2006秋季英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段模考
听力答案及详解
Sections 1
Part A
1. increase your income 2. under your control
3. save money 4. make major purchases
5. keep in mind 6. spend hours thinking
7. you are forced 8. track
9. personal failure 10. brought into balance
11. the most direct way 12. part-time job
13. time pressure 14. do better in school
15. more disciplined and focused 16. strategy
17. relatively simple to get 18. in an emergency
19. take out a loan 20. pay it back
Part B
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. C
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. B
Part C
Sentence Translation
1. If we interest children, they learn much better, therefore, we have set up a natural science club. Many children stay behind after school to join the club activities.
2. At present, the company is having 70% of its employees involved outside Europe. Now, that, in itself, gives you the indication of how international our company has become.
3. Our products are mainly for exports to North America, Southeast Asia, and North Europe. So we are seeking overseas partners and hoping to set up more agencies abroad.
4. People feel good when they have a rising standard of living with low taxation, when public services are comprehensive and efficient, and infrastructure well-maintained.
5. Working together, our people have done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs and lowest unemployment in 30 years.
Passage Translation.
1. My grandfather was a farmer with no aspiration for fashions. He married at the age of 20, and went into business for himself in 1936. With a loan from a local bank, he bought a small piece of land and started to raise hens, vegetables and such fresh foods as plums and strawberries. He sold the eggs, the vegetables and foods to the local grocers. It was hard labor. He did his work mostly with his hands, and it afforded him a very meager living.
2. In America, shopping malls are designed only for one thing: encouraging people to buy, buy and buy. In the shopping mall, big department stores are usually kept well apart because they are the major attractions that encourage people to come. Stores selling the same items are also kept far apart so that everyone who is comparing the prices has to go past as many other stores as possible. After all, up to 60% of all items bought in malls are purchased on impulse.
Scripts
Statement
1. It’s not like Doris to be late for the weekly board meeting, so I don’t know what’s keeping her. She should have turned up half an hour ago.
2. We set off early today in our car as we know what traffic is like during the rush hour. However, we were late for the meeting.
3. During the 3 years following the stock market crash, the American Gross National Product dropped by almost half.
4. Even if he does well in his sales quota this year, there is no way that Tony can get an extra bonus. The firm has been in the red for years.
5. Jennifer was away from office the whole week, and thus missed her chance to meet Mr .Sampson, the well-known CEO from our Detroit headquarters.
6. The general manager said that she would see you off at the airport Thursday morning, but something urgent has come up and she has to attend to it in person.
7. When the secretary said that the survey report would be ready by Friday, the director of marketing and development center told her to take her time.
8. Despite the fact that we lack the necessary fund to go on, I think we’ve been working on this project too long to give up.
9. When we produce more and better goods and services that are supposed to raise our living standards, we may destroy our natural resources and damage our living environment.
10. I’ve been working in this office for almost 3 years. I guess I should see the department head about a promotion or a salary raise. I’ve been putting it off for months.
Talks and Conversations
1. M: Hello! 6522-6721
W: Is that you ,Tom? This is Tracy. Look, I’m afraid I won’t be able to meet you at 7 o’clock this evening. I have to come later.
M: What? You mean, you mean you’re going to be late again?
W: Now, listen Tom, please! It isn’t my fault. Mr. Brown said Jane, the assistant manager, and I have to work for about an hour’s overtime, to finish something urgent this evening. So I will be off duty at least an hour late and you know I can’t possibly go to the restaurant straight from work like that. I have to go home to get a change first.
M: It’s always something, isn’t it? When will you be able to come then?
W: Don’t worry! You won’t have to wait long. I’ll be there at about 8.
M: At 8? But we are going to a film after dinner, remember?
W: I know and it starts at 8:30. We’ll just have to miss it this evening. That’s all. We’ll be able to see it some other time.
M: Oh, no! We won’t. Tonight is the last night.
W: Oh, dear. I suppose I’ll just have to come straight from work. That’s all.
M: Yes, you’ll. I’ll be glad to see you in your company suit. Meet me at the restaurant at 7 then.
W: Alright, Tom. I’ll be there!
2. W: Many of you may have heard about Oxford university or Cambridge university. In Britain, both Oxford and Cambridge are historic cities and both are with a world-famous university. One of the unique features of the university is its college system. The college system at Oxford and Cambridge is unlike that of any other university in Canada or America. In order to be admitted by Oxford or Cambridge, a student must first apply to a college and become a member of the university through the college. At Oxford and Cambridge, the university is like a loose federation of faculties, colleges, and other academic and research institutions. The university arranges the program of studies, the lectures and the examinations and awards of degrees. The colleges, on the other hand, have responsibility for selecting, admitting and accommodating all undergraduate students. In other words, a student cannot enter the university unless he or she also becomes a member of the college. However, the university lays down the admission qualifications for undergraduate students and also has certain controls over the statutes of the individual colleges. The colleges at Oxford and Cambridge are not connected with any particular study and are governed by 20 to 50 fellows. Each fellow of a college is a tutor, who is a member of the teaching staff. He teaches his own subject to those students in his college and is responsible for their progress. Most tutors give one or two lectures a week and those lectures may be attended by students from any college of the university. No lectures are compulsory and tutors usually advise their students which lectures they should go to. At Oxford and Cambridge, apart from its library and study areas, each college has its own completely separate living quarters, its dining hall, its own sports and social facilities and even its own chapel. And students usually find it convenient and comfortable to live and study in the college proper.
3. M: Have you traveled much in Britain?
W: Not much! But I traveled quite a lot in London every day.
M: Do you think London transport is efficient?
W: Yes, I do. I think the London underground is marvelous. I nearly always travel by tube. Because it’s fast and comfortable. But I also like your double-decker London buses, particularly for short journeys or for sight-seeing on sunny weekends.
M: But don’t you think our buses are rather slow?
W: Yes, sometimes I do, particularly in the rush hour. The roads get very conjested and there are traffic jams everywhere.
M: When you’re in a hurry, the best way to travel in London is by tube, the underground train system. Taxis also get held up in traffic jams and besides, the fares are quite high.
W: Are traveling facilities good in the west of Britain?
M: Well, we’ve got the railways that connect all our big towns. There are over 13,000 miles of track in Britain. Rail transport provides a very important service to the public, to industry and commerce.
W: What about road transport? Are your roads good?
M: Yes, they are on the whole. We’ve got hundreds of thousands of miles of roads and modern motorways appearing everywhere.
W: Is there a good internal air service in Britain?
M: Well, yes. Our international air services are also very good. Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.
W: What about travel by sea?
M: Geographically, Britain is an island country. So as an island people and a trading nation, Britain seafaring traditions have always been great. We used to have the biggest merchant navy in the world, carrying a third of the world’s passengers, you know.
W: But I suppose today sea travel has diminished importance, hasn’t it?
M: It has, but some people still prefer traveling by sea to any other form of transport.
4. M: Last week we talked about President Johnson’s retirement and his sad days before his death. Today, for this week’s lecture on the US history, let’s turn to Eleanor Roosevelt whose last days provide a sharp contrast. All her life, she took pleasure in her daily work, in using her power and celebrity to help others less fortunate than she. As first lady, she provided a voice for people who did not have access to power, poor people, migrant workers, tenant farmers, coal miners, blacks and women. For example, at her weekly press conferences, she invited only female reporters knowing that newspapers all over the country would be forced to hire their first female reporter in order to have access to the first lady. As a result, an entire generation of female journalists got their start. And after her husband, President Roosevelt’s death, she remained a powerful inspiration to activists in the civil rights movement and the international struggle for human rights. As a consequence, at the close of her life, she was neither haunted nor saddened by what might have been. On the contrary, she sustained an active engagement with the world until the very end. Also here my research on President Roosevelt, I concluded that a central aspect of his leadership during World War II was his ability to relax at the end of the day to cast off his worries and enjoy himself for a few precious hours, thus replenishing his energies to meet the struggles of the following day. Because of his paraplegia, the result of his early childhood disease, he was unable to relax in traditional ways by playing golf or tennis or taking long walks. So he found his relaxation through conversation with friends and associates. At the end of each day, he loved nothing more than sitting in his study over the cocktail hour with his friends telling old stories and jokes. Indeed, he had a rule in his cocktail hour--that nothing serious could be brought up. Discussion of the war or the problems of the days were strictly forbidden. He was also able to relax with marathon poker games at night with his cabinet officers where the only thought was how to beat the other guys in poker and win the game.
5. M: Good morning, Miss Brown?
W: Yes. You’re here quickly.
M: I believe you reported a break-in early this morning.
W: Yes. Come in. I was on the night shift and when I got home, I found the front door open. Someone’s forced it. Look at this footprint on it.
M: And is anything missing? Have you had a look to see if anything has been taken.
W: I don’t know. I don’t think so. The only room I went into was my bedroom as far as I can tell. And the only thing that has been moved, as far as I can tell, is that box over on the dressing table.
M: Which box? This Japanese-type one?
W: Yes. It just got a few earrings and things like that in it.
M: And are they all here?
W: Well, as far as I can remember, yes. It’s odd. There are these watches here. You’d think they’ve had picked them up.
M: They wouldn’t normally take jewelry unless it’s a value. Have you checked your petty cash?
W: My what?
M: You know, cash that you keep around the house.
W: Oh, there wasn’t any.
M: And what about your checkbook? Where do you keep it.
W: Gosh! I hadn’t thought of that. Hang on! I keep it in my desk. No, it’s ok. It’s still here. That’s a relief, isn’t it?
M: What about credit card?
W: No. That’s all right. I had it with me in my purse. Look, do you think they’ll come back.. I can only assume that they’ve just got in and come into the bedroom when they saw me drive back. That’s my car in front of the window. Which is why they left empty-handed.
M: Well, it’s hard to say. They are usually after videos, CD-ROM players, notebook computers and things like that. Got anything like that?
W: Plot me? I have got a television, but it’s black and white. And an elderly stereo system.
M: I don’t imagine they’d be interested in things like that. Who knows? They are in and out very quickly. And they are after stuff that they know they can get rid of easily.
Sentence Translation
6. If we interest children, they learn much better, therefore, we have set up a natural science club. Many children stay behind after school to join the club activities.
7. At present, the company is having 70% of its employees involved outside Europe. Now, that, in itself, gives you the indication of how international our company has become.
8. Our products are mainly for exports to North America, Southeast Asia, and North Europe. So we are seeking overseas partners and hoping to set up more agencies abroad.
9. People feel good when they have a rising standard of living with low taxation, when public services are comprehensive and efficient, and infrastructure well-maintained.
10. Working together, our people have done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs and lowest unemployment in 30 years.
Passage Translation.
3. My grandfather was a farmer with no aspiration for fashions. He married at the age of 20, and went into business for himself in 1936. With a loan from a local bank, he bought a small piece of land and started to raise hens, vegetables and such fresh foods as plums and strawberries. He sold the eggs, the vegetables and foods to the local grocers. It was hard labor. He did his work mostly with his hands, and it afforded him a very meager living.
4. In America, shopping malls are designed only for one thing: encouraging people to buy, buy and buy. In the shopping mall, big department stores are usually kept well apart because they are the major attractions that encourage people to come. Stores selling the same items are also kept far apart so that everyone who is comparing the prices has to go past as many other stores as possible. After all, up to 60% of all items bought in malls are purchased on impulse.