英语中级口译资格证书考试 中级阅读辅导教程 第3版PDF电子书下载

Unit One People 1

Reading A A Ma'am for All Seasons—the Queen Mother（1900～2002） 1

目录 1

Reading B More People and More Products 6

Reading C Motherhood Is a No-win Situation 8

Unit Two Food 16

Reading A Craving the Crawlies 16

Reading B The Pleasures of Eating 19

Reading C Bakery Products 22

Reading A Building a House 28

Unit Three House 28

Reading B A Roof over Our Heads 30

Reading C The Construction of an Independent City-State 32

Unit Four Shopping 39

Reading A An English Christmas 39

Reading B Junk Hunting 41

Reading C How to Be a Powerful Consumer？ 44

Unit Five Transport 50

Reading A Just Plane Hazardous？ 50

Reading B Artificial Waterways 53

Reading C Safety Instructions 55

Unit Six Environmental Protection 61

Reading A Clean Air，Dirty Fight 61

Reading B Homeless on the Range 69

Reading C The Changing Face of the Arctic 73

Unit Seven The Natural World 80

Reading A The Forest 80

Reading B The Whale 83

Reading C The Elephant 88

Unit Eight Weather and Climate 94

Reading A Air and Wind 94

Reading B What Makes the Weather 99

Reading C Meteorology 103

Unit Nine Communication 110

Reading A The Electric Telegraph 110

Reading B The Telephone and Its Inventor 115

Reading C Interview 121

Unit Ten The Media 128

Reading A Reuter 128

Reading B Informing the World 138

Reading C Television 141

Reading A Bank Robberies 148

Unit Eleven Crime 148

Reading B An Accident or a Crime？ 150

Reading C Purse Snatching 152

Unit Twelve Science and Technology 157

Reading A The Age of Cloning 157

Reading B Digital Divide 159

Reading C High-tech Pie in the Sky 160

Unit Thirteen Entertainment 164

Reading A Biggest Season 164

Reading B Magic 166

Reading C Film 167

Unit Fourteen Economy 171

Reading A How the WTO Differs from the GATT 171

Reading B The Achievements of the Reform in China 175

Reading C The Production Method 177

Unit Fifteen Health 184

Reading A Stress Busters That Can Save Your Life 184

Reading B How Nice to Be Clean 187

Reading C Obesity 189

Reading A Degrees of Prudence 193

Unit Sixteen Education 193

Reading B Education out of School 196

Reading C The Development of Multiple-Choice Testing 197

参考译文（Suggested Translation Versions） 201

第一单元（Unit One）人 201

第二单元（Unit Two）食物 209

第三单元（Unit Three）建造房屋 215

第四单元（Unit Four）购物 220

第五单元（Unit Five）交通运输 226

第六单元（Unit Six）环境保护 232

第七单元（Unit Seven）大自然 238

第八单元（Unit Eight）天气与气候 243

第九单元（Unit Nine）通讯 248

第十单元（Unit Ten）媒体 253

第十一单元（Unit Eleven）犯罪 258

第十二单元（Unit Twelve）科学与技术 263

第十三单元（Unit Thirteen）娱乐 271

第十四单元（Unit Fourteen）经济 278

第十五单元（Unit Fifteen）健康 284

第十六单元（Unit Sixteen）教育 290

Key to Exercises 296