-
Conversation
One
对话一
M:
So
how
long
have
you
been
a
Market
ResearchConsultant?
男:
你做市场调查顾问多长时间了?
W:
Well,
I
started
straight
after
finishing
university.
女:
我大学毕业后就开始做了。
M:
Did
you
study
market
research?
男:
你学的是市场调查吗?
W:
Yeah,
and
it
really
helped
me
to
get
into
theindustry,
女:
是的,这帮助我进入了这个行业,
but
I
have
to
say
that
it's
more
important
to
get
experience
in
di
fferent
types
of
marketresearch
to
find
out
exactly
what
you're
inter
ested
in.
但是我不得不说,你需要有各
种市场研究的经验才能找出你真正感兴趣的事物,这很重要。
M:
So
what
are
you
interested
in?
男:
你对什么感兴趣?
W:
Well,
at
the
moment,
I
specialize
in
quantitative
advertising
res
earch,
which
means
that
Ido
two
types
of
projects.
女:
目前来说,我专门做量化广告调查,也就是说我做两个项目。
Trackers,
which
are
ongoing
projects
that
look
at
trends
or
customer
satisfaction
over
a
longperiod
of
time.
追踪调查,这是个正在进
行的项目,研究很长一段时期内的趋势和客户满意度。
The
only
problem
with
trackers
is
that
it
takes
up
a
lot
of
your
time.
追踪调查的唯一问题是太费时间。
But
you
do
build
up
a
good
relationship
with
the
client.
但是你真的能和客户建立良好的关系。
I
also
do
a
couple
of
ad-hoc
jobs
which
are
much
shorter
projects.
我也做一些临时工作,这些项目的耗时较短。
M:
What
exactly
do
you
mean
by
ad-hoc
jobs?
男:
你说的临时工作是什么?
W:
It's
basically
when
companies
need
quick
answers
to
their
question
s
about
their
consumers'habits.
女:
主要是,当企业需要快速解答关于消费者习惯的问题时,
They
just
ask
for
one
questionnaire
to
be
sent
out
for
example,
so
the
time
you
spend
on
anad-hoc
project
tends
to
be
fairly
short.
比如,他们需要发出一
份问卷调查,所以你花费在临时工作上的时间非常短。
M:
Which
do
you
prefer,
trackers
or
ad-
hoc?
男:
你更喜欢哪种工作,最
终调查工作还是临时工作?
W:
I
like
doing
both
and
in
fact
I
need
to
do
both
at
the
same
time
to
keep
me
from
goingcrazy.
I
need
the
variety
.
< br>女:
我两个都喜欢。实际上,需要同时做这两种工作以防我疯掉。我需要工作多样
化。
M:
Can
you
just
explain
what
process
you
go
through
with
a
new
cli
ent?
男:
你能解释一下你和新客户的交流过程吗?
W:
Well,
together
we
decide
on
the
methodology
and
the
objectives
of
the
research.
女:
我们一起找到研究方法并设定研究的目标。
I
then
design
a
questionnaire
.
Once
the
interviewers
have
been
briefe
d,
I
send
the
client
aschedule
and
then
they
get
back
to
me
with
deadlines.
然后我设计一
份问卷调查。
问题的摘要制定好后,
我把计划书发给顾客,
p>
然后他们给我最后
期限。
Once
the
final
charts
and
tables
are
ready,
I
have
to
check
them
a
nd
organize
a
presentation
.
把最终的图标准备好后,我需要进行检查,然后整理报告。
M:
Hmm,
one
last
question,
what
do
you
like
and
dislike
about
your
job?
男:
最后一个问题,你喜欢和不喜欢的工作分别是什么?
W:
As
I
said,
variety
is
important
and
as
for
what
I
don't
like,
it
has
to
be
the
checking
ofcharts
and
tables.
女:
就像我之前说的,工作的多样性很重要,至于我不喜欢的内容就是图表的核对了。
Questions
1
to
4
are
based
on
the
conversation
you
have
just
heard.
问题
< br>5-8
是基于刚才你所听到的这段对话的。
Question
1:
What
position
does
the
woman
hold
in
the
company?
问题
1
:
女士在公司的职位是什么?
Question
2:
What
does
the
woman
specialize
in
at
the
moment?
问题
2
:
目前,女士专门做什么?
Question
3:
What
does
the
woman
say
about
trackers?
问题
3
:
女士对于追踪调查都说了些什么?
Question
4:
What
does
the
woman
dislike
about
her
job?
< br>问题
4
:
女士不喜欢的工作内容
是什么?
Conversation
Two
对话二
W:
Hello,
I'm
here
with
Frederick.
<
/p>
女:
大家好,今天我要和弗雷德里克聊聊。
Now
Fred,
you
went
to
university
in
Canada?
弗雷德里克,你是在加拿大念的大学?
M:
Yeah,
that's
right.
男:
是的。
W:
OK,
and
you
have
very
strong
views
aboutuniversities
in
Canada.
C
ould
you
please
explain?
女:
好的,那你很了解加拿大的大学。你能介绍一下吗?
M:
Well,
we
don't
have
private
universities
in
Canada.
They're
all
p
ublic.
男:
加拿大没有私立大学,全是公立的。
All
the
universities
are
owned
by
the
government,
so
there
is
the
M
inistry
of
Education
in
chargeof
creating
the
curriculum
for
the
univ
ersities
所有大学都是政府运营的,加拿大教育部负责大学课程的设置,
and
so
there
is
not
much
room
for
flexibility
.
所以没有太多灵活变通的空间。
Since
it's
a
government
operated
institution
,
things
don't
move
very
fast.
大学是政府运营的机构,事情进展的速度不会太快。
If
you
want
something
to
be
done,
then
their
staff
do
not
have
so
much
incentive
to
help
youbecause
he's
a
worker
for
the
government.
如果你想做
件事,工作人员没有太大的积极性去帮助你,因为他是为政府工作的。
So
I
don't
think
it's
very
efficient
.
我认为这样就导致效率不太高。
However,
there
are
certain
advantages
of
public
universities,
such
as
the
fees
being
free.
Youdon't
have
to
pay
for
your
education.
不过公立大学也有优点,比如学费免费。你不用交教育费用。
But
the
system
isn't
efficient
,
and
it
does
not
work
that
well.
不过这种体系不仅效率低,而且效果不太好。
W:
Yeah,
I
can
see
your
point,
but
in
the
United
States
we
have
m
any
private
universities,
and
Ithink
they
are
large
bureaucracies
also
.
女:
我明白你的观点,我们美国有很多私立大学,我认为私立大学也是庞大的官僚机构。
Maybe
people
don't
act
that
much
differently,
because
it's
the
same
thing
working
for
a
privateuniversity.
工作人员的行为看起来没什么不同,因为为私立大学工作没什么不一样的。
They
get
paid
for
their
job.
I
don't
know
if
they're
that
much
mor
e
motivated
to
help
people.
他们通过工作获得薪水。我不知道他们在帮助别人时是否有积极性。
Also,
we
have
a
problem
in
the
United
States
that
usually
only
weal
thy
kids
go
to
the
bestschools
and
it's
kind
of
a
problem
actually.
美国的问题是,
只有有钱人家的孩子才能去最好的学校上学,这是问题所在。
M:
I
agree
with
you.
I
think
it's
a
problem
because
you're
not
giv
ing
equal
access
to
educationto
everybody.
男:
我同意你的看法。
我认为这的确是个问题,
因为
这样没有让所有人享有同等的受教育权
利。
It's
not
easy,
but
having
only
public
universities
also
might
not
be
the
best
solution
.
这个问题不容易解决,
不过我觉得只设有公立大学而没有私立大学可能并不是最
好的解决方
法。
Perhaps
we
can
learn
from
Japan
where
they
have
a
system
of
private
and
public
universities.
或许我
们可以像日本学习,他们既有公立大学又有私立大学的教育体系。
Now,
in
Japan,
public
universities
are
considered
to
be
the
best.
日本的公立大学被认为是最好的学校。
W:
Right.
It's
the
exact
opposite
in
the
United
States.
女:
是的。这与美国的情况完全相反。
M:
So,
as
you
see,
it's
very
hard
to
say
which
one
is
better.
男:
可见,很难说哪种体系更好。
W:
Right,
a
good
point.
女:
对,你说的没错。
Questions
5
to
8
are
based
on
the
conversation
you
have
just
heard.
问题
< br>5-8
是基于刚才你所听到的这段对话的。
Question
5:
What
does
the
woman
want
Frederick
to
talk
about?
问题
5
:
这位女士想让弗
雷德里克聊聊什么?
Question
6:
What
does
the
man
say
about
the
curriculum
in
Canadian
universities?
问题<
/p>
6
:
对于加拿大大学的课程,男士都说了
些什么?
Question
7:
On
what
point
do
the
speakers
agree?
问题
< br>7
:
两位说话者都赞同的观点是什么?
< br>
Question
8:
What
point
does
the
man
make
at
the
end
of
the
convers
ation
?
问题
8
:
对话最后男士得出了什么结论?<
/p>
Passage
One
短文一
A
recent
International
Labor
Organization
report
saysthe
deterioration
of
real
wages
around
the
worldcalls
into
question
the
true
extent
of
an
economic
recovery
,
国际劳工组织最近的一份报告指出世界各地实际工资的恶化情况令人质疑经济复苏的真实
程度,
especially
if
government
rescue
packages
are
phasedout
too
early.
尤其是政府的救市计划是否退出过早。
The
report
warns
the
picture
on
wages
is
likely
to
get
worse
this
year
despite
indications
of
aneconomic
rebound.
报告称,尽管经济
有回暖迹象,今年的工资状况仍有可能进一步恶化。
Patrick
Belser,
an
international
labor
organization
specialist,
says
de
clining
wage
rates
arelinked
to
the
levels
of
unemployment
.
一位国际劳工组的专家织帕特里克·贝尔塞表示工资增长率的降低与失业率有关。
The
quite
dramatic
unemployment
features,
which
we
now
see
in
some
of
the
countries,strongly
suggest
that
there
will
be
a
great
pressure
on
wages
in
the
future
as
more
people
willbe
unemployed,
我们看到现
在一些国家的失业率十分惊人,
这强烈表明未来工资会因失业人数增加而面临更
大压力。
more
people
will
be
looking
for
jobs
and
the
pressure
on
employers
to
raise
wages
to
attractworkers
will
decline
.
< br>由于有更多人求职,企业在提升薪资吸引员工方面的压力便随之下降。
So
we
expect
that
the
second
part
of
the
year
would
not
be
very
g
ood
in
terms
of
wagegrowth.
因此,我们预测今年下半年的工资增长前景不容乐观。
The
report
finds
more
than
a
quarter
of
the
countries
experienced
fl
at
or
falling
monthly
wagesin
real
terms.
报告发现超过四分之一
的国家实际月工资没有增长甚至出现下降。
They
include
the
United
States,
Austria,
Costa
Rica,
South
Africa
and
Germany.
其中包括美国、奥地利、哥斯达黎加、南非、德国。
International
Labor
Organization
economists
say
some
nations
have
come
up
with
policies
to
lessen
the
impact
of
lower
wages
during
the
eco
nomic
crisis.
国际劳工组织的经济
学家称,
在经济危机期间,
一些国家已经提出了相应政策来减轻
低工资
的影响。
An
example
of
these
is
work
sharing
with
government
subsidies.
其中的一个例子就是分享政府补贴的工作。
Under
this
scheme
,
the
number
of
individual
working
hours
is
reduced
in
an
effort
to
avoid
layoffs.
按照这项政策,减少个人工时来避免裁员。
For
this
scheme
to
work,
the
government
must
provide
wage
subsidies
to
compensate
forlost
pay
due
to
the
shorter
hours.
为了此方案有效运转,
政府必须提供工资津贴以补偿工时减少而造成的工资损失。
Questions
9
to
11
are
based
on
the
passage
you
have
just
heard.
问题
< br>9-11
是基于刚才你所听到的这篇短文的。
Question
9:
What
is
the
International
Labor
Organization's
report
main
ly
about?
问题
9:
国际劳工组织报告主要是关于什么的?
Question
10:
According
to
an
International
Labor
Organization's
special
ist,
how
will
employersfeel
if
there
are
more
people
looking
for
job
s?
问题
10:
据国际劳工组织的专家介
绍,如果有更多人求职,那么雇主们会作何感想。
Question
11:
What
does
the
speaker
mean
by
the
work
sharing
scheme
?
问题
11:
说话者所说的工作分享政策是什么意思?
Passage
Two
短文二
Is
there
really
a
magic
memory
pill
or
a
herbal
recall
remedy
?
魔力记忆药片或者回忆补救草药真的存在吗?
I
have
been
frequently
asked
if
these
memorysupplements
work.
我经常被问到这些记忆补品是否有效?
You
know,
one
of
the
first
things
I
like
to
tell
peoplewhen
they
a
sk
me
about
the
supplements,
is
that
alot
of
them
are
promoted
as
a
cure
for
your
memory.
当人们问到我记忆补
品的时候,我首先要告诉他们的是这类补药被宣传为能治愈他们的记
忆。
But
your
memory
doesn't
need
a
cure.
但是你的记忆并不需要治疗。
What
your
memory
needs
is
a
good
workout.
你的记忆需要的是很好的锻炼方式。
So
really
those
supplements
aren't
going
to
give
you
that
perfect
me
mory
in
the
way
that
theypromise.
所以那些补品真的不会给你带来他们所承诺的那种完美的记忆。
The
other
thing
is
that
a
lot
of
these
supplements
aren't
necessaril
y
what
they
claim
to
be,
andyou
really
have
to
be
wary
when
you
t
ake
any
of
them.
另一件事是很多补品并不像他们所说的那样,你需要谨慎服用。
The
science
isn't
there
behind
most
of
them.
很多补品并没有得到科学的证实。
They're
not
really
well-
regulated
unless
they
adhere
to
some
industry
standard.
其实他们的管理并不良好,除非他们遵守产业标准。
You
don't
really
know
that
what
they
say
is
in
there,
isn't
there.
你不能确定他们所说的东西里面一定有,不是吗?
What
you
must
understand
is
that
those
supplements,
especially
in
som
e
eastern
cultures,
arepart
of
a
medical
practice
tradition.
你必须明白的
是,尤其是在一些东方国家,这类补药是医疗实践传统的一部分。
People
don't
just
go
in
a
local
grocery
store
and
buy
these
supplem
ents.
人们不只是到当地杂货店买这类补药。
In
fact,
they
are
prescribed
and
they're
given
at
a
certain
level,
a
dosage
that
is
understood
bya
practitioner
who's
been
trained.
实际上,这类补药
属于处方药,须由经过训练的职业医师规定剂量。
And
that's
not
really
the
way
they're
used
in
this
country.
而这个国家并没有采取这种方式。
The
other
thing
people
do
forget
is
that
these
are
medicines,
so
th
ey
do
have
an
impact
.
人们忘记了一件事,那就是这类补药是药品,他们确实会带来一些影响。
A
lot
of
times
people
are
not
really
aware
of
the
impact
they
have
,
or
the
fact
that
taking
themin
combination
with
other
medications
might
put
you
at
increased
risk
for
something
that
youwouldn't
otherw
ise
being
countering
or
be
at
risk
for.
很多时候人们并没有真正意
识到服用这类补药所带来的影响,
也不知道与其他药物同服可能
会增加出现某些不良情况的风险。
Questions
12
to
15
are
based
on
the
passage
you
have
just
heard.
问题
< br>12-15
是基于刚才你所听到的这篇文章的。
Question12.
What
question
is
frequently
put
to
the
speaker?
问题
12
:说话人经常被问到什么问题?
Question13.
What
does
the
speaker
say
about
most
memory
supplements?
问题
p>
13
:对于大多数的记忆力补品,说话人都说了什么?
Question14.
What
do
we
learn
about
memory
supplements
in
eastern
cult
ures?
问题
14
:我们从东方国家的记忆补品中都学到了什么
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Question15.
What
does
the
speaker
say
about
memory
supplements
at
the
end?
问题
15
:在文章最后,说话人对于记忆补品都说了什么?
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