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高级口译0409听力原文汇总合集（2）

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　　高级口译0409听力原文汇总合集（2）

　　Part B: Listening Comprehension

　　Questions 1 to 5

　　【原文】

　　W: Coming in.

　　M: Hi, Professor Johnson, do you have a minute?

　　W: Frederick, come in.

　　M: I like your new office.

　　W: Thanks. It is much nicer than my old one. What can I do for you?

　　M: Well, I’d like to talk about my English.

　　W: Your English is great. You were my top student last semester. How is your new listening speaking class with Professor Simons?

　　M: He is a good teacher, all right? But I’m worried about my classmates.

　　W: Your classmates?

　　M: I mean my classmates are from all different countries. I’m afraid that if I talk with them during group work, I will pick up their accents.

　　W: I wouldn’t worry about that if I were you. There is no way you can pick up a different accent from just being in class a few hours a week.

　　M: Really?

　　W: Positive. Let me give you an example. Ah, say you have a mother from Germany living in the United States. Let’s say she has a child here. Even if the mother speaks English with a German accent, her child will still grow up speaking American English. Why? Because the child is getting language from lots of other places, not just the mother. It is the same for your situation.

　　M: I understand your example about the child. But I think children learn language differently than adults.

　　W: Actually you are right. It isn’t exactly the same because children can actually learn accents. Their minds and bodies are much more flexible than ours, so it is easier for them. For adults who are studying a foreign language, accent is one of the hardest things to improve. In fact, most adults never lose their native accents.

　　M: So does that mean I will never sound like a native speaker?

　　W: Unfortunately, that is probably true.

　　M: Hm, that makes me wonder if I should take that pronunciation class that I signed up for next semester since I will never sound like a native speaker. Maybe I don’t need the class.

　　W: I wouldn’t look at it that way. In a pronunciation class, there are still important things that you can learn.

　　M: Like what for example?

　　W: Like things that will make your speech clearer, things such as stress, rhythm and intonation.

　　M: I’m sorry I don’t know what these are.

　　W: Let me give you an example. Okay, today when I was calling on students in my speaking class, I noticed that one of my students was absent. I asked the class why Sylvia hadn’t shown up. And one student said, “Professor, I talked to her this morning, and she is homesick.” When I heard the word “homesick”, I immediately thought that Sylvia was missing her home country and was too depressed to come to school. So I started asking more questions. Was she sad, did she want to leave the United States to return home? After a few minutes I realized that Sylvia was at home sick. She just had a bad cold. The student who was telling me about Sylvia said “homesick” instead of “home sick”.

　　M: Oh, he said the word with the wrong…how do you say it?

　　W: The wrong stress, the problem was that the student put the stress on the wrong syllable. Problems like this are things that you study in a pronunciation class. And these are really important. Because if you get them wrong, there can be big misunderstandings.

　　M: Like what happened in your class.

　　W: Exactly, if you use correct stress when you speak, people will usually be able to understand you even if you have a different accent. For example, if someone had an Indian accent, he might say, “she is homesick”. Or if the person was from England, he would say “she is homesick”.

　　M: Or if the person was from Australia, he would say?

　　W: “She is homesick”. Were you able to understand all these different accents?

　　M: Yes, I’m surprised. Oh-Oh, it is getting late; I have to check out a book from the library before class, so I’d better get going. Thanks for your advice. I’ll think over what you said.

　　1. Where does this conversation take place?

　　2. Which of the following statements is true according to the professor?

　　3. In the example given by the professor, what is wrong with the student who said homesick?

　　4. The professor speaks English with several accents, which of the following does she not use?

　　5. What does the student decide to do at the end of the conversation?

　　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