翻译考试历年中级口译真题(11):答案及听力原文_第4页

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.
(Man)           Erm, well, you name's Julia.
(Woman)      Julia Brown, yes.
(Man)           Julia Brown. I'm Allan Lee.
(Woman)      Hello.
(Man)           Hi. Erm, whereabouts do you live?
(Woman)      I live in Forest Hill, south-east London.
(Man)           Oh yeah. I used to live near there.
(Woman)      Not far away.
(Man)           No. Very near. Actually I really enjoyed living there. Are you working near there?
(Woman)      I work in London. I am with the IBM, as a computer programmer. I also work as an administrator for a small charity organization.Erm,that's only part-time.I also work in a wine-bar.Thats part –time, too.
(Man)           You mean part-time work in the evenings?
(Woman)      Erm, yeah, two evenings a week.
(Man)           Right. Yeah. It's quite a long way in from Forest Hill, mm?
(Woman)      It's quite a journey into Central London. Both the charity office and the wine-bar are in Hatton Garden, Central London, you know.
(Man)           Yeah. That s right. But you get the mainline in? I mean the mainline from southeast London into Central London?
(Woman)      Yes, that s into Charing Cross, and erm, I tend to walk from there to Hatton Garden, yes. Trying to get fit.
(Man)           Right. I m quite lucky. I work at home.
(Woman)      What do you do?
(Man)           I'm a pianist.So I spend most of the day practicing.Trying to er,get as many recitals as possible.
(Woman)      Do you teach piano lessons?
(Man)           Er I don't at the moment, no. I'm just concentrating on playing sort of ,six hours a day, five days a week, that  kind of thing. But erm,getting yourself established is pretty difficult.
(Woman)      Yes, so do you—are actually working, playing at the moment?
(Man)           Erm. Yeah, well I've just done two concerts, in the North. And I am now trying to enter for a competition, in Austria, next January. So erm, maybe something'll come out of that. I look forward to that kind of competition, and I'm really working hard.

Question No.27. What is the woman's full-timejob during the day?
Question No.28. In which part of London does the woman live?
Question No.29. What does the man do for a living?
Question No.30. What is the man going to do earlier next year?

Part C: Listening and Translation
 Ⅰ. Sentence Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences only once. After you have herd each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write you version in the corresponding  space in ANSWER BOOKLET. Now, let s begin  Sentence Translation with

Sentence No.1. The man asked a lot of questions about our new products displayed at the trade fair. Nevertheless, he didn't book any orders.
Sentence No.2. Most people want to have some form of relaxation when they come home after a hard day's work, such as taking a hot bath or listening to some light music.
Sentence No.3. Jogging is a slow, steady kind of running. In recent years, it has become very popular as a form of outdoor exercise.
Sentence No.4. It is easier to go downhill than to climb uphill,so it is easier to fall  into bad habits than into good ones.
Sentence No.5. You can get a meal for about $5 or slightly more if you eat in snack bars or coffee shops.But if you eat in a hotel or a downtown restaurant,you are expected to pay ten times as much.

 Ⅱ. Passage Translation
Directions:  In this part of the test,you will hear 2passages in English.You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. You may take notes while you are listening. Now, let's begin Passage Translation with the first passage.

Passage 1 
      (Woman) In 1979,an American man invented an unusual bicycle.It  looked like two bicycles in one and it could be used by two people at the same time. On the new bicycle each person had their own bicycle seat and each person would be able to ride the bicycle because they both had their own set of handlebars. However, the invention was not a successful one. If one person turned a little to the left and the other a little right, both riders fell onto the ground.

Passage 2
(Man) In the past two years, many states and cities have limited smoking in public places. An increasing number of hotels, restaurants and other private enterprises have voluntarily introduced smoking regulations for health reasons. For example, in New York City, a dozen ice cream shops have set up non-smoking sections and there seems to be more demand for seats in non-smoking sections than in smoking sections.