英语翻译高级口译-笔记题(五)及答案解析.doc

1、英语翻译高级口译-笔记题(五)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BNote-taking and(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BA/B(总题数：1，分数：50.00)Can we save the worlds U U 1 /U /Ulanguages? The Hadza community lives in Tanzania. Their languageHadzais unique. However the language may not be U U 2 /U /Ufor long. There are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza

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7、U 2 /U /Uobjected, and quoted me a U U 3 /U /U. “Every year, U U 4 /U /Uperformers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway.“ Some years later, when I graduated from film school, I came to U U 5 /U /Umy fathers concern. It was nearly unheard of for a Chinese newcomer to make it in the American fi

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9、 10 /U /Urejection each time. That year, I U U 11 /U /U30. Yet, I couldnt even support myself. What could I do? Give up my dream? My wife gave me U U 12 /U /Usupport.She worked at a small U U 13 /U /Uresearch lab after graduation and her income was terribly U U 14 /U /U. To U U 15 /U /Umy own feelin

10、gs of U U 16 /U /U, I took on cooking, cleaning, taking care of our sonin addition to reading, U U 17 /U /Ufilms and writing scripts, which was rather U U 18 /U /Ufor a man. Afterward, I enrolled in a computer course at a nearby community U U 19 /U /U. For the days that followed, I descended into ma

11、laise. So my wife said, “Ang, dont forget your dream.“ And today, Ive finally won that golden statue. I think my own perseverance and my wifes immeasurable U U 20 /U /Uhave finally met their reward. （分数：50.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_

12、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_英语翻译高级口译-笔记题(五)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BNote-taking and(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BA/B(总题数：1，分数：50.00)Can we save the worlds U U 1 /U /Ulanguages? The Hadza community lives in Tanzania. Their languageHadzais unique. However the language may not be U U 2 /U

13、/Ufor long. There are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza U U 3 /U /U. The number will continue to U U 4 /U /Uand their sing-song tongue, U U 5 /U /Uwith clicks and glottal stops, is no longer being learned by all Hadza children. The language is in danger of being U U 6 /U /U.The Hadza are not alone in facin

14、g the loss of their U U 7 /U /Utongue. Every U U 8 /U /Udays a language dies. Over half of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on the planet may U U 9 /U /Uby the end of the 20th century. Eighty percent of the U U 10 /U /Ulanguages have no U U 11 /U /Uform. U U 12 /U /Uthe last speaker dies, so

15、 does the language. But eighty percent of the worlds population now speak just U U 13 /U /Uof its languages. So, will the languages on the U U 14 /U /Ube reduced to a U U 15 /U /Uof tongues?Not if some people have their way, who are fighting back to U U 16 /U /Urarer tongues successfully. Perhaps th

16、e most successful example is U U 17 /U /U, which was dead two centuries ago but is a living language now. Other languages have also been brought back from the brink of U U 18 /U /Uthrough the sheer will and determination of their communities. Language preservation works best when the language, cultu

17、re and U U 19 /U /Uof minority-speaker communities are U U 20 /U /Uby national governments. （分数：50.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：dying）解析：听力原文 Can we save the worlds dying languages? After witnessing how one of our earliest languages is in danger of disappearing, we should look at efforts to preserve our oral cu

18、lture. Along Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania there lives the Hadza community sitting in male-and female-only groups, with the men playing small lute-like stringed instruments and applying a pre-hunt poisonous tree resin to their metal arrowheads. They light a small fire by rapidly twisting a hardwoo

19、d twig into a softwood stick from the local Commiphora tree. It soon smolders and, intrigued, I have a go too. Its surprisingly difficult, but with their help, I get it to smoke eventually. You have to travel four hours west from the city of Arusha to meet this ancient tribe of hunter-gatherers, and

20、 join them in a bow-and-arrow hunt for prey among the thorn bushes. The Hadza people may have nothingno animals, land or possessions aside from the clothes on their backs, but they are rich in the skills and resourcefulness they need to produce everything from their environment. Thats not all that s

21、ets them apart from most societies. The Hadza are thought to be the most ancient modern humans, the first surviving peoples to have split off from our ancestral family tree, and are not closely related genetically to any other peoples. Their languagea clicking tongue, also called Hadzais unique and

22、unrelated even to other clicking languages. Some linguists believe Hadza may be close to humankinds first ancestral language. However the language may not be around for long. The Hadza bushmen, who live in groups of around 15 people, are believed to have been living in this remote area for at least

23、10,000 years, but there are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza left. Fewer than 400 of them continue to live a stone-age lifestylethey are among the last hunter-gatherers in a continent of farmers and pastoralists. The numbers will continue to drop, as their land is swallowed up by farmers, government-desig

24、nated conservation areas and private game reserves. And their sing-song tongue, punctuated with clicks and glottal stops, and which has no words for numbers past four, is no longer being learned by all Hadza children. As the modern world encroaches, the language is in danger of being lost as the Had

25、za make greater use of the widely spoken Swahili tongue. What is at risk is not simply the vocabulary and grammar of this unique language, but the Hadzas, and by extension, part of humanitys cultural heritage and expression. The Hadza are not alone in facing the loss of their native tongue. Every 14

26、 days a language dies. Over half of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on the planet may disappear by the end of the century. In the age of the Anthropocene, language extinction is happening faster than species extinction. Eighty percent of the endangered languages are African, including Hadza

27、 and the majority have no written form. Once the last speaker dies, so does the language. And for an oral culture, preserving language becomes even more important for maintaining the identity and heritage of a community. It is said that with every language you speak you gain a new soul. But eighty

28、percent of the worlds population now speak just 1.1% of its languages, and universal languages, like English, dominate the Internet, signage and the majority of published texts. So, is the Anthropocene becoming a duller place, in which the rich diversity of humanitys full and wonderful language abil

29、ities is reduced to a handful of tongues: English, Mandarin, and a few others? Are we in danger of losing our soul? Not if some people have their way. They are fighting back to preserve rarer tongues, in some cases, with great success. Perhaps the most successful example is Hebrew, which was dead tw

30、o centuries ago, before being revived and brought into the 20th century as a living language and the mother tongue of an entire generation of Israelis. Other languages have also been brought back from the brink of extinction through the sheer will and determination of their communities, including We

31、lsh, Cornish, Gaelic and New Zealand Maori. Language preservation works best when the language, culture and identity of minority-speaker communities are respected by national governments, rather than being banned; and if children are either fully taught in their mother tongue or given dedicated clas

32、ses in it, in addition to learning the national or regional language. Evidence is mounting for the benefits of bi-or multi-lingualism, and for the social and psychological importance of mother-tongue conservation, which allows conversation across multiple generations and strengthens cultural continu

33、ity and community identity.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：around）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：left）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：drop）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：punctuated）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：lost）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：native）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：14）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：disappear）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：endangered）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：written）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Once）解析：填空项 1:_ （

34、正确答案：1.1%）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：planet）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：handful）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：preserve）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Hebrew）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：extinction）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：identity）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：respected）解析：三、BB/B(总题数：1，分数：50.00)As I applied to study U U 1 /U /Uat the University of Illinois in 1978, my father U U

35、 2 /U /Uobjected, and quoted me a U U 3 /U /U. “Every year, U U 4 /U /Uperformers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway.“ Some years later, when I graduated from film school, I came to U U 5 /U /Umy fathers concern. It was nearly unheard of for a Chinese newcomer to make it in the American fil

36、m industry. I struggled U U 6 /U /Usix years of U U 7 /U /U, hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was helping film U U 8 /U /Uwith their equipment or working as editors assistant. My most painful experience involved touting a U U 9 /U /Uat more than 30 production companies and meeting with U U

37、10 /U /Urejection each time. That year, I U U 11 /U /U30. Yet, I couldnt even support myself. What could I do? Give up my dream? My wife gave me U U 12 /U /Usupport.She worked at a small U U 13 /U /Uresearch lab after graduation and her income was terribly U U 14 /U /U. To U U 15 /U /Umy own feeling

38、s of U U 16 /U /U, I took on cooking, cleaning, taking care of our sonin addition to reading, U U 17 /U /Ufilms and writing scripts, which was rather U U 18 /U /Ufor a man. Afterward, I enrolled in a computer course at a nearby community U U 19 /U /U. For the days that followed, I descended into mal

39、aise. So my wife said, “Ang, dont forget your dream.“ And today, Ive finally won that golden statue. I think my own perseverance and my wifes immeasurable U U 20 /U /Uhave finally met their reward. （分数：50.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：film）解析：听力原文 In 1978, as I applied to study film at the University of Illinois

40、 my father vehemently objected. He quoted me a statistic: “Every year, 50,000 performers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway.“ Against his advice, I boarded a flight to the U.S. This strained our relationship. In the two decades following, we exchanged less than a hundred phrases in convers

41、ation. Some years later, when I graduated from film school, I came to comprehend my fathers concern. It was nearly unheard of for a Chinese newcomer to make it in the American film industry. Beginning in 1983, I struggled through six years of agonizing, hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was

42、helping film crews with their equipment or working as editors assistant, among other miscellaneous duties. My most painful experience involved touting a screenplay at more than thirty different production companies, and being met with harsh rejection each time. That year, I turned 30. Theres an old Ch