翻译二级口译实务模拟11_练习题.docVIP

模拟二 Test for Interpreters of Level 2 Speeches for Consecutive Interpreting Transcripts for the Recorded Speeches Part Ⅰ Interpret the following passages from English into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal and stop it at the signal. You may take notes while you are listening. You will hear the passage only once. Now lets begin. Passage 1 下面你将听到一段关于纪念地球日的讲话。 It is a pleasure to be here today to commemorate the first Earth Day with you by looking through this Window on the American Environment. While I have not yet viewed the television series, from the accompanying book I can see that it is a very ambitious effort. The producers have interviewed a large number of environmental leaders in the United States, from early founders back in the 1970s through those involved in the contemporary movement.// I am sure you will hear many different opinions, because the diversity of the American environmental movement is part of its strength. The ability of individuals and non-governmental organizations to express their opinions and make their voices heard in the press and in the electoral process is the root of the movement and why it flourishes today. I vividly remember going outdoors with my elementary school class on Earth Day 1970 to examine our environment by looking at what grew in the pond behind our school. The motto of that first Earth Day was think globally, act locally, and our young teacher wanted us to better understand what was right around us.// Nowadays teachers have access to all sorts of wonderful educational materials to help students study the environment and learn about concepts like biodiversity, climate change and protection of the ozone layer that were still foreign to us in 1970. But we knew then about toxic chemicals, deforestation, water pollution -- the subject of our pond study -- and land use issues, and we were learning to understand how much of an impact these could make on our futures.// Earth Day 1970 was a novel idea pro