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:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I have not come to China to hold forth on what divides us, but to build on what binds us. I have not come to dwell on a closed-door past, but to urge that Americans and Chinese look to the beautiful future.//
We must always be realistic about our relationship, frankly acknowledging the fundamental differences in ideology between our two societies. Let us not be dominated by these differences.//
If we were to ask citizens all over this world what they desire most for their children, and for their children’s children, their answer, in whatever language, would likely be the same: We want peace, freedom, and a better life.//
Like China, our people see the future in the eyes of our children. And like China, we respect our elders. To be as good as our fathers and mothers, we must be better.
(参考答案)
女士们、先生们： 我来中国不是为了评说那些将我们分隔开来的东西，而是为了强化那些将我们维系在一起的东西，不是为了回顾闭关锁国的过去，而是为了敦促美国和中国人们展望美好的未来。//
我们要务实地对待我们之间的关系，坦率承认我们两个社会制度之间在意识形态方面的根本差异。我们不要被这些差异所主宰。//
假如我们去部一下世界上的所有公民，他们最希望留下什么东西给他们的孩子，给他们孩子的孩子，那么回答无论用什么语言，都可能是一致的，我们要和平，自由和更美好的生活。//
同中国一样，我国人民看待未来也是着眼于下一代的利益。同中国一样，我们也尊重长辈。若要像父母前辈那样，我们就必须胜出/胜于前辈。
Passage 2:
What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Or is it something too valuable to lose, like one’s life?//
Benjamin Franklin was right when he expressed this view: “Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” We Americans see time as an extremely valuable resource.//
We Americans also believe that time is a limited resource, and therefore we try to conserve and manage it. We often attend seminars or read books on time management, hoping that we will organize our time better.//
Professionals carry around pocket planners – some in electronic form – to keep track of appointments and deadlines. All in all, we do all we can to squeeze more life out of our time.
(参考答案)
时间是什么? 是像金钱一样可以节省、花费或浪费的东西吗?或者它像天气那样，是我们无法掌握的东西?或者它像生命那样，是无比珍贵的东西?
本杰明.富兰克林说的对，“你爱生命吗?如果爱就还要浪费时间，因为生命即是由时间组成的。“我们美国人视时间为极其珍贵的资源。//
我们美国人认为时间是一种有限的资源，所以我们努力去爱惜时间，管理时间。我们经常参加有关时间管理的研讨会或阅读这方面的书籍，希望能把自己的时间安排得更好。//
专业人士随身带着袖珍记事本，甚至电子记事本，以随时留意约会与(工作)截止时间。总之我们想尽办法要有限的时间内挤出更多的生命(时间)来。
