2013年12月英语四级真题及答案解析.docx

?2013年12月英语四级作文点评：本题漫画探讨手机的广泛使用对人们生活的影响。话题贴近日常生活，难度中等。题目要求简述手机在人们生活中越来越重要的角色，并解释过度使用手机可能带来的后果。考生主要可以从以下几个角度思考：1. 对健康的危害；2. 对人际关系的负面影响；3. 对个人学习、发展的阻碍。2013年12月四级翻译?原文：许多人喜欢中餐，在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养（nutrition）。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既美味又健康。译文：Many people are fond of Chinese cuisine. In China, it is not only regarded as a craftsmanship, but also as an art. An exquisitely prepared Chinese cuisine is a feast for both the mouth and the eyes. The culinary skill and dish ingredients vary in different regions of China, but good Chinese cuisines always share something in common, i.e. the color,aroma, taste and nutrition. As food is vital for one’s health, a good chef always tries to strike a balance among grains, meat and vegetables. That’s why Chinese cuisine is tasty and healthy.【点评】本段翻译原文是常见的中国文化题材：中餐（Chinese cuisine/Chinese food），用词也都是与食物相关的高频词汇，如“谷物”“肉类”“口感”“营养”等，也提示了考生在复习时可以通过主题分类进行词汇学习、记忆。翻译中可用到的句型也都比较常见，没有特别复杂的表达，但是在表达上要注意准确性和连贯性。听力填空When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate apart and alone, they replied, “Because it is right.” If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers because it’s right, because that’s the way it’s done, because it’s the custom or even I don’t know. The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that they are controlled by social norms shared rules or guide lines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation. Norms define how people ought to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society. We conform to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist. In fact we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them. You will not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you