1、2012年9月中級(jí)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 l

2、anguage. 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 i

3、t. 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

4、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

5、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 uncond

6、itional 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 eff

7、ective 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(píng)析】本文選自Dave Ellis 的著作Becoming a Master Student其中的一個(gè)章節(jié)：Love your problems and ex

8、perience 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(dāng)不存在；第二種是正視它，挑戰(zhàn)它，第三種則是愛上困難，充分體驗(yàn)。然后又 給出兩個(gè)觀點(diǎn)，教你更容易地應(yīng)用這些辦法?？傮w而言，難度不大，文章選材方面還是比較中規(guī)中矩的，關(guān)于問題和困難的相關(guān)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(yīng)該不會(huì)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

9、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 th

10、e 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

11、 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 t

12、he 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 diseas

13、e.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 hav

14、e six inches of space on the right to write down you notes.【評(píng)析】1. 此題描述對(duì)現(xiàn)在工作的不滿和寧愿做的工作。重點(diǎn)在but后面。2. 此題描述利用現(xiàn)在資源做經(jīng)濟(jì)計(jì)劃的事?？忌鷳?yīng)注意due（到期）以及make do with（勉強(qiáng)應(yīng)對(duì)）便可知題意。3. 此題描述如何應(yīng)對(duì)就業(yè)壓力大的一種方法。難點(diǎn)在extra edge (額外的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)或優(yōu)勢(shì))。4. 此題描述主管對(duì)John的要求。找準(zhǔn)三個(gè)并列動(dòng)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(gè)從句，where，修飾MMC。6. 此題描述快餐店服務(wù)的人群。重點(diǎn)在第二句，

15、fast restaurant 應(yīng)為熟知單詞，根據(jù)意思也能理解題意。7. 此題描述Makinen 撞車的原因和結(jié)果。難點(diǎn)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(diǎn)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(xiàn)狀。real-estate(不動(dòng)產(chǎn))，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(yīng)注意具體數(shù)字。Talks and Conversations 1W: Ah, Bi

16、ll, have you got a minute?M: Yes, but can you make it fast? Im pretty busy.W: OK. Ah, Im sorry about this, Bill. I know youre busy but Ive got to go somewhere this afternoon. Can I take the afternoon off?M: Oh, come on, Helen!W: But its really important. I mean it is really something urgent.M: Look,

17、 Im sorry Helen but I cant. Ive got two people off sick.W: Well, how about a couple.M: Look, weve 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:1

18、1. 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(duì)話，首先應(yīng)當(dāng)抓住關(guān)鍵詞組take off（請(qǐng)假），接下來就很好理解了。對(duì)話中女士因?yàn)橄挛缇o急要去某地向男士請(qǐng)假，但是男士一開始因?yàn)槭稚系膱?bào)告必須要在今日之內(nèi)完成交給老板而沒有

19、準(zhǔn)假。之后女士告知實(shí)在佷重要，能否請(qǐng)一個(gè)小時(shí)的假，男士最終答應(yīng)了。關(guān)鍵詞：take off：請(qǐng)假 urgent：adj. 緊急的 warning：adj. 警告的；引以為戒的Talks and Conversations 2Hi, 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. Th

20、ere 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

21、. There are three ways by which children acquire their behavior through rewards, punishments and finally modeling. In todays lecture, lets 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 vege

22、tables, 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 pare

23、nts 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 detai

24、l in the talk?18. Which of the following is not a positive reinforcement for good behavior?【評(píng)析】本篇文章內(nèi)容難度適中。雖然其中穿插長(zhǎng)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(nèi)容。因此在聽的時(shí)候，要有上下文的概念，前面如有長(zhǎng)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(xué)習(xí)社會(huì)行為”。主要集中的講的是家庭這個(gè)社會(huì)單元對(duì)孩子行為的影響。并且提到孩子學(xué)習(xí)社會(huì)行為的三種方式：獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)、懲罰、模范。本課中主要講的是“獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)”這種方式。關(guān)鍵詞：Social

25、behavior 社會(huì)行為，社交行為 Social structure 社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)Talks and Conversations 3John: Good morning, Betty. Do you know what the assignment is for our term paper in history?Betty: Sure John. But werent you in class on Monday? Thats when it was given out.John: No, I missed that class. Was there a handout?Betty: No,

26、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

27、knew which one I wanted, so I didnt copy the others down.John: Can you remember any of the others?Betty: Lets see. There was one about World War I, something about it, but I dont remember what. And there was one called the idea of progress in the 19th century.John: And what was the last one?Betty: I

28、 cant 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 dont know what the last one is, but of these three, I thi

29、nk Id take the idea of progress.Betty: Thats very abstract.John: Yes, but it is one of my interests and Ive read a lot on the subject. Ive never written a term paper on it though.Betty: Me neither. I havent even read about it. Are you going to class on Wednesday?John: Yes.Betty: Maybe hell write it

30、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 cant John copy the assignment from Bettys notes?22. Why does John choose to write on t

31、he idea of progress in the 19th century?【評(píng)析】本段聽力講述的是男同學(xué)周一沒有去上課，來詢問女同學(xué)老師給出的期末論文題目是什么。恰巧老師給出的是4個(gè)話題以供挑選，女同學(xué)沒有記下所有的話題，只是憑 記憶講述了兩個(gè)話題給男同學(xué)聽。男同學(xué)在已知的話題中傾向于寫“the idea of progress in the 19th century”，因?yàn)樗矚g這方面知識(shí)，而且之前也有閱讀。問題都是常見細(xì)節(jié)題，涉及所給話題數(shù)目、話題告知方式等，難度不大，只要認(rèn)真聽不難得出答 案。Talks and Conversations 4Welcome to my lectur

32、e 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 wor

33、k 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 anyon

34、e 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

35、 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 t

36、hen 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 its used in boardrooms and business meetings throughout the world. English is also the internationa

37、l 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 dim

38、inished.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(píng)析】本 文節(jié)選自美國作家費(fèi)倫的The Interpreter's Resour

39、ce（口譯員的資源），屬于“外教社翻譯碩士專業(yè)系列教材”口譯實(shí)踐指南叢書。內(nèi)容上，先是講口譯與翻譯的一些區(qū)別，然后說明是要對(duì)口譯做概 述，最后提出在調(diào)查研究中發(fā)現(xiàn)的一些比較奇怪的現(xiàn)象，包括：公司錄用口譯者很少；并沒有任何證據(jù)表明口譯者 的工作是吃青春飯的；現(xiàn)在社會(huì)對(duì)商務(wù)和科學(xué)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(guān)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(nèi)。Talks and Conversations 5W:David Macdonald is best known for his work with watercolor painting. His

40、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 chi

41、ldren, 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

42、second year in college. And ever since then, Ive 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 a

43、ll 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 impor

44、tant 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

45、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 succ

46、essful art students?【評(píng)析】此篇是對(duì)水彩畫家David Macdonald的一篇采訪。涉及到David如何開始學(xué)畫畫，他什么時(shí)候開始畫油畫，怎么樣獲得靈感以及對(duì)學(xué)生們的建議。一個(gè)采訪問題，相應(yīng)的回答，中等難度，沒有生僻詞，采訪對(duì)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(shí)的；unconscious adj. 無意識(shí)的；dedication n. 奉獻(xiàn)，獻(xiàn)身；potential n. 潛力；eloquence n. 雄辯，口才；Sentence

47、 Translation:1. Courses for adults students may be vocational or recreational, that is, they may be related to a persons job or taken purely for interest and pleasure.參考譯文：針對(duì)成年學(xué)生的課程可能是職業(yè)性的或者是娛樂性的，即課程可能與一個(gè)人的工作相關(guān)或者純粹的是出于興趣娛 樂而上課?！窘馕觥勘揪湓掚y度不大，如果考生一時(shí)沒有反映出vocational和recreational的意思，也不必慌張，因?yàn)橹缶褪菍?duì)這兩個(gè)單詞的解釋，如

48、果記下來，完全可以倒推出這兩個(gè)單詞的意思。關(guān)鍵詞：vocational：adj. 職業(yè)的，行業(yè)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(duì)城市街道上陌生

49、的攻擊者的恐懼，很多美國人采取太陽之劍中的東方自衛(wèi)術(shù)，諸如空手道和技擊，它們 通常又被成為功夫或者武術(shù)?！窘馕觥勘揪湓捝杂须y度，sword, karate等詞需要考生平時(shí)的積累，但是通過attackers，Gongfu，Wushu這樣的詞語，考生應(yīng)該能判斷出句子的大意。instruction：n. 指令，教導(dǎo)sword：n. 劍karate：n. 空手道m(xù)artial arts：武術(shù)，技擊3. Drinking tea has been a long tradition of a typical British family. Recent studies suggest that tea c

50、an 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(tǒng)。近期的研究顯示，茶能夠降低罹患癌癥和心臟病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，還能延緩衰老?！窘馕觥勘揪鋷в锌破招再|(zhì)，但是內(nèi)容并不陌生，也沒有太多的難詞、生詞，唯一的難點(diǎn)可能是retard，解釋為“減慢，延遲”。關(guān)鍵詞：retard：v. 延遲，減慢aging process：衰老4. Ive been looking into the question of having the goods sent by air. Its qu

51、ick. The goods are less liable to damage than by sea and theres less risk of hold-ups.參考譯文：我一直在研究空運(yùn)貨物的問題。它很快，而且相比海運(yùn)，空運(yùn)的貨物不宜損壞，延誤的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也較小?！窘馕觥勘揪渖杂须y度，諸如be liable to.和hold-up可能對(duì)不少考生有點(diǎn)陌生。關(guān)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 p

52、erformance 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(xiàn)力開始下降。如果再減少4-7%，你會(huì)感到眩暈?！窘馕觥窟@句話難度適中，但是考生要注意聽的同時(shí)，快速反應(yīng)所提及的數(shù)字，好在這句話中的數(shù)字比較簡(jiǎn)單。另外諸如dizzy這樣的詞也需要平時(shí)的積累。關(guān)鍵詞：weaken：v. 減少，衰弱dizzy：adj. 眩暈的Passage 1：【原文】While the rest of the world played

53、 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, its much cheaper to set up a soccer team.

54、And for the kids, they dont need to be big or tall to play soccer. All they need is the desire to run.【參考譯文】當(dāng)世界其他地方都在踢足球或英式足球的時(shí)候，美國人在打籃球和棒球。但是現(xiàn)在，足球已經(jīng)快速成為美國一個(gè)主要的運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目，其中的緣由和這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)本身一樣簡(jiǎn) 單。校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)喜歡足球，孩子們也喜歡足球。對(duì)于校方來說，成立一個(gè)足球隊(duì)成本更少。而對(duì)孩子們來說，踢足球并不要求他們長(zhǎng)得高高壯壯。他們所需要的就是對(duì)奔 跑的渴望。【評(píng)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(shí)注意體育話題相關(guān)詞匯積

55、累。翻譯的時(shí)候，注意表達(dá)。本篇語氣篇口語化。因此翻譯一篇文章弄清楚文章的風(fēng)格也很重要，這樣表達(dá)時(shí)，就知道到底是正式語氣表達(dá)還是非正式語氣表達(dá)。有時(shí)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(fēng)格。1.“as simple as itself”一般譯為“正如本身一樣簡(jiǎn)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 ac

56、tors 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

57、 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(fā)狂的是人們對(duì)道德的態(tài)度。演員可以著裝暴露，在臺(tái)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(huì)因?yàn)閺V告勸說公眾購買如煙酒等對(duì)他 們有害的產(chǎn)品而震驚。我認(rèn)為比起那些所謂的色情或黃色節(jié)目和書刊，很多廣告更不道德，因?yàn)樗鼈冊(cè)谡f謊，至少在掩蓋真相?！驹u(píng)析】本段話共由4句話組成，后三個(gè)句子都略微偏長(zhǎng)，但是并不復(fù)雜，所以難度一般。較難把握的幾個(gè)詞組如下：1. little c

58、lothes連用。little如果作為“少”修飾的是不可數(shù)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(duì)學(xué)生詞匯量要求較高。這個(gè)單詞表示“色情的、黃色的”。同時(shí)，dirty這里不能直譯為“臟的”，而應(yīng)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,