年3月高口听力上半场第二部分原文

2011年3月上海高级口译考试听力原文（Section 1 - Listening Comprehension）

Part B: Listening Comprehension

Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations After each one

you will be asked some questions The talks

conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation

W: Hi

Robert

you are 20 now

right

Robert: Right

W: What do you think about what Nina said

Robert: I definitely agree that younger people are less intimidated by technology But when I pare myself with other people my age

I don’t see myself as particularly good with puters Most of my friends are much better with puters than I am But this summer

I worked in an office with lots of s

and I realized that I am a lot more fortable with technology than they are

W: Do you use e-mail a lot

Robert: Well

I do agree that letters make better keep-seeks

but e-mails are just so much more convenient For example

I’m away at college now

and I don’t know how I could keep in touch with my high school friends without e-mail I like e-mail

because it’s such a casual form of munication It’s great for just saying “hello” and checking upon people For more standard interaction

I still use the phone a lot

but for just telling people that you thought of them that day or that you missed them

e-mail is great

W: How often would you say that you e-mail people

Robert : Well

I check my e-mail at least 5 times a day I would estimate

actually probably a bit more I also have “IM”

that is

instant messaging

configure to that it loads the program automatically whenever it turn on my puter

so I am on that a lot as well It definitely makes you spend more time on the puter than you meant to Sometimes I just turn on my puter to check on one little thing And all of a sudden

three people send the instant messages

and I talk to them for half an hour But it’s not a waste of time

because I love to hear from my friends

W: So young people are better with puters than the s

Robert: I don’t know if kids are really better with puters or just more used to them Computers can definitely be intimidating

especially when they go wrong For people who are familiar with them

I think a typical response is to use them as little as possible My dad is like that But once you get over you initial fear or just fiddling around with them and testing things out

it bees a lot more fun

and it’s really not difficult

W: What about your friends

Robert: Well

I guess my generation is hooked on the inter but people don’t make it their whole life It’s just one other thing they like to do It really opens up a lot of doors

the inter

it makes lots of things accessible My college now is a pretty web-based school At first

I was a little bit surprised at how much the inter was used Like for example

all of my syllabi for my classes are on line

W: Do you think the inter has any disadvantages

Robert: Well

something that is bad about the inter is that not everyone has access to it I feel like when my generation is grown up and part of the workforce

puter skills are just going to be assumed They won’t be an added asset that I think that they are today So what will happen to the people of my generation who don’t have these puter skills

you know They are really going to be added disadvantage So I think the inter could increase these disparities beeen different classes

which is horrible or maybe technology just illuminates existing disparities in a different way I’m not sure In my own life

though I love having the inter I don’t know what I do without it

Question1 Which of the following statements does Robert definitely agree with

Question2 Robert explains why he uses e-mail a lot

which of the following is not one of his reasons

Question3 What makes Robert spend a lot of time on the puter

Question4 What does Robert think is bad about the inter

Question5 According to Robert

what will happen to people in his generation who don’t have these puter skills

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news

Islamabad Pakistan

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry defended its refusal to allow US officials to visit a nuclear reactor that the United States helped to build in the 1960s or remove highly enriched uranium from it The uranium had been provided by the United States

"We said no

because it's now our property

and we will not return it

" Foreign Ministry spoke an Abdul Basit said in a statement "This only shows that Pakistan is very sensitive about its nuclear program No one can touch Pakistan's nuclear facilities and assets"

Washington

the united states

Foreign governments reacted with a mixture of denials and di issiveness yesterday to the massive leaking of US diplomatic cables

questioning the decision to make the material public but also insisting

for the most part

that the revelations were either untrue or unlikely to affect world events

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the US a purposely leaking the confidential cables

some of which discussed the Iran nations concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and whether it should be contained by diplomatic efforts or destroyed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cables provide proof that the Arab world agrees with his country asses ent that Iran is the chief danger to the middle east

Port-au-Prince Haiti

A quiet tension settled over Haiti on Monday as people waited to learn how electoral officials proceed in handling Sunday’s chaos-marred national balloting and in the international munity hoped the earthquake-ravaged country did not descend yet again into violence

A leading presidential candidate

singer Michel Martelly

who joined 11 others the day before in asking for the elections to be canceled

suggested he was now open to letting the results be counted

while still insisting “massive fraud” had been mitted

Word was spreading that Martelly and Mirlande Manigat

a professor and former first lady

were the front-runners

despite allegations that President René Préval tried to steal the election for his Unity party and its candidate

Jude Celestin

Tokyo

Japan

Factories in Japan cut output in October

adding to evidence of an Asia-wide slowdown and boding ill for the rest of the world that has relied on the region to keep the global economy humming Japanese panies cut production for the fifth month which fell by a biggest margin since February 2010

The fall in Japan was expected -- in fact a drop of 18 percent was aller than forecast 33 percent -- after a key stimulus measure

incentives for buyers of fuel-efficient cars

expired in September

and exports continued to cool

The drop

however

confirmed expectations that the world's third-largest economy would contract in the final quarter of the year after a stimulus-driven spurt in the third quarter

Cancun

Mexico

Global talks on climate change opened in Cancún

Mexico

on Monday with the toughest issues unresolved and little expectation of a breakthrough on shaping an international treaty to curb emissions of the heat-trapping gases linked to global warming

The United States entered the talks in a weak position because of a lack of action on domestic climate and energy legislation and continuing disputes with China and other major developing nations over verification of emissions reductions The United Nations negotiating process itself is on the line

with many saying that the 190-nation talks cannot survive another debacle like that at Copenhagen last December

6 Why did Pakistan ministry refuse to allow US officials to visit a Nuclear reactor

7 What did the Iranian president accuse the United States of in reacting to the massive leaking of US diplomatic cables

8 What was the presidential candidate Michel Martell's attitude now toward the national balloting held on Sunday in Haiti

9 By what percentage did Japanese panies cut production for the fifth month since February 2010

10 Which of the following statements does not apply to the global talks on climate change held in Cancun

Mexico

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview

M: Today we continue our series ——traditional dress throughout the world Our journey takes us to Sri Lanka Shirnica De Selva

a native Sri Lankan

now living in Los Angles California shares her thoughts on traditional dress in her home country Shirnica

thanks for joining us today

W: My pleasure

M: First of all

I’d like to ask you what’s the traditional clothing of Sri Lanka？

W: Well

for women

it’s a sari It’s a long piece of cloths that swept around your waist

and then it goes over your shoulder

M: And do most women in Sri Lanka wear saris

W: Most of the older women wear a sari every day The younger women tend to wear dresses or pants or something

M: Why don’t the younger women wear saris

W: Well

I guess some of them feel that the saris are hot and difficult to walk in because they are long

M: Sounds like saris aren’t very practical

W: Some people feel that way Also many younger women think saris are old-fashioned They are great for formal occasions

but if you’re hanging out with friends

you want something more modern

M: So younger women want to be more modern

W: Actually I shouldn’t say all younger women It depends on your family history You see there are o main groups of people in Sri Lanka: the Santolis and the Tamaos Then there are some other ethnic groups

like the Sri Lankans who are part European The women who are part European tend to wear western clothing because they have relatives who wear western clothing But the women who are Santolis or Tamao tend to be more traditional

M: Because they didn’t have that western influence

W: Right

M: So you are saying that family background can influence the way you dress

W: Yes

I think it does

M: We’ve been talking about what women wear How about the men Do they have traditional clothing

W: The men

I guess

used to wear sarong It’s this long piece of cloth that swept around the waist

M: You say ‘used to’

don’t they wear them any more

W: People who live in the countryside still wear sarongs But in the city

men wear pants and shirts They only wear sarongs to relax at home

M: Interesting Can I switch here and ask you a personal question

W: Sure

M: Is traditional clothing important to you

W: It’s funny

because when I was a kid growing up in Sri Lanka

I didn’t want to wear saris But now that I’m older

I like to wear them sometimes

like my wedding I wore a white sari for my wedding

M: Why has your attitude changed

do you think

W: I guess when you are older

you can see the value and more; when you are younger

you are more interested in being in style

wearing Levis and stuff like that Now I think about saris and something unique from my culture It’s nice to have something different to wear And in the US

a sari is really exotic

M: It certainly is Well

unfortunately our time’s up Thanks for talking with us

Shirnica

W: You are wele

11 What’s the main topic of this interview

12 There are several reasons why the younger women don’t wear saris in Sri Lanka Which of the following is not one of the reasons

13 According to the interviewee

which of the following factors also affects the way people dress in Sri Lanka

14 What can we know from the interview about the men’s clothing in Sri Lanka

15 Why has the interviewee’ attitude towards clothing changed

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk

So

is everyone awake I guess that’s a good question at the start of an early morning lecture about sleep Seriously

how many of you feel you didn’t get enough sleep last night Raise your hands! en… about a third of you That’s interesting

because it shows that you are not so different from the population in general About 30% percent of s say they frequently don’t feel rested when they wake up in the morning And why is that Well

in most cases

it’s because they stayed up too late partying or watching TV But in a all percentage of cases

they could be suffering from a sleep disorder

a condition that interferes with a person’s capability to sleep normally There are many kinds of sleep disorders

but the three that I want to describe today are called sleep apnea

narcolepsy

and insomnia Ok

the first sleep disorder that I listed is sleep apnea

that’s a-p-n-e-a People with sleep apnea stop breathing

sometimes for 10 seconds or longer

and not just once

it can happen several hundred times a night Each time this happens

they wake up and go right back to sleep

so their sleep is constantly interrupted But in the morning they don’t remember waking up They just feel tired and sleepy Then how do you know if you have this problem The usual symptoms are heavy breathing and snoring

bined with feeling tired all the time The cause of this problem is that air can’t go into and out of the nose or mouth

usually because the throat is too relaxed Consequently

the treatment is very simple The person wears a soft mask attached to a machine that helps to regulating his or her breathing throughout the night In an extreme case of apnea

surgery may be necessary The second sleep disorder that I want to describe today is called narcolepsy That spells n-a-r-c-o-l-e-p-s-y Perhaps you’ve seen a movie in which people are sitting at a table

eating and talking

and suddenly one person just falls over Perhaps his face falls into his soup It’s funny in a movie

but in reality this could be a symptom of narcolepsy Narcoleptic persons get sudden attacks of sleep

in the middle of the day

any time

any place They can’t control it They simply fall asleep for brief periods of time By the way

this disorder appears to be particularly frequent among students enrolled in 8 AM classes But seriously

narcolepsy can be quite scary The cause is high levels of certain chemicals in the part of brain that regulates sleep Once narcolepsy is diagnosed

it’s usually treated successfully with medication Sleep apnea and narcolepsy are serious problems but they are real conditions In contrast

the third sleep disorder I want to discus

insomnia

is quite mon Insomnia means difficulties either falling asleep or staying asleep Almost everybody has insomnia once and a while But I want to talk about chronic insomnia which when sleeping bees difficult for weeks

months or years at a time The cause could be either psychological or physical Most often is psychological

that is

it is caused by stress

you know

worrying about problems at work or home and so on Or the cause can be physical

such as too much caffeine or nicotine in the body Both of these chemicals are stimulants that can keep you from sleeping Stimulants are substances that make you feel awake and energetic As I said

coffee and cigarettes are both stimulants Now that brings us to treatments for insomnia Obviously

if you have trouble sleeping

the first thing you should do is avoid coffee

tea and cigarettes in the evening You should also avoid alcohol Many people say that a glass of beer or wine helps them sleep That may be true once in a while

but drinking alcohol every night is dangerous because after a while it stops working And as everyone knows

alcohol is addictive You should also avoiding sleeping pills for the same reason because they are addictive These are the things you shouldn’t do if you have insomnia Now what should you do

16 According to the lecturer

about what percentage of s

say they often don’t feel rested when they wake up in the morning

17 The lecturer discus several types of sleep disorders

which of the following is not one of the disorders

18．Which of the following is not a symptom of sleep apnea

19．Which of the following is true with people who suffer from narcolepsy

20．What can we learn from chronic insomnia

如果想征服生命中的焦虑，活在当下，活在每一个呼吸里！

从初中到大学，我们似乎一直都生活在焦虑之中。以前是因为升学，而现在更多的是因为对未知的恐惧，对生活的失控，