An Advanced Course
in Interpretation
高级口译教程
(Unit 10)
Mouth Warm-up:
What is time?
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
What is time?
Time is life.
Time is money.
Time is victory.
Time is speed and strength.
Time is the great physician.
Time is the subtle thief of youth.
Time is the devourer of all things.
Time is a bird for ever on the wing.
Time is the only critic without prejudice.
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
What is time?
Time is an endless cycle.
Time is the relief of grief.
Time is an arrow flying ahead.
Time is a unidirectional movement.
Time is marching,flying and flowing.
Time is a shuttle moving back and forth.
Time is the river,the waterfall,the torrent.
Time is the best cure of pains and troubles.
Time is the total of past,present and future.
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 你热爱生命吗?那就不要浪费时间,因为生命是由时间构成
的。 —— 富兰克林
? Do you love life? Thus do not squander time,
for that’s the stuff life is made of,
—— Benjamin Franklin
? 能充分利用时间的人不会有多余的光阴。 —— 富勒
? Those that make the best use of time have
none to spare,—— Thomas Fuller
? 时光催万物消逝,万物随时光变老。 —— 亚里士多德
? Time wastes things away,and all things grow
old through time,—— Aristotle
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 时间的利齿可以吞噬一切别的东西,对真理却无能为力。
—— 赫胥黎
? Time,whose tooth gnaws away everything else,is
powerless against truth,
—— Thomas Huxley
? 时间是最公平合理的,它从不多给谁一分钟,它把串串果实留给勤劳者,而
给懒汉留下的只是一头白发、两手空空。
—— 高尔基
? Time is the most fair and reasonable,It never gives
more to anyone,To hard workers,time leaves clusters
of fruits while to the lazy,time only leaves grey hair and
empty hands,
—— Maksim Gorky
? 时光取走一切，又给予一切。 —— 布鲁诺
? Time takes all and gives all,
—— Giordano Bruno
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 失去的财富可以靠勤奋恢复，失去的知识可以靠学习恢复，失去的健康
可以靠节制或药物恢复，但失去的光阴却一去不复返。
—— 斯迈尔斯
? Lost wealth may be replaced by industry,lost
knowledge by study,lost health by temperance or
medicine,but lost time is gone for ever,
—— Samuel Smiles
? 时光将会平息一切。 —— 索福克勒斯
? Time eases all things,
—— Sophocles
? 时间对于等待者太慢，畏惧者太快，悲伤者太长，欢乐者太短，但对于
堕入爱河的人来说，时间就是永恒。
—— 佚名者
? Time is too slow for those who wait,too fast for those
who fear,too long for those who grieve,and too short
for those who rejoice,but for those who love,time is
eternity,—— Anonymous
Some up-to-date expressions (37)
? 导弹防御体系
the missile defense system
? 粉饰战争罪行
whitewash war crimes
? 安理会投票,3票赞成,1票反对,1票弃权。
The Security Council voted with 3pros,1 cons and I
abstention.
? 举行新闻发布会
give a news briefing
? 举行记者招待会
hold a press conference
Some up-to-date expressions (38)
? 落后就要挨打。
? Backward nations tend to get beaten up.
? 分裂是没有出路的。
? To split the country is no way out.
? 决不称霸
? Never seek hegemony
? 不承诺放弃使用武力
? Do not undertake to renounce the use of force
? 求同存异
? Seek common ground while preserving differences
? 运载火箭 / 航空母舰
? A carrier rocket / an aircraft carrier
Up-to-date Expressions (39)
? 民工
? Migrant workers
? 民心工程
? A project corresponding
to popular aspirations
? 迷彩服
? Camouflage combat
clothes
? 没商量
? Decided,indisputable
? 没劲
? Feel bored
? 买单
? Pay the bill
? 马蜂窝
? An intractable person
(matter)
? 零增长
? Stagnation (neither
increase nor decrease)
Up-to-date Expressions (40)
? 冷处理
? Pigeonhole a problem
for future attention
? 老龄化社会
? A society with a large
aging population
? 拉赞助
? Solicit financial support
? 开洋荤
? Eat foreign food,have
some experience abroad
? 连环债
? A chain of debts between
enterprises
? 侃爷
? A talkative person
? 叫板
? Challenge someone and
expect a reaction
? 黄灯区
? An overall stable situation
in economy
Please watch and interpret:
? 忠言逆耳利于
行。
? 丑媳妇难免见
公婆。
? 人人尽兴而归。
? 争执使两个朋
友疏远了。
? 这两种观点针
锋相对。
? 说他对事故没
有责任是对的。
? 他的回答不过
是巧妙的遁辞。
? 妇女要求与男
人机会均等。
? Honest advice,though unpleasant to the ear,benefits
conduct.
? An ugly bride cannot avoid seeing her husband’s
parents,
? Everyone returned after thoroughly enjoying himself
? The argument has caused the estrangement between
the two friends,
? These two views are diametrically opposed to each
other,
? It’s right to say that he was not to blame for the
accident,
? His answers are nothing but clever evasions,
? Women claim equality of opportunity with men,
Please watch and interpret:
? 没有什么能扰乱他内心的
平静。
? 两位医生对我的病作出不
同的诊断。
? 这孩子在老师的亲自护送
下回家。
? 政府把所有的平民从战争
地带撤离。
? 他用婉转的说法表达了自
己的想法。
? 我们应恰如其分地评价这
场运动的意义。
? 我们的主要出口是纺织品，
尤其是丝绸和棉布。
? 满口污言秽语的人表示他
缺乏教养。
? Nothing can disturb his inner
equilibrium,
? The two doctors made different
diagnosis of my disease,
? The child went home under the personal
escort of his teacher,
? The government evacuated all civilians
from the war zone,
? He expressed his thought by a
euphemism,
? We should evaluate the significance of
the campaign properly,
? Our main exports are textiles,especially
silk and cotton,
? People who use foul language show their
poor upbringing,
Please watch and interpret:
? 听说你的儿子学业进步很
快。
? 听音乐是许多人最喜欢的
消遣。
? 维也纳是古典音乐和华尔
兹舞曲的发源地。
? 那个富翁已环游世界好几
次了。
? 站在山顶上我可以看到整
个城市。
? 学生们每天吃同样的盒饭
吃腻了。
? 对他来说承认自己是错的
需要勇气。
? 他打算在不久的将来开一
家餐馆。
? I hear that your son is making much
progress in his studies,
? Listening to music is the favorite
pastime of many people,
? Vienna is the birthplace of classical
music and Waltz,
? The rich man has traveled round the
world many times,
? Standing on the top of the mountain,I
can see the whole city,
? The students are bored with eating the
same kind of box lunch every day,
? It takes courage for him to admit that he
is wrong,
? He intends to start a restaurant in the
near future,
Please watch and interpret:
? 不同国家有不同的道
德标准。
? 玛丽谎报年龄是尽人
皆知的事实。
? 这项改革涉及千家万
户，难度很大。
? 他决心千方百计弄清
事实的真相。
? 目光远大的人现在得
到这一政策的好处了。
? 难怪你这么瘦，你吃
得太少了。
? 我走上讲台时觉得自
己的腿在发抖。
? Different countries have different moral
standards,
? It id known to everyone that Mary lied
about his age,
? This reform is a difficult task because it
affects hundreds of thousands of
households,
? He is determined to find out the truth of
the matter in every possible way,
? Those who have a broad vision are
benefiting from this policy,
? No wonder you are so thin; you eat too
little,
? I felt my legs trembling when I stepped
onto the podium,
Interview (Possible Questions)
? 请您谈一谈和平解决巴以冲突的可能性？
? Would you comment on the possibility of peacefully resolving
the conflict between Palestine and Israel? (remark on,make a
statement on,say something about)
? 您如何看待在伊拉克建立新政府的前景？
? How do you view the prospects of founding a new government
in Iraq? (observe,perceive,look upon)
? 您能否阐明一下贵国政府的经济和金融政策？
? Could you elaborate on the economic and fiscal policies of
your government? (expound on,explain,clarify)
? 您对北约东扩持何种态度？
? What attitude do you take toward NATO’s eastward
expansion? (assume a position on,take a stand on)
Interview (Possible Questions)
? 您 认为 911事件以后将建立怎样的世界新格局？
? What in your view would be the new setup of the
world after the September 11 Incident? (in one’s
opinion,to one’s mind)
? 我的问题是，中国经济增长 7%的目标能否 达到？
? My question is,can China achieve (attain,realize) its
objective of economic growth by 7%?
? 贵国政府 采取 了什么样的 措施 来预防和治疗“非
典”？
? What measures has your government taken to
prevent and treat SARS? (steps,action,course of
action)
Interviews
? 文化周是 东西方文化 的一次沟通，我们希望这次活
动能够促进中英两国及两国文化之间的交流和了解，
缩短东西方之间的差距。
? The Culture Week will serve as an open communication
between the oriental and occidental cultures,It is
expected to promote the exchanges between China and
the U.K,and the understanding of the two cultures,and
narrow the gap between the East and West.
Interview
? 京剧是一种 集 歌剧表演、歌唱、音乐、舞蹈和武术
于一体 的表演艺术。我们的服装展览会将展示这个
东方歌剧 200年的发展史。
? Beijing Opera is a performing art that embraces
(combines,integrates) opera performance,singing,
music,dancing and martial arts,The costume exposition
will present 200 years of development of this oriental
opera.
Interview
? 在变化了的生活方式和 大众传媒的冲击 下,传统戏剧
在一些大城市失去了许多年轻的观众,但是,传统戏剧
依然是最受我国人民欢迎的娱乐活动之一。
? Challenged by the changed lifestyle and the pervasion of
the mass media,traditional operas have lost many young
audience in some big cities,However,traditional operas
are still one of the most popular pastimes of the Chinese
people.
Interview
? 要 深化分配制度的改革，健全社会保障制度。中国
要建立劳动、资本、技术和管理知识等生产要素按
贡献参与收入分配的原则，完善按劳分配为主体、
多种分配方式并存的分配制度。
? It is essential (necessary,imperative) to deepen the
reform of the distribution system and improve the social
security system,China should establish the principle
that labor,capital,technology,managerial expertise and
other production factors participate in the distribution of
income in accordance with their contributions,thereby
improving the system under which distribution
according to work is dominant and a variety of modes of
distribution coexist.
in Interpretation
高级口译教程
(Unit 10)
Mouth Warm-up:
What is time?
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
What is time?
Time is life.
Time is money.
Time is victory.
Time is speed and strength.
Time is the great physician.
Time is the subtle thief of youth.
Time is the devourer of all things.
Time is a bird for ever on the wing.
Time is the only critic without prejudice.
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
What is time?
Time is an endless cycle.
Time is the relief of grief.
Time is an arrow flying ahead.
Time is a unidirectional movement.
Time is marching,flying and flowing.
Time is a shuttle moving back and forth.
Time is the river,the waterfall,the torrent.
Time is the best cure of pains and troubles.
Time is the total of past,present and future.
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 你热爱生命吗?那就不要浪费时间,因为生命是由时间构成
的。 —— 富兰克林
? Do you love life? Thus do not squander time,
for that’s the stuff life is made of,
—— Benjamin Franklin
? 能充分利用时间的人不会有多余的光阴。 —— 富勒
? Those that make the best use of time have
none to spare,—— Thomas Fuller
? 时光催万物消逝,万物随时光变老。 —— 亚里士多德
? Time wastes things away,and all things grow
old through time,—— Aristotle
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 时间的利齿可以吞噬一切别的东西,对真理却无能为力。
—— 赫胥黎
? Time,whose tooth gnaws away everything else,is
powerless against truth,
—— Thomas Huxley
? 时间是最公平合理的,它从不多给谁一分钟,它把串串果实留给勤劳者,而
给懒汉留下的只是一头白发、两手空空。
—— 高尔基
? Time is the most fair and reasonable,It never gives
more to anyone,To hard workers,time leaves clusters
of fruits while to the lazy,time only leaves grey hair and
empty hands,
—— Maksim Gorky
? 时光取走一切，又给予一切。 —— 布鲁诺
? Time takes all and gives all,
—— Giordano Bruno
Warm-up Activity,Reading and Reciting
Quotations from celebrities
? 失去的财富可以靠勤奋恢复，失去的知识可以靠学习恢复，失去的健康
可以靠节制或药物恢复，但失去的光阴却一去不复返。
—— 斯迈尔斯
? Lost wealth may be replaced by industry,lost
knowledge by study,lost health by temperance or
medicine,but lost time is gone for ever,
—— Samuel Smiles
? 时光将会平息一切。 —— 索福克勒斯
? Time eases all things,
—— Sophocles
? 时间对于等待者太慢，畏惧者太快，悲伤者太长，欢乐者太短，但对于
堕入爱河的人来说，时间就是永恒。
—— 佚名者
? Time is too slow for those who wait,too fast for those
who fear,too long for those who grieve,and too short
for those who rejoice,but for those who love,time is
eternity,—— Anonymous
Some up-to-date expressions (37)
? 导弹防御体系
the missile defense system
? 粉饰战争罪行
whitewash war crimes
? 安理会投票,3票赞成,1票反对,1票弃权。
The Security Council voted with 3pros,1 cons and I
abstention.
? 举行新闻发布会
give a news briefing
? 举行记者招待会
hold a press conference
Some up-to-date expressions (38)
? 落后就要挨打。
? Backward nations tend to get beaten up.
? 分裂是没有出路的。
? To split the country is no way out.
? 决不称霸
? Never seek hegemony
? 不承诺放弃使用武力
? Do not undertake to renounce the use of force
? 求同存异
? Seek common ground while preserving differences
? 运载火箭 / 航空母舰
? A carrier rocket / an aircraft carrier
Up-to-date Expressions (39)
? 民工
? Migrant workers
? 民心工程
? A project corresponding
to popular aspirations
? 迷彩服
? Camouflage combat
clothes
? 没商量
? Decided,indisputable
? 没劲
? Feel bored
? 买单
? Pay the bill
? 马蜂窝
? An intractable person
(matter)
? 零增长
? Stagnation (neither
increase nor decrease)
Up-to-date Expressions (40)
? 冷处理
? Pigeonhole a problem
for future attention
? 老龄化社会
? A society with a large
aging population
? 拉赞助
? Solicit financial support
? 开洋荤
? Eat foreign food,have
some experience abroad
? 连环债
? A chain of debts between
enterprises
? 侃爷
? A talkative person
? 叫板
? Challenge someone and
expect a reaction
? 黄灯区
? An overall stable situation
in economy
Please watch and interpret:
? 忠言逆耳利于
行。
? 丑媳妇难免见
公婆。
? 人人尽兴而归。
? 争执使两个朋
友疏远了。
? 这两种观点针
锋相对。
? 说他对事故没
有责任是对的。
? 他的回答不过
是巧妙的遁辞。
? 妇女要求与男
人机会均等。
? Honest advice,though unpleasant to the ear,benefits
conduct.
? An ugly bride cannot avoid seeing her husband’s
parents,
? Everyone returned after thoroughly enjoying himself
? The argument has caused the estrangement between
the two friends,
? These two views are diametrically opposed to each
other,
? It’s right to say that he was not to blame for the
accident,
? His answers are nothing but clever evasions,
? Women claim equality of opportunity with men,
Please watch and interpret:
? 没有什么能扰乱他内心的
平静。
? 两位医生对我的病作出不
同的诊断。
? 这孩子在老师的亲自护送
下回家。
? 政府把所有的平民从战争
地带撤离。
? 他用婉转的说法表达了自
己的想法。
? 我们应恰如其分地评价这
场运动的意义。
? 我们的主要出口是纺织品，
尤其是丝绸和棉布。
? 满口污言秽语的人表示他
缺乏教养。
? Nothing can disturb his inner
equilibrium,
? The two doctors made different
diagnosis of my disease,
? The child went home under the personal
escort of his teacher,
? The government evacuated all civilians
from the war zone,
? He expressed his thought by a
euphemism,
? We should evaluate the significance of
the campaign properly,
? Our main exports are textiles,especially
silk and cotton,
? People who use foul language show their
poor upbringing,
Please watch and interpret:
? 听说你的儿子学业进步很
快。
? 听音乐是许多人最喜欢的
消遣。
? 维也纳是古典音乐和华尔
兹舞曲的发源地。
? 那个富翁已环游世界好几
次了。
? 站在山顶上我可以看到整
个城市。
? 学生们每天吃同样的盒饭
吃腻了。
? 对他来说承认自己是错的
需要勇气。
? 他打算在不久的将来开一
家餐馆。
? I hear that your son is making much
progress in his studies,
? Listening to music is the favorite
pastime of many people,
? Vienna is the birthplace of classical
music and Waltz,
? The rich man has traveled round the
world many times,
? Standing on the top of the mountain,I
can see the whole city,
? The students are bored with eating the
same kind of box lunch every day,
? It takes courage for him to admit that he
is wrong,
? He intends to start a restaurant in the
near future,
Please watch and interpret:
? 不同国家有不同的道
德标准。
? 玛丽谎报年龄是尽人
皆知的事实。
? 这项改革涉及千家万
户，难度很大。
? 他决心千方百计弄清
事实的真相。
? 目光远大的人现在得
到这一政策的好处了。
? 难怪你这么瘦，你吃
得太少了。
? 我走上讲台时觉得自
己的腿在发抖。
? Different countries have different moral
standards,
? It id known to everyone that Mary lied
about his age,
? This reform is a difficult task because it
affects hundreds of thousands of
households,
? He is determined to find out the truth of
the matter in every possible way,
? Those who have a broad vision are
benefiting from this policy,
? No wonder you are so thin; you eat too
little,
? I felt my legs trembling when I stepped
onto the podium,
Interview (Possible Questions)
? 请您谈一谈和平解决巴以冲突的可能性？
? Would you comment on the possibility of peacefully resolving
the conflict between Palestine and Israel? (remark on,make a
statement on,say something about)
? 您如何看待在伊拉克建立新政府的前景？
? How do you view the prospects of founding a new government
in Iraq? (observe,perceive,look upon)
? 您能否阐明一下贵国政府的经济和金融政策？
? Could you elaborate on the economic and fiscal policies of
your government? (expound on,explain,clarify)
? 您对北约东扩持何种态度？
? What attitude do you take toward NATO’s eastward
expansion? (assume a position on,take a stand on)
Interview (Possible Questions)
? 您 认为 911事件以后将建立怎样的世界新格局？
? What in your view would be the new setup of the
world after the September 11 Incident? (in one’s
opinion,to one’s mind)
? 我的问题是，中国经济增长 7%的目标能否 达到？
? My question is,can China achieve (attain,realize) its
objective of economic growth by 7%?
? 贵国政府 采取 了什么样的 措施 来预防和治疗“非
典”？
? What measures has your government taken to
prevent and treat SARS? (steps,action,course of
action)
Interviews
? 文化周是 东西方文化 的一次沟通，我们希望这次活
动能够促进中英两国及两国文化之间的交流和了解，
缩短东西方之间的差距。
? The Culture Week will serve as an open communication
between the oriental and occidental cultures,It is
expected to promote the exchanges between China and
the U.K,and the understanding of the two cultures,and
narrow the gap between the East and West.
Interview
? 京剧是一种 集 歌剧表演、歌唱、音乐、舞蹈和武术
于一体 的表演艺术。我们的服装展览会将展示这个
东方歌剧 200年的发展史。
? Beijing Opera is a performing art that embraces
(combines,integrates) opera performance,singing,
music,dancing and martial arts,The costume exposition
will present 200 years of development of this oriental
opera.
Interview
? 在变化了的生活方式和 大众传媒的冲击 下,传统戏剧
在一些大城市失去了许多年轻的观众,但是,传统戏剧
依然是最受我国人民欢迎的娱乐活动之一。
? Challenged by the changed lifestyle and the pervasion of
the mass media,traditional operas have lost many young
audience in some big cities,However,traditional operas
are still one of the most popular pastimes of the Chinese
people.
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? 要 深化分配制度的改革，健全社会保障制度。中国
要建立劳动、资本、技术和管理知识等生产要素按
贡献参与收入分配的原则，完善按劳分配为主体、
多种分配方式并存的分配制度。
? It is essential (necessary,imperative) to deepen the
reform of the distribution system and improve the social
security system,China should establish the principle
that labor,capital,technology,managerial expertise and
other production factors participate in the distribution of
income in accordance with their contributions,thereby
improving the system under which distribution
according to work is dominant and a variety of modes of
distribution coexist.
