An Advanced Course
in Interpretation
高级口译教程
(Unit 2)
What is love?
? Love is the salt of life (生活的必需品 ).
? Love is sweet torment (甜蜜的折磨 ).
? Love is a great teacher.
? Love is a transitive verb (及物动词 ).
? Love is a romantic poem (浪漫诗 ).
? Love is a beautiful dream.
? Love is a sugar-coated drug (糖衣药品 ).
? Love is permanent expectation (永久的期待 ).
? Love is giving without thought of taking,(不考虑索
取的付出 )
What is love?
? Love is the touchstone of virtues (美德的试金石 ).
? Love is a mixture of happiness and sadness
(悲与喜的融合 ).
? Love is tacit agreement and noisy disagreement
(默契加吵闹 ).
? Love is an attempt to change dreamland into reality
(把梦境化为现实的努力 ).
? Love is a canvas furnished by nature and
embroidered by imagination (本性画布上的想象绣
图 ).
What is love?
? Love is loyalty and understanding （忠诚与理解）,
? Love is a union of beauty and truth (美与真的结合）,
? Love is great fondness mingled with hatred （夹杂着一
点恨的爱慕）,
? Love is magical power coming from within （发自内心
的神奇力量）,
? Love is the sweetest joy and the saddest sorrow.
? Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections （本
能与理性的冲突）,
What is love?
? Love is the conquest of reason by feeling （感情对理智
的征服）,
? Love is a dark cave with sunlight at its end （尽头充满
阳光的黑暗洞穴）,
? Love is extremely selfish and utterly selfless（极其自私
而又绝对无私）,
? Love is a beautiful melody made from an elegant poem
（为高雅的诗句所谱写的优美旋律）,
? Love is a God-given privilege and a self-laid obligation
（上帝赐予的特权及自我约束的义务）,
? Love is the closing of the eyes and the opening of the
heart （紧闭的双目和开启的心灵）,
What is love?
? Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion
（幼稚的幻想和成熟的幻灭）,
? Love is life in its fullness like the cup with wine to its
brim,（充实的人生，犹如斟满的酒杯）
? Love is the depression of separation and delight of
reunion （分别的沮丧和重逢的喜悦）,
? Love is the pursuit of delight in the process of agony
（追求喜悦的痛苦历程）,
? Love is not two people gazing into each other’s eyes,but
two people looking outward in the same direction
（不是两个人凝目对视，而是两个人同向远眺）,
Test your memory,
Reading Aloud and Reciting
Quotations
from Celebrities
On Love
Quotations from
Celebrities
人生是花朵，爱情则是花蜜。
—雨果
Life is a flower of which love is the honey,
– Victor Hugo
友谊可能而且常常发展成爱情，但爱情却永远不会退化
为友谊。
— 拜伦
Friendship may,and often does,grow into love,
but love never subsides into friendship,
– George Byron
Quotations from
Celebrities
年轻人在生活中常犯大错误；其中之一是他们把爱情过
于理想化了。
— 乔伊特
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one
thing,they idealize love too much,
– Benjamin Jowett
追求到的爱情是美好的，但自然而然获得的爱情则更美
好。 — 莎士比亚
Love sought is good,but love given unsought is
better,– William Shakespeare
Quotations from
Celebrities
爱情能把茅舍变为金色宫殿。
— 德国谚语
Love can turn a cottage into a golden palace,
– German Proverb
什么是爱情？两颗心灵一个躯体；什么是友谊？两个躯
体一颗心灵。
— 约瑟夫 ·鲁
What is love? Two souls and one flesh,What is
friendship? Two bodies and one soul,
– Joseph Roux
Quotations from
Celebrities
爱情是美德的试金石。 — 英国谚语
Love is the touchstone of virtue,
– English Proverb
爱情不是索取，而是给予；不是想入非非的美梦，也不
是疯狂的欲望，哦，爱情不是这样的，爱情是善良、荣耀、祥
和，是纯美的生活。 —范戴克
Love is not getting,but giving; not a wild dream
of pleasure,and a madness of desire – oh,no,love is
not that – it is goodness,and honor,and peace and
pure living,– Henry van Dyke
Some up-to-date expressions (4)
? 洗 钱
money laundering
? 权钱 交易
deals between power and
money
? 傍 大款
flirt with a tycoon
(magnate)
? 吊销 执照
revoke a license
? 公款 吃喝
dining and wining at
public expense
? 追 星族
celebrity worshipper
? 跳槽
job-hop,change one’s
profession
? 扫 黄
eliminate pornography
Some up-to-date expressions (5)
? 经济 私有化
The privatization of
economy
? 与国际 接轨
Be geared to international
practice (norms)
? 福利分房
Welfare-oriented
distribution of housing
? 住房 商品化
Commercialization of
housing
? 按揭 购房
Buy an apartment on a
mortgage
? 物业 管理
Estate management
? 南水北 调
South-to-North diversion
of water
? 西气东 输
West-to-East piping of
natural gas
Some up-to-date expressions (6)
? 解决 温饱问题
provide adequate food
and clothing
? 贫富 悬殊
wide gap between the rich
and the poor
? 解困 基金
anti-poverty funds
? 消除 两极分化
eliminate polarization
? 礼仪 小姐
ritual girls
? 哈哈 镜
distorting mirrors
? 脱口秀
a talk show
? 时装表演
a fashion show
? 义演
a benefit performance
Please watch and interpret:
? 他荣获跳高冠军。
? 中国人口众多。
? 发展是硬道理。
? 法治就是保障。
? 课堂秩序很差。
? 这是必修课程。
? 不要急于求成。
? 考试不是目的。
? 你的电脑有病毒。
? 我们天天上网。
? 天空万里无云。
? 地球绕着太阳转。
? He won the high jump championship,
? China has a huge population,
? Development is the only way out,
? Government by law is the guarantee,
? The class is in a state of chaos,
? This is a required course,
? Don’t be in a hurry to succeed,
? Examination is not the purpose,
? Your computer has got a virus,
? We go on line every day,
? There is no cloud in the sky,
? The earth moves around the sun,
Please watch and interpret:
? 法官判他无罪。
? 他们建立军事同盟。
? 他一点不感到惧怕。
? 他把通告撕了下来。
? 这消息使公众震惊。
? 这孩子的身体很娇。
? 这产品已通过检验。
? 他被终身监禁。
? 我们应该坚持真理。
? 坚持原则并不容易。
? 我只是在打发时间。
? 埃及历史悠久。
? The judge ruled him innocent,
? They form a military alliance,
? He doesn’t feel the slightest fear,
? He tore down the notice,
? The news shocked the public,
? The child’s health is fragile,
? The product has passed the test,
? He was imprisoned for life,
? We should uphold the truth,
? It’s not easy to adhere to principles,
? I am just killing time,
? Egypt has long history,
Please watch and interpret,
? 这菜使我垂涎欲滴。
? 愁眉苦脸无济于事。
? 失败了不要气馁。
? 成功了不要骄傲。
? 他经常出尔反尔。
? 两个队打成平局。
? 大树底下好乘凉。
? 这条街已大为改观。
? 跟他争是白费力气。
? 正义事业不可战胜。
? 这是无可挽回的损失。
? 二者不可同日而语。
? 这篇作文废话连篇。
? The dish makes my mouth water,
? It is no use pulling a long face,
? Don’t lose heart if you fail,
? Don’t be conceited if you succeed,
? He often goes back on his word,
? The two teams broke even,
? A big tree is a good shelter,
? The street has greatly changed.
? It’s futile to argue with him,
? A just cause is invincible,
? This is a loss beyond retrieve,
? The two are not comparable,
? This composition is all nonsense,
Please watch and interpret (9):
? 他无视公众舆论。
? 他的论点令人信服。
? 我把他视为知己。
? 孩子们冲下楼梯。
? 他对上司溜须拍马。
? 这小说已拍成电影。
? 波浪轻拍海滩。
? 那条蛇爬进洞里。
? 他用被子蒙住了头。
? 他们的婚姻已破裂。
? 挫折与失败使人谦卑。
? 学生个个情绪高涨。
? 他们老死不相往来。
? He ignored the public opinion,
? His argument is convincing,
? I consider him my bosom friend,
? The children rushed downstairs,
? He fawns upon his superiors,
? This novel has made into a film,
? The waves lapped on the beach,
? The snake has crawled into a hole,
? He covered his head with the quilt,
? Their marriage has broken up,
? Defeat and failure cause humility.
? All the students are in high spirits,
? They never visit each other,
Please watch and interpret
(10):? 他赶紧去迎接客人。
? 他的头发已经灰白。
? 这种药对健康无害。
? 他对欺骗深恶痛绝。
? 群山笼罩在薄雾之中。
? 他紧紧地抓住绳子。
? 那参议员表现出伪善。
? 他所说的纯粹是假设。
? 他们是避难移民。
? 你应该仿效他的为人。
? 他从来不发脾气。
? He hurried to greet his guests,
? His hair has turned gray,
? The drug is harmless for health,
? He has an intense hatred of
cheating,
? The mountains were covered in
haze,
? He held fast to the rope,
? The senator displayed hypocrisy,
? What he said is a pure hypothesis,
? They are refugee immigrants,
? You should imitate his behavior,
? He never loses his temper,
Unit 1 Reception
您一定是我们久盼已久的客人，来自哈佛大学的威廉
斯教授吧。请允许我作自我介绍。我叫王刚，正在
上海海运学院攻读经济管理学士学位。我们十分感
谢您不辞辛劳远道来访我院。我为能在这里接待您
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榻。从海云宾馆开车２０分钟左右便可到上海市中
心，步行大约５分钟就可到教学大楼。我们相信您
会喜欢这里的生活。如果您有什么事，尽管与我联
系，我的电话号码是 58855200-2700。
Unit 1 Reception
You must be our long-expected guest,Prof,Williams from
Harvard University,Please allow me to introduce myself,My
name is Wang Gang,I am studying for my bachelor’s degree
in economic management at Shanghai Maritime University,
We appreciate very much that you have come to visit our
university in spite of the long and tiring journey,I feel pleased
and honored to meet you here,We would like to
accommodate you at the Haiyun Hotel,It’s a 20-minute drive
from the hotel to get to the downtown area of Shanghai and a
5-minute walk to the Teaching Building of the university,We
believe that you will enjoy your stay here,Please don’t
hesitate to let me know if there is anything I can do for you,
My telephone number is 58855200,extension 2700.
in Interpretation
高级口译教程
(Unit 2)
What is love?
? Love is the salt of life (生活的必需品 ).
? Love is sweet torment (甜蜜的折磨 ).
? Love is a great teacher.
? Love is a transitive verb (及物动词 ).
? Love is a romantic poem (浪漫诗 ).
? Love is a beautiful dream.
? Love is a sugar-coated drug (糖衣药品 ).
? Love is permanent expectation (永久的期待 ).
? Love is giving without thought of taking,(不考虑索
取的付出 )
What is love?
? Love is the touchstone of virtues (美德的试金石 ).
? Love is a mixture of happiness and sadness
(悲与喜的融合 ).
? Love is tacit agreement and noisy disagreement
(默契加吵闹 ).
? Love is an attempt to change dreamland into reality
(把梦境化为现实的努力 ).
? Love is a canvas furnished by nature and
embroidered by imagination (本性画布上的想象绣
图 ).
What is love?
? Love is loyalty and understanding （忠诚与理解）,
? Love is a union of beauty and truth (美与真的结合）,
? Love is great fondness mingled with hatred （夹杂着一
点恨的爱慕）,
? Love is magical power coming from within （发自内心
的神奇力量）,
? Love is the sweetest joy and the saddest sorrow.
? Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections （本
能与理性的冲突）,
What is love?
? Love is the conquest of reason by feeling （感情对理智
的征服）,
? Love is a dark cave with sunlight at its end （尽头充满
阳光的黑暗洞穴）,
? Love is extremely selfish and utterly selfless（极其自私
而又绝对无私）,
? Love is a beautiful melody made from an elegant poem
（为高雅的诗句所谱写的优美旋律）,
? Love is a God-given privilege and a self-laid obligation
（上帝赐予的特权及自我约束的义务）,
? Love is the closing of the eyes and the opening of the
heart （紧闭的双目和开启的心灵）,
What is love?
? Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion
（幼稚的幻想和成熟的幻灭）,
? Love is life in its fullness like the cup with wine to its
brim,（充实的人生，犹如斟满的酒杯）
? Love is the depression of separation and delight of
reunion （分别的沮丧和重逢的喜悦）,
? Love is the pursuit of delight in the process of agony
（追求喜悦的痛苦历程）,
? Love is not two people gazing into each other’s eyes,but
two people looking outward in the same direction
（不是两个人凝目对视，而是两个人同向远眺）,
Test your memory,
Reading Aloud and Reciting
Quotations
from Celebrities
On Love
Quotations from
Celebrities
人生是花朵，爱情则是花蜜。
—雨果
Life is a flower of which love is the honey,
– Victor Hugo
友谊可能而且常常发展成爱情，但爱情却永远不会退化
为友谊。
— 拜伦
Friendship may,and often does,grow into love,
but love never subsides into friendship,
– George Byron
Quotations from
Celebrities
年轻人在生活中常犯大错误；其中之一是他们把爱情过
于理想化了。
— 乔伊特
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one
thing,they idealize love too much,
– Benjamin Jowett
追求到的爱情是美好的，但自然而然获得的爱情则更美
好。 — 莎士比亚
Love sought is good,but love given unsought is
better,– William Shakespeare
Quotations from
Celebrities
爱情能把茅舍变为金色宫殿。
— 德国谚语
Love can turn a cottage into a golden palace,
– German Proverb
什么是爱情？两颗心灵一个躯体；什么是友谊？两个躯
体一颗心灵。
— 约瑟夫 ·鲁
What is love? Two souls and one flesh,What is
friendship? Two bodies and one soul,
– Joseph Roux
Quotations from
Celebrities
爱情是美德的试金石。 — 英国谚语
Love is the touchstone of virtue,
– English Proverb
爱情不是索取，而是给予；不是想入非非的美梦，也不
是疯狂的欲望，哦，爱情不是这样的，爱情是善良、荣耀、祥
和，是纯美的生活。 —范戴克
Love is not getting,but giving; not a wild dream
of pleasure,and a madness of desire – oh,no,love is
not that – it is goodness,and honor,and peace and
pure living,– Henry van Dyke
Some up-to-date expressions (4)
? 洗 钱
money laundering
? 权钱 交易
deals between power and
money
? 傍 大款
flirt with a tycoon
(magnate)
? 吊销 执照
revoke a license
? 公款 吃喝
dining and wining at
public expense
? 追 星族
celebrity worshipper
? 跳槽
job-hop,change one’s
profession
? 扫 黄
eliminate pornography
Some up-to-date expressions (5)
? 经济 私有化
The privatization of
economy
? 与国际 接轨
Be geared to international
practice (norms)
? 福利分房
Welfare-oriented
distribution of housing
? 住房 商品化
Commercialization of
housing
? 按揭 购房
Buy an apartment on a
mortgage
? 物业 管理
Estate management
? 南水北 调
South-to-North diversion
of water
? 西气东 输
West-to-East piping of
natural gas
Some up-to-date expressions (6)
? 解决 温饱问题
provide adequate food
and clothing
? 贫富 悬殊
wide gap between the rich
and the poor
? 解困 基金
anti-poverty funds
? 消除 两极分化
eliminate polarization
? 礼仪 小姐
ritual girls
? 哈哈 镜
distorting mirrors
? 脱口秀
a talk show
? 时装表演
a fashion show
? 义演
a benefit performance
Please watch and interpret:
? 他荣获跳高冠军。
? 中国人口众多。
? 发展是硬道理。
? 法治就是保障。
? 课堂秩序很差。
? 这是必修课程。
? 不要急于求成。
? 考试不是目的。
? 你的电脑有病毒。
? 我们天天上网。
? 天空万里无云。
? 地球绕着太阳转。
? He won the high jump championship,
? China has a huge population,
? Development is the only way out,
? Government by law is the guarantee,
? The class is in a state of chaos,
? This is a required course,
? Don’t be in a hurry to succeed,
? Examination is not the purpose,
? Your computer has got a virus,
? We go on line every day,
? There is no cloud in the sky,
? The earth moves around the sun,
Please watch and interpret:
? 法官判他无罪。
? 他们建立军事同盟。
? 他一点不感到惧怕。
? 他把通告撕了下来。
? 这消息使公众震惊。
? 这孩子的身体很娇。
? 这产品已通过检验。
? 他被终身监禁。
? 我们应该坚持真理。
? 坚持原则并不容易。
? 我只是在打发时间。
? 埃及历史悠久。
? The judge ruled him innocent,
? They form a military alliance,
? He doesn’t feel the slightest fear,
? He tore down the notice,
? The news shocked the public,
? The child’s health is fragile,
? The product has passed the test,
? He was imprisoned for life,
? We should uphold the truth,
? It’s not easy to adhere to principles,
? I am just killing time,
? Egypt has long history,
Please watch and interpret,
? 这菜使我垂涎欲滴。
? 愁眉苦脸无济于事。
? 失败了不要气馁。
? 成功了不要骄傲。
? 他经常出尔反尔。
? 两个队打成平局。
? 大树底下好乘凉。
? 这条街已大为改观。
? 跟他争是白费力气。
? 正义事业不可战胜。
? 这是无可挽回的损失。
? 二者不可同日而语。
? 这篇作文废话连篇。
? The dish makes my mouth water,
? It is no use pulling a long face,
? Don’t lose heart if you fail,
? Don’t be conceited if you succeed,
? He often goes back on his word,
? The two teams broke even,
? A big tree is a good shelter,
? The street has greatly changed.
? It’s futile to argue with him,
? A just cause is invincible,
? This is a loss beyond retrieve,
? The two are not comparable,
? This composition is all nonsense,
Please watch and interpret (9):
? 他无视公众舆论。
? 他的论点令人信服。
? 我把他视为知己。
? 孩子们冲下楼梯。
? 他对上司溜须拍马。
? 这小说已拍成电影。
? 波浪轻拍海滩。
? 那条蛇爬进洞里。
? 他用被子蒙住了头。
? 他们的婚姻已破裂。
? 挫折与失败使人谦卑。
? 学生个个情绪高涨。
? 他们老死不相往来。
? He ignored the public opinion,
? His argument is convincing,
? I consider him my bosom friend,
? The children rushed downstairs,
? He fawns upon his superiors,
? This novel has made into a film,
? The waves lapped on the beach,
? The snake has crawled into a hole,
? He covered his head with the quilt,
? Their marriage has broken up,
? Defeat and failure cause humility.
? All the students are in high spirits,
? They never visit each other,
Please watch and interpret
(10):? 他赶紧去迎接客人。
? 他的头发已经灰白。
? 这种药对健康无害。
? 他对欺骗深恶痛绝。
? 群山笼罩在薄雾之中。
? 他紧紧地抓住绳子。
? 那参议员表现出伪善。
? 他所说的纯粹是假设。
? 他们是避难移民。
? 你应该仿效他的为人。
? 他从来不发脾气。
? He hurried to greet his guests,
? His hair has turned gray,
? The drug is harmless for health,
? He has an intense hatred of
cheating,
? The mountains were covered in
haze,
? He held fast to the rope,
? The senator displayed hypocrisy,
? What he said is a pure hypothesis,
? They are refugee immigrants,
? You should imitate his behavior,
? He never loses his temper,
Unit 1 Reception
您一定是我们久盼已久的客人，来自哈佛大学的威廉
斯教授吧。请允许我作自我介绍。我叫王刚，正在
上海海运学院攻读经济管理学士学位。我们十分感
谢您不辞辛劳远道来访我院。我为能在这里接待您
而深感荣幸和愉快。我们想把您安排在海云宾馆下
榻。从海云宾馆开车２０分钟左右便可到上海市中
心，步行大约５分钟就可到教学大楼。我们相信您
会喜欢这里的生活。如果您有什么事，尽管与我联
系，我的电话号码是 58855200-2700。
Unit 1 Reception
You must be our long-expected guest,Prof,Williams from
Harvard University,Please allow me to introduce myself,My
name is Wang Gang,I am studying for my bachelor’s degree
in economic management at Shanghai Maritime University,
We appreciate very much that you have come to visit our
university in spite of the long and tiring journey,I feel pleased
and honored to meet you here,We would like to
accommodate you at the Haiyun Hotel,It’s a 20-minute drive
from the hotel to get to the downtown area of Shanghai and a
5-minute walk to the Teaching Building of the university,We
believe that you will enjoy your stay here,Please don’t
hesitate to let me know if there is anything I can do for you,
My telephone number is 58855200,extension 2700.
