Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into English. 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 B with the first passage.
Passage 1
今天，我很高兴应邀参加“东亚地区问题研讨会”，能有机会会见老朋友、结交新朋友，并在此发言。//
回顾过去，东亚地区发生了深刻的变化，在政治、经济、文化、科技等方面取得了巨大的进步。//
展望未来，我们可以满怀信心地说，推动东亚经济和社会艰展达到新水平，已经具备了比较好的条件。//
东亚政局稳定，国家关系良好。这为东亚各国保持经济持续增长，发展合作，创造了重要的前提条件。
(参考答案)
Today, I am very pleased to be invited to the Symposium on the Issues of East Asia, which has provided me with an opportunity to meet old friends and establish new contacts and address the meeting.//
In retrospect, profound changes have taken place in East Asia and tremendous progress has been made in the fields of politics, economy, culture, and science and technology.//
Looking ahead, we can say with full confidence that relatively sound conditions exist for East Asia to raise its economic and social development to a new level.//
East Asian countries enjoys political stability as well as good relations among themselves, This has provided an important prerequisite for the sustained economic growth of East Asian countries and the development of the cooperation.
Passage 2:
武术在此国源远流长，是中华民族的瑰宝。同时，也正逐渐传播到世界，成为人类的共同财富。//
为了正好的推广武术，使武术与奥运项目接轨，中国武协和国际武联做了大量艰苦卓绝的工作。//
今天，武术的蓬勃发展，除得益于其项目本身的吸引力外，早期移居海外的一代武术大师们的努力也功不可没。//
在新的时期，竞技武术在传统武术的基础上发展起来了,从而为武术的普及与提高提供了一个新的舞台..
(参考答案)
Wushu, or Chinese martial arts, can trace back to the ancient times. It is a gem of the Chinese traditional culture. And it is now spreading to the rest of the world to be shared by mankind.
The Chinese Wushu Association and International Wushu Federation (IWUF) have been working very hard to popularize Wushu and move the Chinese martial arts closer to the Olympic Movement.
The booming of Wushu is attributed nor only to the attractiveness of the sport but also to (the efforts by ) whose early emigrant Chinese Wushu masters .
In modern times, Competitive Wushu, which has developed on the basis of traditional Wushu, provides a new stage to popularize and improve the Chinese martial arts.
