“英语高级口译证书考试”笔试听力部分综述 1
Unit One 23
PART ONE About Cambridge University 23
PART TWO You Have Been at Cornell University 24
PART THREE Women Teachers in Primary Schools 26
PART FOUR When I Was at Harrow 27
PART FIVE Single-sex Education 28
PART SIX Listening and Translation 30
Unit Two 32
PART ONE Increasing Juvenile Crime 32
PART TWO The Figures for Burglaries Have Risen Alarmingly 33
PART THREE A Bank Robbery 35
PART FOUR Because You're a Lawyer 37
PART FIVE The Victim of a Crime 38
PART SIX Listening and Translation 38
Unit Three 41
PART ONE About Living in the City 41
PART TWO Mass Urbanization 42
PART THREE Modern Life Is Full of Nasty Noises 44
PART FOUR Town and Around 46
PART FIVE How Is Urbanization Negatively Affecting Our Society? 47
PART SIX Listening and Translation 49
Unit Four 51
PART ONE The Ideas behind the Words 51
PART TWO What Makes a Good Language Learner? 52
PART THREE Different Varieties of English 53
PART FOUR Functions of Language 55
PART FIVE Learning Italian 57
PART SIX Listening and Translation 58
Unit Five 60
PART ONE Monochronism and Polychronism 60
PART TWO Cross-cultural Differences in Behavior 63
PART THREE What Kind of Message Is Carried by Clothing? 65
PART FOUR What Is Good Feng Shui? 66
PART FIVE When Most Couples Marry 68
PART SIX Listening and Translation 69
Unit Six 71
PART ONE If You Will Be Graduating from High School or College 71
PART TWO At a Job Interview 72
PART THREE Astronaut Wanted:No Experience Necessary 73
PART FOUR How to Actually Get a Job 74
PART FIVE Make It to the Top! 76
PART SIX Listening and Translation 79
Unit Seven 82
PART ONE Queuing in London 82
PART TWO About a London Taxi Driver 84
PART THREE An American in London 85
PART FOUR About Life in the East End of London 86
PART FIVE Afternoon Tea at the Ritz 88
PART SIX Listening and Translation 89
Unit Eight 91
PART ONE Holidays in Britain 91
PART TWO How Many Different Countries Have You Ever Been to? 92
PART THREE Holidays May Be a Source of Stress 95
PART FOUR An Economist Made a Two-week Trip to Southern Asia 97
PART FIVE Traveling and Jet Lag 98
PART SIX Listening and Translation 100
Unit Nine 102
PART ONE Illegal Drugs in the US 102
PART TWO Homelessness in the United States 103
PART THREE Hunger Often Lurks in Our Own Backyards 106
PART FOUR Americans Are Big Givers 107
PART FIVE The“Broken Windows”Theory 110
PART SIX Listening and Translation 112
Unit Ten 114
PART ONE About Canada 114
PART TWO Eating Habits in France 116
PART THREE The Different Places I Have Lived 117
PART FOUR The Work of Pedal Power 118
PART FIVE Small-town America 121
PART SIX Listening and Translation 122
Unit Eleven 124
PART ONE You Have a Powerful Voice 124
PART TWO Talking about Illnesses 125
PART THREE Sleep Disorders 126
PART FOUR Sleepy Teenagers 128
PART FIVE When Is Being Overweight a Health Problem? 130
PART SIX Listening and Translation 132
Unit Twelve 134
PART ONE Working in the UK and Germany 134
PART TWO Presenteeism Is a Big Problem 136
PART THREE Being Watched in the Office 137
PART FOUR As the Saying Goes,Time Is Money 139
PART FIVE Getting on Well with Colleagues 140
PART SIX Listening and Translation 141
Unit Thirteen 143
PART ONE News about a Disaster 143
PART TWO Entertainment or News? 145
PART THREE Business Update 146
PART FOUR Hurricane Wayne and Other News 149
PART FIVE Financial News 152
PART SIX Listening and Translation 154
Unit Fourteen 156
PART ONE An Occasional User of the Internet 156
PART TWO How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds 158
PART THREE Internet Addiction 161
PART FOUR A Support Group for Internet-addicted Kids 162
PART FIVE An Over-communicated World 164
PART SIX Listening and Translation 165
Unit Fifteen 167
PART ONE Marks&Spencer Has a Very Good Reputation 167
PART TWO Expanding Overseas 168
PART THREE The Top 100 Global Brands 170
PART FOUR Six Steps in Starting a Business 172
PART FIVE Different Attitudes towards Money Matters 174
PART SIX Listening and Translation 176
Unit Sixteen 178
PART ONE The Great Life 178
PART TWO Friends of the Earth 180
PART THREE Environment and Health 181
PART FOUR Cigarette Smoking 183
PART FIVE How Was Your First Week in the AIDS Ward? 185
PART SIX Listening and Translation 186
Sample Test One 188
Sample Test Two 194
Scripts 201
Key 357