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高级口译0309听力原文汇总合集（5）

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　　中级口译考试介绍：

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　　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0309听力原文汇总合集（5）

　　Questions 16 to 20

　　【原文】

　　The Parker Pen Company had been doing business internationally since 1902. In that time, the company has collected many reports about customs in different countries. In 1985, Parker Pen asked Roger Extol, one of its international sales representatives, to collect these reports in a book about cultural differences. The result is a series of books called Dos and Taboos around the World. The books deal with all sorts of customs about the information about eating, gives an idea of the challenges an international traveler faces. Customs for dinning with guests vary so much from one country to another that you could do something polite in one country but has a complete different meaning in another. Here’s one classic example. A host in the United States offers a guest from Jordan more food at dinner. The guest refuses, and the host does not offer again. The Jordanian may be shocked and hungry because in Jordan it’s polite for the host to offer the food several times, while it is polite for guests to refuse even if they want more. Then what happens when someone from Jordan travels to Zambia? There, according to Extol, it’s impolite for the host to offer food first. If you aren’t aware of these customs, you may all be hungry. What about serving yourself more to drink? In many Asian countries, you can fill everyone else’s glasses but not your own. You will have to wait for someone else to offer you more to drink. However, if you’re a woman in Italy, don’t pour your neighbor a glass. Some people do not consider this appropriate behavior for a woman. If you do pour the wine, think twice about which hand you use. In Bolivia and Chile, most people consider it incorrect to pour the wine with your left hand. When someone pours you something to drink, do hold your glass up or leave it on the table. Customs for this are different in many countries. In the United States, you’re supposed to keep one hand in your lap while you are eating. It is considered impolite to put your elbows on the table. Diners usually hold their knives and forks only when they’re cutting something, and then they put the knife down to change hands, and eat with the fork in their right hand. If food is fairly soft, they use the side of the fork to cut it. However, in many countries, just the opposite is often true. People eat with their wrists resting on the edge of the table, and continue to hold both the knife and the fork in their hands while they eat. In Brazil, it is considered rude to cut food with the side of the fork. According to Extol, if you want more food in Spain, you should put your knife and fork down on opposite sides of the plate. In Greece, to show that you’re finished, cross your knife and fork on the plate with the fork facing up underneath. In Argentina, do the same thing but put the fork face down. In other countries, you position your knife and fork close together on the side of the plate or diagonally when you are finished.

　　16. Since when had Parker Pen Company been doing business internationally?

　　17. Which of the following statements is true according to the dinning customs in the U.S.?

　　18. What should you do if you serve drinks at dinner in many Asian countries?

　　19. In the United States, where are you supposed to keep your hands while you’re eating?

　　20. What should you do to show that you’ve finished your dinner if you’re in Greece?

　　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