表达爱歌词上海高级口译听力考试真题完整版

2021年1月17日发(作者：裴耀卿)
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月上海高级口译听力考试真题完整版


Part A: Spot Dictation



Was it envisioned for the euro to eventually become such a strong currency that it
could compete with the dollar on a global level? Or was that a dream then and is it still
a dream now?



I think it was an attainable dream, and it is becoming actually, in some ways, less
attainable right now.



You may ask why?



Well, the dream to give credit where credit is due was not only advocated by some
European
officials
but
by
some
American
economists,
including
our
Institute
’
s
director, Fred Bergsten, who was way out in the front with that. Richard Portes, who
teaches at London Business School, also was way out in front with that. And they were
very much against the tide of people like Martin Feldstein and others
in London and
the United States who were very skeptical towards the euro.



At face value, the euro area is the same size in GDP as the United States, roughly
speaking. The euro area does have very large and deep financial markets, although the
more you look in detail, there are still some things there that differentiate it from the
United States. And the euro area has delivered price stability. They have a very low
rate of inflation pretty consistently. So you put those three things together, on paper it
looks like the euro should be at least a very clear second to the dollar in investor
’
s
portfolios, in government reserve holdings, in how much you invoice trade like oil or
planes or things like that.



But what our research finds in this book -- in particular in good chapters by Kristin
Forbes and Linda Goldberg -- is the fact that if you look under the hood a bit, there is a
huge shortfall between what you would expect just based on size and how much the
euro is used. So there
’
s an awful lot of trade that
’
s still invoiced in dollars, not in
euros, even between countries that are not dollar countries. There are huge amounts of
financial flows that come to the United States, and the depth of European assets and
financial flows is not commensurate with the size.



【解析】




本文节选自
Growing Pains for the Euro< br>。在段落一开始，作者就抛出了一个问
题：欧元最终成为一种能与美元相抗衡的国际货币是不是一 场梦？并指出这个期
望相比曾经，正变的越来越难以实现。




文中指出，虽然欧元的确有广大的经济市场，而且通货膨胀的概率也较小，
但是通过研究发现， 如果一旦深探，就会看到期望值与欧元的实际使用率之间存
在着巨大差额，以致在一些非美元使用区中， 流通的货币仍然为美元。




本文的题材虽然为考生比较惧怕的 经济类，但是如果能够听懂首段作者的提
问，以及之后作者的态度
I
think
it
was
an
attainable
dream,
and
it
is
becoming
actually, in some ways, less attainable right now
，就不难马上领悟全文的主旨。




考生平时要多多关注常考的经济类文章，有了平时的积累，才能在考场上发
挥自如。





Listening comprehension 1



W: So, one of the things that I really have trouble understanding is how jazz music
developed
to
be
so
different
from
many
other
kinds
of
music?
My
class
notes
are
terrible.



M: Well, what can
’
t you understand from your notes?



W: Uh, one thing is I copied down the musical training from the blackboard. What
did it mean by that?



M:
Well,
most
people
who
became
professional
musicians
have
some
kind
of
formal training in music. But the first people who play jazz music had almost none.



W: OK, but so what? Doesn
’
t it just mean that they weren
’
t very good musicians?



M: Well, it
’
s not that the early jazz musicians weren
’
t good; it
’
s that they played
their
instruments
differently.
Let
’
s
say
you
are
receiving
formal
instruction
in
the
trumpet. First you would learn the right way to place your mouth, and the right way to
use your fingers, and the right way to blow air. And then you will practice single notes
and different combination of notes until you could do those correctly. And only after
that, would your teacher give you a piece of music to play.



W: And the early jazz musician didn
’
t learn to play this way?



M:
No,
the
first
people
who
play
jazz
music
learned
to
play
their instrument
by
actually trying to play a song the way they like. They were humanity, and tried to play
themselves on their instruments. Because they were mostly teaching themselves, they
began
to
express
themselves
in
ways
that
formally
traditionally
trained
musicians
didn
’
t.
In
traditional
instruction,
there
is
one
correct
way
to
play
something,
and
everyone who plays tries to make the correct sound. But in jazz...



W: In jazz music, there isn
’
t one right way to play. In fact, individual musicians
are
supposed
to
interpret
the
music
in
their
own
style.
So
you
are
saying
that
this
aspect of jazz developed because the first people who play jazz didn
’
t have any formal
musical training?



M: Yes, I believe so.



Q1: What is the woman most probably according to the conversation?



Q2: What is the problem the woman has trouble understanding?



Q3: How did early jazz musicians learn to play their instrument?



Q4: Which of the following is true according to the conversation?



Q5:
Why
did
jazz
music
develop
to
be
so
different
from
many
other
kinds
of
music?



【解析】




本文难度并不大，围绕着女生的疑问以及 男生的解答，讲述了爵士是如何发
展成一种与其他种类相距甚大的音乐的。




对话中，女生无法理解音乐训练这一点，于是男生回答说不同于其他正规音
乐指导，比如想要吹喇叭，就要从嘴部、手指，以及吹气一步步训练起来。而最
早玩爵士乐的人并没有 如此的训练，而是单纯用自己的风格将音乐演奏出来，这
也就造就了爵士乐与其他音乐的大不同。





Listening comprehension 2



London, the United Kingdom



The
UK
housing
market
is
seeing
a
slight
pick-up
in
activity
with
mortgage
lending and prices both rising, figures have suggested. Gross mortgage lending was up
4% in April, compared with March, to 12.1bn, according to the Council of Mortgage
Lenders. This was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of
the stamp duty concession a year ago. Official figures show UK house prices rose by
2.7%
in
the
past
twelve
months.
However,
this
was
driven
by
rises
in
England
and
Wales,
with
property
price
falls
in
Scotland
and
Northern
Ireland,
according
to
the
Office for National Statistics.



【文章大意】英国房地 产市场略有回暖，抵押借贷活动增加，房价上涨。题
目考查数字细节。




pick-up
上涨




mortgage lending
抵押借贷




skew
歪曲




Paris, France



Developed
economies
returned
to
growth
in
the
first
three
months
of
the
year,
although
the
euro
zone
continued
to
lag
behind
the
U.S.
and
Japan,
according
to
figures
released
by
the
Organization
for
Economic
Cooperation
and
Development,
Tuesday. The Paris-based research body said the combined gross domestic product of
its 34 developed-country members grew by 0.4% from the final three months of 2012.
There
were
“diverging
patterns”
across
its
members,
but
that
largely
involved
a
contrast
between
contractions
in
France,
Italy
and
the
euro
zone
as
a
whole,
and
a
pickup
in
growth
in
Japan,
the
U.S.
and
the
U.K.
With
growth
so
unbalanced
and
business and consumer confidence weak in the face of uncertainties surrounding the
outcome of the euro zone
’
s fiscal crisis and fiscal difficulties in the U.S., economists
don
’
t expect a strong pickup in global growth in the near term.



【文章大意】 今年第一季度，发达国家经济恢复增长，欧元区仍落后于美国
日本。考查信息推断。




euro-zone
欧元区（统一使用欧元的国家地区）




lag behind
落后




diverge
分开，偏离




Washington, the United States



Apple has been accused of being “among America’s largest tax avoiders”. A Senate
committee said Apple had used “a complex web of offshore entities” to avoid paying
billions
of
dollars
in
US
income
taxes.
But
it
said
there
was
no
indication
the
firm
acted illegally. Apple chief Tim Cook will go before the panel on Tuesday. In prepared
testimony Apple said it did not use tax gimmicks. The US Senate had said that Apple
paid little or nothing on billions of dollars in profits placed in Irish subsidiaries. The
company says it is one of the largest taxpayers in the US, having paid $$6bn in federal
corporate income tax in the 2012 fiscal year. US corporation tax is one of the highest
in the world at 35%. However, companies typically pay far less, thanks to numerous
deductions and exemptions.



【文章大意】苹果公司被指避税。考查主旨大意。




tax avoidance
避税




offshore
海外的




gimmick
花招，伎俩




exemption
豁免，免税




Oklahoma city, the United States



At least 91 people, including 20 children, are feared to have been killed by a huge
tornado which tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, local officials say. Worst hit was
Moore, south of the city, where neighborhoods were flattened and schools destroyed
by winds of up to 200mph. About 120 people are being treated in hospitals. President
Barack
Obama
has
declared
a
major
disaster
in
Oklahoma.
He
also
ordered
federal
authorities to join in the search efforts which have continued throughout the night. The
official
death
toll
is
51,
but
local
authorities
say
the
figure
is
expected
to
rise
as
another 40 bodies have been found.



【文章大意】俄克拉荷马城遭巨型龙卷风袭 击，至少
91
人恐已死亡。考查数
字细节。




tornado
龙卷风




death toll
死亡人数




Dubai, Saudi Arabia