2012 年9 月高级口译考试真题和答案

他们脸上混杂着发自

内心的同情、毫不掩饰的怜悯和完完全全的不相信。

当然，电视是一项伟大的发明，如果使用适度的话。这个复合派生词（来自希腊和拉丁词汇，

字面意思是“远远地看”）描述的是一个值得赞扬的、无与伦比的技术壮举。同时，如果我

们有足够的辨识力，它还是优质的娱乐、指导和享受之源。BBC 2频道的一些自然纪录片和

艺术节目就非常出色，单单是看这几个节目，你的有线电视费便花得值得了。

然而令人悲哀的现实是，年轻人大多缺乏辨识力，而且由于不善管理时间，他们最终往往浪

费过多一去不复返的宝贵时间收看垃圾节目，让大脑沉溺于精神倦怠的深___________渊中。 【评析】

评析：文章出处为出处Mailonline，作者是Lindsay Johns，讲的是没有电视的好处。在这样

一个信息化社会，没有电视确实很另类。作者在第一段中便生动地描绘了人们得知他没有电 视时的反应。

第一段难度较大的单词有lampoon，讽刺；unorthodox，非传统的；还有一个需要注意的词

组是hard done，受到不公平对待的。

第二段讲了电视积极的一面，如果使用得当的话，它可以提供高质量的娱乐和教育。生词有 etymological，词源的。 沪江英语www.hjenglish.com

第三段说很多青年会把宝贵时间用于收看垃圾节目，需要注意的词组是by dint of，由于；

生词有inordinate，过度的，过多的；trough，水槽，低谷，这里意译为深渊。

【Note taking & Gap filling】

Hello, I'm Anna Jones and I have been invited to talk in this programme about London life. And in

today’s programme we’re looking at a very English custom - the custom of tea-taking. I think the

whole art of tea-taking is a very elegant and a very English thing to do. This whole ambience of tea-taking makes you be elegant.

I am the director of press and public relations at the Ritz hotel in central London. The Ritz hotel is

one of the most famous hotels in London and is celebrating its centenary. It opened 105 years ago

in 1906. The Ritz is especially well known for its wonderful teas but

taking tea at the Ritz is not

an everyday event – it’s usually reserved for a special occasion like a birthday or anniversary. Tea

is served in the beautiful surroundings of the Palm Court. Displays of flowers and palms add to the

experience of tea-taking. The whole character or quality of the Ritz makes you feel elegant. It

makes you feel attractive and you behave in a very graceful way. And it’s not just a cup of tea

either – it’s almost like having a 3 course meal.

The actual food items on the tea menu come on a three-tiered cake stand. The bottom being the

finger sandwiches – very traditional – and the waiter will explain what the fillings are. Then we do

our scones in the middle and we do our cakes and pastries on the top. It’s done almost like courses.

Well, we say that the food arrives on a “three-tiered cake stand - there are three levels, one on top

of each other and on each level there’s a plate for holding the food. And what food is

there? There are finger sandwiches – these are small sandwiches filled

with a variety of

different things. This kind of sandwich is “very traditional” – it’s something that has been going

on in the same way for a very long time – so finger sandwiches have been a part of the traditional

English afternoon-tea for a long time. In the middle of the tier there are scones which are small 沪江英语www.hjenglish.com

round cakes which are often eaten with jam and cream which is known as a cream tea. And finally,

at the top of the tier there are various cakes and sweet pastries.

People say that tea is its almost done like “courses” - a part of a meal which is served separately

from the other parts of it. Now what about making the tea? How do you make a proper cup of

English tea?What is the most important thing about making a cup of tea? The most crucial thing about tea-making is to make sure that the water is “piping” hot – it is very

hot and has just boiled. Then after pouring the water onto the tea leaves you let the leaves “stew”

or absorb the water to make the tea. If you hear someone talking about “stewed tea” they are