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高级口译0303听力原文汇总合集（6）

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　　2010秋季上海口译考试报名通知

　　中级口译考试介绍：

　　具有大学英语四级和同等英语能力水平的考生可以报考。

　　凡获得“上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书”者均具有良好的口语水平和基本口译技能，可从事一般的生活翻译、陪同翻译、涉外导游以及外事接待、外贸业务洽谈等工作。

　　上海中级口译的笔试和口试虽然是分开进行的，但其笔试的证书在社会上却有很高的认可度。现在中国受金融风暴的影响，各大公司纷纷裁员，但中高级口译等高等专业人才仍存在很大的缺口。

　　为了方便广大口译考生备战秋季的考试，新东方在线口译频道特别汇总整理了近九年来的中级口译听力原文，供考生复习备考。

　　高级口译0303听力原文汇总合集（6）

　　SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST

　　Part A: Note-taking And Gap-filling

　　Sunshine and sangria may sound like the ideal cure for all your ills, but holidays can also be a source of stress, and that can affect your health.

　　Stress is now a major health issue of the new century. One survey put the annual cost to British business at 1.3 billion pounds in absenteeism, with around a hundred million working days lost every year. If left unchecked, stress can lead to illnesses, which also affect physical fitness, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and severe aches and pains, particularly neck and backache.

　　Yet, although work is frequently cited as the main cause, holiday stress can be even more damaging. The traditional summer break, regarded by most people as the highlight of their year, can actually undermine health and put pressure on family relationships. Instead of tackling problems before they go away, a lot of people believe a holiday will work magic for them. But holidays are spent in strange places where it may be difficult for tense people to relax. They may feel even more disturbed if they get the idea that others are having a more wonderful time than they are. It becomes a complex, vicious circle, with people coming home more stressed than before they went away.

　　Holiday preparations involve a series of mini stresses, like tying up loose ends at work, remembering to cancel the milk and newspapers, boarding the family pet, arranging foreign currency, last-minute shopping, working out how much spending money to take, and worrying about securing the home against burglars. Crowded airports, delayed flights, and packed hotels are also major stress factors for most holiday-makers.

　　Stress experts say we should take two or three short holidays a year instead of a long, mid-summer one. According to Professor Kerry Cooper, psychologist at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, if your one-holiday-a-year turns out to be a disaster, you have nothing to look forward to for another year. A big mistake is to take your holidays according to months instead of when your body tells you it’s time to unwind. July and August can be the two most disastrous months for holidays, because there are always crowds, queues, and delays. Some people like crowds, but holidays are a time for peace, quiet, and personal space.

　　Another strain is not being able to do what you want on holiday, so you end up compromising, and no one has a really good time. If the holiday is self-catering, a wife is going to feel stressed at having to cook, look after the children, and do all the other chores she handles at home, while her husband goes off to play golf.

　　Disappointment is very stressful. If you have high hopes of your holiday, and it lets you down, you won’t be refreshed and may feel in need of another holiday. It’s not going to kill you, but it won’t help you to recharge your batteries. According to Professor Ben Fletcher, head of psychology at Hereford University, some people become over-anxious when they are going on holiday, and worry about what will happen if they are taken ill. So for them, their chosen holiday spot is not a secure place. Many couples and families are simply not used to spending long time with each other, and some people cannot cope with that. Other may try to establish who is boss on holiday, while a lot of people just find it difficult to relax.

　　本文选自新东方口译名师裴晓栋的blog,blog链接地址：http://blog.hjenglish.com/peixiaodong