翻译口译中级：口试模拟试题（2）

口语题

Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is…, “ “My registration number is…”.

Topic: My view of a successful foreign language learner

Questions for Reference:

1.What is the relationship between learning grammatical knowledge and learning language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, etc.)?

2.Which one is more important for a foreign language learner, natural environment or classroom setting? Or, are there any other important factors? What are they?

3.What methods have you been following in learning a foreign language? Why?

Part A

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each sentence or 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 us begin Part A with the first passage.

Passage 1:

We are meeting here to call for changes in the US patent laws. We believe such changes in the US patent laws are needed to deal with new business models related to the Internet.//

US patent laws are designed to protect the commercial rights of people who have invested in new products or techniques. And I propose that the period of protection should be cut form 17 years to 3 years.//

From my experience of working with Hi-Technology companies in California’s Silicon Valley, the biggest problems arise when existing patent protections for business methods are combined with the Internet.//

If changes in the patent laws are going to have any real impact, they must be made soon. Some of my colleagues in the industry have already begun lobbying lawmakers to make the changes.//

（参考答案）

我们在此集会，要求/呼吁修改美国专利法。我们认为专利法必须加以修改才能应付与互联网有关的一些新商业模式。.//

制订美国专利法是为了保护那些投资开发新产品或新技术的人的商业权利。我在这里提议专利权的保护期应该从原来的17年缩短为3年。//

凭我在加州硅谷高科技公司的工作经验，当现行的商务行为的专利保护同因特网联系在一起时,就会出现最严重的问题。//

如果想让专利法的修改能真正起到作用，那就必须加快(修订)速度。我的一些同行已经开始游说立法者修改(法律)。//