2014春季中級(jí)口譯聽譯真題+解析

　　真題S-T

　　1. According to some research, men visit the doctor less frequently over their life times than women and they have a shorter life expectancy.

　　2.This is the age of more. We have more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety. We have entered a world of excess, an age of over abundance.

　　3.Television has been called a source of information, a means of entertainment, and especially by its severest critics, a plug-in or an electronic drug.

　　4.Nearly half the houses in Britain are owned by the people who live in them, about 1/3 are owned by the local authorities and the rest are rented from private owners.

　　5.We live longer lives now. In fact, by 2036 it is estimated that older people, 65 years and older will account for 1/5 of the population.

　　解析：

　　句子聽譯又一次出現(xiàn)了男女比較、列舉、數(shù)字。考生聽到第一句句首“According to some research”就應(yīng)該很高興，因?yàn)槲覀冋n上反復(fù)強(qiáng)調(diào)過(guò)它的筆記符號(hào)“：”。列舉稍有難度，并非慣常的三個(gè)，而史無(wú)前例地出現(xiàn)了五個(gè)：“more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety”，幸好語(yǔ)速不是太快，長(zhǎng)詞consumption和competition又是課上練習(xí)過(guò)的重點(diǎn)詞。難點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)在第三句末尾“a plug- in or an electronic drug”——“插電或電子毒品”，大多數(shù)考生會(huì)被“plug-in”所迷惑。但若能根據(jù)“or”和后面的 “electronic”， 應(yīng)該能猜出跟電子相關(guān)。

　　段落聽譯第一段講的是去國(guó)外旅游的弊端，從頭至尾都是短句，考生務(wù)必做到一句一行，在理解的前提下做好每句話2～3個(gè)實(shí)詞的筆記，并將其余的部分通過(guò)想象的方式存于腦中。第二段講的是近百年來(lái)人類壽命的延長(zhǎng)，尤其是富有的發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家，主要得益于公共衛(wèi)生(public health)水平的提高。