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高级口译0509听力原文汇总合集（2）

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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。

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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0509听力原文汇总合集（2）

　　Part B: Listening Comprehension

　　Questions 1 to 5

　　W: So, Mr. Herd, you work in the American Embassy in London. Is that correct?

　　M: That’s correct, yes.

　　W: What do you do there?

　　M: I’m an assistant cultural officer there. And my specific responsibilities are bringing the small number of American speakers over to the UK, to talk to various audiences here. I also work with the people who teach American Studies in the British educational system at secondary level and university.

　　W: What do you think of the advantages and disadvantages of living in the USA?

　　M: I think one advantage is perhaps a certain casualness, and a more relaxed attitude in the US. Things are not quite as formal as what I’ve seen here in England. People are perhaps a little more spontaneous in just getting up and doing things, getting up and going some place in the US. A disadvantage is that I think our fascination with bigness and with newness leads us sometimes to be wasteful of resources. We build very big cars that use a lot of gasoline. We build big roads and big parking lots to park them in. And I think we could be a little more conscious of the resources that we’re using when we are doing that sort of thing.

　　W: What do you think will present the biggest threat to world peace?

　　M: Well, I guess one would have to say that the tremendous buildup of the weapons of war is a major threat to world peace.

　　W: Do you think … do you think we’ll have a world war before the end of the first decade of the new century? Is that a strong possibility?

　　M: I don’t think so. No. I guess I could be called optimistic. But I, I think that people throughout most parts of the world are just too much aware of what a world war would mean. And I think our leaders are now wise enough. They, they have good enough advisors. And they get enough input from public opinion. So that I think we could avoid whatever final steps would lead us to a world war. So I don’t think it will happen.

　　1. What’s the job of the man?

　　2. Which of the following statements is true about the man?

　　3. According to the man, which is the major threat to world peace?

　　4. Which of the following is one of the advantages of living in the USA, according to the man?

　　5. What criticism does the man make about life in the USA?

　　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