2019年翻译资格考试catti高级口译模拟试题

1、2019 年翻译资格考试 catti 高级口译模拟试题Two Small Birds两只小鸟In 1973, Thomas, a schoolboy in California of the U. S, caught a small bird during an intervalbetween classes and mischievously hid it in the classroom. He didnt mean playing tricks. Hewas only interested in a birds chirping and wanted to know its life a

2、nd habits. The teacher wasgiving a language lesson when he heard the birds chirping. He couldnt help frowning on it. However, he didnt blame the child. He only said in a solemn way that he would like to say aword about birds habits. Birds like flying freely and hate being confined. Its in the nature

3、 thatthey find their warm nest.Then he went on with his lesson. Thomas felt he was flattered by theteachers attention and immediately took action to send the bird back to the nature when theclass was over.1973 年，美国加利福尼亚州某小学某班级，一个调皮的小男孩托马斯在课间休息时逮了一只鸟儿握在手心里。他并非恶作剧，仅仅对 鸟儿的啁啾声和生活习惯充满了兴趣。语言老师上课了，但小鸟的鸣 叫突

4、然响起，语言老师直皱眉，但他并没有责怪小托马斯，而是郑重 地告诉大家：我想讲一下鸟儿的生活习性问题，鸟儿不喜爱被圈养着， 它们喜爱自由飞行，大自然才是它们的暖巢，下面，继续上课。小男 孩托马斯受宠若惊，下课后将那只鸟儿放回了大自然。Almost at the same time a small boy at a certain school of a certain city in China did the samething as his American counterpart. He held the small bird in hand, very interested in its

5、chirping, which greatly interfered with the class that was going on. The teacher giving a lessonof Chinese language and literature was enraged. He relentlessly dragged the boy up from hisseat, robbed him of the bird and set it free through the window. He blamed the boy andordered him to copy an anci

6、ent poem 100 times as a sort of punishment.同一时间，不同地点，中国某城市的某所学校，一名小男孩也将一只不知名的小鸟握在手心里，他也对它的叫声充满了兴趣。小鸟不知疲倦地在课堂上发出了怪声，惹得大家的目光锁定在他的身上，语文老师怒气冲冲，显然他觉得这妨碍了自己的课堂纪律与教学质量。他走过去，毫不客气地将小男孩拽了起来，将小鸟从他的手心里抢了 过来，打开窗户放飞了小鸟。小男孩受了批评，他不得不抄写近一百 遍的某首古诗。In 2010 on the platform of a certain university in California an ornit

7、hologist was telling a storyabout his childhood. He said he was very grateful to his language teacher whose kindnesshelped him to keep up his interest in birds. Interest was an important factor to beginsubsequent development. What we needed was to follow our interest, not to change it.2010 年，美国加利福尼亚

8、州某大学的演讲台上，一位鸟类专家在生动地讲他小时候的故事：他说十分感谢当初老师的仁慈，没有扼杀 他对鸟儿的憧憬和兴趣，兴趣是决定人初始开发的一个重要因素，我 们需要沿着兴趣走而不是改变它。Meanwhile on the platform of a certain university in China a doctor specialized in Chineselanguage and literature made a speech about his childhood. He said it was his language teacherthat prevented him fro

9、m going astray. Thus he was able to pursue his studies that resulted inhis becoming an excellent doctorate scholar of Chinese language and literature.同样的时间，在中国某大学的讲台上，一位中文博士也在讲他小时候的故事，他说道：语文老师将自己引入了正途，他现在已经成为 一位优秀的语文博士。Both of them were outstanding talents, though there might be something regretful. Atraditional ideology is quite different from a habit of creating something new. This differencedecides two little boys, even two nations different interest and orientation. The differenttreatment of birds in their childhood points to two different education though