1998.11上海市英语高级口译资格证书第二阶段考试A卷口语题Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to a nswer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have y our name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...”“My registration number is...”Topic: Te advantages and / or disadvantages of having 5-working days a weekQuestion for Reference:1.What do you know about the floods during the summer of 1998 in China (causes, duration, scope and damage to the afflicted areas, etc.) ? Why was it talk ed so much over the media?2.Can man overcome natural calamities? Why and in what way?3.Discuss the power of man in his conflicts with nature.4.What can we learn from our conflict with the floods of 1998 in China? Citeexamples to illustrate your viewpoints.口译题Part ADirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at t he signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listeni ng. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage.Passage 1Passage 2Part BDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in China. After y ou have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal… and stop it at the signal… you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with th e first passage.Passage 1口语题Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate, You should also be ready to a nswer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have y our name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...”,“My registration number is...”Topic: My View of a Successful CareerQuestions for Reference:1. What is your present occupation? Are you satisfied with your present job? Wh y or why not?2. Talk about the job or jobs you would like to have. Cite your reasons and give examples.3. What factors do you think are necessary for the best working environment? Give your reasons. (the office and office equipment; boss, colleagues, training and promotion opportunities, benefits and privileges, company and government policies, etc.)4. What would you expect of an ideal career in terms of material and spiritual rewards?口译题Part ADirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are liste ning. R emember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A wit h the first passage.Passage 1Passage 2Part BDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret in into English. Start interpreting at t he signal… and stop it at the signal… you may take notes while you’re listeni ng. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with the first passage.Passage 1Passage 2参考答案:Part APassage 1:我想讨论我在上次讲座时谈到的关于世界划分成富和贫两大阵营的讲话的含义。

惊人的事实是，世界人口的四分之一生活在所谓的发达或工业化国家里。

世界人口的四分之三生活在相对贫穷的发展中国家里。

发达国家是指美国和日本等国家，发展中国家是指巴西和埃及等国家。

//然而，四分之一的人口或发达国家实际上控制了整个世界。

那岂不令人惊异！譬如说，发达国家在使用世界上百分之八十的资源，占全世界百分之八十五的消费量。

你会问，这些事实的含义是什么？Passage 2:上月初瑞士有一家化工厂发生大火，大约有二十吨的化学药品流入了莱茵河。

在随后的几天里，污染的河水凶地冲刷过德国和法国的河岸，杀死了成百万的鱼和其他野生动物。

// 污染的河水迫使当地居民寻找其他饮水资源，污染的河水还流入北海，造成进一步的毁坏。

没有什么比这更能向欧洲的公众舆论形象地阐明：污染没有国界，要对付污染，全球必须一起动手。

Part BPassage 1:What we want to achieve through reform is to establish a socialist market ec onomy with Chinese characteristics in our country. We had a long process of prep aration for this reform. A consensus was built among the central government, loc al governments of various levels, and large state-owned enterprises. // We are glad that the general situation in the country and in all industries has been stable. The economic growth far exceeds our expectations. And we’ve se en an unprecedented level of direct foreign investment in China. I’m very optim istic about the future of our economic development.Passage 2:As Russia is a friendly neighbor, we sincerely hope that it enjoys economic development and social stability. The Sino-Russian strategic cooperative partner ship has a solid foundation and is a mature state-to-state relationship. // The healthy and stable development of Sino-Russian relations conforms with t he fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and is also conducive to bothregional and world peace and stability. We believe that this relationshi p will not be affected by any changes in the Russian government.口译题录音文字稿：Part ADirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at t he signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listeni ng. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage.Passage 1:I want to discuss the implication of my statement in the last lecture that t he world is divided up into two groups: the rich and the poor. Here are some st artling facts. One-fourth of the world’s population lives in the so-called deve loped, or industrialized, countries. Three-fourths of the world’s population li ve in the poorer, developing countries. Examples of the developed countries are the United States and Japan. Examples of the developing countries are Brazil and Egypt. //Yet one-fourth of the population, or developed nations, effectively controls the whole world. Isn’t that amazing! For example, the developed countries use 80 per cent of the resources of the world and they account for 85 percent of the total expenditures of the world. What, you may ask, are the implications of these facts?Passage 2:Early last month about 20 tons of chemicals escaped into the Rhine River fol lowing a blaze at a chemical factory in Switzerland. In the days that followed, the poisoned water washed menacingly against the banks of Germany and France, ki lling millions of fish and other wildife along the way. //It forced local citizens to seek alternative drinking-water supplies and con tinued its trail of destruction as it spilled out into the North Sea. Nothing co uld have demonstrated more vividly to European public opinion that pollution kno ws no frontiers and that it must be tackled on an international scale.Part BDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English.（略）Passage 1:我们想通过改革在我国确立有中国特色的社会主义市场经济的体制。