2014春季中级口译听译真题+解析
1. According to some research, men visit the doctor less frequently over their life times than women and they have a shorter life expectancy.
2.This is the age of more. We have more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety. We have entered a world of excess, an age of over abundance.
3.Television has been called a source of information, a means of entertainment, and especially by its severest critics, a plug-in or an electronic drug.
4.Nearly half the houses in Britain are owned by the people who live in them, about 1/3 are owned by the local authorities and the rest are rented from private owners.
5.We live longer lives now. In fact, by 2036 it is estimated that older people, 65 years and older will account for 1/5 of the population.
解析：
句子听译又一次出现了男女比较、列举、数字。考生听到第一句句首“According to some research”就应该很高兴，因为我们课上反复强调过它的笔记符号“：”。列举稍有难度，并非惯常的三个，而史无前例地出现了五个：“more choice, more consumption, more fun, more competition and more anxiety”，幸好语速不是太快，长词consumption和competition又是课上练习过的重点词。难点出现在第三句末尾“a plug- in or an electronic drug”——“插电或电子毒品”，大多数考生会被“plug-in”所迷惑。但若能根据“or”和后面的 “electronic”， 应该能猜出跟电子相关。
段落听译第一段讲的是去国外旅游的弊端，从头至尾都是短句，考生务必做到一句一行，在理解的前提下做好每句话2～3个实词的笔记，并将其余的部分通过想象的方式存于脑中。第二段讲的是近百年来人类寿命的延长，尤其是富有的发达国家，主要得益于公共卫生(public health)水平的提高。
