专八阅读翻译训练之一

1、。Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry-William Shakespeare-butthere are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is theRoyal Shakespeare Company (RSC), whichpresentssuperb productionsof the plays attheShakespeareMemorialTheatreon theAvon. And therearethetow

2、nsfolkwho largelyliveoffthetouristswho come,nottosee theplays,butto lookatAnne HathawaysCottage, Shakespeare s birthplace and the other sights.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to theirrevenue.They franklydislikethe RSCs actors,them withtheirlonghairand beardsand

3、sandals and noisiness. Its all deliciously ironic when you consider thatShakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and didhis share of noise - making.The touriststreamsarenotentirelyseparate.The sightseerswho come by bus-and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Pal

4、ace on the sidedon tusuallysee the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.However,theplaygoers do manage a littlesight-seeing alongwiththeirplaygoing.Itistheplaygoers,theRSCcontends,who bringinmuch ofthetowns revenue becausetheyspend the night(some of them fouror f

5、ivenights)pouringcash intothehotelsand restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town bynightfall.The townsfolk dontsee it this way and local council does not contributedirectly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poortraditionally. Nevertheless e

6、very hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing orcocktaillounge.Hiltonisbuildingitsown hotelthere,whichyou may be sure willbe decoratedwithHamlet Hamburger Bars,theLear Lounge, the Banquo BanquetingRoom,and so forth, and will be very expensive.Anyway, thetownsfolk cant understandwhy theRoyalShakes

7、peareCompany needsa subsidy.(The theatrehas broken attendancerecordsforthreeyearsina row. Lastyear its 1,431 seats were 94 per cent occupied all year long and this year theylldo better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket priceshave stayed low.It would be a shame to raise

8、prices too much because it would drive away theyoung people who are Stratfords most attractive clientele.They come entirely forthe plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from allover)lean,pointed,dedicatedfaces,wearingjeansand sandals,eatingtheirbunsand bedding down for

9、 the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when thebox office opens at 10:30 a.m.1. From the first two paragraphs , we learn thatA. the townsfolk deny the RSCs contribution to the towns revenueB. the actors

10、of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stageC. the two branches of the RSC are not on good termsD. the townsfolk earn little from tourism2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 thatA. the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately-可编辑修改 -。B. the playgoers spend more money than th

11、e sightseersC. the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoersD. the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater3. By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally ”(Line 2-3, Paragraph 4), the author implies thatA. Stratford cannot afford the expansion projectsB. Stratford has long bee

12、n in financial difficultiesC. the town is not really short of moneyD. the townsfolk used to be poorly paid4. According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because A. ticket prices can be raised to cover the spendingB. the company is financially ill-managedC. the behavior of the actors is n

13、ot socially acceptableD. the theatre attendance is on the rise5. From the text we can conclude that the author A. is supportive of both sidesB. favors the townsfolks viewC. takes a detached attitudeD. is sympathetic to the RSC.参考答案：ABCDDTEXT ARicci s “Operation Columbus”Ricci,45,is now strikingouton

14、 perhaps hisboldestventureyet.He plans tomarketan Englishlanguageeditionofhiselegant monthly artmagazine,FMR,intheUnitedStates.Once againtheskepticeare murmuring thatthesuccessful Riccihas headedfor a big fall. And once again Ricci intends to prove them wr ong.Ricci is so confident that he has chris

15、tened his quest“Operation Columbu s”andhas sethis sights on discovering an American readership of300,000.That goal maynot be toofar-fetched.The Italianeditionof FMR the initials,ofcourse,standfor Franco Maria Ricci-is only 18 months old. But it is already the second largestart magazine in the world,

16、 with a circulation of 65,000 and a profit margin of US$ 500,000. The Americanedition will be patterned afterth e Italian version, witheach 160-page issue carrying only 40 pages of ads and no more than five articles.But thecontentswilloftendiffer.The English-language editionwillincludemoreAmerican w

17、orks,Riccisays,tohelpAmericans get o ver“an inferioritycomplexabouttheir art.”He also hopes that the magazine will become a vehicle for a two -wayculturalexchange whathe likesto thinkof as amarriageofbrains,cultureandtaste from both sides of the Atlantic.To realize this vision, Ricci is mounting one

18、 of the most lavish, enterpris ing-可编辑修改 -。 and expensive-promotional campaigns in magazine publishing history. BetweenNovember and January,eight jumbo jetswillfly8 millioncopiesofa sample16-pageeditionofFMRacrosstheAtlantic.From a warehouse inMichigan,6.5 millioncopieswill bemailedtoAmericansubscri

19、bersof variouscultural,artand businessmagazines.Some oftheremaining copieswillcirculateasaspecialSundaysupplement in the New York Times. The cost of launching Operation Co lumbus is astaggering US $ 5 million, but Ricci is hoping that 60% of the price tag will befinanced by Italian corporations.“To

20、land in America Columbus had to use Spanishsponsors,” readsonesentenceinhispromotionalpamphlet.“We wouldlikeItalians.”Like Columbus, Ricci cannot know what his reception will be on foreign shor es. InItaly he gambled and won on a simple concept: it is more important to showart than to write about it

21、. Hence, one issue of FMR might feature 32 fu ll-colourpages of 17th-century tapestries, followed by 14 pages of outrageous e yeglasses.He is gambling that the concept is exportable.“I dontexpect that more than 30%of my reader. will actually read FMR,”he says. “The magazine is such a visualdelight t

22、hat they donthave to.”Still, he is lining up an impr es sive stable ofwriters and professors for the American edition , including Noam Chomsky, AnthonyBurgess, Eric Jong and Norman Mailer. In addition, he seems to be pursuing his woneclecticvisionwithoutgivinga moments thought to suche s tablishedco

23、mpetitorsas Connosisseur and Horizon.“The Americans can do almost everything better thanwe can, ”says Rieci,“Butwe(theItalians)havea 2,000year edge on them inart.”16. Ricci intends his American edition of FMR to carry more American art works in order to_.A. boost Americansconfidence in their artB. f

24、ollow the pattern set by his Italian editionC. help Italians understand American art betterD. expand the readership of his magazine17. Ricci is compared to Columbus in the passage mainly because_. A. they both benefited from Italian sponsorsB. they were explorers in their own ways C. they obtained o

25、verseas sponsorship D. they got a warm reception in America18. We get the impression that the American edition of FMR will probably _. A. carry many academic articles of high standardB. follow the style of some famous existing magazinesC. be mad by one third of American magazine readersD. pursue a d

26、istinctive editorial style of its own-可编辑修改 -。TEXT BMy mother s relations were very different from the Mitfords. Her brother, UncleGeoff, who often came to stay at Swimbrook, was a small spare man with th oughtfulblue eyes and a rather silentmanner. Compared toUncle Tommy, he was a n intellectualof

27、the highest order, and indeed his satirical pen belied his mil d demeanor. Hespent most ofhis wakinghours composing letterstoThe Times and otherpublicationsin whichhe outlinedhisown particulartheoryof thedevelo pment of English history.In Uncle Geoffs view, the greatness of England had r isen and wa

28、ned over thecenturiesindirectproportionto theuse ofnaturalman ure in fertilizingthesoil.The BlackDeath of1348 was caused by graduallossofthe humus fertilityfoundunderforest trees. The rise of the Elizabethans tw o centuries later was attributable to the widespread use of sheep manure.Many of Uncle G

29、eoffs letters-to-the-editor have fortunately been preserv ed in aprivately printed volume called Writings of a Rebel. Of the collection, one letter best sums up his views on the relationship between manure and freedom. He wrote:Collating old records shows that our greatness rises and falls with the

30、li ving fertility of our soil. And now, many years of exhausted and chemically murd ered soil, and of devitalized food from it, has softened our bodies and still wo rse, softened our national character. It is an actual fact that character is lar gelya product of the soil. Many years of murdered food

31、 from deadened soil has m ade ustoo tame. Chemicals have had their poisonous day. It is now the worms t urn to reform the manhood of England. The only way to regain our punch, our char acter, our lostvirtues, and with them the freedom natural to islanders, is to c o mpost our land so as to allow mou

32、lds, bacteria and earthworms to remake living s oil to nourish Englishmen s bodies and spirits.The law requiringpasteurizationofmilk inEnglandwas a particulartarget of UncleGeoff s. Fond of alliteration,he dubbed it“Murdered Milk Measure ”,and establishedthe LibertyRestorationLeague, with headquarte

33、rs at his house i nLondon, forthespecific purpose of organizing a counteroffensive.“Freedom n o t Doctordom”wasthe Leagues proud slogan. A subsidiary, but nevertheless imp or tant, activity ofthe League was advocacyof a returntothe“unsplit,slowlys m oked fish”and breadmade with“Englishstone-groundfl

34、our,yeast, milk,sea s altand raw cane-sugar.”19. According to Uncle Geoff, national strength could only be regained by _.A. reforming the manhood of EnglandB. using natural manure as fertilizerC. eating more bacteria-free foodD. granting more freedom to Englishmen-可编辑修改 -。20. The tone of the passage

35、 can most probably be described as_. A. facetious B. serious C. nostalgic D. factualTEXT CInterviewSo what have they taught you at college about interviews? Some courses go t o town on it, others do very little. You may get conflicting advice. Only one th ing is certain: the key to success is prepar

36、ation.There followsome usefulsuggestionsfrom a teachertrainingcourse co-ordinator,a head of department and a headteacher. As they appear to be in complete harmonywith one another despite never having met, we may take their advice seri ously.Oxford Brookes Universitys approach to the business of appl

37、ication and in terview focuses on research and rehearsal. Training course co-ordinator Brenda Stevens speaks of the value of getting students“to deconstruct the advertisement ,see what they can offertothatschool,and thatsituation,and thenwrite theletter,do their CVs and criticize each others. ”Final

38、ly, they role play inte rviewer andinterviewee.This is sterlingstuff,and Brookesstudents spend a coupleofweeks on it.“Thebetter prepared students wontbe thrown by nerves on the day,”says Ms St evens.“Theyll have their strategies and questionsworkedout.”She also sa ys, a trifledisconcertingly,“thebet

39、terthestudent,theworsetheinterviewee.”She believesthe most capablestudentsarelessabletoputthemselvesforward.Even if thisweretree, says Ms Stevens, you must still make your own case.“Beware of infernality, ”she advises. One aspirant teacher, now a head of d epartment at a smart secondary school, fail

40、ed his first job interview because hetook his jacket off while waiting for his appointment. It was hot and everyone in the staffroom was in shirtsleeves but at the end of the day they criticized h is casual attitude, which they had deduced from the fact that he took his jacket off in the staffroom,

41、even though he put it back on for the interview.Incidentally,men reallydo have to wear a suitto the interviewand womenreallycannot wear jeans, even if men never wear the suit again and women teach most days in jeans. Panels respond instantly to these indicators. But beware: it will not please them a

42、ny better if you are too smart.Find out about the people who will talk to you. In the early meetings they are likely to be heads of departments or heads of year. Often they may be concer ned with pastoral matters. It makes sense to know their priorities and let them hear the things about you that th

43、ey want to hear.-可编辑修改 -。During preliminary meetings you may be seen in groups with two or three oth er applicants and you must demonstrate that you know your stuff without putting your companions down. The interviewers will be watching how you work with a teamBut remember the warning about informal

44、ity: however friendly and co-operat ive the other participants are, do not give way to the idea that you are there j ustto be friends.Routine questions can be rehearsed, but“dontgo on too long,”advises th edepartment head. They may well ask:“What have been your worst/best moments w h enteaching? ”,

45、or want you to “talkabout some good teachingyou have done. ”The expertsagree you shouldrecognizeyour weaknesses and offera strategyforover coming them.“I know Ive got to work on classroom management I would hope fo r some help,”perhaps. No one expects a new teacher to know it all, but they ho pe for

46、 an objective appraisal of capabilities.Be warned against inexpert questioning. You may be asked questions in such a way that it seems impossible to present your best features. Some questions may be plainsilly, asked perhaps by people on the panel who are from outside the s ituation. Do not be throw

47、n, have ways of circumnavigating it, and never, ever le t them see that you think they have said something foolish.You will almost certainly be asked how you see the future and it is import antto have a good answer prepared. Some people are put off by being asked what theyexpectto bedoing in five or

48、 ten yearstime. On your preliminary visit, s ays thedepartment head, be sure to givethem a bit of an interview of your own, to see thedirection the department is going and what you could contribute to i t.The headteacher offers his thoughts in a nine-point plan. Iron the applicationform! Then it sta

49、nds out from everyone elses, which have been folded and batteredin the post. It gives an initial impression which may get your application to thetop ofthe pile.Ensurethatyourapplicationistailoredto the particularschool.Make the hea d feel you are writing directly to him or her. Put yourself at easeb

50、eforeyou meet theinterviewingpanel:if you arenervous ,you willtalktooquickly.Before you enter the room remember that the people are human beings too; take awaythe mystique of theirroles.Listen. Thereisa danger of not hearingaccuratelywhat is being said. Make ey e contact with the speakers, and with

51、everyone in theroom. Allowyourwarmth and humanity tobe seen. A sense of humour isveryimportant.Have a portfolio of your work that can link theory to practice. Many schools want you to show work.Fora primaryappointment,give examples fromtherange of thecurriculum,notjustart.(Forthisreason,takingpictureson your teachingpracticeis important.)Prepareyourselfincaseyou are asked togive a talk.Have prompt-可编辑修改 -。cards ready, and dontwaffle.Your speech must beclear and articulate,with correct grammar. Thisis important: they want to hear you and they want to hear how well y