2014年3月上海中级口译考试真题及答案

　　Spot dictation

　　Good afternoon, folks! Today’s topic is try jogging for fitness. When we run for fitness, exercise and pleasure, it is commonly called jogging. Jogging has become very popular in recent years. The popularity of jogging today stems from several factors. First, jogging is one of the most efficient forms of exercise. As a rule, a person jogging burns up more calories per minute than in most other sports. Running, like biking, swimming, and brisk walking, is an aerobic exercise. Such an exercise uses a great deal of oxygen. In addition, it increases the heart rate. Aerobic exercise strengthens the heart muscle so that it pumps more efficiently. This kind of exercise is also one of the best ways to improve our general health and capacity of our lungs. Jogging is also popular because almost every oneof us can take part. Jogging is an activity that doesn’t require any unusual skills or special coordination. Jogging is relaxing and fun. Finally, it can be done alone, with another person or in a group. For anyone who runs more than 20 miles a week, it is important to have good running shoes. Tennis shoes or sneakers won’t do. Running produces stress that is three times greater than the stress of walking. With this added stress to our feet and legs, we need good shoes. The shoes should be replaced when they are worn out or worn unevenly. Cold weather poses a few problems for us joggers. The main hazard in winter-running is slipping on ice or snow. There is no danger of freezing our lungs, because our body warms the air before it reaches our lungs. In winter, we should be sure to cover the head and keep our feet as dry and warm as possible. It’s best to wear layers of clothing. In summer, we must be careful not to dry out. So it is important for us to drink plenty of water on hot, humid days. The best summer wear is loose-fitting and light-colored.

　　【解析】

　　本文属于一个小演讲类文章，主要围绕慢跑健身try jogging for fitness的话题展开，后面进一步详细分析了慢跑流行的三个原因，最后演讲者也对选择合适的跑鞋和分季节穿衣进行慢跑给出了相关建议。纵观全文，难度不大，文章选材(jogging)也很贴近生活，每个人都会经历的话题，考生理解起来相对较容易。文章的逻辑结构也很清晰，总说一个现象，然后具体分析原因。通篇基本没有生难词，抓住核心词jogging是理解本文的关键所在。

　　Statement：

　　1: I hope you won’t mind my mentioning that it’s past five o’clock and we’ve still got tomorrow morning to talk things over.

　　2: It’s a real scorching day today and the forecasters are saying that there is no ending side. It seems we’d better stay indoors for the next few days.

　　3: Peter often has a lot of good ideas and starts to implement them, but he rarely follows them through to completion.

　　4: If you go to Europe, you’ll find that many city centers have been turned into pedestrian precincts and the cars been almost banned.

　　5: Statistics show that lawyers are the most depressed of all professionals. Lawyers are always acting on behalf of someone else. Suicide is among the leading causes of death among lawyers.

　　6: Although it may feel like it, a headache is most often not a pain in your brain. Your brain quickly tells you when other parts of your body hurt.

　　7: The Internet environment is not necessarily friendly for language learners, because they have to use their language appropriately in so many different real-life social situations.

　　8: More people live by themselves. And more women work. And more money is available. These are the reasons why one of every three American food dollars now goes to restaurants or fast-food shops.

　　9: Just because someone has been your best friend since elementary school, it doesn’t mean he or she will make a great roommate. Often living together can destroy even a close friendship.

　　10: Young mothers who sacrifice their jobs to care for small children often complain about the loneliness of their new lifestyles, since they have thus lost their form of adults’ social interaction.

　　【解析】

　　纵观十个statements，整体难度不大，主要还是和人们息息相关的工作、学习和生活内容，比如，Statement 1就是常用生活口语的典型例子;Statement 9主要讲朋友友谊话题;Statement 10陈述年轻妈妈的生活等。但该部分仍需特别注意一些难词或短语，比如scorching，pedestrian precincts，sacrifice等，理解了这些生难单词对把握整个statement的意思是大有裨益的，建议考生平时多积累常用单词或表达。