give gifts quite frequently, often to thank someone, such as a teacher or a doctor. In the Japanese culture, gift giving is a very ancient tradition and it has many detailed rules. Another interesting fact about gift giving is that many cultures have strict rules about giftsyou should not give. For example, never give yellow flowers to people from Iran, which means you hate them!【评析】本文题材对考生来说并不陌生,是老生常谈的文化差异。
0903高级口译模拟试卷二

英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试昂立模拟考试(2009年3月)试卷二TEST BOOK 2SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)Part A: Note-taking And Gap-fillingDirections:In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talkThere are now over 700 millions motor vehicles in the world – and the number is rising by more than ________ (1) each year. This dependence on motor vehicles has given rise to major problems, including environmental ________ (2), depletion of oil resources, traffic congestion and ________ (3). First, ________ (4) from vehicles make air quality in urban areas unpleasant and sometimes dangerous to breathe. In ________ (5) City, vehicle pollution is a major health ________ (6). Until a hundred years ago, most journeys were made on a ________ (7) back within the 20 km range. Heavy ________ (8) could only be carried by water or ________ (9). Today about 90 per cent of inland freight in the United Kingdom is carried by ________ (10). In the United States, more land is assigned to car use than to ________ (11). Also urban sprawl means that life without a car is next to impossible. Though car transport is ________ (12) times as costly as rail travel in terms of the external social costs, cars easily surpass trains or ________ (13) as a flexible and ________ (14) mode of personal transport. It is unrealistic to expect people to give up private cars in favor of ________ (15) transit. One solution that has been put forward is the long-term solution of designing cities and neighborhoods so that car journeys are not ________ (16) –all essential services being located within ________ (17) distance or easily accessible by public transport. A more likely scenario seems to be a combination of mass ________ (18) systems for travel into and around cities, with small ‗low emission‘ cars for urban use. Better ________ (19) of transport systems is also highly desirable—and all these lead to changes in modern ________ (20).1. Sentence TranslationDirections:In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections:In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passages. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 5: READING TEST (30 minutes)Directions:Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES the questions which follow each passage. Use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-3That sweetness is pleasant is no coincidence. Sweet food is at a premium in the wild because the sugars it contains provide valuable calories. But even with sugar there can be too much of a good thing, so it would be no surprise if the body were able to regulate the perception of sweetness as its nutritional needs vary. According to two studies presented to the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, held in San Francisco this week, that is exactly what happens. The studies, one on mice and one on people, have identified two hormones that seem to fine-tune the perception of sweetness, and thus regulate the intake of sugar independently of the previously known mechanism of satiation that is located in the brain.The mouse study was done by Steven Munger, a neurobiologist at the University of Maryland, and his colleagues. They picked a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that is made by intestinal cells in response to sugar and fat. This hormone is already known to act in the pancreas and the brain, where it helps, respectively, to regulate blood-sugar levels and the feeling of satiation that tells you when to stop eating. Dr Munger, though, found that both GLP-1 and the receptor molecule that picks it up and thus allows it to act are found in taste buds too.To investigate GLP-1‘s role in taste, the team used a strain of mice that were genetically engineered to lack GLP-1 receptors. They found that such animals are much less sensitive to sweetness than their unengineered confrères. Indeed, the mutants were no more interested in a dilute sugar solution (or, indeed, a solution of artificial sweetener) than they were in plain water—though they did resp ond to concentrated solutions of sweetness. The ―wild-type‖ mice, by contrast, drank significantly more of the sweet solution than they did of the water, even when the sweet solution was dilute. Moreover, the effect was limited to sweetness. The animals‘ responses to the other four fundamentals of taste—bitterness, sourness, saltiness and ―umami‖ (the flavour of monosodium glutamate)—were unaffected. That suggests, though it does not yet prove, that there is feedback from the gut to regulate the desirability of eating sweet food.The human study was done by Yuzo Ninomiya, a neuroscientist at Kyushu University, in Japan. He and his colleagues looked at leptin, another hormone that is known to regulate appetite and metabolism. Leptin levels are also known to fluctuate naturally over a 24-hour period, being lowest in the morning and highest at night, at least in people who eat three meals a day.In their experiments, Dr Ninomiya and his colleagues found that their volunteers were more sensitive to sweetness when their leptin levels were low. As the level of the hormone increased over the course of a day, the threshold for detecting sweetness rose. And when the researchers shifted the pattern of leptin production by changing the number of meals their volunteers ate, the volunteers‘ sensitivity to sweetness shifted as well, suggesting that it was the hormone rather than merely the time of day that was causing the effect. As in the case of the mice, the humans did not show any changes in their sensitivity to other tastes. However, individuals who had lower leptin levels, and thus more sweet-taste sensitivity before a meal, experienced sharper increases in blood-sugar levels when they had eaten.Whether either of these results cast light on the perpetual search for pain-free ways of cutting calorie-intake in the modern world of abundant sweetness is not yet clear. But they may, at least, explain why so many people like lashings of sugar on their breakfast cereal.1. Why does the author say ―that sweetness is pleasant is no coincidence‖ at the beginning ofthe passage?2. What is ―GLP-1‖? What is its role in taste?3. What is leptin? What does Dr Ninomiya find about it?Questions 4-6―M erchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person,‖ wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Companies, of course, would strongly disagree with this suggestion. Piracy is generally bad for business. It can undermine sales of legitimate products, deprive a company of its valuable intellectual property and tarnish its brand. Commercial piracy may not be as horrific as the seaborne version off the Horn of Africa. But stealing other people‘s R&D, artistic endeavour or even journalism is still theft.That principle is worth defending. Yet companies have to deal with the real world—and, despite the best efforts of recorded-music companies, luxury-goods firms and software-industry associations, piracy has proved very hard to stop. Given that a certain amount of stealing is going to happen anyway, some companies are turning it to their advantage.For example, around 20 times as many music tracks are exchanged over the internet on ―peer to peer‖ file-sharing networks as are legitimately sold online or in shops. Statistics about the traffic on file-sharing networks can be useful. They can reveal, for example, the countries where a new singer is most popular, even before his album has been released there. Having initially been reluctant to be seen exploiting this information, record companies are now making use of it. This month BigChampagne, the main music-data analyzer, is extending its monitoring service to pirated video, too. Knowing which TV programmes are being most widely passed around online can help broadcasters when negotiating with advertisers or planning schedules.In other industries, piracy can help to open up new markets. Take software, for instance. Microsoft‘s Windows operating system is used on 90% of PCs in China, but most copies are pirated. Officially, the software giant has taken a firm line against piracy. But unofficially, it admits that tolerating piracy of its products has given it huge market share and will boost revenues in the long term, because users stick with Microsoft‘s products when they go legit. Clamping down too hard on pirates may also encourage people to switch to free, open-source alternatives. ―It‘s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there‘s piracy than when there‘s not,‖ Microsoft‘s chairman, Bill Gates, told Fortune magazine last year.Another example, from agriculture, shows how piracy can literally seed a new market.Farmers in Brazil wanted to use genetically modified (GM) soyabean seeds that had been engineered by Monsanto to be herbicide-tolerant. The government, under pressure from green groups opposed to GM technology, held back. Unable to obtain the GM seeds legitimately, the farmers turned to pirated versions, many of them ―Maradona‖ seeds brought in from Argentina. Eventually the pirated seeds account ed for over a third of Brazil‘s soyabean plantings, and in 2005 the government relented and granted approval for the use of GM seeds. Monsanto could then start selling its seeds legitimately in Brazil.Piracy can also be a source of innovation, if someone takes a product and then modifies it in a popular way. In music unofficial remixes can boost sales of the original work. And in a recent book, ―The Pirate‘s Dilemma‖, Matt Mason gives the example of Nigo, a Japanese designer who took Air Force 1 trainers m ade by Nike, removed the famous ―swoosh‖ logo, applied his own designs and then sold the resulting shoes in limited editions at $300 a pair under his own label, A Bathing Ape. Instead of suing Nigo, Nike realised that he had spotted a gap in the market. It took a stake in his firm and also launched its own premium ―remixes‖ of its trainers. Mr Mason argues that ―the best way to profit from pirates is to copy them.‖That this silver lining exists should not obscure the cloud. Most of the time, companies will decide to combat piracy of their products by sending in the lawyers with all guns blazing. And most of the time that is the right thing to do. But before they rush into action companies should check to see if there is a way for them to turn piracy to their advantage.4. Why does the author quote Nietzsche‘s ―merchant and pirate were for a long period one andthe same person‖at the beginning of the passage? Why would the companies ―strongly disagree with this suggestion‖?5. Why does Bill Gates say ―It‘s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there‘spiracy than where there‘s not‖? (Para. 4)6. Please explain the sentence ―that this silver lining exists should not obscure the cloud‖.(Para. 7)?Questions 7-10A man who is worried about global warming is pounded into the ground by falling oil barrels; another who is worried about rising energy bills tries to fry eggs over some candles; commuters who cannot afford to drive jog to work in their suits. Political advertisements featuring such alarming images have begun to air in many states. They are not related directly to this year's elections but to a bill being debated in the Senate that would regulate America's emissions of greenhouse gases. If the proxy battle on television is anything to judge by, the debate is getting serious.That said, the bill in question, named after Joe Lieberman and John Warner, the two senators who are sponsoring it, is unlikely to become law. It will struggle to secure the 60 votesneeded to escape a deadly filibuster. Similar proposals are making much slower progress in the House of Representatives. And if the bill ever gets as far as George Bush's desk, the president has vowed to veto it.Nonetheless, Lieberman-Warner has made more headway than any of its many precursors and rivals. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have endorsed its basic premise: that the government should stem emissions by issuing a steadily declining number of tradable permits to emit carbon each year. The Democrats, who look certain to control Congress after the election, also endorse this ―cap-and-trade‖ approach. So Lieberman-Warner is likely to serve as a template for any future bill, and the negotiations over it provide a good indication of the horse-trading to come.Three complaints, in particular, have come to the fore since the bill was unveiled last year. The first is that it will be too expensive. No fewer than ten different studies have attempted to assess the bill's economic consequences, with results ranging from the innocuous to the cataclysmic. But at the very least it is likely to raise the prices of electricity, natural gas and petrol, as energy firms pass on the expense of buying permits to their customers—a ticklish prospect at a time when voters are already enraged by rising energy prices.Industrialists had hoped for a ―safety valve‖, whereby the government could sell unlimited extra permits if they got too pricey. But green lobbyists argued that the number of permits had to be fixed if the bill was to have predictable environmental benefits; they doubt the ability of politicians to keep their nerve.The bill attempts to compromise by allowing the government to issue extra permits, but only by borrowing from the stock allocated for future years. To make their intention more explicit, the sponsors have now set a price—$22 a ton—above which such borrowing of permits would be permitted. (Carbon rights currently trade at around $40 a ton in Europe.) Messrs Lieberman and Warner have also agreed to set aside a bigger share of the government's revenues from auctioning permits to help the firms and consumers hardest hit by the new regime. In addition, they have expanded the scope for firms to pay for emissions-reduction schemes outside the country in lieu of making cuts at home. Previously, the only international offsets allowed were in forestry; now, any investment that reduces emissions would be eligible. In theory, this should lower American firms' costs.But the bill still only allows a limited number of international offsets, and factories that compete with American firms would not be eligible. These restrictions are intended to address the second complaint about the bill: that it does too little to protect American manufacturers from rivals that can pollute as much as they want, in countries such as China and India.In fact, the bill holds out more sticks than carrots to the developing world. The original had already threatened to impose tariffs on energy-intensive imports from the likes of China, but only if they had not changed their tune by 2020. To win over wavering colleagues, the sponsors have brought the deadline forward to a rather unrealistic 2014. They have also dramatically expanded the tariffs' scope: almost any manufactured good would now qualify. Moreover, toescape punishment, other countries will have to take ―comparable action‖ to America's—an impossibly high hurdle for developing countries, if strictly interpreted.Finally, many senators are put off by the bill's huge expansion of government. By 2050, according to one estimate, it will have earned almost $7 trillion auctioning permits. The sponsors propose spending roughly $1 trillion of that paying down the national debt. Some of the rest goes on energy research, but that still leaves plenty for pet causes, from endangered species to public transport. Bob Corker, a senator from Tennessee, wants to refund all the takings, by giving every American a rebate. The idea has spawned a bit of jargon of its own: cap-and-dividend.7. Why does the author mention the ―alarming images‖ at the beginning of the passage? Whatis the relationship between these images and Lieberman-Warner bill?8. What is the ―cap-and-trade‖ approach? (Para. 3) What is ―cap-and-dividend‖? (Para. 10)9. What are the three complaints (Para. 4) against Lieberman-Warner Bill?10. Please paraphrase the sentence ―In fact, the bill holds out more sticks than carrots to thedeveloping world‖. (Para. 9)?SECTION 6: TRANSLATION TEST (30 minutes)Directions:Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.一时代有一时代的潮流,而潮流往往造就风流。
口译三级综合能力模拟试卷30(题后含答案及解析)

口译三级综合能力模拟试卷30(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. PART 1 2. PART 2 3. PART 3 4. PART 4PART 1 (20 points, 10 minutes)SECTION 1 (10 points)Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this section.听力原文:The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface and the lower atmosphere, it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases. Solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to warm the planetary surface, which then emits this energy at the lower frequencies of infrared thermal radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases, which in turn re-radiate much of the energy to the surface and lower atmosphere. The mechanism is named after the effect of solar radiation passing through glass and warming a greenhouse, but the way it retains heat is fundamentally different as a greenhouse works by reducing airflow, isolating the warm air inside the structure so that heat is not lost by convection. If an ideal thermally conductive blackbody were the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is, it would have a temperature of about 5. 3 degrees Celsius. However, since the Earth reflects about 30% of the incoming sunlight, this idealized planet’s effective temperature (the temperature of a blackbody that would emit the same amount of radiation)would be about —18 degrees Celsius. The surface temperature of this hypothetical planet is 33 degrees Celsius below Earth’s actual surface temperature of approximately 14 degrees Celsius. The mechanism that produces this difference between the actual surface temperature and the effective temperature is due to the atmosphere and is known as the greenhouse effect. Earth’s natural greenhouse effect makes life as we know it possible. However, human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests, have intensified the natural greenhouse effect, causing global warming. 1. All thermal radiation from a planetary surface absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases is reradiated directly back toward the planet.2. Re-radiation results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be without the gases.3. Scarcely can solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light passes through the atmosphere.4. Greenhouse gases can re-radiate much of the energy of infrared radiation to the surface and lower atmosphere.5. The mechanism and the way it retains heat is of the same with that of the greenhouse.6. If an ideal thermally conductive blackbody were the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is, it would have a temperature of about15. 3 degrees Celsius.7. About 30% of the incoming sunlight can be reflected by the Earth.8. The greenhouse effect and some other factors produce the difference between the actual surface temperature and the effective temperature.9. Earth’s natural greenhouse effect makes life impossible.10. The burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests have intensified the natural greenhouse effect.1.All thermal radiation from a planetary surface absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases is re-radiated directly back toward the planet.A.正确B.错误正确答案:B解析:根据原文“…in all directions…part of this re-radiation…”可以推断本陈述错误。
口译全真模拟试题及答案

口译全真模拟试题及答案一、听力理解(共10分)1. 根据所听内容,选择正确的答案。
A. 会议将在下午3点开始。
B. 会议将在下午2点开始。
C. 会议将在下午4点开始。
听录音材料后,正确答案为:B。
2. 根据对话,下列哪项是会议讨论的主题?A. 环境保护B. 经济发展C. 教育改革听录音材料后,正确答案为:A。
二、短句翻译(共20分)1. 请将下列句子从中文翻译成英文。
- 中文:我们公司致力于提供高质量的服务。
- 英文:Our company is committed to providing high-quality services.2. 请将下列句子从英文翻译成中文。
- 英文:The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.- 中文:该项目预计将在今年年底完成。
三、段落翻译(共30分)请将以下段落从中文翻译成英文,并确保翻译的准确性和流畅性。
- 中文:随着全球化的不断推进,跨文化交流变得越来越重要。
掌握一门外语,不仅能够拓宽个人视野,还能促进不同文化之间的理解和交流。
- 英文:With the continuous advancement of globalization,cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important. Mastering a foreign language not only broadensone's horizons but also promotes understanding and communication between different cultures.四、角色扮演(共20分)1. 假设你是一家公司的公关代表,需要向外国客户介绍公司的产品。
请准备一段介绍词,并在模拟对话中使用。
- 介绍词示例:尊敬的客户,您好。
翻译资格高级口译考试练习题(6).doc

2019年翻译资格高级口译考试练习题(6)1) 我谨向各位表示最热烈/热诚的欢迎。
I would like to extend my warmest/ most cordial welcome to all of you.2) 请允许我向远道而来的贵宾表示热烈的欢迎和诚挚的问候。
Allow me to express my warm welcome and gracious greetings to our distinguished guests coming from afar.3) 我向各位表达我个人诚挚的欢迎,并衷心地祝愿你们的来访富有成果。
I want to extend my personal welcome to all of you and sincerely hope that your visit here will be rewarding.4) 我祝愿本届年会圆满成功,并祝各位在北京过得愉快。
Finally, I wish this annual meeting a complete success and wish all of you a pleasant stay in beijing.5) 我非常高兴地欢迎各位出席It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all toIt gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to6) 今天我们非常荣幸地邀请到中外元首和政府首脑出席今天的开幕式。
Today we are especially honored to have the presence of the heads of state and government of China and other participantcountries.7) 总理阁下His/her/your Excellency, Premier of8) 总统阁下His/her/your Excellency, President of9) 陛下His/her/your Majesty,10) 请大家起立,以热烈的掌声欢迎来自的领导人。
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Part ADirections:In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.Passage 1It's worth recalling the situation we faced six months ago -- a contracting economy, skyrocketing unemployment, stagnant trade, and a financial system that was nearly frozen. Some were warning of a second Great Depression. But because of the bold and coordinated action that we took, millions of jobs have been saved or created; the decline in output has been stopped; financial markets have come back to life; and we stopped the crisis from spreading further to the developing world.参考答案:不妨回顾一下,我们6个月前面临的局势–经济萎缩,失业剧增,贸易停滞,金融系统几乎停止运行。
有人惊呼可能出现第2次大萧条(Great Depression)。
但是,由于我们采取了大胆和相互协调的行动,千百万个工作机会得到挽救,新工作机会也一个个出现;产量下降的趋势被制止;金融市场春风回暖;我们还防止了危机向发展中国家进一步蔓延。
解题精析:这句话是近期美国总统奥巴马在G20匹兹堡峰会记者会上说进行的演讲节选,以次贷危机为背景。
因此同学在笔记时可对于趋势用词,比如:contracting, skyrocketing, stagnant, frozen等进行重点笔记,笔记符号可采用箭头上/下,并采用纵向笔记。
Still, we know there is much further to go. Too many Americans are still out of work, and struggling to pay bills. Too many families are uncertain about what the future will bring. Because our global economy is now fundamentally interconnected, we need to act together to make sure our recovery creates new jobs and industries, while preventingthe kinds of imbalances and abuse that led us into this crisis.参考答案:尽管如此,我们知道,前面还有很长的路。
很多美国人仍然没有工作,难以应付各项开支。
不少家庭感到前途不明。
由于各国的经济相互联系,我们必须共同采取行动,保证我们的复苏有助于创造新工作和新产业,同时防止曾经使我们陷入这场危机的不平衡现象和渎职行为再次发生。
解题精析:这句话是典型的―问题及解决方案‖模板句。
同学在笔记时可采用―慢一秒‖原则,在掌握说话人思路后,按照―提出问题-过渡迂回-解决问题‖的思路进行翻译。
其中承上启下部分是―we need to act together to …‖,因此对这部分可采用模板句型―我们必须共同采取行动/携手努力/齐心协力‖等。
Passage 2The relationship between our two countries has the potential to chart a brighter course, not just for our own nations and peoples, but indeed for the entire world. We are two of the world’s three largest economies, two of the world’s largest populations, two of the world’s largest militaries, the world’s largest consumers of energy and producers of carbon emissions. For these reasons and so many more, our respective priorities and policies have a global impact, and therefore we have a responsibility to ourselves and others to work as effectively as we can to meet the threats and seize the opportunities of the 21st century.参考答案:我们两国之间的关系有潜力开辟一个更光明的前景,不仅造福于我们两国和两国人民,而且造福于整个世界。
我们同在全球最大的三个经济体之列,同在全世界人口最多的国家之列,军队规模在全世界数一数二,而且还是全球最大的两个能源消耗国和碳排放国。
出于上述原因及其它多种原因,我们各自的工作重点和政策会对全球产生影响,因此,我们肩负着对自己和他人的责任,必须竭尽全力有效地应对21世纪的威胁,并抓住21世纪的机遇。
解题精析:(新东方版权所有,转载注明出处!) 这句话是美国国务卿希拉里在欢迎吴邦国晚餐会上的讲话,同学在笔记时应注意其丰富的逻辑关系,具体体现在― notjust…but…‖(递进关系);―two of… two of… two of…the world’s largest…‖(并列关系)以及―for these reasons‖(因果关系)。
翻译过程中一个单词没听懂并不是世界末日,但如果整句句子像一盘散沙,那就无异于一场梦魇了。
因此,建议考生可遵循―逻辑关系——句型结构——单词‖的思路完成笔记。
This was the largest gathering ever of top leaders from our two countries. Most of my colleagues in the Cabinet met with their counterparts in the Chinese Government. We got to know each other better through hours spent in consultation and negotiations. We had very productive exchanges on issues ranging from the global economic crisis to climate change to poverty and disease to the security threats that confront us. And already, we are seeing the results of those meetings.参考答案:这是我们两国高层领导人有史以来规模最大的一次集会。
大多数本届内阁成员都同中国政府的有关官员见面。
通过长时间的磋商和谈判,我们加深了对彼此的了解。
我们就全球经济危机、气候变化、贫困和疾病以及我们所面临的安全威胁等诸多议题卓有成效地交换了意见。
而且,我们已经看到这些会谈的成果。
解题精析:(新东方版权所有,转载注明出处!) 这句话同学在笔记时应特别注意关键词的笔记,比如:better、productive等,如这类词翻译意思相反,全句视为不过。
初次以外,一些非常国际性的功能性语言,比如:economic crisis、climate change、security threats,是近期新闻中高频出现的单词,同学也可经常收听新闻并培养对这些词汇的熟悉程度。
Part BDirections:In this part of the text, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal… and stop it at the signal…, you may take notes while you’re listening.Remember you will hear the passage only once.Now let us begin Part B with the first passage.Passage 1当今世界,环境保护已成为各国政府和各界人士共同关心的问题。
过去10年,海平面升高和森林砍伐的速度都是前所未有的;生态恶化、物种灭绝、臭氧层被破坏、温室效应、酸雨、土地沙漠化等一系列问题已经严重影响到人类的生存环境和身体健康。
Ø参考答案1:Currently, environmental protection has become the common issue that concerns the governments of all the countries and people from all walks of life. During the past decade, sea level has risen and forests have been destroyed at an unprecedented rate. A series of problems, namely, the deterioration of the ecosystem, the extinction of bio-species, damage to the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain and desertification have posed a serious threat to people’s environment for survival as well as to their physical health.Ø参考答案2:Currently, environmental protection has become the common concern of the governments of all the countries and people from all walks of life. The past decade has witnessed /seen the unprecedented rise of sea level and deterioration of forests .The ecosystem has deteriorated, species have become extinct,the ozone layer has been damaged, there have been other problems such as greenhouse effect, acid rain and desertification, all of which have posed a serious threat to people’s environment for survival as well as to their physical health.解题精析:(新东方版权所有,转载注明出处!)对于―问题‖类的文章,一开始的导入句往往会强调问题的严重性。