口译教程参考1到12课

口译教程

1.3 美国副总统复旦演讲

韩市长，非常感谢您！谢谢您做介绍时的友好言辞。今天我们很高兴来到这里。我和我夫人为有这次机会再次来到中国访问感到荣幸。感谢贵国对我们的欢迎，特别感谢复旦大学的热情接待。我们为此感到不胜荣幸，谢谢你们！我们此行带来了布什总统和美国人民的良好祝愿。

我知道在座的许多人很快就要从这所优秀的大学毕业。我听说贵校有极为严格的标准，得到复旦大学的学位代表着多年的刻苦攻读和自我约束。我祝贺在座各位学业有成。对各位老师坚持复旦大学99年追求卓越的传统我深表钦佩。

1.4 Speech by Wang Guangya at Princeton University

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good evening.

I am honored to be invited to your seminar tonight. For me, for my colleagues and for many other Chinese, Princeton has long been a familiar name. With a history longer than the country, it has produced many outstanding people, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US president, Albert Einstein, the great scientist, and T. S. Eliot, the famous poet, to name but a few. As former president Bill Clinton said in 1996 at the celebr ations for the 250th anniversary of Princeton, “At every pivotal moment in American history, Princeton, its leadership, faculty and its students have played a crucial role.”

I am more pleased to learn that all of you have a keen interest in China. Though our two countries are geographically far apart, we have a great deal in common in the everyday life. While many Chinese enjoy Hollywood movies and McDonald’s fast food, many Americans find that their clothes and daily necessities are made in China.

I hop e that today’s seminar will help you gain a better understanding of China and its foreign policy, thus deepening further our friendship and cooperation.

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3.3 史蒂夫福布斯谈《福布斯》

我祖父20世纪初来到美国。他离开英格兰时身上没什么钱。连他在内兄弟姐妹10人，不过他自小就受到很好的教育。像许多人一样，他也是满怀憧憬和理想来到美国的。他创办了《福布斯》杂志，报道那些实干家，那些改变商业社会的人。

我祖父常说，做生意不是堆积百万财富，而是为带来幸福快乐。如今我们讲到公司、经营，文章中会用到许多数字，但焦点一直放在人上面。对公司来说，最重要的是人，而不是资产负债表。以前我祖父是这样看的，我们现在也是这样看的。

当前的世界信息泛滥，足以将人淹没，人们迫切需要一本刊物来解读这些信息，告诉读者哪些重要，哪些不重要。这就是《福布斯》的价值所在。我们提供额外的视角和判断。我们从不停留于表面，总想看看公司到底是如何经营的，正是当今芜杂繁多的信息使得《福布斯》日益重要。

4.4 Preserve core values of the Lunar New Year

To people of Chinese descent around the world, the Lunar New Year (also called Spring Festival) is undoubtedly the most important festival of the year. Dating back 3,000 years, it celebrates the passing of a peaceful year and welcomes a new year.

The reunion dinner, eaten on New Year’s Eve, is the most special, with members of the extended family gathering for the most significant meal of the year. Even the absent members will endeavor to return home in time for it. It underscores the supreme importance of the family in Chinese culture, and aims at strengthening the sense of togetherness and cohesion.

The way people celebrate the New Year embodies two important core values. The first value is the sense of family togetherness; members of multi-generation families are all there to have a big reunion dinner. Everyone will follow this custom. The female members are always held responsible for preparing the dinner, and some rich families may take on extra hands. The second value lies in the happy visits mutually made between friends and relatives, a good way to strengthen kinship and friendship.

However, economic development has resulted in some changes in lifestyles. After a busy year, people are tired of preparing for the reunion dinner, and would rather hold their reunion dinner in posh restaurants, despite the exorbitant costs. The festival door-to door visits have given way to New Year greetings via telephone or text messages. Some families even go to such extremes as to travel and seek temporary refuge in a hotel so as to avoid being visited.

Some tradition-minded people regard the reunion dinner and visits to relatives and close friends during the New Year as core values, without which the holiday would lose much of its significance. Some pessimists contend that, as the popularity of western culture grows, Chinese traditional festivals gradually lose their original meaning and degenerate into commercial festivals like Christmas.

The Spring Festival is an important part of the Chinese cultural heritage, and it will continue to be celebrated. The modes of celebration may change, but the core value should be sustained: that of respect for kinship and friendship.

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5.2游览白宫

两百多年来，白宫作为美国总统、美国政府以及美国人民的标志一直屹立在那里。和这个国家的首都的历史一样，白宫的历史开始于1790年。华盛顿总统和城市设计师皮埃尔·雷芬一起选择该地址作为新的居住地，即现在的宾夕法尼亚大街1600号。

当1792年第一块奠基石造好的时候，白宫的建设就开始了。尽管华盛顿总统监督了白宫的建设，但是他从未入主白宫。直到1800年，也就是白宫临近竣工的时候，第一位入主白宫的是总统约翰·亚当斯和他的妻子阿比盖尔。从那以后，每位入主白宫的总体都会改变原有的装潢或摆设，使得白宫以新面貌出现。白宫有着极其独特和引人注目的历史。1814年，英军曾将其付之一炬。1929年，白宫的西翼也曾被纵火。白宫经历了这些劫难后存留了下来。其外围石墙就是在白宫在两百多年前建成时建造的。

在星期二至星期六这段时间的上午，白宫是全面开放的。而至于星期天和星期一，则不对外开放。所有在白宫内的旅游观光都是免费的。

在游客进入白宫时，通过安全检查后方可携带照相机入内。但是，在白宫内禁止拍照和录像。

5.3 Premier Wen’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 15th General Assembly Session of the World Tourism Organization

Mr. Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, Ms. Louise Frechette, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,

All Delegates, ladies and gentlemen,

At this October time when Beijing is offering us its charming autumn scenery in the fresh air and clearest weather, the 15th General Assembly Session of the World Tourism Organization is officially opened here. On behalf of the Chinese government, I would like to extend our sincere welcome to all the guests here and to express our warm congratulations on the convening of this session.//

Tourism is a nice and pleasant activity that combines sightseeing, recreation and health care. Tourism has been developing all along with the progress of the times. Since the middle of the 20th century, modern tourism has been growing at a fast pace around the world. The number of tourists has ever been on the rise, the scale of the tourism industry has been in constant expansion, and the position of tourism in the economy has clearly risen. Tourism serves gradually as an important bridge of cultural exchange, friendship and further exchanges, and exerts more and more extensive influence on the human life and social progress among various countries. // As a country with a civilization with a long history, China is also a big oriental country full of modern vitality, not to mention its unique, rich and varied tourism resources. Besides the picturesque natural scenery, profound history and extensive culture, China embodies the different folk customs of 56 nationalities. Currently, there are 29 places that have been listed as World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites. Thanks to the further push by the opening up and reform, China’s mo dern construction is surging ahead, and the cities and the country are experiencing daily changes. The ancient glory of China and its modern boom add radiance and charm to each other, joining to create most favorable conditions for developing our domestic and international tourism. //

The first 20 years of the 21 century represent an important strategic period for China to achieve the all-round construction of a well-off society and to speed up its socialist modernization. It also provides a favorable time for the further development of China’s tourism industry. We shall promote tourism as an important industry in China’s national economy, properly protect and utilize our tourism resources and try to achieve sustainable tourism development. The Chinese government welcomes all international friends to visit China. We shall do our best to protect their health and safety; and at the same time encourages more Chinese people to go abroad for visits. We are ready to develop extensive cooperation with other counties and contribute to global tourism growth.//

For many years, the World Tourism Organization has made active and effective efforts for the promotion of tourism prosperity and development around the globe. The World Tourism Organization has become a specialized agency of the United Nations. We would like to offer our sincere congratulations. We believe this WTO General Assembly session will give a major push to the further prosperity and development of tourism in the world.//

Finally, I wish the 15th General Assembly Session of the World Tourism Organization every success.

Thank you.

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6.5 HIV/AIDS disease prevention

A: 王先生，早上好。非常感谢您抽时间接受我们的采访。请您介绍一下中国目前艾滋病传播的情况。

B: Well, in China, HIV/AIDS has become a very serious problem related to social development. There have been cases of people being accidentally infected with

HIV/AIDS, through accepting polluted blood from hospitals, babies acquiring the disease from their mothers, having improper sexual relationships. From the time we discovered the first AIDS patient in 1985, our country has entered a period of rapid development in AIDS infections. Experts estimate that more than 900,000 people had been infected with HIV by the end of last year. If we don’t take some efficient measures, this number will double by 2010.

A: 您认为增长这么快的原因在哪里？

B: First, because of poverty, people lack education and information about the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Second, ignorance. People do not pay much attention to this problem. Third, they lack proper resources, things like training, money and information. According to reports, we still do not have an efficient medicine to cure HIV/AIDS.

A: 政府已经采取哪些具体的措施来控制艾滋病在中国的蔓延呢？有什么国际合作吗？

B: We have already got very strong support from the international community, especially on the technical side. And on the domestic front, we recognize that making our people understand and raising their awareness is very important. So, common sense, health education and behavioral changes are the only way for people to avoid HIV infection.

A: 贵国政府在发布警报及增强公众对艾滋病传播危险性的认识方面一直都在怎么做？特别是在农村地区？您认为要解决这个问题还应该进一步做什么？B: Firstly, I think the government should improve our monitoring system, and secondly, NGOs should try their best to mobilize all the resources we can use to help the people, especially people at the grass roots and the rural areas, to let them know the terrible results of spreading the disease and how to prevent HIV/AIDS. I think we should do more advocacy work among the people.

A: 非常感谢您回答我们这么多问题。预祝你们在与艾滋病的斗争中取得成功。

B: Thank you.

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7.4 罗格在雅典奥运会上的致辞

希腊共和国总统先生，

亲爱的希腊朋友，

今晚，全世界向希腊致意三重敬意。

人类感谢你，因为你于2，800年前，在奥林匹亚创立了奥林匹克运动会。

世界崇敬你，因你在现代奥林匹克运动的奠基人皮埃尔.德.顾拜的号召下，于1896年就在雅典重新恢复了这项盛事。

最重要的是，今晚全世界为你欢呼致意，感谢你举办这一届奥运会，让奥林匹克运动会回到了它的诞生之地。

感谢所有支持奥林匹克运动会的人，特别要感谢伟大的自愿者们，没有他们的付出，就没有今天的盛会。

所有参赛的运动员，我想对你们说的是，这是你们理应享受的一刻，是你们的所有辛劳和奉献的巅峰时刻。请通过你们的行为——拒绝兴奋剂和奉守公平竞技的原则，让我们相信体育运动正日益变得可信和纯洁。

我们的世界需要和平、宽容和友爱。

来自世界上202个国家的运动员，请向我们展示：体育运动能克服民族、政治、宗教和语言的障碍将人类联合在一起。

愿本届奥运会能真正体现在此制定的奥林匹克休战书的精神，在和平中举行。感谢雅典！感谢希腊！

现在，我荣幸地邀请希腊共和国总统宣布第28届现代奥林匹克运动会开幕。7.5 The Olympic flame illuminates Beijing

June 8-9, 2004: history shall forever remember the date. The Olympic Flame came down to China’s Divine Land with mankind’s yearning for peace, friendship, civilization and progress and with the Greek people’s friendship for the Chinese people. rom Travling from Olympia to the Great Wall, the blazing Olympic torch has brought the Olympic spirit to Beijing, and, after illuminating Chinese people’s desire for peace, their wish for participation and their appreciation of the Olympic spirit, the torch has traveled across the five continents to every corner of the earth with the Chinese people’s hearty blessing.

With the centennial impressiveness of the Olympics and the millennial civilization of Chinese history, the Olympic Flame has tied closely together Beijing and Athens, the Chinese people and the people of other countries.

Wherever the torch went, the TV cameras focused on were like unfolding one by one our beautiful picture rolls of unique traditional eastern culture. Beijing, built more than 3,000 years ago and regarded as the ancient oriental capital for over 850 years, continually radiates its charm, to be found along the wide streets and narrow lanes, between the high buildings and large mansions. Its primitive simplicity and latest modernity, its dignity and vigor reflect Beijing’s greater openness, display the

Chinese nation’s progress and civilization, how the people live actively and optimistically, enjoy their lifestyles and yearn for the Olympics, and present the Chinese people’s passionate longing and prepari ng for the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Not only in Beijing, but also in Qingdao, the co-host city and sub-site for competition for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the people, in their own way, express their warm welcome to the Flame, with countless sails plowing through the blue sea and numerous drums sounding loudly together on the sandy beaches.

On August 29th, Beijing will take over the Olympic flag from Athens. From that moment onward, the attention of the whole world will be focused on Beijing and its preparatory work will be arranged according to a new schedule. We will carry out all the preparations to the highest standard, with the highest quality and at the highest level. We will realize far more widely and deeply the ideals of a “Green, Hi-tech, People’s Olympics”.

We believe that, with the supports of the IOC, of friends in their countries, of overseas Chinese, of our Party Central Committee and State Council and of the whole Chinese people, we are sure to bring into effect the strategic blueprint of “New Beijing, Great Olympics”, and we are sure to dedicate to the world these Olympic Games which will perfectly embody the Olympic ideal and spirit.

May the Olympic Flame blaze forever.

We hope to meet in 2008 in Beijing.

May the Olympic torch be handed down from generation to generation.

May the Olympic spirit be promoted around the world.

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8.4 《华盛顿邮报》总编谈中国

有人说，《华盛顿邮报》经常把中国描绘成一个“共产主义的专制国家”，那里的人“没有民主，没有自由”。他们问，为什么《华盛顿邮报》对这些负面的字眼如此感兴趣呢？对此，我不能赞同。首先，包括《华盛顿邮报》和《纽约时报》在内，几乎所有美国大报都不再将中国称为“专制国家”。《华盛顿邮报》已经有很长时间不再使用类似这样的字眼了。今天，我们依然称中国为“共产党国家”，那是因为这是一个事实，中国的确是由共产党所统治的。

今天，《华盛顿邮报》正在努力尝试去理解中国的复杂性。去年，本报就发表了好几篇有关中国市民社会的长篇报道。这些报道的主题多种多样，涉及到网络、工人、政府与个体的冲突等等。这些报道全面反映了中国的复杂性。

中国是个大国，每天都在发生很多不同的事情，这些事情很多是自相矛盾的。比如，中国的经济成就在短时间内让成千上万的老百姓脱贫，这是其他国家望尘莫及的。但同时中国也面临很多矛盾。全世界都在拭目以待，看中国领导人如何解决这些矛盾。

我们都应该向中国学习。中国对我们未来生活的影响将会越来越大。在过去50年中，在美国发生的一切影响了全世界众多地方。今天，中国的作用跟美国有异曲同工之妙。作为正在崛起的经济大国，中国将对世界-包括美国-发挥越来越大的影响力，尤其是在经济领域。中国人民将很快接受这样一个现实，那就是中国发生的事将对世界产生巨大的影响。

我到过中国三次。第一次是在1999年.第二次是在2001年3月，期间我有幸采访了中国国家主席江泽民。第三次是2003年11月，期间我又采访了中国国务院总理温家宝。中国有令人难以置信的活力，中国文化也是如此丰富多彩。每次到中国，我都看到和学到了一些新东西。中国的景色无与伦比，发展潜力巨大。我认为，中国如何应对今后的挑战将决定这个星球的未来。

我认为我没有资格来评价中国的领导人。每次当我采访中国的领导人的时候，我都感到他们准备充分，应答自如，知识渊博，富有远见，对中国在世界舞台上扮演的角色充满了自信。中国如此庞大，有这么多的问题需要对付，人们贫富差距如此之大，世界上恐怕再也找不到比管理中国更复杂的工作了。这比当美国总统难得多，尽管两者有诸多不同之处。

8.5 与中国的理智关系——霍华德欢迎胡锦涛访问澳大利亚联邦议会

尊敬的众议长先生、参议长先生：

我代表澳大利亚政府及各位议员，热烈欢迎中华人民共和国主席胡锦涛来到澳大利亚联邦议会，同时也欢迎胡夫人以及中方的所有成员。

毫不夸张地说，若是在10年前，这样的访问活动是非常不可能发生的。同样，要是在10年前，我也无法想象作为澳大利亚的总理，我能有机会在北京对中国共产党中央党校的官员做演讲。而在2002年，我作为西方中右派政党的领袖，我确实这样做了。

我认为，这说明了几个问题。这说明世界已经发生了一些变化。这说明澳中关系具有理智的特征，因为2002年我的访问和今天胡主席的来访并没有以两国牺牲各自独特的传统为条件。我认为澳中关系是成熟而务实的，是以日趋紧密的人员往来为基础的。两国处于不同的社会，拥有不同的文化、传统和历史，完全没有必要回避这一事实。可以说，澳大利亚两大政治派别的历届政府一直努力在两国关系中体现这一事实，这对双方都有巨大而长远的好处。

因此，从这几点来说，澳中关系是非常成熟和务实的关系。人员往来是极其重要的，我可以这样说，如今在澳大利亚最普遍的外语是汉语的一种方言。3%的澳洲人口，也就是超过55万人，具有中国血统。就我个人而言，在我所代表的碧尼龙选区，13.3%的选民具有中国血统。澳大利亚的中国留学生达到了34，000人。

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胡主席、胡夫人，非常欢迎你们的来访。感谢你们的到来，祝你们身体健康。相信你们会受到澳大利亚人民的热烈欢迎，他们会以行动展示出他们对两国关系的重视。

12.3 新款手机推介

女士们，先生们：

欢迎参加此次产品推介会。我们公司是一家经过注册的美国有限责任公司，是十大手机经销商之一。今天我们很高兴地向您介绍（展示）一款最新型的手机—MT100。它必将成为高端产品中最热卖的机型。当今人们工作方式的两个要素就是随时随地方便地进行通讯、获取信息. TM100就是为了完全满足这两种需求而设计的。首先，此款手机支持蓝牙功能，连接性能超强。它是一款3频手机，可与G3,GPRS和CDMA网络兼容，实现随时随地的呼叫。其设计独特的高增益天线将信号盲点降至最低。耳机与扬声器均采用最新技术，保证了通话双方的出色音质。MT100还配备了蓝牙无线耳机。500个号码的内存以及通讯簿的存储容量都是其他手机所望尘莫及的。本款手机还可与任何支持蓝牙功能的PDA或电脑数据保持同步。当今的生活方式不再仅限于工作，娱乐业同样重要。因此，MT100还内设MP3播放器，其容量可连续播放5小时的音乐，并且内置多款戏，还可以上网进行在线游戏。外观是当代摩登社会的另一要素。MT100时尚的外观设计凝结了数月的市场调查和测试成果，我们都有自己的喜好。可换外套、可自编曲的多和弦铃音以及可编程的软件都使得MT100个性十足，能满足不同场合，不同心情的需要。超凡的MT100必将成为市场上最受欢迎的机型。亲身体验才最有说服力。欢迎大家都来亲身体验MT100的魅力。您一定不会失望的！

12.4 Nanotechnology

The term, nanotechnology, may not sound unfamiliar anymore. It has become a buzzword within the hi-tech community, but when asked what’s it about and its impact on our life, I’m afraid many people are not able to answer right away. As a matter of fact, it’s already a part of daily life for many. The promise of nanotechnology is almost unlimited.Some may think nanotechnology is all in the future; however, that’s not the cause. In the United States, nano trousers are already on sale. They feel like ordinary cotton trousers but there’s a th in nano layer, which resists spills and stains. So, if you spill your drink, it just runs off. The trousers don’t even get damp. Nano trousers are just one application of the technology. Nano can be used to produce almost anything you want Nano technology is the science of the very small. But how small is small? Well, imagine I was shrunk to a size 1,000 times smaller. I’d be about as big as the eye of a fly, but nano is even smaller than that. In fact, much, much smaller. Imagine I was shrunk again, this time by 10,000 times. I’d be about as big as a virus, but nano is even smaller than that. You’d have to shrink me another 100 times to get the nano version of me, a billion times smaller than the real me. Industry is already building devices on that scale. In Cambridge, they’re making very thin nano layers of a plastic that emit light when an electric current runs through it. The technology will soon be on the market, in mobile phones with very bright, energy-saving displays. People will see these developments initially in fairly simple products like mobile phones, but ultimately they will be in TV’s, and when the technology moves on to plastics, you’ll have a roll-down TV that you can hang on your wall. Nano technology can also be applied to medicine. Ultimately, it will be applied in making a chip that can go into the body, which will release a drug or a whole variety of drugs at an assignment period of time, thus having a healing effect on the body. Nanotechnology can be used in many other fields which are closely related to our daily life as well. The promise of nanotechnology is almost unlimited. That’s why the government is backing it strongly, yet still many critics fear possible side effects.