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第6篇 专业八级真题篇（1996 —2006） 1996年考题： SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH 在巴黎，名目繁多的酒会，冷餐会是广交朋友的好机会。在这种场合陌生人相识，如果是亚洲人，他们往往开口之前先毕恭毕敬地用双手把自己的名片呈递给对方，这好像是不可缺少的礼节。然而，法国人一般却都不大主动递送名片，双方见面寒暄几句，甚至海阔天空地聊一番也就各自走开，只有当双方谈话投机，希望继续交往时，才会主动掏出名片。二话不说先递名片反倒有些勉强。 Reference version: Visiting cards In Paris, cocktail parties and buffet receptions of different kinds offer great opportunities for making friends. On such occasion, strangers may get to know each other. If they are Asians, they will, very respectfully and with both hands, present calling cards to their interlocutors before any conversation starts. This seems to be the required courtesy on their part. However, the French usually are not so ready with such a formality. Both sides will greet each other, and even chat casually about any topic and then excuse themselves. Only when they find they like each other and hope to further the relationship, will they exchange cards. It will seem very unnatural to do so before any real conversation gets under way. SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE Four months before the Election Day, five men gathered in a small conference room at the Reagan-Bush head quarters and reviewed an oversize calendar that marked the remaining days of the 1984 presidential campaign. It was the last Saturday in June and at ten o’clock in the morning the rest of the office was practically deserted. Even so, the men kept the door shut and drapes carefully drawn. The three principals and their two deputies had come from the country for a critical meeting. Their aim was to design a strategy that would guarantee Ronald Reagan’s resounding reelection to a second term in the White House. It should have been easy. These were battle-tested veterans with long ties to Reagan and even longer ones to the Republican Party, men who understood presidential politics as well as any in the country. The backdrop of the campaign was hospital, with lots of good news to work with: America was at peace, and the nation’s economy, a key factor in a