2023年9月上海中级口译考试真题录音及原文答案

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ｓytｏfindandgｅtoutoftheearth，asitｉstrappeｄｄｅeｐｄoｗnintｈeｇrounｄ．Wemustfiｒststuｄytherocｋｓcａrefuｌlｙ.Wｈｅnweｔhinｋthatｔhｅroｃksｉｎacertainplａcemaycontainoｉl,wewilｌbuildaｍｅｔaltoｗerinthelｏｃａtｉon,eitheronｔhelａndoｒontheｓea．Thiｓmetaltoweｒisｃalledaｄｅrrick.Tｈeｄｅrrickisequippｅｄwithoil-drillingmaｃｈｉnｅry．Themachｉneｗｉllcutanarｒｏwholeｄowｎｉntothegｒｏｕnd．Meaｎwhile,aｓteｅｌpipeｉspusheddoｗntoｓｔopthｅsideｓfrｏmfalｌingaｎdtokeepｏutwater.Ａtlast,ifwｅhavｅｊｕｄｇedcorrectlｙ，theoilｗoｕldruｓhupthepipewithgreaｔｆorce.Thisisbasicallｙhowaｎoilwelｌiｓｓetup.Ｏｉl，aｓwｅcaｎsｅｅ，ｉsobtaｉnｅdmoreeasｉlythａncoal.Forcｏａｌ,verｙofｔen,wｅmuｓtdigｉtfｒｏｍａmｉｎeaｎdhaveitsｅｎｔoutｔotheｇroundsuｒfａce.Butfｏroil，itrusheｓupａpiｐe.Iｆａnｏilweｌliｓmａdeneartｈｅmｉｄdｌeｏfthｅoilｆｉelｄ,ｔｈeｎnaturａlgａscａnｂeobtaiｎeｄ.Inpartｓｏfｔheworld，suchgasisoftensentthｒｏｕghpｉpｅｓｔodｉｓｔanｔｔownsａｎｄciｔｉｅs,sothaｔitｃanbｅusedｌikeｃｏalgaｓinhousesaｎdfaｃtｏrｉｅs.Qｕestｉons:15.Ｗhyisiｔdifficulttofｉndｏil？16.Wｈaｔｉsadeｒriｃk？１7.Wｈｙdoesｔｈespeakeｒｓaythatoiｌiｓoｂｔaｉnedmoreeasiｌythancoal?18.Accordinｇｔｏtｈｅｓｐeaｋer,wｈatｃanbeobtainedwhｅnaｎoilwｅllisｍadeneａrthemiddleｏftheoilfielｄ？Qｕestｉons19~22W:Ｇoodeｖening，Mr.Sｍith.It’ｓnicetomeetyoｕaｎdｙourboyinsuchniceaｎdｃozyｗeａther．IsJohnｇｏｉｎgtoschooｌtｈｉsyear？M:Yｅs.Wｅaｒｅthｉnkingoｆｓendｉｎghimtoaprivatｅboardiｎgsｃhoolｉnｓteaｄofthelocａlｓｔaｔesｃhool.W:Really?Wｅｌl,Iwouldn’tdｒｅamoｆsendiｎgｍｙlｉtｔleboyaｗａytoｓoｍesｔraｎｇeinsｔiｔutiｏnｆormoｎｔｈonendeveryｙear．Iｔwｉllｂｒeakmyheａｒteverytime．M:Idon’tｔｈinｋso.Iwoｕldｓayｔｈataｂｏaｒdinｇsｃｈooｌedｕcatｉoniｓｇoodforchilｄrenbｅcａｕseｉｔteachesｔhemtoｈａvecｏnfｉｄencｅinｔｈemｓelvｅs.Inａboarｄingschoｏl，tｈeycanlearｎtobｅmｏreinｄeｐenｄentoftｈeｍｓelｖeｓanｄｌeｓsdｅｐendｅntｏｎthｅirpａrｅnts.W:Butnoteｖerychildｃaｎaffordtoｇoｔｏapｒivａtｅsｃhool.Ｍynｅpｈewoｎlywenttｏhｉslocaｌsｔａtｅｓｃhoｏlaｎdhｅ’sｊustbｅenawarｄedａｓchｏlａrｓhiptｏsｔｕdyclassｉcsatCambrｉdgｅ.M:Ａnｙway,theprivaｔesｃhooliｓｍｏrｅａnimａtｉｖeａndｏpen-mｉndedｉｎtｅacｈinｇcｈildｒenｔoｌearｎ．Yoｕwｉｌlgetthevａlｕeofyourmonｅy,aｎdｔｈｉｓisｗorthwｈile．Ｗ：Stiｌl,Idoｎ’tｋnowｗｈaｔI’lldｏwiｔhmyｌittleboyｎｅxtyeaｒ.Idon’twanthimtogoｔotｈａtbignewsｃhooｌ.Ｔhechilｄrenofａlltｈeｃoｍｍoｎpeopleinthｅａｒｅaｇｏtherｅ.M：Well,theyarｅclosiｎgａllthｅｏｔherｓchools．Ifyoudｏn’tlｉkethenewstａteｓcｈooｌ,yｏu’ｌljｕstｈａvetｏｐayｔｏｓendｈimｔｏａpriｖateｓchool,won’ｔyｏu？Ｑueｓtｉonｓ:19.Accoｒdiｎgｔotｈeman,wｈａｔisgoodaｂoutaｐrivａｔeboａrｄinｇschool?20.Whyｄｏestｈｅwoｍaｎmｅｎtionheｒneｐｈｅｗinｔheｃｏnverｓａtion?21．Whｉcｈofthefollowingcanｂｅｃonｃluｄedfromｔhｅconveｒｓatiｏn?22.Whatｉsｔheｗｏｍanwoｒrｉedabout？Questions２３～26Eａrtｈquａkeｓareｖiｏlent,destruｃtiｖeanduｎpreｄictable．Theｏveｒaｌlhｉｓｔoｒyofearｔhqｕakｅsｌｅadstoonegenｅrａlrule.Thｅmorｅｔiｍethａtｈａspaｓseｄsiｎceaneａrtｈquａke,tｈebigｇeｒthechanceonewillstrikｅ.Scienｔistsｔhｅrｅforeusｅｉnformaｔｉonaｂoｕtｐasｔｅarthqｕakｅsｔoguessprobａbｉlitiesaboutfuｔｕｒeearthquakes.Foｒexamplｅ,ｔheysayｔｈatwｉthiｎｔheｎext3０yeａrs,tｈereiｓａ60ｐerceｎｔprobabiｌitythａｔaneaｒthqｕakｅwilｌhiｔsomeｗｈereｉnsoutherｎＣalｉfoｒnia.Butexacｔlｙwherｅorwhenisaｍystery.Inatleaｓtoｎecase，anｅarｔｈquaｋeiｎnortheｒnｃhｉnaｈａsbeenpredictｅdbｙpａyingatｔeｎtｉｏntｏcluesfrｏmnature.Ｉｎｃhina，ｅartｈｑｕaｋeｓｈａvebeｅnstudiedforｎearly4,000yｅaｒｓ.Andtherearｅｒecoｒｄsofｍoｒeｔhａｎ9,000eartｈｑuakes，goiｎｇbacｋtｏthｅyeａr18３１BC.ThｅoｆｆiｃｉaleartｈquaｋerｅcoｒdｓofｔhestａteofCａlifｏｒnｉaonlygｏbackto1950.Ｉｎtheirlongｈardｌｏｏkeａrthquａkeｓ，theChiｎesehａｖeｏbserｖｅdｍanｙthｉｎgs.Beｆoreanearthquake,anｉmａlsstarttoactstrangeｌｙ.Thegｒoundchangｅdinshapｅ,aｎdearth’smagneticfieldｓgetstrongeｒintｈeｅaｒthquakearea．Theｗａtｅｒiｎwｉldbubbleｓｕp,andｔｈｅnrｅturnstoitsnorｍalｌevｅl.Ａlso,aseriｅｓofsｍaｌlearthqｕａkescａnmeaｎｔhａtaｂigqｕakｅisonitｓｗａy.TheＣhineｓeｕseｔhesecluｅsｉn1974ｔomaketheｆｉrｓtsuｃceｓsｆulｐrediｃtioｎofａnｅarｔhｑuａke.TheUniｔｅｄＳｔaｔesgeoloｇｉcalsurvｅy,ontheoｔhｅrhand,ｈasnevｅrpredicteｄamａjｏreａｒtｈqｕａke．Questions：２3.Ｗhatistｈegenｅralruｌeabouttheoｃcｕrrｅｎceoｆanearthqｕａke?24.Aｃcordｉnｇtothespｅaｋｅr,wｈｉcｈareａiｓlｉkelｙtobehitbyanearthquａｋewithｉnthenext30ｙears?25.HｏwloｎghａｖｅtheChｉnesestudｉeｄearｔhquakes?2６.WｈｉｃhｏfｔｈeｆollowingisnotaｃlｕｅtｈatisusｅdbythｅＣhineｓetｏprｅdictanｅaｒthｑuake?Qｕesｔｉonｓ２７~30Man:Howdidｙoｕｌikethｅｆiｒeworkslastnｉghｔ?Wｏman:Iｒeallｙｄｉdｎ’tenｊoyｔheｍtoomuch.Tｈerewassuｃｈaｂigcroｗdthatweｃoulｄn’ｔgetvｅrｙcloｓe.Ｍaｎ:Itｈoughtyoｕwerｅgoinｇeaｒlｙ．Woman:Ｗｅdid.Bｕｔeｖｅntｈoｕghwｅgoｔthereon７ｏ’cloｃk,theparｋwasaｌreadyｊａmmed．Itｗassｏcrowedｔｈａtwehaｄaｈardtimefindｉnｇaplacｅｅvenｔoｓtaｎd.Man:Ｔｈaｔ’stooｂａdbeｃauｓeｔhefｉrｅｗoｒkswerｅｒeallyspｅｃｔacｕlar.Woman:Wｈatｄidyｏuｄo？Hｏｗｄidｙoumanagetｏgeｔagoodview?Ｍan:Wewｅnteaｒly.Wedｅcidｅdtoｈaveapicnicdｉnnｅrｉnthepark,sowe’ｄｂesuｒetogeｔthｅreｅarlyenoughtoｆiｎｄagoｏｄｓpot.Woman:Ｉｇｕessthat’sｗｈａtIsｈouｌddoｎeｘｔＦoｕrthofJuｌy．Man:Weｆｏｕnｄaplａceontopofsomｅrｏｃｋswhｅrｅnoboｄｙcoulｄgetiｎfrontofus.Wｏman:Wasn’titｐrettyhot?Thｅtempｅraturｅｗａsupinｔｈe80syesterday.Man:Iｔwasniceaｎdcｏoｌwherewｅwｅrｅｂecausｅtheｒewerealotoftreｅsｒigｈtbehindus.Soweｈａdsｏmeshadetositｉｎ.Ｗoman:Ｗｈaｔdidyoudｏaｂｏutgｏinghome?Ｉ’ｖenｅverbeenpushｅdａndsｈoveｄｓomucｈinmywholelife．Maｎ:Wｅlｌ，tｈeｙrｅntextrabｕsesunｔilmidnｉghｔ,sowedidｎ’thaveanypｒoｂlｅm．Ｗomaｎ:Iｔhiｎｋyｏuｗereｌｕｃky．Man：Itｗaｓn’tｌuck．Iｔwaｓｇoｏdpｌanniｎg.Yoｕhavetocｏmeｗｉthusnｅｘtyear.Woman:Idon’ｔｋnoｗwhetｈｅrIwanttotryitagainneｘtyear.EveｎｔhoｕghIｌikefirｅworｋｓ，Ｉdon’tlｉkebｉｇcrowds．Mａn：Weｌｌ,neｘtｙeaｒisｓtiｌｌalonｇtｉｍeａｗaｙandneｘｔwｅｅｋenｄweareｇoingtothebeach,ａｗhｏlｅbuｎchｏｆｕs.Wouldyｏulikeｔoc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