1999.5中级口译口试key.doc

1999.5 上海市英语中级口译资格证书第二阶段考试 A卷 参考答案: Part A Passage 1: 从对我们社会所造成的影响这个角度来看，我认为艾滋病必定是我们进入下一世纪的头号健康大敌。// 在所有的措施中，开展大规模的教育活动是目前唯一行之有效的方法。// 有些人认为，在全国范围或全世界范围开展提防艾滋病的教育活动难度大，代价高，因而无法实施。我认为这种观点是毫无根据的。// 我们应该使人们相信，了解实际情况总比蒙在鼓里好，因为了解实情后我们便可以行动起来，共同探讨这一问题，并可以用适当的药物来控制疾病传染。 Passage 2: 不同文化背景的人在一起有时会做出一些令人对方感到不舒服的事，他们并非故意要这样做，有时甚至连自己都未察觉。// 大多数美国人通常天真、率真，友好坦率，喜欢结识人，欢迎客人来访，愿意召集正式的或非正式的聚会。// 美国人往往不拘礼节，讲话毫不拘束。所以，要是你的美国主人做出了使你感到不舒服的事，你应该设法让他们知道你的感受。他们会喜欢你的诚实态度，尽量不再做令你不快的事。// 有时美国人的友善会被视为一种表面现象。或许看上去确实是这么一回事。同其他任何地方一样，与美国人结成真正的朋友是需要一段时间的。 Part B Passage 1: No eating tools on the Chinese dinner table are more magical and distinctive than the chopsticks. For thousands of years we Chinese have always regarded chopsticks the simplest possible and the most efficient tool for meals. // Chopsticks can be made of a variety of materials, including bamboo, wood, jade, ivory, plastic, gold and silver and so on. // For Westerners, the mastery of the method and skills for using chopsticks may be quite challenging at the beginning. But as long as you have patience and concentrate on practice, you will soon be able to use chopsticks skillfully enough to enjoy a Chinese meal. // If you want to enjoy a Chinese meal in the real sense, it is not only necessary, but also very interesting , to spend some patient time learning to acquire the skills of using chopsticks. Passage 2: China is a multi-national country featuring unbalanced economic development. In the vast territory, different languages and various dialects are used. // Even though the government has called for popularization of Mandarin as the standard Chinese language for decades, it has not become the daily-use communication tool among a considerable number of the people. // This obviously hinders economic development and social progress. It is said that popularization and promotion of Mandarin is vital to speeding up China’s reform and opening up derive. // It will help improve the technology of information management in Chine