Questions for Reference: 1. Will a part-time job contribute to the student’s academic studies? How? 2. List advantages and/or disadvantages of taking a part-time job during a
student’s university days.
3. Is part-time job experience helpful or necessary in the student’s future
career? Why or why not? Cite examples.
口译题 Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each passage, 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’s begin Part A with the first passage. Passage 1:
Now, let me go on to the legal aspect of a joint venture. In setting up a joint venture you should keep certain points in mind. // First, you have to consider protecting your own interests in the joint venture. All your legal documents should be drafted with this in mind. // Second, you have to understand the extent of your liability for actions of the joint venture.// Third, you need to be concerned about the sales area of the joint venture. This means you will have to limit the joint venture's market area if you want to keep your existing markets.
Passage 2:
I began my life as the son of immigrants, and with great efforts I worked my way up to the presidency of the Ford Company. // But then fate said to me: \We're not finished with you. Now you're going to find out what it feels like to get kicked off the top of the world!\In 1978, I was fired. I had been president of Ford for eight years and a Ford employee for thirty-two years. And now, suddenly, I was out of job. // Although I could afford to play golf for the rest of my life. I just didn't feel right. I knew I had to pick up the pieces and carry on.
Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal?and stop it at the signal?you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1:
有人认为，深圳和香港能形成一个经济圈，说不定可以发展成为一个亚太经济中心。// 然而，更多的人认为，深圳应该当好内地与香港之间的桥梁。// 深圳正在借助香港的优势发展自己。// 经过15年的发展，深圳已逐步发展成为一个国际商埠。
Passage 2：
今天我们聚会在一起，就广泛领域里建立合作伙伴关系交换我们彼此的看法。// 这次会议，反映了我们希望进行交流与合作、增进相互理解和信任的共同愿望。// 我深信这次会议将对我们的双边关系产生积极的影响。// 让我们携手合作，本着相互尊重、平等与互利的原则，为会议的圆满结束而共同努力。
B卷
口语题
Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your point 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: Tea—A Popular Drink in China
Questions for Reference: 1. How much do you know about the Chinese tea?
2. The benefits and/or functions of tea in our life.
3. Which do you prefer? Tea or coffee? Cite your reasons.
口译题 Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each 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’s begin Part A with the first passage.
Passage 1:
Welcome to the official launch of ABC Company. I regard it as a great honor that you are here with us at this important occasion.// May I take this opportunity to outline our history, the market strategy of our company and our objectives for future business dealings in China.// This company would like to share our success with Chinese customers. Our products enjoy an excellent price versus performance ratio and high quality.// We are looking forward to a long-term relationship with our clients, which will help further strengthen our position as the leader in the world market.
Passage 2:
The future of economic cooperation with China should be viewed with a combination of enthusiasm and realism.// I have seen both difficulties and benefits in improving economic relations between our two countries.// I shall focus my remarks primarily on US-Chinese economic relation because it differs greatly from the relationship between China and other nations.// I am certain that others here will address the very important relationship between China and Japan, China and Europe, and China and Canada, so I shall focus on US-China relations.
Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret in into English. Start interpreting at the signal?and stop it at the signal?you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1:
我愿借此机会谨代表我所有的同事，对你们的热情接待表示衷心的感谢。// 在伦敦度过的这五天是令人愉快、令人难以忘怀的。// 我特别要赞颂我们的英国合作伙伴，没
有贵方的努力我们无法成功地达成合作协议。// 让我们为两家公司永久的友谊与合作，干杯！
Passage 2:
中国执行改革开放政策。越来越多的外国商人来华投资。// 我国幅员辽阔，劳动力资源丰富，市场潜力大。// 投资兴办合资企业时，贵方可以提供资金、机械、技术和管理方法。// 这种投资方法对我们合作双方来说，都有丰厚的经济回报。
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第二阶段考试（试卷四）
A卷
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: The advantages and / or disadvantages of living in a big city.
Questions for Reference: 1. Which do you prefer, living in the city or living in the country? Cite reasons
for your choice.
2. How long have you been living in Shanghai (or any other big cities)? What do
you think of the city in general and in particular its safety, entertainment, population, environment, transportation and communication, etc. 3. Describe the ideal place where you would like to live.
口译题 Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each passage, 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’s begin Part A with the first passage. Passage 1:
In the United States, riding bicycles has become increasingly popular.// In the past, bicycles were sold to parents for their children. Now those same parents are buying bicycles for each other, as well as for their children.// Young executives ride bikes to work to stay out traffic jams. Young mothers are finding a way to do their shopping without competing for a parking place at the shopping center.// College and high school students find biking an economical alternative to cars and buses. And even grandma and grandpa enjoy bicycling to picnics and barbecues. Passage 2:
I want to spend part of this lecture discussing what the computer is capable of doing. Let me first emphasize that it can only do what the human being can do.// The computer's advantage over us is that it can perform an amazing number of calculations in a much shorter period of time.//
The computer is also an infinitely patient machine. It can perform the same operation over and over again without getting rather bored or anxious.// Finally,
the computer frees us humans from repetitive work and allows us to be creative. But I must stress that the computer does not do the work that we are incapable of doing.
Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal?and stop it at the signal?you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1:
连接亚欧两大洲的贸易通道丝绸之路全程达七千公里，其历史可以追溯到公元前二世纪。// 我社安排的“丝绸之路游”始于西安古城，止于新疆首府乌鲁木齐。// 游客们沿线可以领略自然景观的魅力，欣赏古代艺术家高超的工艺，品尝地方风味小吃。// 丝绸之路沿途大量的历史文物、自然风景及地方文化，使“丝绸之路游”成为世界上最精彩的旅游节目之一。
Passage 2:
过去10年来，农村改革带来了许多新的变化。// 农作物大幅度增产，农民收入大幅度增加，乡镇企业异军突起。// 广大农民购买力增强了，农民不仅盖了大批新房子，而且还购置了电冰箱、彩电、摩托车、照相机等高档消费品。// 此外，农副产品的增加，农村剩余劳动力的转移，又强有力地推动了工业的发展。
B卷
口语题
Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your point 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: Which one is more important in your career: your educational background or your working experience? Cite reasons for your choice.
Questions for Reference: 1. What is a successful career in our society?
2. The importance of education and / or the importance of working experience. 3. Is it possible for an applicant without required educational background or
working experience to find a satisfactory job? How? Cite examples.
口译题 Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each 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’s begin Part A with the first passage.
Passage 1:
A modern wife has now been given the choice of whether or not to stay at home and be a full-time housewife.// Thirty years ago it was expected that when a girl
married she automatically stopped working to become a full-time housewife and mother.// In the 1990's, society does not expect that of women. Women today have the freedom to continue with their careers and the freedom to choose whether or not to have children.// Some couples deliberately choose not to have children in favour of pursuing interesting and well-paid careers, while others choose to have children at a much later time.
Passage 2:
Young people do not show the same kind of concern towards their elderly parents as was evident before the Second World War.// Today, people are pursuing careers, social life and wealth, and do not want to be burdened by elderly parents. // Very often the only family contact is by telephone, and perhaps an occasional visit at birthday and Christmas time.// Elderly people are sometimes neglected by their families, and so they rely heavily on the goodwill of their friends and neighbours for company and support.
Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret in into English. Start interpreting at the signal?and stop it at the signal?you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let’s begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1:
处于世纪之交的上海正在迅速发展为世界经济、金融和贸易中心之一。上海金融业的发展尤为引人注目，现已逐渐形成了一个具有相当规模与影响的金融市场体系。//
浦西的外滩和浦东的陆家嘴已成了各国大银行青睐的金融黄金宝地。// 上海这颗璀璨的东方明珠以其特有的魅力召唤有远见卓识的金融家来此大展鸿图。
Passage 2：
位于太湖和大运河岸边的江苏省同里，离著名旅游城——苏州仅18公里。// 古镇周围有五个湖泊环绕，镇上有多条河流将古镇分为15个部分，40多座反映各朝代风格的石桥连接其中。// 该镇保留着许多具有明清两代特色的建筑。河水从屋前流过，居民通常坐船互相拜访。// 在这里，旅游者能欣赏到典型的江南水乡的景色——小桥、流水和房屋的和谐融合
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第二阶段考试（试卷五）
A卷
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