深蓝阅读深蓝阅读资料来源育明考研考博资料来源育明考研考博2016 年北京第二外国语学院翻译硕士摘录的中级口译听力原文口译对于学英语的人就是很大的挑战，听力更是难上加难，想要在口译听力中赢得高的分数，那么来听听翻译硕士摘录的中级口译听力原文吧。Spot DictationFor centuries, people have been fighting over whether governmentsshould allow trade between countries. There have been, and probably alwayswill be two sides to the argument.Some people argue that just letting everybody trade freely is bestfor both the country and the world. Others argue, that trade with othercountries makes it harder for some people to make a good living.Both sides are at least partly right. International trade matters alot. Its a fact on the life of people are enormous. Imagine a world inwhich your country did not trade at all with other countries. Imagine whatkind of job you would be likely to get. And what goods you could buy ornot buy in such a world.For the United States for example, start by imagining that it livedwithout its 70 billion dollars a year in imported oil, and cut back onits energy use because the remaining domestic oil and other energy sourceswere more expensive. Producers and consumers in other parts of the economywould feel the same if they were suddenly stripped a foreign-made goodslike CD players and clothing.On the export side, suppose that Boeing could sell airplanes, andfarmers could sell their corps only within the United States, and thatUS universities could admit only domestic students. In each case, there深蓝阅读深蓝阅读资料来源育明考研考博资料来源育明考研考博are people who gain, and people who lose from cutting off internationaltrade.In any case, less or more international trade will have strong affectson your career, as well as your life. For years, American companies areoften faced with the choice of buying American-made goods which areexpensive, and foreign made goods which are cheap. If the company buysAmerica goods, it may anger tax payers by feeling to keep prices low. Butif they buy us foreign goods, it may endanger the jobs of American workers.Recently, congress has passed a law compiling American companies withgovernment contracts to give preference to domestic goods and services.Statements1. Are you looking for someone who can translate this contract intoPortuguese? What about our new secetary? I hear she had stayed in Brazilfor several years.2. Finding employment is not easy these days even in big cities. IfI were you, I would be delighted with such a job offer.3. Also present at the conference is Dr. Madison, who will join ourdiscussion this afternoon to give an expert view on the current situationof global economy.4. If you intend to try bungee jumping, most coutries require thatyou be over the age of 18 and join a bungee jumping club or be properlyinstructed for the sport.5. Keeping a business firm running is far more difficult than startingit. According to current statistics, 2/3 of new business firms will failin the first five years.深蓝阅读深蓝阅读资料来源育明考研考博资料来源育明考研考博6. Scientists report that hunting or eating wild animals not onlydestroy the balance of nature, but also run the risk of being infectedby virus from animals.7. We can never learn a foreign language in the same way as we acquireour first. For even a three-year-old child can have thousands of hoursof contact with his mother tongue.8. Once you enroll in full or part-time courses at this college, ourservices are all free of charge except that you pay 30 pence a copy forany photo copying made here.9. If you have yet to appoint a new sales manager in charge of ourLA office, Mrs. Coleman was born there and has good connections.Talks and ConversationsQ11-14B: Hey Mary, you look depressed. Is everything OK?G: Its my parents. They are not easy to put up with. They are soold fashioned and they never let me do anything. I go out at night onlyonce in a while, and when I do, I have to be back by 10:00. What shouldI do?B: Have you tried to talk to them?G: They never have any time for me. My dads work comes first, andmy mum only sits down with me when she wants to show me off to her friends:”Marry gets straight As, and she made basketball team this year!“ Er, Iwant to move out and live on my own!深蓝阅读深蓝阅读资料来源育明考研考博资料来源育明考研考博B: Well, I get along with my parents, but we dont agree all the time.They worry too much about me. If Im going away, its always: “dont forget to call as soon as you arrive!“, “take this medicine with youin case you get sick”,” you must stay away from drugs.“ They know Im not into that. They should trust me.G: I guess parents are all the same.Question 11: What does the woman think of her parents?Question 12: Which of the following is TRUE about the woman?13: What do this mans parents often ask him to do when he is goingaway?14: What does the man think his parents should do?Q15-18Ladies and Gentlemen, we all know that even with the advances ofscience and technology in our modern society, it is very difficult forus to predict an earthquake, let alone, prevented. But people had longago tried every possible means to record and in some way predict theoccurrence of an earthquak