2009年秋季中级口译模拟题及答案解析

esn’t mean you’ll have to leave us!
　　M: No, no, I wouldn’t quit my job. It’s a part-time internship for production assistant. Production work, general stuff…probably mostly I’d be a gofer.
　　W: I see.
　　M: Anyway, it’d be a way in the door. Unfortunately, it’s not a paid internship, but that doesn’t matter. It’s the experience---the chance to work in television---that’s more important to me right now. Some day I’d like to write, or produce. I probably don’t stand much of a chance, though. I’m sure there’ll be lots of other people who apply, with more qualifications than me.
　　W: Don’t be so sure about that. You never know. Sometimes it’s not the credentials but the person who matters. My friend got a really good job in the mayor’s office---public relations, a power position---and before that the only work she’d done was emergency rescue---evacuating people in helicopters! Flood victims, accidents and the like. And then she goes and lands this glamour job in the mayor’s office, with no experience in politics whatsoever!
　　M: Wow!
　　W: Yeah. So you can never tell.
　　M: Still, I’m going to need all the help I can get. If only I could…uh…convince them of how much---I need them to know how much this would mean to me. I was wondering, Jackie, if you…
　　W: You want a recommendation?
　　M: Uh, yeah, like I said, I need all the help I can get.
　　W: I’d be happy to do what I can. I feel I know y our work pretty well. Here in the lab you’ve always been good at troubleshooting, and helping people figure out their e-mail. I can emphasize that in the letter. When do you need this?
　　M: Um…by the end of the week? The application is due next Tuesday.
　　W: All right, Alex. I hope this will work out for you
　　M: If not this, then something else.
　　W: There you go. That’s the spirit!
　　19. What is the conversation mainly about?
　　20. Why does the man want to get the internship?
　　21. Why does the woman tell a story about her friend?
　　22. What does the man want the woman to do?
　　Questions 23―26
　　Researchers study television to understand its effects on viewers and to measure its effectiveness in selling products. Much of the research on TV audiences is market research, paid for by corporations with something to sell. Let me repeat: research on television is funded largely by advertisers.
　　The television industry depends on advertising money to survive, and this relationship influences what television offers viewers. Advertisers aim to reach mass audiences and specific social groups. In turn, the television industry tries to meet the needs of advertisers, because pleasing the advertisers is nearly as important as pleasing the public. This means advertisers have a lot of control over what programs are made and when they are shown.
　　The American television industry is controlled by people who are more interested in the culture of consumerism than in preserving cultures or natural resources. I mean, for the first time in history, most of the stories children learn don’t come from their parents or schools; they come from a small number of large corporations with something to sell. And this culture of consumerism is exported to other countries.
　　Television is the most effective marketing tool ever created. Many advertisements apply basic psychology by sort of appealing to out insecurities and desires. Ads convince us that the things we once thought were luxuries are now necessities. Television is highly skilled at creating images of affluence, not just in the ads, but in the programs as well. Using sophisticated market research, programmers and advertisers sort of paint a picture of life centered on material possessions. This kind of life may look glamorous and desirable, but it’s all at the expense of personal relationships.
　　As you probably can tell, I tend to agree with critics of the media. Advertising does create false needs, and products we really need don’t require advertising. Television promotes consumerism. It shows us things, things, and more things. It encourages greed and envy. Television helps create a wasteful society, where things are thrown out long before they are worn out.
　　23. What is the main idea of the lecture?
　　24. According to the professor, why do researchers study television?
　　25. According to the professor, why do advertisers have control over television programming?
　　26. What is the professor’s opinion of television?
　　Questions 27―30
　　M: Excuse me, Dr. Kilmer. Do you have a minute?
　　W: Hello, Darren. Come on in, have a seat. What can I do for you?
　　M: Well, it’s about my midterm grade for organizational psychology. I…I’m surprised it’s so…low. I feel like I’ve been working pretty hard in this class.
　　W: I see. Well, let’s go back and have another look at each of your assignments…here we go. Ok, I’ve pulled up your record. Hmm..you had a C on the midterm exam and a B on your first assignment.
　　M: Yeah, that was the paper about the interview. I talked to a woman at a bio-research firm.
　　W: Yes, I remember that paper. You must have learned some useful things. But unfortunately, Darren, I don’t have any record here for the second and third assignments. They were due on October 1st and the 13th.
　　M: I know…but I’ve been sort of busy. My younger brother’s starting classes here in January, and I have to show him around and help him find a place to live. He’s staying with me for now, but he doesn’t have a car, so I have to drive him.
　　W: Can’t your brother take the bus some of the time?
　　M: Uh, it’s really hard. He’s my brother, and he’s had some problems in the past. My parents want me to help him get settled. They live two thousand miles away.
　　W: I see. That does make it tough.
　　M: I’d like to…Would it be all right if I made up those two papers? I started the first one, but I just didn’t get everything typed up.
　　W: Yes, of course you can make up the work, but it would be best if you did that as soon as possible. Remember, these short papers, together with the long term paper, count for 50% of your final grade.
　　M: I know. And I need my final grade to be better than my midterm grade. Don’t worry. I’ll get it together. I really like this class…I just have to get more organized.
　　W: Well, good luck, Darren. I’m glad you came to talk to me.
　　M: Thanks, Dr. Kilmer. I appreciate your time.
　　27. Why does the student speak to his professor?
　　28. What reason does the student give for not completing his assignments?
　　29. When were the assignments due?
　　30. What point does the professor make about the student’s work?
　　Part C: Listening and Translation
　　Sentence Translation
　　Bosses often see their small business as an extension of family, and are mindful that they compete with large companies and need to put forward a professional image.
　　小企业主往往把公司看作家庭的延伸，并很在意与大企业竞争时要表现出专业的形象。
　　2.  India has begun printing pictorial health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco products, including photos of diseased lungs, as part of efforts to cut smoking.
　　为减少吸烟人数，印度今后将在香烟和其它烟制品外包装上印制健康警示图标，包括被侵蚀的肺的图片。
　　3.  The best storytellers were mothers who used funny voices to illustrate different characters or made their own special sound effects to keep the story moving.
　　孩子最喜欢听妈妈讲故事，她们使用有趣的声音来给不同的角色“配音”，或者使用自己发出的“特殊音效”来展开故事情节。
　　4.  True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, according to a study published on Monday.
　　法国人不愧被誉为“休闲美食家”，本周一公布的一项调查表明，与世界其它发达国家相比，法国人花在睡觉和吃饭上的时间最多。
　　5.  A college diploma has long been the ticket to a good job, but the deepest economic slump in decades has dampened the dreams of many U.S. college seniors.
　　大学文凭一直是找到一份好工作的敲门砖，但几十年来最严重的经济衰退却击碎了众多美国高校应届毕业生的梦想。
　　Passage Translation
　　1.  Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated cities, has little space for parks. But things are starting to look up. In an attempt to add a little greenery to the concrete, many city roofs have been converted into gardens. Rooftop planting has been on the rise since the city government, eight years ago, made it mandatory for new commercial buildings to cover at least 20 percent of available space with greenery. Meanwhile, green roofs provide environmental benefits as the gardens cut indoor temperatures, reducing air-conditioning costs.
　　东京是世界上人口密度最大的城市之一，在这里几乎没有空间来修建公园，但如今情况却有所改观。为了给钢筋水泥丛林增添一抹绿意，东京市内的很多屋顶已被改造成花园。东京市政府于八年前强制推行屋顶绿化，规定新建商业建筑可利用空间的绿化率最少要达到20%。在这之后，东京屋顶绿化率逐步提高。同时，屋顶花园还能降低室内温度，减少空调成本，从而保护环境。
　　2.   The lipstick effect is the theory that when facing an economic crisis consumers will be more willing to buy less costly luxury goods. Instead of buying expensive fur coats, women will buy expensive lipstick. The underlying assumption is that consumers will buy luxury goods even if there is a crisis. When consumers realize that the economy is dwindling, they will buy goods that have less impact on their available funds. Obviously men will not be buying lipstick, but could be tempted by expensive beer or smaller, less costly gadgets.
　　口红效应指的是在经济危机时消费者更愿意购买相对廉价的奢侈品这样一个理论。女性消费者选择购买的不是价格不菲的皮草服装，而是高档口红。口红效应揭示的是这样一种思维：就算在经济不景气的情况下，人们仍然有购买奢侈品的愿望。当人们意识到经济在下滑的时候，他们会购买一些对其现有资金影响不大的商品。男性消费者当然不会去买口红了，不过他们可能会买高档啤酒或一些小巧又不太贵的小玩意。
　　SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS
　　1-5 BCDAC
　　6-10 DBBDA
　　11-15 DBACC
　　16-20 DCABB
　　21-25 DBBDC
　　26-30 CDBAD
　　SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST
　　译文：
　　信息技术正在从根本上改变着世界，改变着人们的居住、工作方式。加速发展的信息技术和通信技术正在对经济活动和社会结构的几乎所有方面产生越来越大的影响。技术进步的特点是大幅度提升了的信息储存与处理的速度、容量和功能，以及成本更为低廉的传播能力。更重要的是，技术的本质是模拟技术转变为数字技术。
　　先进的电子网络使公司越过时空的传统障碍，重新组织生产要素和资源，以更低的成本提供更好的产品和服务。我们正朝着一个以网络为基础的社会迈进，在这社会里，物质与地理距离/远近变的不重要。经济活动越来越以信息为导向。财富创造、商业和社会活动越来越以无处不在的信息设施为基础。只有那些以积极态度抓住新形势的人才会在信息时代里强盛/繁荣起来。
　　SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST
　　译文：
　　The earliest extant one among the famous gardens in China is the Pavilion of the Drunk Old Man in Chu Country, Anhui Province. It owes its fame to a piece of prose written by Ou Yang Xiu, a great/celebrated scholar of the Sung Dynasty, commemorating the pavilion. Besides, in Suzhou, the Chuanglang Pavilion, built in 1044, is equally famous. The pavilion got its name from Chuanglang, a little streamnearby.
　　There are three other famous places in Suzhou: The Awkward/Retired Politician’s Garden, the Hard-to-Get-Away Garden and the Fishing-net Master Garden. The Awkward/Retired Politician’s Garden was built by a former Imperial/high-ranking officer of the Ming Dynasty, who got tired of the intrigues at the court. The Hard-to-Get-Away Garden is said to have a wide range of architecture such as pavilions,erraces and towers, as well as winding paths and corridors. A fishing-net Master refers to a fisherman. The Fishing-net Master Garden was actually built by a scholar, who called himself a Fishing-net Master.