第一篇：2013年9月中級口譯英譯漢真題及答案解析

2013年9月中級口譯英譯漢真題及答案解析

2013年09月16日18:17 滬江英語 微博 我有話說

編輯點評：2013年秋季上海中高級口譯考試于今日9月15日開考，滬江英語在考后第一時間提供真題、解析、答案信息，本文為2013年9月中級口譯英譯漢答案部分。

原文：

American are much more likely than citizens of other nations to believe that they live in a meritocracy, i.e.Government by people selected according to merit.But this self-image is a fantasy: America actually stands out as a the advanced country in which it matters most who your parents were, the country in which those born on one of society’s lower rungs have the least chance of climing to the top or even to the middle。

And if you ask why America is more class-bound in practice than the rest of the Western world, a large part of the reason is that our government falls down on the job of creating equal opportunity。

The failure starts early: in America, the holes in the social safety net mean that both low-income mothers and their children are all too likely to suffer from poor nutrition and receive inadequate health care.It continues once children reach school age, where they encounter a system in which the afflent send their kids to good, well-financed public schools or, if they choose, to private schools, while less-advantaged children get a far worse education。

參考譯文：

美國人可能比任何其他國家的人都更相信他們生活在一個崇尚精英體制國家，比如他們堅信有能力的人才會被人民選為政府的一份子。但他們這個自我的認識可說是一種幻覺。雖然美國發達強大，傲視群雄，但在那里家庭背景卻極其重要，若一個人出生在無權無勢的家庭，他成為精英甚至中產階級的機會則是微乎其微的。

如果你要問為什么實際上美國比其他西方國家都要階級分明，政府在創造公平機會這件事情上的失職從很大程度上來說是罪魁禍首。

這種失職從很早就開始了，社會的安全網存在著漏洞，這就意味著低收入的母親和兒童將遭受營養不良和醫療不利之苦。這個趨勢將會繼續下去---等小孩到了上學的年紀，富人可以送小孩上優質的、資金充足的學校，如果他們愿意，甚至可以去私立學校，而家境貧寒的人只能委身于水準低得多的教育。

第二篇：中級口譯真題答案

TRANSLATION TEST(2)(30 MINUTES)

Direction: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.本屆會議將圍繞“新世紀、新挑戰：參與、合作、促進共同繁榮”的主題，審議 5 個方面的議題，以期促進亞太地區和全球經貿的發展。

今年的亞太經濟貿易合作組織會議將主要側重兩個方面：一是加強亞太經合組織成員之間的合作，共同應對可能出現的經濟衰退，重樹信心；二是繼續推進亞太經合組織貿易投資自由化進程，推動世界貿易組織盡早開始新一輪談判。

分析：

① 本屆會議將圍繞“新世紀、新挑戰：參與、合作、促進共同繁榮”的主題，審議 5 個方面的議題，以期促進亞太地區和全球經貿的發展。

譯文 1 ： This meeting will discuss the topic of “new century, new challenge: participate , cooperate and promote common prosperity covering 5 areas with a view to enhancing the development of economy and trade between the Asian-Pacific region and the rest world.譯文 2 ： This meeting will center round the theme of “Meeting new challenges in the new century: achieving common prosperity through participation and cooperation” under 5 heads with a view to promoting the economic and trade development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large.考點： 意譯：“新世紀、新挑戰：參與、合作、促進共同繁榮”如譯文 1 翻譯純粹采取直譯，把字面意思翻譯出來，而譯文 2 把這句話的含義翻譯出來，值得推薦。

轉性譯法：動詞 → 名詞 參與 →participation 合作 →cooperation

② 今年的亞太經濟貿易合作組織會議將主要側重兩個方面：一是加強亞太經合組織成員之間的合作，共同應對可能出現的經濟衰退，重樹信心；二是繼續推進亞太經合組織貿易投資自由化進程，推動世界貿易組織盡早開始新一輪談判。

譯文 1 ： The APEC meeting in this year will focus mainly on two aspects: one is on strengthening the cooperation among all the APEC members to cope with the possible economic recession through rebuilding up confidence;the other is on promoting the liberalization of trade and investment of APEC for the start of a new round of negotiations/talks for WTO.譯文 2 ： This year’s APEC meeting will focus on two key missions: one is to strengthen the cooperation among APEC members in dealing with a possible economic slowdown to build up new confidence;the other is to continue to advance the process of APEC trade and invest liberalization and facilitation and urge the WTO to initiate a new round of talks as soon as possible.考點： 增詞譯法：“一是加強” →one is on strengthening，因為前接 focus mainly on，因此增加 on 介詞。

第三篇：[中級口譯] 2012年3月中級口譯英譯漢答案+解析【滬江版】

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late 1960′s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras.It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.我年輕那會兒，有一本非常好的雜志，叫做《環球目錄》，算得上我那一輩人的圣經。創辦這本雜志的人名叫斯圖爾特·布蘭德，他就住在離這里不遠的門羅公園。他用詩意的筆觸為這本雜志賦予了生命。那是六十年代，個人電腦和電腦出版還未普及，因此整本雜志都是用打字機、剪刀和拍立得相機完成的，可以成為紙質版的谷歌搜索，但卻比谷歌早出現了35年。它是理想主義的化身，滿篇都是整潔的工具和偉大的觀點。

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.And I have always wished that for myself.And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.斯圖爾特和他的團隊推出了幾期《環球目錄》，當他們遇到瓶頸便出版了最后一期。當時是70年代中期，那時的我和你們現在差不多大。最后一期的黑色封面上有一張照片，照片上是一條清晨的鄉間小路，是那種你搭車出游時一定能看見的小路，如果你有這樣的冒險精神的話。照片下方有這樣一句話：“求知若渴，虛懷若愚。”這是他們謝幕時留下的告別辭。保持饑餓，保持愚蠢。我一直都希望自己能做到這一點。現在，你們就要畢業了，我也希望你們能夠這樣做。

翻譯評析：

這篇短文取自于喬布斯在斯坦福大學畢業典禮上的演講。語言比較口語化，詞匯不難。因為是演講類短文，所以考生在翻譯的時候大可以順序驅動。節選的這個短文有幾處的詞匯和短語大家可以注意下：

poetic：充滿詩情畫意的idealistic: 理想主義的run his course: 完成使命

hitchhiking: 搭乘

sign off: 停止簽發，停止

第四篇：2012年9月上海中級口譯考試真題答案及解析

2012年9月中級口譯考試真題+答案+解析（匯總版）

Spot Dictation: We all have problems and barriers that block our progress, or prevent us from moving into new areas.Our problems might include the fear of speaking in front of a group, anxiety about math problems, or the reluctance to sound silly trying to speak a foreign language.It's natural to have problems and barriers, but sometimes they limit our experience so much, we get bored with life.When that happens, consider the following three ways of dealing with the problem or barrier.One way is to pretend it doesn't exist.Avoid it, deny it, and lie about it.It's like turning your head the other way, putting on a fake grin, and saying, “See, there's really no problem at all.Everything is fine.” In addition to looking foolish, this approach leaves the barrier intact, and we keep bumping into it.So, a second approach is to fight the barrier, to struggle against it.This usually makes the barrier grow.It increases the barrier's magnitude.A person who is obsessed with weight might constantly worry about being fat.He might struggle with it every day, trying diet after diet.And the more he struggles, the bigger the problem gets.The third alternative is to love the barrier.Accept it.Totally experience it.Tell the truth about it.Describe it in detail.Applying this process is easier if you remember two ideas.First, loving a problem is not necessarily the same as enjoying it.Love in this sense means total and unconditional acceptance.Second, unconditional acceptance is not the same as unconditional surrender.Accepting a problem is different than giving up or escaping from it.Rather, this process involves escaping into the problem, diving into it headfirst, and getting to know it in detail.Often the most effective solutions come, when we face a problem squarely, with eyes wide open, then we can move through the problem, instead of around it.When you are willing to love your problems, you drain them of much of their energy.【評析】

本文選自Dave Ellis 的著作Becoming a Master Student其中的一個章節：Love your problems and experience your barriers，本文主要介紹了解決問題的三種辦法，第一種是直接無視它，就當不存在；第二種是正視它，挑戰它，第三種則是愛上困難，充分體驗。然后又 給出兩個觀點，教你更容易地應用這些辦法。

總體而言，難度不大，文章選材方面還是比較中規中矩的，關于問題和困難的相關話題也是考生比較熟悉的部分。詞匯方面也沒有什么難詞偏僻詞，考生應該不會感到太難。Statements: Question1: Obviously Kell has been unhappy with her present job.She works as a nurse but she would drop a teacher at a primary or secondary school.Question2: We don't have enough information for our financial plan, but it's due tomorrow.I'm afraid we'll just have to make do with what we have got.Question3: There is more pressure than ever in the competitive job market to stand out from the crowd.Continuing your education is one way to get that extra edge.Question4: Our production supervisor warned John to punch in on time, dress appropriately for the job and stop taking extra breaks.Question5: The ability to work effectively with people from other countries is especially important if you plan a career in MMC management where international experience is an essential prerequisite.Question6: Now it is common to find fast food restaurants everywhere.These restaurants serve people who are too rushed to find time to eat a proper meal.Question7: Makinen hit what appeared to be oil on the road,and his car slammedinto a concrete barrier, tearing the right rear wheel almost completely off his Mitsubishi Lancer.Question8: One of the greatest public health successes has been the massive decline in smoking rates, which are now translating into reduced deaths from cancer and heart disease.Question9: In modern society, private houses are not just places for people to live in.Rich people have long-viewed real-estate as a suitable vehicle for their earnings.Question10: You need to draw a vertical line two inches from the left edge of your note-taking page.With this line, you still have six inches of space on the right to write down you notes.【評析】

1.此題描述對現在工作的不滿和寧愿做的工作。重點在but后面。

2.此題描述利用現在資源做經濟計劃的事。考生應注意due（到期）以及make do with（勉強應對）便可知題意。

3.此題描述如何應對就業壓力大的一種方法。難點在extra edge(額外的獎勵或優勢)。

4.此題描述主管對John的要求。找準三個并列動詞就易于理解。

5.此題描述什么情況下同外國人有效地工作很必要。題中有個從句，where，修飾MMC。

6.此題描述快餐店服務的人群。重點在第二句，fast restaurant 應為熟知單詞，根據意思也能理解題意。7.此題描述Makinen 撞車的原因和結果。難點是單詞，concrete barrier(水泥欄桿)，rear wheel(后輪)。8.此題描述公眾健康取得的一大成就。難點是要了解一些普通疾病的說法以及death rate(死亡率)，decline(下降)。

9.此題描述私人住宅不僅是用來居住的現狀。real-estate(不動產)，vehicle(工具，媒介)。10.此題描述劃線的問題。掌握單詞vertical(垂直的)，考生還應注意具體數字。Talks and Conversations 1 W: Ah, Bill, have you got a minute? M: Yes, but can you make it fast? I’m pretty busy.W: OK.Ah, I’m sorry about this, Bill.I know you’re busy but I’ve got to go somewhere this afternoon.Can I take the afternoon off? M: Oh, come on, Helen!W: But it’s really important.I mean it is really something urgent.M: Look, I’m sorry Helen but I can’t.I’ve got two people off sick.W: Well, how about a couple...M: Look, we’ve got to finish this report today.The boss has been waiting in the office.W: I know that, Bill.How about just an hour? M: Yes, all right.I suppose so.But next time I want a bit more warning.Questions: 11.Why did Helen want to talk to Bill? 12.What is the relationship between the man and the woman? 13.At last, how long was Helen permitted to take her leave? 14.What did Bill want Helen to do next time? 【解析】

本篇屬于情景對話，首先應當抓住關鍵詞組take off（請假），接下來就很好理解了。對話中女士因為下午緊急要去某地向男士請假，但是男士一開始因為手上的報告必須要在今日之內完成交給老板而沒有準假。之后女士告知實在佷重要，能否請一個小時的假，男士最終答應了。

關鍵詞：take off：請假 urgent：adj.緊急的 warning：adj.警告的；引以為戒的

Talks and Conversations 2 Hi, welcome, today I am going to talk about how children learn social behaviors.Especially how they learn lessons from the family, which is the most basic unit of our social structure.There is a lot of discussion these days about how families are changing and whether non-traditional families have a good or bad effect on children.But it is important to remember that the type of family a child comes from is not nearly as important as the kind of love and support that exist in a home.There are three ways by which children acquire their behavior through rewards, punishments and finally modeling.In today’s lecture, let‘s first discuss rewards.A reward can be defined as a positive reinforcement for good behavior.An example of a reward is when a parent says, “If you eat your vegetables, you can have ice cream for dessert”.Or a parent might say, “Finish your homework first, then you can watch TV.” Most parents use rewards unconsciously because they want their children to behave well.For example, a parent might give a gift to a child, because the child behaved well.Or parents may give a child money for doing what the parents asked.Questions: 15.What is discussed in the lecture? 16.According to the talk , what is more important for children to learn good social behaviors?

17.There are three ways by which children acquire their behavior.Which one is discussed in detail in the talk? 18.Which of the following is not a positive reinforcement for good behavior? 【評析】

本篇文章內容難度適中。雖然其中穿插長句子。但是問題答案都是文章中可以直接聽出來的。舉例說明能幫助大家很好的理解內容。因此在聽的時候，要有上下文的概念，前面如有長句沒聽懂，注意后面的例子說明。全文的意思就一目了然了。本篇話題是“孩子如何學習社會行為”。主要集中的講的是家庭這個社會單元對孩子行為的影響。并且提到孩子學習社會行為的三種方式：獎勵、懲罰、模范。本課中主要講的是“獎勵”這種方式。關鍵詞：Social behavior 社會行為，社交行為 Social structure 社會結構 Talks and Conversations 3 John: Good morning, Betty.Do you know what the assignment is for our term paper in history? Betty: Sure John.But weren’t you in class on Monday? That’s when it was given out.John: No, I missed that class.Was there a handout? Betty: No, the instructor just wrote the assignment on the board.John: Could I copy the assignment from your notes? Betty: You could if I had copied it all down, but I just wrote down the part that I wanted.John: Oh no...Betty: You see, there were four choices of topics for the term paper, but when I saw them, I knew which one I wanted, so I didn’t copy the others down.John: Can you remember any of the others? Betty: Let’s see...There was one about World War I, something about it, but I don’t remember what.And there was one called the idea of progress in the 19th century.John: And what was the last one? Betty: I can’t remember.My mind is a complete blank.Maybe you could ask someone else.John: Yes, I will.Anyway, those are certainly broad topics.Betty: Yes, but you can focus on a special area within them.Which one would you take? John: Of course, I don’t know what the last one is, but of these three, I think I’d take the idea of progress.Betty: That’s very abstract.John: Yes, but it is one of my interests and I’ve read a lot on the subject.I’ve never written a term paper on it though.Betty: Me neither.I haven’t even read about it.Are you going to class on Wednesday? John: Yes.Betty: Maybe he’ll write it on the board again.John: I hope so.Good luck with your paper.Betty: Same to you.Questions: 19.How many topics did the teacher give for the term paper? 20.How was the assignment given out by the instructor? 21.Why can’t John copy the assignment from Betty’s notes?

22.Why does John choose to write on the idea of progress in the 19th century? 【評析】

本段聽力講述的是男同學周一沒有去上課，來詢問女同學老師給出的期末論文題目是什么。恰巧老師給出的是4個話題以供挑選，女同學沒有記下所有的話題，只是憑 記憶講述了兩個話題給男同學聽。男同學在已知的話題中傾向于寫“the idea of progress in the 19th century”，因為他喜歡這方面知識，而且之前也有閱讀。問題都是常見細節題，涉及所給話題數目、話題告知方式等，難度不大，只要認真聽不難得出答 案。Talks and Conversations 4 Welcome to my lecture on interpreting.Interpreting is a relatively new area of research.It is all too often subsumed under the heading of translation.For example, many translators associations include interpreters.Many books on translation include a section on interpreting.Many translators do some interpreting work and vice versa.Of course, there is an overlap between the two areas that are so alike and yet so different.All of this means that interpreting is still in the process of establishing itself as a discipline in its own right.My aim in this lecture is to provide an overview of interpreting to anyone interested in interpreting in general, or indeed in becoming an interpreter.For years, I have been collecting information about international and regional organizations in this field.I was quite surprised about some of the results of the questionnaire.Firstly, with the exceptions of the European Union and the United nations, the actual number of interpreters employed by many organizations is quite small.Secondly, I have not found any support for the common notion that interpreters do not have a lifelong career that they work solidly for five years or so, earning quite a lot of money, and then disappear into the sunset.On the contrary, they continue to work as interpreters until retirement age, and in some cases, beyond it.Thirdly, English is the international language of business, and it’s used in boardrooms and business meetings throughout the world.English is also the international language of science.In the 1960s and 1970s of the last century when foreign languages were not like widely taught, many international conferences needed interpreters.Nowadays, most educated people learn foreign languages.And as a result, the need for interpreters at this type of meeting has diminished.Questions: 23.Who are most likely to be interested in the lecture? 24.Which of the following is not true about interpreting? 25.What is the common notion about interpreters? 26.What accounts for the smaller number of conference interpreters today? 【評析】

本 文節選自美國作家費倫的The Interpreter's Resource（口譯員的資源），屬于“外教社翻譯碩士專業系列教材”口譯實踐指南叢書。內容上，先是講口譯與翻譯的一些區別，然后說明是要對口譯做概 述，最后提出在調查研究中發現的一些比較奇怪的現象，包括：①公司錄用口譯者很少；②并沒有任何證據表明口譯者 的工作是吃青春飯的；③現在社會對商務和科學方面的口譯者的需求正在減少。文章介紹的都是口譯翻譯相關的詞匯，這些詞本身并沒有太大的難度，屬于考生比較 熟悉的詞匯范圍之內。Talks and Conversations 5 W:David Macdonald is best known for his work with watercolor painting.His work has been included in over 36 exhibitions.He is also renowned as an art teacher with work in a summer watercolor painting intensive program for high school students.David, how did you start making art? M: Initially, it was a way to create some private space.As the third in a family of nine children, I always shared a bedroom with at least three of my brothers.I would help my parents unpack the groceries and unfold the paper bags that I could use inside as drawing paper.Through hours of drawing, I was able to create my own little world.I was introduced to watercolor painting during my second year in college.And ever since then, I’ve been fascinated by it.W: What is the source of your ideas? M: Anything can become a conscious or unconscious inspiration.I can get lost in the country or in the city streets or in the supermarket.Even the shapes and colors of the vegetables give me all sorts of ideas.On a more scholarly level, I was influenced by Chinese and Japanese painters during college.W: Is there any advice you would like to give to our students? M: An artist has to believe in him or herself.The dedication, courage and energy my students bring to classroom are more important than anything I can offer.If you want to stand above the crowd, your passion for your art must be manifest through a willingness to work harder than anyone else.The students who succeed see their art as a way of life and not simply as a way of earning a living.My job as a teacher is to help my students realize their potential and bring eloquence to their unique voice.Questions: 27.What is the topic of the interview? 28.How did the man start to learn watercolor painting? 29.Why did the man talk about the vegetables in the supermarket? 30.Which of the following is not true about the successful art students? 【評析】

此篇是對水彩畫家David Macdonald的一篇采訪。涉及到David如何開始學畫畫，他什么時候開始畫油畫，怎么樣獲得靈感以及對學生們的建議。一個采訪問題，相應的回答，中等難度，沒有生僻詞，采訪對話也較易于理解。

掌握單詞：watercolor painting 水彩畫；grocery n.食品雜貨；inspiration n.靈感；conscious adj.有意識的；unconscious adj.無意識的；dedication n.奉獻，獻身；potential n.潛力；eloquence n.雄辯，口才；

Sentence Translation: 1.Courses for adults students may be vocational or recreational, that is, they may be related to a person’s job or taken purely for interest and pleasure.參考譯文：針對成年學生的課程可能是職業性的或者是娛樂性的，即課程可能與一個人的工作相關或者純粹的是出于興趣娛 樂而上課。

【解析】

本句話難度不大，如果考生一時沒有反映出vocational和recreational的意思，也不必慌張，因為之后就是對這兩個單詞的解釋，如果記下來，完全可以倒推出這兩個單詞的意思。關鍵詞：

vocational：adj.職業的，行業的 recreational：adj.娛樂的，消遣的

2.To overcome their fear of unknown attackers on the cities’ streets, many Americans now take instruction in Sun Swordof Oriental Self Defense such as karate and martial arts, commonly known as Gongfu or Wushu.參考譯文：為了克服對城市街道上陌生的攻擊者的恐懼，很多美國人采取《太陽之劍》中的東方自衛術，諸如空手道和技擊，它們 通常又被成為功夫或者武術。【解析】

本句話稍有難度，sword, karate等詞需要考生平時的積累，但是通過attackers，Gongfu，Wushu這樣的詞語，考生應該能判斷出句子的大意。instruction：n.指令，教導 sword：n.劍

karate：n.空手道

martial arts：武術，技擊

3.Drinking tea has been a long tradition of a typical British family.Recent studies suggest that tea can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process.參考譯文：喝茶一直以來都是典型英國家庭的傳統。近期的研究顯示，茶能夠降低罹患癌癥和心臟病的風險，還能延緩衰老。【解析】

本句帶有科普性質，但是內容并不陌生，也沒有太多的難詞、生詞，唯一的難點可能是retard，解釋為“減慢，延遲”。關鍵詞：

retard：v.延遲，減慢

aging process：衰老

4.I’ve been looking into the question of having the goods sent by air.It’s quick.The goods are less liable to damage than by sea and there’s less risk of hold-ups.參考譯文：我一直在研究空運貨物的問題。它很快，而且相比海運，空運的貨物不宜損壞，延誤的風險也較小。

【解析】

本句稍有難度，諸如be liable to...和hold-up可能對不少考生有點陌生。關鍵詞：

be less liable to：不易?? hold-up：n.停頓，耽誤

5.If you lost two percent of your body weight in water, your brain power and performance level may start to weaken.Another four to seven percent may leave youfeeling dizzy.參考譯文：如果你身體中的水份減少2%，你的頭腦開始遲鈍，表現力開始下降。如果再減少4-7%，你會感到眩暈。

【解析】

這句話難度適中，但是考生要注意聽的同時，快速反應所提及的數字，好在這句話中的數字比較簡單。另外諸如dizzy這樣的詞也需要平時的積累。關鍵詞：

weaken：v.減少，衰弱 dizzy：adj.眩暈的 Passage 1： 【原文】

While the rest of the world played soccer or the British football, Americans played basketball and baseball.But now soccer is rapidly becoming a major sport in the United States for reasons as simple as the game itself.School officials like it and kids like it.For the school authorities, it’s much cheaper to set up a soccer team.And for the kids, they don’t need to be big or tall to play soccer.All they need is the desire to run.【參考譯文】

當世界其他地方都在踢足球或英式足球的時候，美國人在打籃球和棒球。但是現在，足球已經快速成為美國一個主要的運動項目，其中的緣由和這項運動本身一樣簡 單。校領導喜歡足球，孩子們也喜歡足球。對于校方來說，成立一個足球隊成本更少。而對孩子們來說，踢足球并不要求他們長得高高壯壯。他們所需要的就是對奔 跑的渴望。

【評析】

這篇文章還是很容易的。話題是我們非常熟悉的體育。平時注意體育話題相關詞匯積累。

翻譯的時候，注意表達。本篇語氣篇口語化。因此翻譯一篇文章弄清楚文章的風格也很重要，這樣表達時，就知道到底是正式語氣表達還是非正式語氣表達。有時也有必要了解文章的體材：議論性、說明性還是描述性，從整體把握譯文的風格。

1.“as simple as ?itself”一般譯為“正如?本身一樣簡單或純粹” 2.“big or tall”。在這里我們形象地譯為“高高壯壯”或“高高大大”

Passage 2： 【原文】

What really makes me mad is the attitude towards morals.Some people are really shocked because actors are allowed to walk about the stage with little clothes on these days.But these same people are not shocked by advertisements which persuade the public to buy things which can do real harm to people, like cigarettes and alcohol for example.I think a lot of advertisements are much more immoral than so-called pornographic or dirty plays and books because they lie or at least disguise the truth.【參考譯文】

真正讓我發狂的是人們對道德的態度。演員可以著裝暴露，在臺上走來走去，這讓一些人感到驚訝，然而同樣是這批人，卻不會因為廣告勸說公眾購買如煙酒等對他 們有害的產品而震驚。我認為比起那些所謂的色情或黃色節目和書刊，很多廣告更不道德，因為它們在說謊，至少在掩蓋真相。

【評析】

本段話共由4句話組成，后三個句子都略微偏長，但是并不復雜，所以難度一般。較難把握的幾個詞組如下：

1.little clothes連用。little如果作為“少”修飾的是不可數名詞，很明顯這里不合適，可以考慮little表示“短的”意思，意譯為“著裝暴露”。

2.pornographic對學生詞匯量要求較高。這個單詞表示“色情的、黃色的”。同時，dirty這里不能直譯為“臟的”，而應該采用它的引申義“下流的、色情的”。3.disguise較難，表示“掩飾、掩蓋”，disguise the truth也就可以翻譯為“掩蓋真相”。閱讀理解第一篇：

閱讀理解第一篇選自口譯閱讀教程 Unit 5 Reading B “artificial waterways”

Today, most countries in the world have canals.Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport.Some canals, such as the Suez or the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter.Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast.Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.3.The size of a canal depends on the kind of boats going through it.The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boat using it to pass each other easily.It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water beneath the keel of the largest boat using the canal.4.Some canals have sloping sides, while others have sides that are nearly vertical.Canals that are cut through rock can have nearly vertical sides.However, canals with earth banks may crumble if the angle of their sides is too steep.5.Some canals are lined with brick, stone, or concrete to keep the water from soaking into the mud.This also permits ships to go at greater speeds, since they cannot make the banks fall in by stirring up the water.In small canals with mud banks, ships and barges must limit their speed.6.When the canal goes through different levels of water, the ships must be raised or lowered from one level to the other.This is generally done up by means of locks.If a ship wants to go up to higher water, the lower end of the lock opens to let the boat in.Then this gate closes, and the water is let into the lock chamber from the upper level.This raises the level of the water in the lock until it is the same as the upper level of water.Now the upper gates can be opened to release the ship into the higher water.Of course there must always be enough water on the upper level to allow for the flooding of the lock.Sometimes a canal contains a series of locks when the difference in levels is very great.7.In places where it does not rain very often, irrigation canals drain water from rivers or lakes and carry it to fields.Sometimes artificial lakes, such as the lake behind the Aswan Dam on the Nile River, provide the irrigation water.8.In places where there is too much water, canals can drain the water off the land for use in farming.In Holland, acres and acres of land have been drained in this way.Since much of this drained land is below sea level, the water in the canals has to be pumped up to sea level.Dikes have been built in Holland to keep the sea from covering the land, as it did in the past.9.Sometimes canals have to be built across deep valleys.Bridges or aqueducts are constructed for this purpose.The Romans often brought water to cities from great distances by building such bridges, at the top of which were canals.Some canals go through mountains by means of tunnels.One such tunnel, near Marseille, France, is over four miles long.10.Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago.The great canal at Babylon, between the Tigris and Euphrates, was built about 2000 B.C..The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2,500 years ago, and took centuries to finish.During the seventeenth century, France built many canals that are still in use today.However, they are not so heavily traveled as they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built.One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.In Russia, there are canals reaching from Leningrad to the Caspian Sea.Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea to the North Sea.The Kiel Canal provides a passageway between the North Sea and the Baltic.In America, the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St.Lawrence River to Lake Superior.Since the lakes are at different levels, they are connected by locks.11.Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel to the coast.These waterways make it possible for boats to travel between ports along the coast without being exposed to the dangers of the open sea.【簡析】歷年中級口譯考試沒有出現過的現象出現了，閱讀部分，沒有直接采用過《閱讀教程》上的篇章，而這次就這樣被搬到了考場上，一方面，我們意識到出題 老師越來越 漿糊意外，也了解，隨著中級口譯低齡化的出現，出題老師對考生也越來越仁慈了，不管怎么樣，我們老師都有要求同學回家完成教程，所以，看過書的同學一定很 開心，因為開篇，我們就撿了個大便宜。閱讀理解第二篇：

Squeezed Into Smaller Spaces, Koalas Now Face Deadly Disease（出自：http://www.tmdps.cn）

The invention of banking preceded that of coinage.Banking originated something like 4,000 years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safekeeping of grain and other commodities.Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to third parties.Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations, and laws regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi, the legal code developed not long afterwards.In Ancient Egypt too, the centralisation of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of banking.Written orders for the withdrawal of separate lots of grain by owners whose crops had been deposited there for safety and convenience, or which had been compulsorily deposited to the credit of the king, soon became used as a more general method of payment of debts to other people, including tax gatherers, priests and traders.Even after the introduction of coinage, these Egyptian grain banks served to reduce the need for precious metals, which tended to be reserved for foreign purchases, particularly in connection with military activities.5.In both Mesopotamia and Egypt the banking systems A.were initially limited to transactions involving depositors.B.were created to provide income for the king.C.required a large staff to administer them.D.grew out of the provision of storage facilities for food.6.What does the writer suggest about banking? A.It can take place without the existence of coins.B.It is likely to begin when people are in debt.C.It normally requires precious metals.D.It was started to provide the state with an income.【簡析】再次證明出題老師偷懶了，再一次直接用了Cambridge Certificate上面用的閱讀，盡管我們還沒有看到題目，但根據以往的經驗，題目一定是無修改照搬。原文有3個extracts,但現在老師能搜索 到的只有其中一個extract,講的銀行的起源；既然是起源，一定跟古代有關，也一定不會跟錢有關，但文章信息還是很明確：where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safekeeping of grain and other commodities./ the centralization of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of banking.兩道題，一道細節，一道推斷，也符合這種類型文章的出題風格。Passage Translation E-C: 【原文】

For years, many Asian-Americans have been convinced that it's harder for them to gain admission to the nation's top colleges.Studies show that Asian-Americans meet these colleges' admissions standards far out of proportion to their 6 percent representation in the U.S.population, and that they often need test scores hundreds of points higher than applicants from other ethnic groups to have an equal chance of admission.Critics say these numbers, along with the fact that some top colleges with race-blind admissions have double the Asian percentage of Ivy League schools, prove the existence of discrimination.The way it works, the critics believe, is that Asian-Americans are evaluated not as individuals, but against the thousands of other ultra-achieving Asians who are stereotyped as boring academic robots.Of course, not all Asian-Americans fit this stereotype.They are not always obedient hard workers who get top marks.Their economic status, ancestral countries and customs vary.But compared with American society in general, Asian-Americans have developed a much stronger emphasis on intense academic preparation as a path to a handful of the very best schools.【參考譯文】

多年來，許多美籍亞裔深信在美國要想被頂尖級名校錄取，他們需要付出更加艱辛的努力。研究表明，美籍亞裔中達到這些大學的入學要求的人數的比例與他們所占 美國總人口的百分之六的比例不相稱，并且要想獲得均等的入學機會，他們往往要考出比其他國家學生高出幾百分的成績。事實表明一些名牌大學在實行無種族歧視 的招生政策之后，使常春藤聯盟亞裔學生的招生比例翻了一番。評論家指出這些數據恰巧反映出歧視依然存在。

評論家們認為，這種方式之所以行得通，是因為美籍亞裔學生并非作為個體被評估，而是被參照了許多做法極端的亞洲人而評估的，這些人為達到目的，刻板陳腐，像學術機器。當然，并非每個亞裔學生都是這種類型的。有些人并非寒窗苦讀，名列前茅。他們的家庭條件，血統，風俗習慣都不盡相同。但是總體來說，與一般的美國學生相比，亞裔學生更重視緊張的學業準備，這也是他們擠進那些頂尖名校的必經之路。【評析】

這篇文章略有難度。整段由三個長句組成。因此翻譯時要理清思路，弄清句子前后的邏輯關系。然后再下筆。

主要是第二個句子，數據進行比較。一方是亞裔美籍能達到這些名校入學標準所占比例，另一方是亞裔美籍人 占美國總人口的比例6%，弄清這個關系，這句就不難翻譯了。”far out of”指的是“與?(很)不成比例，與?(很)不相稱”。第二個句子后半句，比較的是亞裔美籍人入這些名校的分數要比其他國家的人入這些學校要高出很多分，比較的是“不同民族不同分數”這樣一個概念。“higher than”關鍵詞

最后一句話，要注意找準句子主干，即“Critics say these numbers prove the existence of discrimination.” Passage Translation C-E: 【原文】

近代以來，亞洲經歷了曲折和艱難的發展歷程。亞洲人們為改變自己的命運，始終以不屈的意志和艱辛的奮斗開辟前進道路。今天，人們所看到的亞洲發展成就，是勤勞智慧的亞洲人民不屈不撓、鍥而不舍奮斗的結果。

亞洲人民深知，世界上沒有放之四海而皆準的發展模式，也沒有一成不變的發展道路，亞洲人民勇于變革創新，不斷開拓進取，探索和開辟適應時代潮流，符合自身實際的發展道路，為經濟社會發展打開了廣闊前景。【譯文】

In modern times, Asia experienced twists and turns in its development.To change their destiny, the people of Asia have been forging ahead in an indomitable spirit and with hard struggle.Asia's development achievements today are the result of the persistent efforts of the industrious and talented Asian people.The people of Asia are fully aware that there is no ready model or unchanging path of development that is universally applicable.They never shy away from reform and innovation.Instead, they are committed to exploring and finding development paths that are in line with the trend of the times and their own situations, and have opened up bright prospects for economic and social development.【評析】

文中較難處理的句子有：“亞洲人們為改變自己的命運，始終以不屈的意志和艱辛的奮斗開辟前進道路。”其中“亞洲人們??開辟前進道路”是主干結構，“為改 變自己的命運”表示目的，可以譯成不定式to change their destiny放在句子前面，“以不同的意志和艱辛的奮斗”譯成介詞短語放在句尾。“放之四海而皆準的發展模式”的中心詞是“模式”，修飾語“放之四海而 皆準的”意為“普遍適用的”，可譯為定語從句放在中心詞后。最后一個句子較長，可根據句意進行拆分，確定主干詞，對語序進行調整，以流暢的英文表達出來。

第五篇：2013年9月上海中級口譯聽力真題及解析

Spot dictation

Next, let’s talk about earthquakes on our planet.Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes.Japan is one of them.Others do not have many.For example, there are few earthquakes in Britain.There is often a great noise during an earthquake.The ground vibrates.Houses fall down.Trains run off the lines.Sometimes, there is a heavy loss of human lives.Earthquakes often happen near volcanoes, but this is not always true.The centers of some earthquakes are under the sea.The bottom of the sea suddenly moves.The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks.The coast is shaken and great waves appear.These waves, also known as seismic waves, or tsunamis can travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it.They are strong enough to break down houses and other buildings.Very often fires follow the most serious earthquakes.In 1906, the great earthquake at San Francisco broke the gas pipes.The gas escaped, and soon large numbers of fires were burning in the city.The water pipes were also shaken and broken, so it was not possible to put the fires out.There was no water.The Tokyo Earthquake of 1923 happened just before noon.People were cooking meals on their fires at that time.When the ground shook, the fires shook, too.Hot materials were thrown on the different parts of the houses, some of which were made of wood.Soon 134 fires were burning in the city.What kind of building stands up best in an earthquake? A building with concrete walls is perhaps the best.A steel frame will make it even stronger.The frame holds the different parts together and the walls do not easily fall.There is less chance of fire because concrete and steel do not burn.Over the years, scientists carefully studied the results of the earthquake in different parts of the world, and they are convinced that this kind of building is the safest.【解析】

根據文意，本文類似一段關于地震的講座。說話者開篇就講述了地震的危害，并在之后的段落中相繼介紹了地震形成的原因，以及用1906年舊金山大地震 1923年的東京大地震舉例說明了地震也會伴隨著大火。最后，通過這些生動的例子，說話者又利用一個問句引出科學家們通過研究發現，鋼筋水泥房是最安全的。

整篇文章沒有出現特別難的生詞，而且地震也是大家較為熟悉的，所以總體難度并不大。

Statement：

1.George started his new job with King Brothers only a month ago and he wants to invite his boss, the sales manager to dinner.2.I got some bad news today.The store with which I work is laying off stuff.I'm worried that they are going to let me go.3.You are not supposed to see Gary tonight.He plans to finish his financial report this week and he is too busy for parties these days.4.I hope our first supply will induce your customers to place regular orders in the future.And we both can make big profits.5.These books are two weeks overdue.But luckily for me, there's a moratorium this week on fines.They are trying to encourage returns.6.May is a time for green grass, picnics, and unfortunately, examinations.In the United States, high school students take their final examinations at the end of every school year.7.China is now the third largest producer of films in the world.However, most of the revenue came from a handful of the movies produced.8.Let me explain why I questioned the feasibility of the project.We don't appear to have enough time.If we were to push our people, the quality of the product becomes questionable.9.While some species of whales are nearing extinction, many countries refuse to accept even a partial ban on whale hunting.10.In 1950, New York City was the only city with a population of ten million.Now, in 2010, worldwide we have 38 cities with populations of over ten million people.【解析】

statements總體難度不高，但是對于lay off，induce，overdue，moratorium，revenue，feasibility等詞還是需要同學們平時的多多積累。另外，做題過 程中還要注意對數字的敏感度，如statement 10就出現了包括年份、人口數量、城市數量在內的多個數字，千萬不要一定到數字就犯暈。其實做statement還有一個要點是聽出一些包含轉折、遞進、讓步等含義的信號詞，本次的statement中出現了不少but，however，while，利用這些關鍵詞準確把握句意是做題的關鍵。

Talks and Conversations 1

Questions 11 ~ 14 are based on the following conversation.M: I’m going to Boston next week and I’d like to make some reservations.Can you fix that for me? W: Sure.What dates are you traveling on? M: Ur… Starting Monday, June 18, about mid-day, late morning or early afternoon.W: Let me check, please.Yes, I can get you on a noon flight from New Orleans to Boston.How does that sound? M: That’s just fine.W: OK.Now where are you planning to stay? M: Top Hotel, Boston.Would you make reservations for Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 19? Two nights, single, with bath, please.By the way, I prefer it in the non-smoking area.W: June 18 and 19.Single with bath.Non-smoking area.Top Hotel, Boston.Yes, they have the room available.M: Fine.11 What is the man doing? 12 When is the man’s flight? 13 How long is the man going to stay in Boston? 14 Which of the following is not a requirement by the man for his accommodation? 【評析】

本對話是一段關于訂機票和酒店的日常對話，難度不大，主要考察細節獲取。在聽對話時可以預測會對日期、時間等細節進行提問，所以要注意抓取關鍵信息做好筆記。關鍵詞：make reservations 預訂 non-smoking area 無煙區

Talks and Conversations 2

Questions 15 ~ 18 are based on the following talk.If you live in the United States, there are a number of ways that you and your family can mix well with the local residents.Many large American cities have sports teams.If you are working with Americans, it would be a good idea to find out about the local sports teams so that you can participate in the almost inevitable discussions about how our team will do this year.Sports review is also a good source of information from which you can learn about the most popular sports in the country.Most Americans are car owners and some are even obsessive about the subject.They can spend hours discussing the merits of foreign cars versus American cars, deciding on the best family car or the best sports car.And car-repair is also a popular topic of discussion.You can contribute by talking about cars you have owned, or by sharing information you’ve read in automotive magazines such as Car And Driver or Popular Mechanics.Americans watch television almost every night and attend movies regularly.So naturally, television shows and the latest movies become topics for discussion.If you are unable to watch American television or attend American movies, reading the entertainment section of such magazines as Time and Newsweek will keep you up to date on what is popular in America.Reading these magazines will also give you a broad American perspective on current events in both America and the world.They are good resources for information that you can use in discussions.15 According to the speaker, why do we need to find out about the local sports teams in America? 16 What magazines will give you information about American movies? 17 Whom is the speaker addressing? 18 What is the main idea of the talk? 【評析】本文是一篇介紹美國生活的小短文，旨在告知聽者一些融入美國生活的方式。其中介紹了美國人對于體育、汽車、影視的喜愛，聽者可以投其所好、入鄉隨俗。難度適中，考查細節理解和主旨理解。在做題時要根據全文內容把握主旨大意，同時要注意舉例時候提到的一些細節。

關鍵詞：mix 融入，混合 sports review 體育評論 obsessive 著迷的 car-repair 修車 attend movies 看電影

Talks and Conversations 3

Questions 19 ~ 22 are based on the following conversation.M: Well, Shirley, now that we’ve seen the 3 apartments, which one do you like best? W: I don’t know Brad.I know one thing.I didn’t like the one on the 68th street.M: Neither did I.Let’s cross that one off.That leaves the 72nd street one and the 80th street one.W: The one on the 80th street has a better view and a very cheerful kitchen.M: Yes, and I like the carpeting in the hall.It was clean, but there was no good place to put a desk.W: That’s true.You should always just put it in the corner of the living room.But then you wouldn’t have any privacy and the bedroom was too small.M: Right.And I do need to be able to leave my work out on the desk without having it looked into by nosy visitors.W: Oh, Brad, we don’t have that kind of visitors.But I do agree the desk shouldn’t be in the living room.It is a constant reminder of unfinished work.What about the 72nd street apartment? It has a dining area;we could eat in the kitchen and put the desk in the dining area.It’s more private there.M: Yes, that sounds OK.Only what I didn’t like about that place was the west wind though.It gets quite hard in the late afternoon with the sun beating down on the window.W: Didn’t you notice the air-conditioner? M: No, was there one? W: Yes, and we could improve on the curtains too.M: That place did have the best parking facilities of the three.W: Yes, I think that apartment is best for our needs.There is good parking and there is a semi-private area for your desk.That takes care of the daily activities.We will just let the other chips fall where they may.M: OK.Let’s take that one.19 How many apartments have they seen? 20 Why did Brad and Shirley cross off the apartment on the 68th street? 21 What is wrong with the west window? 23 Which considerations are crucial in Brad and Shirley’s choice of an apartment? 24 Which apartment have they decided to rent? 【評析】本對話選自中級口譯聽力教程。這是一段關于挑選公寓的日常對話，難度適中，主要考察細節理解。通過對話，將每個公寓進行了比較，提出了各自的優缺點，最后進行權衡，選擇了第72大街的公寓。在做題時要聽清楚每項描述具體屬于哪一公寓，避免混淆。

關鍵詞：cross off 劃掉 privacy 隱私 nosy 好管閑事的 parking facility 泊車設施 Let the chips fall where they may.不管后果如何。

Talks and Conversations 4

Questions 23—26 are based on the following conversation.As any parent will tell you, small cuts and miner grazes are unavoidable among small children.Such cuts and grazes will usually need little or no treatment.The bleeding will clean the wound naturally, and it should stop within a few minutes, as the blood clots and dries.More serious cuts may need to be gently cleaned with soft cotton and warm water.They should then be dressed with a clean cotton bandage.Follow this simple checklist of questions.Ask yourself each of these questions in order to make sure you treat cuts and grazes properly: Firstly, is the cut on the face? If it is, call a doctor as soon as possible – especially if the eye is injured.Secondly, is the cut near the eye? If it is, put a clean piece of cotton wool over it and press down firmly for about 5 minutes.Thirdly, ask yourself if the cut is still bleeding badly.If it is, dress it with a clean cotton bandage and call a doctor as soon as possible.Fourthly, is the cut a deep one, and is it wide open? If it is, clean the cut gently, with clean cotton wool and a little warm water.Then hold it close with an adhesive dressing.Fifth question: was the cut made by a nail or a long, sharp piece of wood? If it was, there may be some dirt in the cut.Let it bleed for a while, to clean itself.Then clean it with cotton wool and warm water and dress it with a clean cotton bandage.Finally, don’t forget that young children can become very easily upset or shocked by a cut-especially if it is a serious one.Try to keep them calm and quiet.Don’t give them anything to drink, but keep their lips wet with a little water.Q23 What do we learn from the beginning of the talk? Q24 According to the talk, when should you call a doctor immediately? Q25 What should you do if the cut is made by a nail or a sharp piece of wood? Q26 What should you do if the child is nervous or upset? Talks and Conversations 5 Questions 27--30 are based on the following conversation.W: Are you still having troubles with your car? M: Yes, it’s been in the repair shop 3 times this month.I should get a new car instead of a second-hand one, but I can’t afford to buy a new one.W: New cars cost a fortune these days.My brother-in-law just paid 15,000 dollars for his new one.That’s almost half as much as they paid for their house 10 years ago!M: But what you do without car? We can’t get along without them.W: We all depend too much on our cars.I drive my husband to the train and drive the children to school.Then I drive to the store for food and drive the kids home from school.After that, it’s time to drive to the railroad station again.M: Remember when drive-in movies were new? Now lots of people watch movies from their cars.W: And now there are drive-in banks where you can cash a check without going into the bank.In some places there are drive-in libraries, churches, and post offices.M: I’ve even read about a wedding that was performed in a car!W: Where was that? M: There was an article about it in last night’s newspaper.There’s a town in Florida where you can get married without getting out of your car.I remember the name of that town: lovely lady Florida.W: Do you mean that the minister marries the couple in their automobile? M: No, there’s no minister.They aren’t church marriages.The justice of the peace gets into the car to perform the ceremony.W: In spite of all these modern conveniences, people still feel tired at the end of the day.M: People don’t get any exercise.They have stopped going to tennis courts or baseball fields.That’s why they get fat.W: So then they buy expensive machines to give them exercises at home.M: It really doesn’t make sense.Q27 Which of the following is true about the man? Q28 Which of the following drive-in facilities is not mentioned in the conversation? Q29 According to the newspaper, what happened in the town of Love Lady Florida? Q30 What main idea is discussed in the conversation? Sentence Translation

1.Evidence shows that older people who participate in lifelong learning are healthier, more active, and have more social contacts.有證據表明，參與終身學習的老年人更健康，更積極，和社會的接觸也更多。

【解析】本句沒有太難的句式，定語從句譯為“……的”即可。關鍵詞participate in 參加，lifelong learning 終身學習，這是近年來較為流行的一個詞，同學們可適當記一下。

2.According to a survey made on more than 100 brands of bottled water in the supermarket, bottled water may not be cleaner or safer than tap water from our kitchen.根據一項針對超市里100個品牌的瓶裝水的調查顯示，瓶裝水不一定比我們廚房里的自來水更干凈或更安全。

【解析】survey后的非謂語結構可以譯為“……的”，并適當增詞，“針對……的調查”，后半句難度較低，注意把比較級譯出即可。關鍵詞tap water 自來水。

3.Basketball has become one of America’s most popular sports, and it can be played outside or indoors.Basketball became an Olympic game in 1936, but it was invented in 1891.籃球已經成為了美國最受歡迎的運動之一，既可以在室內進行也可以在室外進行。1936年，籃球成為奧運會項目，但是它在1891年就已經誕生了。

【解析】該句要搞清楚兩個時間點對應的分別是哪兩件事，1936年，對應籃球成為奧運項目，1891年對應籃球的發明。

4.China now has the world’s largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and combat climate change.目前中國擁有世界上最大的手機移動網絡，而且它正在投資新能源，既保持經濟持續增長，又能應對氣候變化。

【解析】本句要注意的是一些詞的轉譯，比如combat climate change，combat本意為“與……戰斗”，和氣候變化搭配，略有不妥，可轉譯為中文里常說的“應對”。

5.People climb mountains for many reasons.Some enjoy the challenge of trying to reach high places, others like to explore and admire the beauty of nature.人們爬山有很多理由。有人享受努力攀登高峰的挑戰，有人喜愛探索并欣賞自然的美景。

【解析】該句需要注意的是不要漏譯，如最后的explore and admire，有人爬山除了探索，還有欣賞自然美景，不要漏譯了admire。

Passage Translation 1

How many people in the United States own a computer? According to a recent survey, three out four American adults, 76% claimed to own a computer.Nowadays people use computers for simple tasks, such as writing e-mail letters，and for more complex tasks such as e-commerce or e-banking.Children use computers to play games or they use them to do homework.With a popularity of personal computers, computers will be more advanced.And they will be easily accessible by people all around the world.【參考譯文】

在美國多少人有電腦？最近的調查顯示，美國成年人中，四個人中間有三個人有，即76%計劃過擁有一臺電腦。現今人們用電腦來完成簡單的任務，如寫電子郵 件，在更復雜的任務方面，例如用其進行電子商務或電子銀行。兒童用電腦玩游戲或用來做家庭作業。隨著個人電腦的普及，電腦將更先進。并且電腦將方便世界各 地的人們。

【評析】該段話題主要講美國電腦的普及情況及用途。是我們非常熟悉的話題。聽譯的時候注意記住數據及核心詞譯法。其他表達英譯漢要符合漢語表達習慣。關鍵詞：

e-mail 電子郵件 e-commerce 電子商務 e-bank 電子銀行

accessible 易使用的，可得到的 Passage Translation 2 It is easy to show that intelligence is something we are born with.The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.If we take two unrelated people at random, their degree of intelligence might be completely different.Yes, on the other hand we take two identical trends.They will very likely be as intelligent as each other.Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children usually have similar intelligence.And these clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.【參考譯文】

很容易說明我們的智力是天生的。兩人之間的血緣關系越近，他們的智力可能越接近。如果我們隨機拿兩個不相干的人來看，他們的智商水平可能會完全不同。反之 亦然。他們很可能會彼此都一樣聰明。像兄妹之間、父母和子女之間這種關系，他們通常有相似的智力。這些清楚地表明智力取決于天生。

【評析】本段主要是談論血緣關系遠近與智力水平相似度關系。聽譯時注意原文表達關系時先后邏輯順序及論證過程。注意比較級結構。聽懂大意再下筆。

關鍵詞：

intelligence n.智力

blood relationship 血統，血緣關系 identical adj.相同的

intelligent adj.聰明的，智能的