2012年9月高级口译考试翻译(英译汉)及答案解析.doc

1、2012 年 9 月高级口译考试翻译(英译汉)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1. For years I have been mercilessly lampooned by friends and acquaintances alike for my unorthodox lifestyle choice of having no TV. In an age of increasingly large plasma flat-screens and surround sound, digital home entertainment systems which acc

2、ost you the minute you walk into someones house, people regularly look at me like Im either severely handicapped or chronically hard done by when I mention that I have no television. I can see the mixture of genuine pity, raw pathos and sheer disbelief in their faces as they stare at me open-mouthed

3、 To be sure, television is a great invention, if handled in moderation. The composite etymological derivation (from the Greek and the Latin words literally meaning “to see from afar”) tells of a tremendous technological feat which certainly deserves to be applauded. Whats more, if one is discerning

4、 it can be the source of some quality entertainment, instruction and enjoyment. Some of the nature documentaries and arts programmes on BBC 2 are truly fantastic and are well worth the license fee alone. But the sad reality is that young people are rarely discerning and, by dint of poor time manage

5、ment skills, often end up wasting an inordinate amount of precious, never-returning time watching trash, their brains wallowing in a trough of mental lethargy. （分数：50.00）_二、Spot Dictation(总题数：1，分数：25.00)_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：2，分数：25.00)Comprehension 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the followin

6、g conversation.（分数：12.50）(1).Which type of family does the woman come from?（分数：2.50）_(2).What kind of music does the woman say her family likes most?（分数：2.50）_(3).Which of the following instruments does the woman play?（分数：2.50）_(4).When did she start to play the musical instrument shes talking about

7、 now?（分数：2.50）_(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the conversation?（分数：2.50）_2012 年 9 月高级口译考试翻译(英译汉)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)1. For years I have been mercilessly lampooned by friends and acquaintances alike for my unorthodox lifestyle choice of having no TV. In an age of inc

8、reasingly large plasma flat-screens and surround sound, digital home entertainment systems which accost you the minute you walk into someones house, people regularly look at me like Im either severely handicapped or chronically hard done by when I mention that I have no television. I can see the mix

9、ture of genuine pity, raw pathos and sheer disbelief in their faces as they stare at me open-mouthed. To be sure, television is a great invention, if handled in moderation. The composite etymological derivation (from the Greek and the Latin words literally meaning “to see from afar”) tells of a trem

10、endous technological feat which certainly deserves to be applauded. Whats more, if one is discerning, it can be the source of some quality entertainment, instruction and enjoyment. Some of the nature documentaries and arts programmes on BBC 2 are truly fantastic and are well worth the license fee al

11、one. But the sad reality is that young people are rarely discerning and, by dint of poor time management skills, often end up wasting an inordinate amount of precious, never-returning time watching trash, their brains wallowing in a trough of mental lethargy. （分数：50.00）_正确答案：( 多年来，我一直坚持不买电视，这种不合常规的生

12、活方式使我受到朋友和熟人们的无情奚落。在这个等离子平板电视越来越大、数字家庭娱乐设备无处不在的时代， 你一进别人家便会感受到它们的存在。当我提到我没有电视时，人们看我的眼神往往就像我要么有严重的缺陷，要么就是长期受到不公平的对待。他们目瞪口呆地盯 着我，我能看出他们脸上混杂着发自内心的同情、毫不掩饰的怜悯和完完全全的不相信。 当然，电视是一项伟大的发明，如果使用适度的话。这个复合派生词（来自希腊和拉丁词汇，字面意思是“远远地看”）描述的是一个值得赞扬的、无与伦比的技术壮举。同时，如果我们有足够的辨识力，它还是优质的娱乐、指导和享受之源。BBC 2 频道的一些自然纪录片和艺术节目就非常出色，单单

13、是看这几个节目，你的有线电视费便花得值得了。 然而令人悲哀的现实是，年轻人大多缺乏辨识力，而且由于不善管理时间，他们最终往往浪费过多一去不复返的宝贵时间收看垃圾节目，让大脑沉溺于精神倦怠的深渊中。 )解析： 评析：文章出处为出处 Mailonline，作者是 Lindsay Johns，讲的是没有电视的好处。在这样一个信息化社会，没有电视确实很另类。作者在第一段中便生动地描绘了人们得知他没有电视时的反应。 第一段难度较大的单词有 lampoon，讽刺；unorthodox，非传统的；还有一个需要注意的词组是 hard done，受到不公平对待的。 第二段讲了电视积极的一面，如果使用得当的话，它

14、可以提供高质量的娱乐和教育。生词有 etymological，词源的。 第三段说很多青年会把宝贵时间用于收看垃圾节目，需要注意的词组是 by dint of，由于；生词有 inordinate，过度的，过多的；trough，水槽，低谷，这里意译为深渊。 二、Spot Dictation(总题数：1，分数：25.00)_正确答案：( Hunger and food insecurity have been called Americas “hidden crisis.” At the same time, and apparently paradoxically, obesity has bee

15、n declared a serious epidemic. Both obesity and hunger (and, more broadly, food insecurity) are serious public health problems, sometimes co-existing in the same families and the same individuals. Their existence sounds contradictory, but those with insufficient resources to purchase adequate food c

16、an still be overweight, for reasons that researchers now are beginning to understand. The apparent paradox of expanding wastelands and persistent hunger and food insecurity in America is driven in part by the economics of buying food. Households without money to buy enough food first change their pu

17、rchasing in eating habits, relying on cheaper high-calorie foods over more expensive neutral rich foods before they cut back on the amount of food. In order to cope with limited money for food and to stave off hunger, families try to maximize calories-intake for each dollar spent, which can lead to

18、over-consumptions of calories and a less healthful diet. Research among low-income families shows that mothers first sacrifice their own nutrition by restricting their food intake during periods of food insufficiency in order to protect their children from hunger. The resulting chronic ups and downs

19、 in food intake can contribute, over the long run, to obesity among low-income women. Dr. Larry Brown, executive director of the Center on Hunger and Poverty, reported, “A growing body of research shows that hunger and obesity pose a dual threat for some people. We need to better understand this rel

20、ationship if our nation is to grapple with these parallel threats to the well-being of Americans. We particularly need to avoid damaging policy prescriptions that assume hunger and obesity cannot coexist.“ Renowned food experts and scientists call for a reform agenda to address both hunger and obesi

21、ty. According to James Wells, president of the Food Research and Action Center, an agenda that seriously tackles hunger and obesity among the poor must address their common roots. Those roots include food insecurity and the impact of poverty. One answer is increased access to income supports and nut

22、rition programs so that more families have sufficient resources to obtain healthier diets.)解析：评析：本文选自The Paradox of Hunger and Obesity in America和Hunger, obesity: two sides of same coin.，命题者对两篇文章的内容进行了节选和组合，组成了一篇听写段落。本文属于社会经济类文章，介绍了 hunger 和 obesity 的“共存”和 “矛盾”方面的问题。文章的整体难度不是太大，涉及到 obesity，agenda，fo

23、od insecurity，coexist，paradox，calories，nutrition 等相关词汇也是高口常见的词汇，但考生要注意文章中长句子 的拆分，抓住句子的主干及核心信息，尤其是一些关键词更应该听懂听清。另外，grapple 等一些难度相对比较大的词要求考生在平时需要注意相关词汇的积 累，多读一些经济报刊类的文章。三、Listening Comprehens(总题数：2，分数：25.00)Comprehension 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.（分数：12.50）(1).Which typ

24、e of family does the woman come from?（分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析： M: Do you come from a particularly musical family? W: Not really, my family are farming people and my parents have always lived on farms. My oldest brother is a born farmer and my second brother works on a farm too, but hes also got an office

25、 job to do with agriculture. And so they appreciate music, but they dont really know much about classical, in inverted commas, that sort of things. They appreciate perhaps Scottish traditional music more and they like a good tune. And if they can trace a tune, and they can tap their feet tune or cla

26、p tune. They are quite happy, but they dont know about Stravinsky or something like that. Then they are quite lost. M: Why did you choose percussion? I mean, its not the obvious thing even for a musical student to choose. W: No, but I liked it. I was always keen on percussion. Clarinet and percussio

27、n were my two instruments, and I like the sheer variety. But I feel I was very much influenced by a local girl who played the xylophone. And she was absolutely brilliant. And I just said “gosh, I want to do that too.” But then I discovered that percussion didnt just consist of xylophone, it consiste

28、d of a lot more and so I liked that as well. And so, thats how it really all began. M: You started to play percussion quite young? W: Yes, thats when I was at secondary school at the age of 12. I had a bit of job actually, starting percussion. Because when you are a pupil at school, you all go throu

29、gh a music oral test, and which is done through a tape recorder. And you just listen and you write down answers, things like that. And afterwards, when I asked if I could play percussion, the obvious reaction of my teachers was “Well, look at these marks, they are not good”. But I said, “Well, reall

30、y? I play the piano”. That was the only thing I could back myself up with. Until eventually he said, “Well, the percussion teacher happens to be at school today. Perhaps she might want to go through and see what he says”. And so the percussion teacher said, “Well, I cant really see why she shouldnt

31、be playing percussion”. And so its really just gone from there. But at the time,they didnt know that I was wearing hearing aids and this sort of thing. And so when I told them, their reaction was much different. You know what I mean? M: They didnt know that when they gave you the test? W: Oh, no, an

32、d I refuse to tell anyone. Rightly or wrongly, Im not sure. But certainly, that was the case. Thats how it all started really.(2).What kind of music does the woman say her family likes most?（分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析：(3).Which of the following instruments does the woman play?（分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析：(4).When did she start to play the musical instrument shes talking about now?（分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析：(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the conversation?（分数：2.50）_正确答案：()解析：_解析：