2010年9月上海中级口译考试真题录音及原文答案

1、2010年9月上海中级口译考试真题录音及原文答案2010年9月上海中级口译考试真题录音及原文答案SECTION1LISTENINGTEST45minutesPartASpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET

2、.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.Nowthelocationofyourcollege.Somecollegesareinthecentreofhugecities,someinthesuburb.Andsomearesurroundedbyfieldsandwoods.Whereyourcollegeislocatedwillbeimportanttoyourextra-curricularlife.Theadvantageofanurbancollegeisthattherearemanyexcitingthingstodooffcampus.

3、Comparedtoaruralcampus,therearemoremovies,plays,churches,restaurants,discos,museumsandmusic.Thereisprobablygoodpublictransportation.Youarenearairports,trainsandseveralhighways,makingweekendorvacationtripstootherplacesmucheasier.Allofthesemeanthatoffcampusexcitementiseasytoreachanddoesn'trequirea

4、lotofplanning.Thiscanbeanimportantpartofacollegeeducationandofyourgrowth.Butthiseasilyavailableentertainmentcanalsotemptyouawayfromyourbooks.Thedisadvantagesofanurbancollegecanbeexpenseandalackofpeaceandquiet.Offcampuslivinginthecityisalmostalwaysmoreexpensive.Evenifyouliveatschool,youwillstilleatan

5、dshopoffcampusoften,probably,morethanyouwouldataruralcampus.Manyofthosewonderful,culturaleventscostmoneyandarehardtopassup.Ifyouaremovingtothecityfromthecountry,bepreparedforunexpectedexpenses.andadvantageofaruralcollegeistherelaxandoftenbeautifulsetting.Ruralcollegesmayhavemuchmorepeacefulandcleane

6、rair.Andcampusactivitieswillprobablybemoreimportantinyourextra-curricularlife.Thisdoesn'meanthatnothinghappensoncampusinsmalltowns.Thingsdo.Buttheyaremorelikelytobeconnectedwithschool.Ruralcollegesareoftenneargoodspotsforoutdooractivities,mountains,lakesandbeaches.Ifyouhaveanyinterestinoutdoorac

7、tivities,thisisagoodplacetolearnmore.Thedisadvantagesoftheruralcollegecanbeisolation,boredomandthedifficultyofadjustingtoamorerelaxedlifeifyoucomefromabigcity,lifeatasmallruralcollegecanbecomeveryingroan.PartBListeningComprehensionStatementsDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstate

8、ments.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.1. Wh

9、ybothertocallJackandtellhimaboutourplan?Youwillseehimatlunch.2. SinceyousaidyoutotallyagreedwithTomviews,yououghttohavestoodupforhimintheargumentatthemeetingyesterdayafternoon.3. Attherateofitsbeingused,thecopierisnotgoingtomakeitthoughttherestoftheyear,thoughitissupposestobegoodfor5years.Thelatesti

10、nflationfigurewasissuedtoday:Thecurrentinflationrateis3.5%.That'1%uponlastyear.4. Thereisagreatdealofconcerntodayabouttheproblemofscientificilliteracyandshortcomingsintheteachingsofscienee.Morefundsareneededinthisrespect.6.Itsmarttodresswarmwhileitoutside.Butcoldsarecausedbyvirusesandnotcoldweat

11、her.Washingyourhandsisagoodwaytoavoidcatchingmanyviruses.7. It'averynurturingenvironment.Thegeneralmanagerhasencouragedmetopushmyabilitiesandgrow.AndIamhonoredthecompanykeepsrenewingmycontract.8. Inteamsportssuchasvolleyball,teamworkismuchmorethanjusthittingtheballoverthenet.Thesameistureofbusin

12、essdealingsinacompany.Fromchampstochumps.Just3yearsagotheirproductswereonthebusinessweeklistoftheworld'smostvaluablebrandsinhistory.Andnowtheyarehistory.9. Sinceyoubought85chairslastmonth,naturallythistimewecanofferyouadiscountof10%forthismodelatourlowestpriceof45dollarseach.TalksandConversation

13、sDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachofthese,youwillhearafewquestions.ListencarefullybecauseyouwillhearthetalkorconversationandquestionsONLYONCE.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothatquestion.Thenwritetheletterofthea

14、nsweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Questions1114W:Jack,tellmeaboutyourself.M:IwasborninLA.ButmyfamilyisfromChina.MyfathercametotheUStostudy.HegotaPHDincomputerscienee.AndhestayedonasaprofessoratacollegeinCalifornia.W:IsyourmotherfromChina,too?M:No,mymomisfromhere.She'sA

15、sian-American.HerfolkscametotheUSduringthe19thcentury.Infact,oneofhergreat-grandfathersactuallyhelpedtobuildthefirstrailroadacrosstheUnitedStatesinthe1860s.Whataboutyou?W:Well,I'mathird-generationMexican-American.MygrandparentswereborninVeraCruz.Andtheyimmigratedtothiscountryalongtimeago.Westill

16、havealotofrelativesinMexico.M:Doyoukeepintouchwiththem?W:Wevisitwheneverwecan.M:Bytheway,how'syourSpanish?W:It'prettygood.Wespeakitathomemostofthetime.DoyouspeakChinese?owlearningM:Yeah,I'mquitefluent.AndI'mntowriteit.IthinksomedayImightbebackinChinaandtakeupmycareerthere.Questions:1

17、1. Whatdoestheman'sfatherdolfdna?12. Whatdoesthemansayabouthismother?13. Accordingtothewoman,whycanshespeakverygoodSpanish?14. Whatisthemandoingnow?Questions1518Mostofususeoilinsomeway.Anditisdifficulttoimaginethemodernworldwithoutoil.Butoilisnoteasytofindandgetoutoftheearth,asitistrappeddeepdow

18、nintheground.Wemustfirststudytherockscarefully.Whenwethinkthattherocksinacertainplacemaycontainoil,wewillbuildametaltowerinthelocation,eitheronthelandoronthesea.Thismetaltoweriscalledaderrick.Thederrickisequippedwithoil-drillingmachinery.Themachinewillcutanarrowholedownintotheground.Meanwhile,asteel

19、pipeispusheddowntostopthesidesfromfallingandtokeepoutwater.Atlast,ifwehavejudgedcorrectly,theoilwouldrushupthepipewithgreatforce.Thisisbasicallyhowanoilwellissetup.Oil,aswecansee,isobtainedmoreeasilythancoal.Forcoal,veryoften,wemustdigitfromamineandhaveitsentouttothegroundsurface.Butforoil,itrushesu

20、papipe.Ifanoilwellismadenearthemiddleoftheoilfield,thennaturalgascanbeobtained.Inpartsoftheworld,suchgasisoftensentthroughpipestodistanttownsandcities,sothatitcanbeusedlikecoalgasinhousesandfactories.Questions:15. Whyisitdifficulttofindoil?16. Whatisaderrick?17. Whydoesthespeakersaythatoilisobtained

21、moreeasilythancoal?18. Accordingtothespeaker,whatcanbeobtainedwhenanoilwellismadenearthemiddleoftheoilfield?Questions1922W:Goodevening,Mr.Smith.It'nicetomeetyouandyourboyinsuchniceandcozyweather.IsJohngoingtoschoolthisyear?M:Yes.Wearethinkingofsendinghimtoaprivateboardingschoolinsteadofthelocals

22、tateschool.W:Really?Well,Iwouldn'dreamofsendingmylittleboyawaytosomestrangeinstitutionformonthonendeveryyear.Itwillbreakmyhearteverytime.M:Idon'tthinkso.Iwouldsaythataboardingschooleducationisgoodforchildrenbecauseitteachesthemtohaveconfidenceinthemselves.Inaboardingschool,theycanlearntobemo

23、reindependentofthemselvesandlessdependentontheirparents.W:Butnoteverychildcanaffordtogotoaprivateschool.Mynephewonlywenttohislocalstateschoolandhe'sjustbeenawardedascholarshiptostudyclassicsatCambridge.M:Anyway,theprivateschoolismoreanimativeandopen-mindedinteachingchildrentolearn.Youwillgetthev

24、alueofyourmoney,andthisisworthwhile.W:Still,Idon'tknowwhatI'lldowithmylittleboynextyear.Idon'twanthimtogotothatbignewschool.Thechildrenofallthecommonpeopleintheareagothere.M:Well,theyareclosingalltheotherschools.Ifyoudon'tikethenewstateschool,you'jlusthavetopaytosendhimtoaprivate

25、school,won'tyou?Questions:Accordingtotheman,whatisgoodaboutaprivateboardingschool?19. Whydoesthewomanmentionhernephewintheconversation?20. Whichofthefollowingcanbeconcludedfromtheconversation?21. Whatisthewomanworriedabout?Questions2326Earthquakesareviolent,destructiveandunpredictable.Theoverall

26、historyofearthquakesleadstoonegeneralrule.Themoretimethathaspassedsinceanearthquake,thebiggerthechaneeonewillstrike.Scientiststhereforeuseinformationaboutpastearthquakestoguessprobabilitiesaboutfutureearthquakes.Forexample,theysaythatwithinthenext30years,thereisa60percentprobabilitythatanearthquakew

27、illhitsomewhereinsouthernCalifornia.Butexactlywhereorwhenisamystery.Inatleastonecase,anearthquakeinnorthernchinahasbeenpredictedbypayingattentiontocluesfromnature.Inchina,earthquakeshavebeenstudiedfornearly4,000years.Andtherearerecordsofmorethan9,000earthquakes,goingbacktotheyear1831BC.Theofficialea

28、rthquakerecordsofthestateofCaliforniaonlygobackto1950.Intheirlonghardlookearthquakes,theChinesehaveobservedmanythings.Beforeanearthquake,animalsstarttoactstrangely.Thegroundchangedinshape,andearth'smagneticfieldsgetstrongerintheearthquakearea.Thewaterinwildbubblesup,andthenreturnstoitsnormalleve

29、l.Also,aseriesofsmallearthquakescanmeanthatabigquakeisonitsway.TheChineseusethesecluesin1974tomakethefirstsuccessfulpredictionofanearthquake.TheUnitedStatesgeologicalsurvey,ontheotherhand,hasneverpredictedamajorearthquake.Questions:22. Whatisthegeneralruleabouttheoccurreneeofanearthquake?23. Accordi

30、ngtothespeaker,whichareaislikelytobehitbyanearthquakewithinthenext30years?24. HowlonghavetheChinesestudiedearthquakes?25. WhichofthefollowingisnotacluethatisusedbytheChinesetopredictanearthquake?Questions2730tgeMan:Howdidyoulikethefireworkslastnight?Woman:Ireallydidn'enjoythemtoomuch.Therewassuc

31、habigcrowdthatwecouldnveryclose.Man:Ithoughtyouweregoingearly.Woman:Wedid.Buteventhoughwegotthereon7o'clocktheparkwasalreadyjammed.Itwassocrowedthatwehadahardtimefindingaplaceeventostand.Man:That'stoobadbecausethefireworkswerereallyspectacular.havea'dbeWoman:Whatdidyoudo?Howdidyoumanaget

32、ogetagoodview?donextsuretogetMan:Wewentearly.Wedecidedtopicnicdinnerinthepark,sowethereearlyenoughtofindagoodspot.Woman:Iguessthat'vshatIshouldFourthofJuly.Man:Wefoundaplaceontopofsomerockswherenobodycouldgetinfrontofus.Woman:Wasn'titprettyhot?Thetemperaturewasupinthe80syesterday.Man:Itwasni

33、ceandcoolwherewewerebecausetherewerealotoftreesrightbehindus.Sowehadsomeshadetositin.Woman:Whatdidyoudoaboutgoinghome?I'veeverbeenpushedandshovedsomuchinmywholelife.Man:Well,theyrentextrabusesuntilmidnight,sowedidn'thaveanyproblem.Woman:Ithinkyouwerelucky.Man:Itwasn'tluck.Itwasgoo0lannin

34、g.Youhavetocomewithusnextyear.Woman:Idon'khowwhetherIwanttotryitagainnextyear.EventhoughIlikefireworks,Idon'tlikebigcrowds.Man:Well,nextyearisstillalongtimeawandnextweekendwearegoingtothebeach,awholebunchofus.Wouldyouliketocomewithus?Woman:Yes,thankyou,Iwould.AndmaybeIcanfindhowyougoaboutpla

35、nningthings.Questions:26. Accordingtothewoman,whycouldn'sheenjoythefireworks?27. Whatdidthemandotoensureagoodviewofthefireworks?28. Howdidthemanexplainthesuccessfortheirparktrip?29. Whatdidthemandoattheendofconversation?I.SentenceTranslationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear5sentencesinE

36、nglish.YouwillhearthesentencesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachsentence,translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.1.原文：WeknowthatIanguageuseisthelife-longprocess,soistheforeignIanguagelearning.ThereisnoshortcutinlearningaforeignIanguage.译文：众所周知，语言的使用是终身的，外语学习也是

37、如此。学习外语是没有捷径可走的2.原文：I'mafraidwe'llhavetochangeourappointmentforFridaymorning.SomethingunexpectedcameupandI'msorryfortheinconveniencethismightcauseyou.译文：出于意外，我们恐怕要更改周五早上的预约。对此给您造成不便，我表示十分抱歉。3原文：Aftersomediscussions,wehavereachedacompromiseonthekeypoint,andwe'IIcomedowntodetailsofthec

38、ontractatournextmeetingtomorrowafternoon.译文：经过几番讨论后，我们在关键问题上作出让步并达成一致，合同的具体细节将于明天下午的会议上讨论。4.原文：Afamouseducationalistoncesaid:Nobodyiscompletelyignorant.Nobodyknowseverything.Allofuslackknowledgeofsomething.Thatiswhywecontinuetolearn.译文：一位著名的教育家曾说过："无人无知，无人全知。我们所有人都缺乏某方面的知识。因此我们要不断学习5.原文：Today,I

39、ampleasedtoannouncethatourgovernmentwilldramaticallyexpandthenumberofourstudentswhostudyinChinato50,000inthenext10years.译文：今天，我很高兴地宣布，在未来的10年内，我们政府将大幅度增加赴中留学生至5万人。II.PassageTranslationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear2passagesinEnglish.YouwillhearthepassagesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachpas

40、sage,translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouarelistening.1.Maniscloselyconnectedtotheenvironment.Ourenvironmentprovidesuswithfreshairtobreathe,cleanwatertodrink,andvariousvegetablestoeat.However,ourenvironmentisfacedwithmanydangers.

41、Itisseriouslypollutedbychemicalwastesfromfactoriesandgarbageincities.Treesarebeingcutdown.Largeareasofforestsarebeingdestroyed.Andvariousanimalsarebeinghuntedandkilled.Asaresult,manykindsofplantsandanimalsaredisappearingfromtheearth.译文：人与环境紧密相连。我们的环境提供了新鲜的空气、干净的水和各种蔬菜，让我们呼吸、饮用。但我们的环境却正在面临许多危险。它被工厂的化

42、学废物、城市里的垃圾所污染。树木被砍伐、大片的森林被破坏、多种动物遭到猎杀。由此，地球上许多种类的植物和动物，正在走向灭绝。2.In1979,tradebetweentheUnitedStatesandChinastoodatroughly$5billion.Today,ittopsover$400billioneachyear.Thecommerceaffectsourpeople'ISeinsomanyways.AmericaimportsfromChina,manyofthecomputerpartsweuse,theclotheswewear.AndweexporttoChin

43、amachinerythathelpspoweryourindustry.ThistradecouldcreateevenmorejobsonbothsidesofthePacific,whileallowingourpeopletoenjoyabetterqualityoflife.译文：1979年，美中贸易保持在50亿美元上下。而今，每年贸易总额则已超过了4000亿美元。这一贸易往来在很多方面影响了两国人民的生活。我们电脑上的许多零件、我们穿的衣服，都是美国从中国进口而来的，而我们也向中国出口可以让贵国工业更加强大的机械设备。两国贸易为太平洋两岸提供了大量的就业机会，让我们的人民能够享受更

44、加美好的生活。SECTION2STUDYSKILLS45minutesDirections:Inthissection,youwillreadseveralpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsbasedonitscontent.YouaretochooseONEbestanswer,(A),(B),(C)or(D),toeachquestion.Answerallthequestionsfollowingeachpassageonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthatpassageandwritet

45、heletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Questions2125AnyrequestintheUnitedKingdomtoremoveadisabledperson'sabilitytoreproduceshouldbetreatedwithgreatcaution.Thenewsthat15-year-oldKatieThorpe,whohasseverecerebralpalsy,mayhaveahysterectomyathermother'srequests

46、houldbeacauseofgreatconcernfordisabledpeople.Thiscaseraisesprofoundlegalandethicaldilemmas.LegallyKatieshouldbeassumedtobecapableofmakingadecisionand,ifnecessary,supportedtodosobeforeanyoneelsecandecidewhatisorisnotinher"bestinterests".Ethicallywehavetorememberthatrightthroughthe20thcentur

47、ymanycountriesinEuropeandbeyondlegislatedpositivelyinfavorofsterilisingdisabledpeople,oftenwithouttheirknowledge-letalonetheirconsent.AsJudgeHolmesfamouslyputitinaIandmarkcaseintheUnitedStateslessthanacenturyago,"threegenerationsofimbecilesareenough".Withtheshadowofthisrecenthistorystillov

48、erus,weshouldexerciseutmostcautionbeforesanctioningdecisionstoremoveanydisabledwoman'sreproductiverights.Themosteffectivepaththroughboththelegalandethicaldilemmashastobetoencourageself-determinationonthepartofdisabledpeoplesuchasKatie.Ofcourse,therightsandneedsofcarersneedtobetakenintoaccountasw

49、ell,butitisimperativethatthisisneverattheexpenseofthedisabledperson'sownviews.Thereasonthatthiscasehascausedsomuchcontroversyisthat,oninitialinspection,itappearsthatanassumptionisbeingmadeaboutwhatisbestforadisabledpersonwithoutattemptingtounderstandthedesiresoftheindividualwhowillbeultimatelyaf

50、fectedbythedecision.Unfortunately,assumptionsthatlimitdisabledpeople'slivesareprevalentinoursociety,andthemedicalprofessionisnotimmune.Ihavecomeacrosscaseswheredisabledpeoplewhopersonallybelievetheyenjoyagoodqualityoflife,havebeentoldbydoctorsthattheyassumetheywouldnotwanttoberesuscitatedintheev

51、entofrespiratoryfailure.Whentheindividualstellthedoctorsthattheywould,ofcourse,wanttoberesuscitated,theyhavebeenmetwithnothingbutapuzzledlook.NotonlydoestheUKdisabilitynetworkRadaradvocatethatalldisabledpeopleshouldbetheauthorsoftheirowndestiny,butthattheyshouldhavetheappropriatesupportinplacetoenab

52、lethemtoachievetheirhopesandambitions.Thisdoesnotjustmeangoingtotheshops,orhavingarewardingjob,butitalsomeansarighttorelationshipsandtofamilylife,whichmeansensuringself-determinationisakeyaspectofeveryone'sexistenee.Thesearetherightsthatnon-disabledpeopletakeforgranted,andtheymustbeaffordedtoall

53、ifwearetoliveinanequalsociety.Weknowthatwiththerightsupportinplace,trueindependentlivingisnotonlypossible,butdesirablebothfromasocialandaneconomicperspective.Oncewecanlivethelivesthatwewanttolive,wecanencourageotherdisabledpeopletodothesame.Weallhaveambitions,andweshouldallbeenabledtofulfillthemandi

54、nspireothers.Beforewecanachievethis,wemusthavethemechanismsinplacetoensurethatpeoplelikeKatie,andallotherswhocannoteasilyexpresstheirneedsanddesires,arefullyrepresentedinthelegalsystemandoursocietyasawhole.Lifecanbeverydifficultforparentswhoarealsocarersfortheirseverelydisabledchildren.Butthatdoesno

55、tmeanthattheyalwaysknowwhatisinthebestinterestsoftheirchildren.Forallchildren,independencefromtheirparentscanbeahard-wonright.Fordisabledyoungpeople,theymayneedsupportthroughouttheirlivestoachievethis.SECTION3TRANSLATIONTEST30minutesDirections:TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChineseandwriteyourversi

56、oninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.force,TheeconomicsystemoftheUnitedStatesisprincipallyoneofprivateownership.Inthissystem,consumers,producersandgovernmentmakeeconomicdecisionsonadailybasis,mainlythroughthepricesystem.Thedynamicinteractionofthesethreegroupsmakestheeconomicfunction.Themarke

57、t'sprimaryhowever,istheinteractionofproducersandconsumers;hencethe“marketeconomy”designation.Asarule,consumerslookforthebestvaluesforwhattheyspendwhileproducersseekthebestpriceandprofitforwhattheyhavetosell.Government,atthefederal,state,andlocallevel,seekstopromotepublicsecurity,assurereasonablecompetition,andprovidearangeofservicesbelievedtobebetterperformedbypublicratherthanprivateenterprises.Generally,therearethreekindsofenterprises:single-ow