1、上海高级口译听力真题 2014 年 3 月及答案解析(总分：13.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part A: Spot Dictati(总题数：1，分数：1.00)1.【听力原文】 My topic today is how to address the problem of hunger and starvation, which still exists in many parts of the world. To end hunger starts with peoples own productivity. A dangerous and patronizing cliche we
2、 often hear is: give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about fishing the problem is the barbed wire around the lake. The hunger project announced recently by the United Nations cut through
3、the barbed wire, addressing the underlying social conditions that systematically deny hungry people the opportunity they need to end their own hunger. When we invest in a hunger project, we are investing in peoples productivity and giving people a chance to translate their hard work into improved we
4、ll-being. We are ensuring that people get the opportunities which are rightfully theirs. Too often hungry people are isolated, marginalized and exploited. Mobilizing communities and building local organizations is critically important both to sustain the work we do and to get more out of our preciou
5、s resources and efforts. When people come together to work, a kind of social capital is created that can compensate for the lack of financial capital in rural areas. In Africa, a unique feature of the hunger projects work is to organize villages to work cooperatively on community land to produce foo
6、d for food banks. This fosters collective responsibility and action for a better future for all. Another example is in some Asian countries, such as India and Bangladesh, where hunger project volunteer animators have catalyzed the creation of over 1,100 local organizations throughout the country. Wi
7、th nearly 50% ran by women, these local groups create savings programs and invest in individual and collective income generating enterprises, including sowing, tailoring and weaving projects, bakeries and small businesses, fish and poultry farming, bee keeping and plant nurseries. The impact of thes
8、e enterprises is enormous. As women have become economically empowered, the decision-making roles have increased. As family incomes have often tripled, parents are sending more children both girls and boys to school.（分数：1.00）_二、Listening comprehens(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).What is Susan most probably? （分数：
9、0.20）_(2).What is Susan talking about with Professor White? （分数：0.20）_(3).Who will decide which project should be funded? （分数：0.20）_(4).Which of the following cannot be covered by the research fund? （分数：0.20）_(5).Apart from a brief description of the proposed project and a letter of recommendation,
10、what else is needed for a plan for the grant?（分数：0.20）_三、Listening comprehens(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).What can we know from the news about the 2014 EU Budget? （分数：0.20）_(2).According to Iranian Foreign Minister, why was the agreement not reached over Irans nuclear activity last week? （分数：0.20）_(3).For wha
11、t purpose has an emergency grant been awarded to some UK researchers? （分数：0.20）_(4).How many lives do Philippine officials fear Typhoon Haiyan may have taken? （分数：0.20）_(5).A painting set a world record for most expensive artwork sold at auction on Tuesday. Who painted this work?（分数：0.20）_四、Listenin
12、g comprehens(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).About what issue is Mr. Brown being interviewed? （分数：0.20）_(2).What is the approximate number of murders a year per 100,000 people in the United States? （分数：0.20）_(3).What is Mr. Brown most probably? （分数：0.20）_(4).What does Mr. Brown actually say about the death penalt
13、y? （分数：0.20）_(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the interview?（分数：0.20）_五、Listening comprehens(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).Whats Helen Wartmans job? （分数：0.20）_(2).What was the start of her career? （分数：0.20）_(3).About what do young people often ask when they enroll at her academy?（分数：0.
14、20）_(4).According to the speaker, how does an athlete achieve maximum accuracy in shooting? （分数：0.20）_(5).What does the speaker stress in training at the academy?（分数：0.20）_六、Note Taking and Gap (总题数：1，分数：1.00)2.【听力原文】 Good afternoon, class. I want to start my lecture by telling you a story. Once the
15、re was a young woman from Mexico named Consuela, who came to New York to learn English. She got a job at a factory owned by a Chinese. One day as Consuela came to work, her Chinese boss handed her a red envelope. Consuela looked inside and saw 20 dollars. She became very upset and threw the envelope
16、 back at her boss! Her boss was shocked. Well, he had given her the red envelope and the money because it was Chinese New Year. And on the Chinese New Year, it is traditional to give money to young, single people for good luck. However, from Consuelas point of view, he was an older man giving her mo
17、ney in an envelope, which meant that he was asking her for sexual favors. Naturally, she refused to take the money. Now, what does this story show us? It shows that an action can have totally opposite meanings in different cultures. Every culture has its own rules for what is appropriate and what is
18、 not appropriate behavior. And to illustrate my point today, Im going to give examples from four areas. First, the way people greet each other in different cultures. Second, the way they use names and titles. Third, the way people eat. And finally, the way they exchange gifts. OK, lets start with gr
19、eeting customsFirst of all, Im sure you know that in the United States and in most western countries, greetings often involve some sort of touching, such as a handshake, a hug, or a kiss if people know each other very well. On the other hand, people from most Asian countries dont usually feel as com
20、fortable touching in public. Although handshakes between business people are common, many Japanese prefer a bow, while people from Thailand, normally hold their hands together in a kind of prayer position. So imagine how embarrassing it would be if an American was invited to someones home in Japan o
21、r Thailand and she tried to hug the host! Now, another behavior that differs from culture to culture is the use of names. Have you noticed that Americans are quick to use peoples first names even if they have just met. For instance, visitors to the United States are always surprised to hear employee
22、s speak to their bosses using first names. In contrast, people in most other cultures are more formal and prefer to be addressed as Mr. Brown or Mr. Honda, for example. In addition, in some countries, such as Italy or Korea, people like you to include their title or position with their family names,
23、 especially if theyre university graduates or owners of a business. Now I want to look at eating customs. Ill talk about the behaviors connected with eating that vary from culture to culture. One of these is the use of utensils. You probably know that people in many Asian cultures use chopsticks but
24、 in some countries its customary to eat with your fingers. Its important to be aware of different dining customs. Here is another example. In some cultures, eating everything on your plate is considered impolite. In Egypt and China, you should leave some food in your dish at the end of the meal. Thi
25、s is to show that your hosts were generous and gave you more than enough to eat. However, Americans generally consider a clean plate as a sign of satisfaction with the food. Finally, what I want to mention today is gift giving, which you may think is a universal custom and there is not much variatio
26、n from culture to culture. But the rules of gift giving can be very complicated. In USA, if youre invited to someones home for dinner, bring wine or flowers or small item as a present. On the other hand, the Japanese give gifts quite frequently, often to thank someone, such as a teacher or a doctor.
27、 In the Japanese culture, gift giving is a very ancient tradition and it has many detailed rules. Another interesting fact about gift giving is that many cultures have strict rules about gifts you should not give. For example, never give yellow flowers to people from Iran, which means you hate them!
28、（分数：1.00）_七、Sentence Translation(总题数：5，分数：5.00)3.High-school-age boys are more likely to be obese than their female counterparts. Only 30% of high-school-age boys get the recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise. （分数：1.00）_4.Innovation is like a bamboo shoot. A bamboo shoot spends many years undergr
29、ound, and then it just peaks its head up like a seeding and it just shows up very quickly. （分数：1.00）_5.Wal-Mart will be offering some online specials as early as 8:00 a.m. on Thanks giving. Some of the in-store deals will also be available online, but others will be Internet-only specials. （分数：1.00）
30、_6.Small companies cant get the credit they need. Statistics show that a big drop in landing to small businesses in the last quarter of 2012 and conditions that remain tight through 2013. （分数：1.00）_7.Eating more than 18 ounces of red meat per week ups your risk of colorectal cancer. Its risk also ri
31、ses by 40% with every three ounces serving of process meat eating per day. （分数：1.00）_八、Passage Translation(总题数：2，分数：2.00)8.Crime can be divided into two main categories, misdemeanors and felonies. A misdemeanor such as pick-pocketing, or something of bad nature is punishable with more than 15 days i
32、n prison but less than 1 year. Felonies are serious crimes, such as burglary, robbery, kidnapping and murder. These crimes are so serious that anyone found guilty will spend some time in prison. When a person who commits a crime is courted that person who is called a defendant or the accused go thro
33、ugh a legal process. If the person is found guilty, then the judge decides what the punishment should be.（分数：1.00）_9.Culture shock is the term used to describe the experience many people have when they travel to another country. It shows what happens when an individual suddenly experiences the diffe
34、rent culture rules of another social group. Culture shock is a complex phenomenon. But Im going to focus on three main ideas today. First of all, we will consider the reasons why people experience culture shock. Secondly, I will describe the different stages of this experience. Finally, Ill mention
35、why we have spent so much time and money to study this phenomenon. You might think that culture shock affects, see, only travelers. But that is not the case; in fact cross-culture studies have immersed practical value for modern society.（分数：1.00）_上海高级口译听力真题 2014 年 3 月答案解析(总分：13.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part
36、A: Spot Dictati(总题数：1，分数：1.00)1.【听力原文】 My topic today is how to address the problem of hunger and starvation, which still exists in many parts of the world. To end hunger starts with peoples own productivity. A dangerous and patronizing cliche we often hear is: give a man a fish and feed him for a d
37、ay; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about fishing the problem is the barbed wire around the lake. The hunger project announced recently by the United Nations cut through the barbed wire, addressing the underlying social cond
38、itions that systematically deny hungry people the opportunity they need to end their own hunger. When we invest in a hunger project, we are investing in peoples productivity and giving people a chance to translate their hard work into improved well-being. We are ensuring that people get the opportun
39、ities which are rightfully theirs. Too often hungry people are isolated, marginalized and exploited. Mobilizing communities and building local organizations is critically important both to sustain the work we do and to get more out of our precious resources and efforts. When people come together to
40、work, a kind of social capital is created that can compensate for the lack of financial capital in rural areas. In Africa, a unique feature of the hunger projects work is to organize villages to work cooperatively on community land to produce food for food banks. This fosters collective responsibili
41、ty and action for a better future for all. Another example is in some Asian countries, such as India and Bangladesh, where hunger project volunteer animators have catalyzed the creation of over 1,100 local organizations throughout the country. With nearly 50% ran by women, these local groups create savings programs and invest in individual and collective income generating en
