上海中级英语口译资格证书第二阶段考试真题(二十)

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上海中级英语口译考试真题(二十)

1、 People tour and travel for various purposes. Some people travel entirely for the purpose of recreation or pleasure; we can say that they are people on holiday.

Some people travel for reasons of health. Other people travel to visit friends or relatives. Still others travel in order to educate and enrich themselves.

All of these people are generally considered tourists since the primary reason for their trips is recreation. Of course, tourists also include those men and women who are traveling on business.

Among those tourists, there are business people and government officials on specific missions, as well as people attending meetings or conventions, who often combine pleasure with their work.

参考答案
人们旅游的目的多种多样。有些人旅游完一是为了娱乐或愉快，他们属于度假者。

有些人旅游是出于健康原因。有些人则是为了走亲访友。还有些人则是为了扩大知识面或拓展视野。

由于这些人外出旅行的主要目的是娱乐，所以他们通常都可以被视为旅游者。当然，旅游者中还包括那些有公务在身的男女出差者。

他们中有的是负有具体使命的商务人员或政府官员，也有的是参加会议的人士，他们常常劳逸结合。/工作休闲两不误。

2、 Natural changes in the climate are probably to blame for the unusual weather conditions in many parts of the world. In recent days there have been floods in Central Europe, parts of Russia, the Philippines, India and China.

The weather effect, which is known as El Nino, occurs every few years and causes warming of the Pacific Ocean near South America. It can have severe, destructive effects on rainfall.

However, some people say that El Nino hasn’t properly started yet and only affects the Southern Hemisphere. So there is no way it can explain the heavy rains in Europe.

Therefore, flooding in European countries, is not uncommon. Only a few years ago the River Oder on the Polish-German border caused huge amounts of damage. Natural changes in the weather are probably to blame, but human influence cannot be ruled out.

参考答案
世界上许多地方的天气状况异常，这或许是气候自然变化的原因。近来，欧洲中部、俄罗斯部分地区、菲律宾、印度和中国都发生了洪涝灾害。

被称作厄尔尼诺的天气现象每隔几年就会发生一次，引起南美洲附近的太平洋地区的气修变暖，对降雨造成严重的、甚至毁灭性的影响。

然而，有些人认为厄尔尼诺或许还没有正式开始，仅仅影响了南半球。因此，无法对欧洲的强降雨作出解释。

因此，欧洲一些国家的洪涝是觉的/普通的/并不是异常。就在几年前，位于波兰和德国边境的奥得河（给人们）造成了巨大损失。气侯的自然变化或许是原因，但不能排队人类的影响。