2010年9月秋季中级口译真题及参考答案(4)

　　SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST (1) (30 minutes)

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

　　The culture of any society is usually thought to be of two kinds: material and nonmaterial. Material culture includes the man-made phenomena which have physical properties such as height, breadth, and weight. A boat, a machine, a house-all these objects are part of the material culture. The nonmaterial culture is that portion of the environment which surrounds man and which has an impact on his behavior but which lacks these material properties: values, beliefs, traditions, and all the other habits and ideas invented and acquired by man as a member of society.

　　Contemporary sociological theory tends to assign primary importance to the nonmaterial culture in choosing problems for study. It assumes, for example, that boats, planes, automobiles, and so forth, are not nearly so important as the traditions we have developed which make their manufacture possible-indeed, which prescribe how we are to use them. The emphasis of contemporary sociology is to insist that the material culture would not exist had not the nonmaterial culture first been available to suggest the ideas which are embodied in the inventions of material culture.

　　SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST (2) (30 minutes)

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

　　进入耶鲁大学的校园，看到莘莘学子青春洋溢的脸庞，呼吸着书香浓郁的空气，我不由回想起40年前在北京清华大学度过的美好时光。当年老师们对我的教诲，同学们给我的启发，我至今仍受用不尽。

　　耶鲁大学以悠久的发展历史、独特的办学风格、卓著的学术成就闻名于世。如果时光能够倒流几十年，我真希望成为你们中的一员。耶鲁大学校训强调追求光明和真理，这符合人类进步的法则，也符合每个有志青年的心愿。

　　参考答案：

　　SECTION ONE：LISTENING TEST

　　PART A SPOT DICTATION

　　1. the trend

　　2. cancer and heart disease

　　3. similar and a reviving jolt

　　4. a long tradition

　　5. at 5 o'clock

　　6. smiling hostess

　　7. disturbed

　　8. deserve to be shot

　　9. do adore

　　10. down the wash basin

　　11. breakfast

　　12. Then, after lunch

　　13. at night

　　14. following circumstances

　　15. exhausted

　　16. Before you go out

　　17. for some time

　　18. follow my example

　　19. cups of black coffee

　　20. most unusual drinks