2007 春季英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试
听力部分原文（精准版）
新东方口译教研组听力课题组
spot dictation
most unassertive people are not confident, and take “no.” for an answer much too easily. there is
a growing awareness in our society that this tendency is jeopardizing the rights of large numbers
of people. for example, in recent years there has been an upsurge in consumer protection
organizations and pressure groups. this is a welcome development, as there will always be a need
for such organizations to protect the interests of individuals and minorities in a competitive society.
the danger is that we BECome over-dependent on professional workers for our rights, and lose the
art of asserting ourselves. it is better for your self-esteem and relationships with other people if
you can learn the art of persistence for yourself.
now we have to learn to ignore some of the not-so-pleasant messages that may be ringing in our
unconscious minds, such as “if you ask once more, i’ll flatten you!” and “don’t make a scene!”
the main technique that we use in assertiveness training to practice the art of persistence is called
broken record. when the record is scratched, we hear one sentence over and over again until we
reach screaming pitch and jump to turn it off. broken record is the skill of being able to repeat
over and over again in an assertive and relaxed manner what it is you want or need, until the other
person gives in or aGREes to negotiate with you. now this technique is extremely useful for dealing
with situations where your rights are clearly in danger of being abused, or coping with situations
where you’re likely to be diverted by clever, articulate but irrelevant arguments.
the beauty of using broken record is that you have nothing more to worry about, because you
know exactly what you’re going to say, however abusive or manipulative the other person tries to
be. as with most assertive techniques, it must be use appropriately. it is a self-protective skill, and
is not designed to foster deep interesting conversations and friendships with people. it is primarily
abuse in situations where your time and energy is precious.
listening comprehension
questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.
m: teenagers, when allowed to, sleep nearly nine and a half hours every night, as much as young
children. but unlike young children, even when teens do get their full sleep, they still have waves
of sleepiness in the daytime and then surges of energies in the evening, making them wide awake
late at night, but not for the reasons most of us assume.
w: we kind of always thought that adolescents stayed up late because they like to, and because
there’s plenty of things to do.
m: but there’s also a big push from biology that makes teenagers such night owls. it’s comes from
the mighty sleep hormone-melatonin.
w: melatonin is wonderfully simple signal that turns on in the evening. you’re getting sleepy. and
it turns off in the morning.
m: and you are awakened. during adolescence, melatonin isn’t secreted until around 11 p.m.
several hours later than it is in childhood. so a typical teenager doesn’t even get sleepy until that
melatonin surge signals the brain that it’s night. now matter how early the teen goes to bed. and
the melatonin doesn’t shut up until 9 hours later, around 8 a.m. but of course, most high schools
start around 7:30.the result is all too evident. a teenager’s body may be in the classroom, but his
brain is still asleep on the pillow.
w: one student says, “i’ll wake up, and i’ll just feel miserable!”
m: an adolescent, and particularly the adolescent in high school, is almost bound to get severely
sleep-deprived.
w: i know a scientist, that’s william demint of stanford university. will demint is dr. sleep,
captivated by the mysteries of sleep for decades, creating the specialty of sleep medicine.
m: he’s been accepting every invitation that he gets to speak to high school students. so he goes
to a high school, and it’ll be 10:30 in the morning or 2 o’clock in the afternoon. whenever it is,
several hundred students in an auditorium, and he’ll just watch them as he’s talking.
w: doing a little spontaneous field research.
m: and after 10 minutes of sitting, particularly as the light are dim, almost without exception, they
are all struggling to stay awake. 10 minutes!
w: this shows up in lab studies, too. the typical teenager, when monitored in a quiet environment
during morning hours, will fall asleep in less than three and a half minutes.
m: it’s just like magic! it’s like somebody turned on some kind of gas in the auditorium. and they
all looked gassed.
w: not gassed. just severely sleep-deprived, short of about 2 hours of sleep every school night,
accumulation into what demint calls “sleep debt”, an estimated 85% of high school students are
chronically sleep-deprived, unable to stay fully awake throughout the school day, and it’s not just
following a sleeping class, it’s also riding a bike, playing sports, using tools, driving. a high
school student hit a tree one night when he was driving.
m is it true?
w: yes! he told me he fell asleep for a couple of seconds. and the next thing he knew, he hit a
tree!
m: you can have a second when your eyelid blinks, and you’re not taking information or making
judgment.
battle corruption, was adopted by the un general assembly in october 2003.
nearly 150 countries have signed the convention but only 80 have ratified it so far, according to
the office.
moscow: nine patients of a clinic for the mentally ill in siberia died in a fire yesterday, a day after
a blaze at a moscow drug treatment centre killed 45, officials said.
the fire in the psychiatric hospital in the town of taiga in the kemerovo region in central siberia,
about 3,500 kilometers east of moscow, erupted shortly after midnight local time.
nine patients of the clinic died and 15 were hospitalized, said valery korchagin, a spokesman for
the regional branch of russia’s emergency situations ministry.
in the fire in moscow early saturday, 45 women died in a fire at a drug treatment centre when they
were trapped behind locked gates and barred windows.
the fire was likely caused by arson, a senior firefighter said.
hamburg germany: traces of radiation found at two sites in germany linked to a contact of
poisoned former russian spy alexander litvinenko are likely the rare radioactive substance
polonium-210, authorities said yesterday.
police said on saturday that traces of alpha radiation had been found at properties in and near
hamburg used by the ex-wife and former mother-in-law of dmitry kovtun.
the russian businessman met litvinenko in london on november 1, the day the former spy is
believed to have fallen ill. litvinenko was killed by polonium-210.
germany’s federal office for radiation protection said in a statement yesterday that "small traces
of radioactive substances were detected, and there is a high degree of probability that this is
polonium."
question 6: what can we find about the stock market in the us from the news report?
question 7: what is the major mission of space shuttle discovery during this trip?
question 8: how many countries have ratified the united nations’ convention against corruption
so far?
question 9: which of the following statements is true about the fire in a town in central siberia,
russia?
question 10: what did the german authorities find about the case of the former russian spy being
poisoned?
questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.
this is norah white reporting for station ktfh in florida
the sky is clear blue and the ocean is deceptively calm here in southern florida. it’s the kind of
the day when you would expect the beaches to be packed with tourists, enjoying the surf and SUN.
but the beaches are eerily silent except for a few seagulls circling the waves. traveling inland,
though, you’ll find a totally different mood. parking spaces are hard to find and there are long
lines at every check-out counter as people stock up on batteries, water bottle and flash lights. you
see, despite the calm weather now, people here are getting ready for a hurricane, the first of this hurricane season.
keio: sure. you might need additional cash. people forget that atms won’t work without power.
norah: so, what’s your further advice for local residents?
keio: well, whether you plan to stay or leave, all you can do is watch, wait and try not to panic.
question11: how are the beaches in southern florida at the present moment?
question12: according to the interview, in which of the following places has the hurricane already
cause damage?
question13: according to the interview, people need to prepare some things in face of a hurricane.
which of the following is not one of these things?
question14: what does sophisticated equipment help hurricane forecasters to predict?
question15: if tourists are going to a coastal place, what should they do?
question 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
modern life is full of nasty noises especially in the cities. sirens can shatter serenity at any
moment. and jackhammers, loud music, and useless mufflers can all send us over the edge. for
many people in new york city, there is one form of sonic pollution at the top of the list. they are
calling for its banning. even though, some nervous new yorkers savor the sound for security
reasons. it’s late. you’re tired. finally, after an exhausting day, you are ready to surrender to the
world of dreams. your head sinks into your pillow. then, a big alarm. after being awakened at
night many times, so that you have just gotten to sleep, and then the alarm goes off. each night,
hundreds of people who live in brooklyn are jolted out of their sleep by the nagging wail of car
alarm. you just waited it out but you don’t know if that’s gong to happen again. you don’t know
when you are gong to be reawakened for a second or third time even. and sometimes, the effect of
the alarm will go on for hours. a music producer and composer who is a resident of manhattan’s
upper west side got fed up with car alarm disturbing his sleep and his work. he got together with
some similarly frazzled neighbors and formed a posse of sorts. they start off with a note saying:
“fix your car alarm! it disturbed hundreds of people last night!” if that doesn’t help, they quite
often use some minor retaliatory step by breaking an egg on their windshield or on the front hood,
which doesn’t hurt anything but it’s a little bit of the mess to clean up. the “egg man” who prefers
to remain anonymous says some vigilantes take even more drastic action, like smearing axle
grease on door handles. another classic is to smear vaseline all over the windshield, which is
incredibly hard to get off. in other neighborhoods, there might be even broken windshields and
things like that .a young lady was a target of vigilante retribution. it happened one night, when
unannounced to her, the car alarm malfunctioned. in the worst case, a car owner notice that on the
passenger front-door, there were a lot of dent marks. it looked like the heel of someone’s shoe as if
someone had kicked the innocent car, because the alarm hadn’t even been going off on night. the
repairs cost her a couple of hundred dollars. most people i talked to believe that the car alarm
produces no effect it has been intended to. to test the theory, a woman set off her alarm in the
restaurant parking lot. not a single person bothered to see if a car was being broken into. are car
alarms really effective? she says absolutely not. not even when she called the police. one night,
that a higher income tends to push up charity and that greater charity tends to push up income.
another provocative conclusion is that conservatives are better givers than liberals, a theme that is
likely to draw close scrutiny. this pattern is less about politics than about charity-linked lifestyles
that are most common to people who call themselves conservatives, religious commitment,
marriage and children and entrepreneurship. still, brooks’ main point is that more americans,
regardless of ideology, should embrace giving as a tool for progress. he quotes proverbs: one man
gives freely yet gains even more; another withholds unduly but comes to poverty. many who do
charitable work can relate to that. pier brown works in public relations, but her passion is what
she does for free as the founder of culture at home, a support group near washington d.c. for
mothers who are home schooling their kids. her story echoes some of the common forces that
motivate people to give time or money to charity. first, she identifies with challenges facing home
school moms. in her case, the feeling is amplified because she herself is one of those moms.
second, she wants to make a difference. third, she draws satisfaction from the effort to help.
these forces are among the core motivations that force the actions of generosity beyond the
sphere of one’s family circle. the urge to make a difference and to take satisfaction in it outweighs
monetary considerations. for example, a survey of 945 ultra-rich individuals found that slightly
more than half that give the same amount regardless of whether the estate tax or deductions for
charitable giving were repealed. none of this means that tax policy is trivial for charitable giving,
but the survey suggests that americans’ passion for giving isn’t driven primarily by tax breaks.
i experienced the community of people who worked hard but always with plenty of laughing and
singing. these people were dirt-poor by western standards, with no running water or electricity or
any other modern convenience. yet, they display tremendous joy in their lives with their keen
senses of humor and their liking for dancing and drumming till the early hours of the morning. i
learned a powerful lesson that will continue to impress me for decades to come. happiness is not
dependent on material wealth and it was this lesson that eventually led me to question the
american dream, a dream of gaining as much money, power and status as humanly possible.
passage 2:
the figures for burglaries have risen alarmingly over the last few years and are now quite
appalling. let me quote you a few statistics about break-ins. a house is burgled now about every
three minutes, and over the past five years the number of burglaries reported to the police has risen
by approximately 60,000 to well over 500,000 this year. the insurance companies report that last
year alone household burglary losses rose by 38% over the previous year to 219.7 million pounds,
and i believe one or two companies are refusing to provide burglary cover in what we might call
high-risk areas. （上海新东方口译教研组）
2007 春季英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试
听力部分解析（权威版）
上海新东方口译教研组听力课题组
听写填空
本次spot dictation 的主题是谦卑的人（unassertive people） 往往不自信（not confident），
并且在文章中后段提出了解决方案“卡带的唱片（broken record）”。文中以客户权益保护组
织（consumer protection organization） 和其它压力集团（pressure groups） 为例， 这些组织受
到欢迎是因为在一个竞争性很强的社会中（competitive society） 我们需要这样的组织保护个
体（individual ）和少数人群（the minorities ）。当然，危险在于我们可能过分依赖于（over
dependant）那些专业人士（professional workers），从而失去自我保护的能力（lose the art of
asserting ourselves ）。如果我们能够学会坚持（persistence for yourself），那么对于我们的自信
心（self-esteem） 和人际关系（relationships with other people）都是有益的。我们有时候必须
忽略那些下意识（unconscious mind ）中使自己不舒服的信息（not so pleasant messages），例
如“假如你再问，我就放倒你！（if you ask once more, i’ll flatten you!）”或者“别出洋相了！
（don’t make a scene! ）”。而解决这些问题的方案叫做“卡带的唱片（broken record）”（就像
无法正常播放的唱片或者cd 一样重复同一句话）。当我们需要争取自己权利的时候，就一
再要求（repeat over and over again），直到别人屈服（give in）或者同意协商（agree to negotiate
with you）。这种方法比较适合权利受到侵害（rights are clearly in danger of being abuse）或者
是可能被似是而非的言论（articulate but irrelevant arguments）所误导（diverted ）的情况。这
种方法的好处（beauty ）在于你不需要担心什么（have nothing more to worry about ）因为你
知道你要说什么（what exactly you are going to say），不管对方如何表现。这是一种自我保护
的方法（self-protective skill）， 不会是有趣的对话（deep, interesting conversations）或者培养
（foster）友谊（friendships with people ）的基础，而且可能浪费（abuse）你宝贵的（precious）
时间和精力（time and energy）……
本文从语音、语调、语速等外部听力环境分析，与往年的听写填空相比较变化不大，这
明示了广大考生在复习迎考的时候，仍然应该以我们上课时提及的《实考汇编iii》和《听
力教程iii》为主线，辅以新东方的《高级口译笔试备考精要》和《中高级口译考试词汇必
备》等中高口专业书籍进行有条不紊的复习。
文章从主题、脉络、层次等内部结构来分析，也是一篇非常典型的高口听写填空的文章。
与我们上课分析的2002 年9 月的身体语言，2005 年3 月（工作关系） 的听写填空题有异曲
同工之妙，总体上是“问题－方案（problem-solution）”的行文思路，从近几年比较热门的
社会科学角度探讨了个体和弱势群体争取权利的问题和解决方案。这还是要求广大考生把复
习和实际生活相联系，多阅读社科类的英语原版文章，关心社会和国家大事，从更高的角度
看语言、看问题、看文化，把英语学习“搞活”。
听力理解
conversation
主要是关于青少年睡眠的问题。重点提到了一种荷尔蒙（melatonin ）的作用，正是因
为有这种荷尔蒙才导致了青春期的青少年晚上不想睡，早上起不来。文章花了很多篇幅说明
这种荷尔蒙的作用， 并且列举了一些与青少年精神不集中、容易瞌睡、甚至造成事故相关的
案例和数据。整体来看，只要把握清楚melatonin 和青少年嗜睡之间的关系及其相关内容，
还是不难理解整篇文章，并且答对大多数题目的。因此，这篇文章的难度属于一般水平。
news
第一则新闻问题是美国股市如何？文中提到美国经济不景气，一些大公司的老总与投资
者预期相反，大量出售公司股票。但是纽约股市暴涨，投资者回报丰厚，与公司预期大相径
庭。作为第一篇新闻，其难度相对其它四篇新闻显得比较高。
第二则新闻所提问题是此次发射的主要任务是什么？文中讲到美国宇宙飞船“发现者”
号的宇航员进行舱外活动，此次发射的主要任务就是“rewire the space station from a
temporary to a permanent power source”修理国际空间站设施， 并且将把它作为永久电力设施
的事情。
第三则新闻问题是多少国家核准了该协议？文章说联合国毒品与犯罪的负责人要求进
行反腐败斗争，有大约150 个国家签署了联合国协议，但只有80 个国家已经核准（ratify ）。
第四则新闻是以下那句陈述是正确的？文章和我们在模考和峰会时预测的方向基本一
致，考察的是比较正统的灾难新闻—— 天灾人祸。文章说西比利亚有一家精神病诊所发生火
灾，死亡9 人，另有15 人伤重住院，而最近在莫斯科，也有一家医疗机构发生火灾，45 人
死亡，起火原因可能是故意纵火（arson ）。
第五则新闻问题是前苏联间谍之死有什么新进展？报道称德国汉堡有消息说又发现两
处与引起前苏联间谍中毒死亡的辐射有关的地点。
文章是关于飓风以及人们面对飓风应该如何自我保护的。文章首先讲到florida 某地风
暴袭来前有些人接到政府通知并且撤离，但是也有些人坚持留下来，他们储备物资，排队购
物，准备应对这一个飓风季节的第一次飓风。接下来是主持人和气象局专家的对飓风可能带
来的危害进行的对话。专家认为尽管有很多现代仪器，但是飓风预测仍然有人为因素，因此，
飓风的走势很难预测，大家不应该心存侥幸心理。然后，专家就防范飓风和自我保护，给出
了一些建议，例如，当地居民不要惊慌失措，游客应该了解逃生设施，注意道路状况，备足
现金等等。
本文使用了一些比较专业的词汇以及一些冷僻词（具体请对照上海新东方的完整版０７
年３月高口听力原文），文中提供了大量细节，问题难度也比较高，总体难度偏高。
talk
文章主要描述了关于汽车警报器扰民的问题。汽车报警器给人们的正常生活带来了很多
困扰，甚至对于青少年的听力也造成了损害，于是很多社区的居民就自发组成小团体，用报
复的方式回击汽车警报器、汽车、甚至是它们的主人。最后文章对于汽车报警器的作用提出
了置疑， 并且列举了一些例子。总的来说，这篇文章的主题我们不是非常熟悉，出现了一些
比较“西方式”的生活情景，但是，只要我们把握住批判汽车报警器的总体方向，那么题目
也就不难了。
笔记填空
这篇文章主要讲述的是philanthropy 慈善事业在美国的现状。文中大量提及美国人乐善
好施不是因为可以减少税赋，仅仅是因为他们愿意帮助别人。文中列举了大量细节，另很多
考生无所适从，殊不知如果大家能够把握好美国人乐善好施的总体方向（也就是文章的主题
脉络结构），加之注意并列结构等三类重要细节，要及格还是不难的。尤其是参加了我们新
东方三月的考前模考和口译备考峰会的同学，应该说，是非常幸运的， 因为我们在考前的几
场大型备考讲座中几乎都提到了类似的话题，相信很多同学还是可以在绝望中寻找到希望
的！
听力翻译
句子听译中，第一个句子说，房地产业目前正处于一个急剧下降期，在该时期最低贷款
利率的推动下，在经历了一个长达五年的繁荣期后，已经连续创造五年新高的一二手房产销
售遭遇了滑铁卢。很多同学被句子开始的较快语速和比较生僻的单词给“懵”住了，无法把
握住句子的总体方向，更不要说结合日常生活的常识进行翻译了。所以，还是要像邱政政老
师在模考和峰会上所说的，我们一定要用平常心对待口译考试， 学会取舍，做题要“舍得”
——有舍有得。
第二句的意思是我们中的大多数人倾向于认为，竞争是好的，而且良性的竞争一般都能
够激发更高的生产率，努力改进产品，为顾客提供更低廉的价格。句中主要把握最后的三个
并列结构即可。
第三句话阐述的是非法移民给公立学校和医院带来了压力，使各州和地方预算变得紧
张，并且使社区中出现了犯罪现象，但是他们中的绝大多数人还是正直的，他们努力工作，
对社会负责。还是非常传统的先抑后扬的句子翻译套路，但是句子本身偏长，考生需要根据
句意补充相关信息。
第四句说的是和战争相比，更多的人因为自然灾害而流离失所，在这场百年不遇的地震
中，死亡人数已经达到23000 人，使得250 万人无家可归。句中连续考察了两个数字，还是
需要把握比较结构的翻译。
最后一句显然是考察数字听译，内容是说受到政府把利率提高到5％的影响，股价昨日
出现大幅震荡，结果，道琼斯股票指数受其影响，下降了340 点，最终以12100 点收盘，跌
至10 个星期以来的最低点。如果能够突破数字关，那么正句得分不难。
在段落翻译中，第一段的主要意思是：我接触过一群既辛勤工作又不乏欢声笑语的人们，
以西方的标准衡量， 这些人穷困潦倒，没有自来水，没有电力供应，没有任何现代社会便利
设施，可是面对生活，他们却以其敏锐的幽默感和通宵达旦的狂欢，展现出极大的乐观主义
精神。我从他们身上学到了可以受用终生的生活的真谛，幸福并不在于物质的富饶。正是这
道理，最终使我置疑迫使人们不择手段追逐金钱、权力和地位的美国梦。应该说难度不高。
需要把握的是并列结构的翻译，并且在大量细节面前学会取舍。
第二段的总体难度就上升了，主要说盗窃案件数量近年来上升趋势惊人，现如今已经到
了令人心惊胆战的程度。让我为你引用一些入室抢劫的数据，今天，大约每隔三分钟就有一
户人家被盗，在过去五年里，向警方报案的失窃案件数量已经上升了大约60,000 起，到今
年， 这一数字已经远远超过了500,000 起。保险公司声称，仅仅在去年一年，失窃案件造成
的损失比去年上升了38％，达到219,700,000 。而且我相信有一两家公司正准备拒绝给那些
所谓的高风险的盗窃赔偿。本段中出现大家数字表达，直接决定了考生的得分情况。需要注
意的是高口考察的不仅是数字的复杂度，而且是数字的不同表达方式，这个我们在上海新东
方的口译课堂上已经详细讲述了，在此就不再赘述了。
