上海市1997年11月高级口译试题(1)

一、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 answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...”“My registration number is...”
　　1、Topic: Topic: Today most of the professions are still dominated by men. Do you think women can do as good a job as men? Why or why not? Cite your reasons and given an example.
　　2、Question for Reference:
　　1. Are there any careers in which women cannot succeed? Which? Why?
　　2. What does a woman need in order to succeed in a career?
　　3. What do you think women should do in order to improve their status?

　　二、口译题
　　1、Part A （英译中）
　　Directions: 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 the signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage.
　　Passage 1: 
　　New York is, depending on one’s point of view, any one of the two cities: to the tourists, it is a city of hurrying crowds, horn-blowing traffic jams, dirty streets and smelly subways—all in sharp contrast to such international symbols as Wall Street and the United Nations Building, //
　　but to most local inhabitants and commuters, it is simply an enormous and busy working field associated with business activities— a place to leave as soon as possible in the evening for the more peaceful atmosphere of the suburban areas. But of course, New York remains to be the most populous, flourishing and prosperous metropolitan city in the Western Hemisphere.
　　Passage 2:
　　 I’m very impressed by the improved design of your products. They have a novel appeal, though the workmanship is not so desirable. Anyway, I’d like to make an inquiry. This is my list of interested items and I’d like to hear your quotations on a C. I. F. basis vali
  共5 1      e People’s Republic of China brought fundamental changes to the field of sports, and the skills of Chinese athletes improved quickly. By 1996, Chinese athletes had won 2563 world championship titles.


一、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 answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...”“My registration number is...”
　　1、Topic: Many people like to travel a lot on holidays. People may travel by air, by sea, by train, by coach or on foot. What do you think is the ideal way of traveling? Explain your argument.
　　2、Question for Reference:
　　1. Describe one of your interesting traveling experiences.
　　2. Make a comparison between air travel and train travel.
　　3. What do you think is the reward of traveling?

　　二、口译题
　　1、Part A （英译中）
　　Directions: 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 the signal… and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage.
　　Passage 1: 
　　 The trouble with education in Britain lies with the teachers. I don’t think teachers get enough training in actually how to teach rather than the subject they are teaching. They are too serious, too academic and not imaginative enough.//
　　Consequently, there’s not enough excitement in the classroom for children to get interested in the subject. I think there’s too much theoretical teaching given and not enough practical education and knowledge, with the result that students are far too busy studying for examinations to have time to learn about life itself and how to live in the world.
　　Passage 2:
　　  Our American food styles have undergone many changes over the last decade. More and more Americans have shown particular interest in the natural food that requires the least possi
  共5      ble amount of processing; most of them prefer to get their essential proteins from beans, cheese and eggs.//
　　We Americans are rediscovering the family and social significance of the dinner table. We regard dining with family, relatives and friends as a special way of enjoying and sharing. While we still rush through lunch at a fast food restaurant, we prefer to take time to relax and enjoy the finer tastes of home style dinner with our family after work.

　　2、Part B（中译英）
　　Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret