高级口译1003听力原文汇总合集（4）

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　　高级口译1003听力原文汇总合集（4）

　　Q11-15

　　W: When you walk into a building, are you able to sort of an immediately sense whether it has a good Fengshui or not, a good flow of the Chi?

　　M: Yes and so are you. Anytime you walk into any room, you get a feeling about it, whether you feel good about being there or not so good. So everyone has an experience - good Fengshui. Anytime they walked into anybody’s home or even an office, would suddenly they think, “Oh this is pleasant. I feel good.” You know maybe their moods a little peppier, or maybe they’re more relaxed, whatever. It’s just a positive reaction you get when you’re in the mist of a good Fengshui.

　　W: So Fengshui is exactly what? A way of order in buildings, rooms, corridors in your life to keep out evil spirits?

　　M: Well, I wouldn’t say to keep out evil spirits. That sounds so superstitious. But I would say, it’s a system of arranging all the objects around you at home or at work, in such a way that they are in harmony and balance with nature, in the way that Fengshui teaches us to do. Then therefore you are in harmony and balance and so as your life.

　　W: Now this is something that’s very important in Asia. In fact, it’s part of the architecture of buildings. How do staircases go up? Where buildings are aligned? But what is your particular interest in it? You sound as if you have a Scandinavian background. I mean, is Fengshui something important to Scandinavia?

　　M: well, there is a huge digression coming. My name is Scandinavian. I was named for a Norwegian opera singer. I identify as Irish though. So I don’t know whether there is any Fengshui in Scandinavia. But their designs are so clean. I won’t suspect so. Yes, Fengshui is huge in Asia. I believe its practice widely in mainland China, even though it’s officially from upon as a superstition. But it’s also huge here in the US. In Los Angles for instance, some people would no more start working on the building project without the Fengshui master that he would without seismologist to tell him that the building would stay up to the earthquake. That’s because these observation that amount to Fengshui have developed for thousands of years.

　　W: That’s quite true as far as I know.

　　M: I know for instance that people in San Francisco, if one-way streets are aimlessly put up pointing toward the house where there are some Chinese- living, they can approach the city traffic-signed apartment and have the sign removed, not necessarily pointed back in the opposite direction, but have the sign removed or at least not pointing at their house.

　　W: Did you choose your home because of Fengshui?

　　M: We didn’t choose our home because of Fengshui. But I arranged my office at home according to Fengshui. And that’s a real basic example that LA streets are couple of principles. I’m lucky enough to have a great view out the window at the far end of my office. I was going to put my desk facing out the window but I would have my back to the door which I don’t feel good about. You know it’s not just about Fengshui. It’s also about idea to sit with your back to the door. Anybody who comes into your office can surprise you. They surprise you with the things they have to say. You consciously are off guard. So I turned my desk so that I still have the view at one hand and I have the door in the rest of the room at the other hand. And then I kind of put the other furniture in the office where they worked around that. I got a better floor plan that I would figure out for myself.

　　Q11: According to the man being interviewed, what’s the function of Fengshui?

　　Q12: What background does the man have?

　　Q13: According to the man, there is Fengshui in many parts of the world. Which of the following is not one of the places that he mentions in the interview?

　　Q14: Which of the following is a good example of Fengshui being huge in the US?

　　Q15: Which of the following statements is true about the man being interviewed?

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