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2006年5月翻译资格英语高级口译实务真题及答案 试卷一 Part A Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal… You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage. Passage 1: Some people say that the United States is “a melting pot”. In my view, the melting pot myth is never true. The United States has always been a heterogeneous society with cohesion based partly on mutual respect and partly on one group’s values dominating all others. In a true multicultural society, individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds exist without socially enforced power differences. But that is not the case, at least, with the United States. In the United States, when you speak of upper, middle and lower classes you speak of power and control over material resources. Economic power in the United States today is largely held by youthful, able-bodied White males. Whites in the United States recognize the existence of a White culture. In terms of cross-cultural communication, the dominant White culture includes communication patterns of Standard English, direct eye contact, limited physical contact, and controlled emotions. (参考答案) 有人说美国是熔炉，以我所见，有关熔炉之说从来就是一种虚构的神话。美国历来就是一个多元化的社会，不同成分之间的凝聚，部分是建筑在相互尊重的基础上，部分是建筑在一个群体的价值观支配／主宰其他群体的价值观的基础上。在一个真正意义上的多元文化社会里，有着不同文化背景的人们生活在一起，没有社会所强加的权力区别。至少美国不是这样一种多元化社会。 在美国，当人们谈论上、中、下层阶级是他们指的是对物质来源享有的权利和控制力。今日美国的经济权在很大程度上控制在那些身体健康的白人男子手里。美国白人认识到／承认白人文化的存在。从跨文化交际的角度来看，占主导地位的自人文化所包含的内容有标准英语的交际模式、眼神的直接交流、有限的身体接触和情绪的控制等。 Passage 2: Food is a basic need of all humans, yet it differs from culture to culture. You may have heard people ask questions like: Why should dessert be served at the end of English meals? Why do Americans still feel hungry after eating a Chinese dinner? Cross-cultural studies show that meals follow strict progression of cues based on shape,