【简介】
帮助学生从容应对英语高级口译证书考试,培养更多高素质、高层次的英语口译工作者!
●英语高级口泽证书考试指定用书:最权威、使用最广泛
●著名高校口译教学专家学者联袂编写:包含口译、翻译、听力、口语、阅读五门课程
●为越来越多的口译学习者和高校学生所青睐:前四版发行总印数超过100万册
●第五版大幅修订,精益求精:大量更新内容,充实热点话题,拓展选材范围注重选材时效
【序】
上海市外语口译岗位资格证书培训与考试”诞生于1995年,被确认为20世纪90年代上海市紧缺人才培训工程重要项目之一。项目创立之初,在缓解改革开放初期国家外语翻译类人才紧缺的同时,激发了社会公众学习外语的热情,“千军万马奔口译”的盛况历历在目。2009年该项目名称变更为上海外语口译证书考试”,2015年起改由上海外国语大学主办。
上海外国语大学是新中国外语教育的发样地之一,是教育部直属并与上海市人民政府共建进入国家“211工程”和“双一流”建设的全国重点大学上海外语口译证书考试借助学校一流学科深厚的学术积淀和学科优势得以持续发展。项目专家组汇聚了一批在外语测试、口译教学、口译研究上卓有建树的专家和富有实战经验的译员,他们来自上海外国语大学、复旦大学、上海交通大学、同济大学、华东师范大学等高校。专家组全过程参与命题、审题、阅卷和质量监控,将严谨的治学态度、鲜活的教学经验、深入的理论研究融汇于测试的内容和方法之中,在考试的发展规划、资源开拓、质量控制上发挥了不可取代的作用,也在很大程度上推动了口译教学和测试范式的转变。
上海外语口译证书考试的命题、考试和评分始终秉持“科学合理、专业权威、客观公正”的宗旨,坚持严格的质量标准和严密的组织管理,赢得了广大口译学习者、考生和社会的高度认可和推崇,已成为我国外语教育领域规模大、认可度高的社会性外语能力考试项目之一,上海外语口译证书被誉为求职的“白金证书”。上海外语口译证书考试主办方还组织专家参加一些高校的学科发展和专业建设。2019年10月,该项目荣获上海市2019年“终身学习品牌项目”荣誉称号;11月,该项目再获全国2019年“终身学习品牌项目”。可谓双喜临门,实至名归。上海外语口译证书考试在新中国外语教育史上必将留下浓墨重彩的一笔。
上海外语口译证书培训与考试系列丛书”作为考试的有机组成部分,是学习者自学、备考,培训机构开展培训必不可少的教材。2018年,丛书启动了新一轮的修订。“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”属于该丛书,是一套完整系统、科学、严谨的配套教材,共五册,包括《高级听力教程》《高级口语教程》
《高级阅读教程》《高级翻译教程》和《高级口译教程》,既可作自学教材使用,又可作培训教材使用,历年来广受欢迎,部分教程多次获奖。“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”与时俱进,推陈出新,经历多次改版调整。本轮修订中,编写组通力合作,精心打磨,历时两年,现推出第五版。第五版继承了前四版的特色与优势,遵循口译教学和测试规律,贯彻“分类指导,因材施教”的原则,更加强调专业技能、专业知识及相关领域知识的要素互补、有机结合,更加注重材料的质量、甄选和加工,更加突出对考试的指导。
新的时代,新的使命,新的作为。“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”的修订必将使上海外语口译证书考试项目日臻完善,焕发出新的光彩,续写新的篇章,为培养更多高素质口译人才做出新的、更大的贡献!
戴炜栋
上海外语口译证书考试项目顾问
原教育部高等学校外语专业教学指导委员会主任
原国务院学位委员会外语学科评议组召集人
原上海外国语大学校长
2020年5月
【前言】
作为人类社会历史最悠久的活动之一,口译对文化交流与社会发展具有强大的推动作用。当今世界日益互联,中国日益走近世界舞台中央,中外交流日益频繁深入,中外合作不断扩大与深化。中国倡导加强中外人文交流以我为主,兼收并蓄;推进国际传播能力建设,讲好中国故事,展现真实、立体、全面的中国,提高国家文化软实力。因此,培养和选拔更多高素质口译人才刻不容缓。
上海外语口译证书考试是国内最早的口译考试项目,包括英语和日语两个语种。考试遵循外语学习规律和测试规律,注重考试的信度和效度。考试坚持优良传统,秉持高度的文化自觉,服务国家战略。考试内容与时俱进,将带一路”倡议、“讲好中国故事”、“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想等融入考试,有助于学习者和考生深化对新时代、新思想的认识,推动中国文化、中国故事走向世界,让世界认识、了解新时代的中国。
十余年来,考试立足上海,深耕长三角,辐射全国,目前已在黑龙江、上海、江苏、浙江、安徽、江西、山东、河南、湖北、湖南、广东、四川、重庆、陕西、甘肃、新疆等16个省、市、自治区共设立42处考点。考试培养和选拔了大批口译人才,推动了外语教育的改革和创新。考试已成为含金量高、认可度广的外语教育培训品牌,并得到了多家战略合作伙伴的大力支持。考试将着力建设学习平台,以学习者和考生为中心,加大学习指导力度,增加与学习者和考生的互动。
“上海外语口译证书培训与考试系列丛书”注重口译基本功的培养,帮助学习者和考生循序渐进,全面提升口译能力。“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”属于该丛书,共五册。其中《高级听力教程》涵盖教育、经济、政治、文化科技等领域,精心筛选听力材料,精心设计配套练习,重在帮助学习者夯实英语听力基础,提高跨文化交际能力。《高级口语教程》强化培养系统性专题表述的技能,力求通过¨朗读理解一操练运用一自主表达”的循序渐进式操练,实现使用流畅的口语沟通的目标。《高级阅读教程》选文反映了英语国家近年来的社会发展变化,注重拓展学习者的知识维度,培养对语言、文体、风格、修辞、思想等的品评意识,提升以跨文化视角分析问题的能力。《高级翻译教程》结合国际、国内的新形势、新发展,翻译练习取材兼顾时效性、适用性和多样性。《高级口译教程》突出口译工作的基本要求,选取与口译工作密切相关的热门话题,展现新时代中外人文交流与合作的新面貌和口译工作的新气象。
在“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”的本轮修订过程中,我们多次召开修订研讨会,明确修订的理念和重点,更加注重教程内部的衔接、教程与考试的衔接,注重激发学习兴趣,提升学习效率,力求设计合理、体例科学、取材广泛、内容丰富,帮助学习者和考生掌握口译的精髓,实现从量的积累到质的突破。各册主编和参编者为修订投入大量精力,兢兢业业,精益求精。各册教程采众家之长,集于一书。每册均提供了丰富的练习材料,学习者若能勤于操练,持之以恒,口译能力一定会得到较大提升。
英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”的本轮修订是上海外语口译证书考试发展史上的一件大事,将惠及广大学习者和考生。戴炜栋教授始终热情耐心地指导修订,上海外语教育出版社给予了甚多支持,广大口译学习者和考生提供了不少宝贵建议,在此谨致谢忱。“英语高级口译证书考试系列教程”虽经多轮修订,但一定仍存在不足,真诚期待使用者提出建议和意见,帮助我们不断改进。
张廷佺
上海外语口译证书考试委员会
2020年5月
【目录】
Unit One Education
Part One Can Early Experiences with Computers and Robots Increase STEM Interest among Young Girls?
Part Two Chinese Maths Textbooks to Be Translated for UK Schools
Part Three How Looking at Paintings Became a Required Course in Medical School
Part Four Will Virtual Reality Help Students on Campus and Online Learn Better and More Cheaply?
Part Five Seven Reasons Finland's Education System Puts the US Model to Shame
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Two Language
Part One Why You Should Learn Another Language
Part Two Should English Remain the Main Language for EU Business after Brexit?
Part Three The Animal Language Debate
Part Four Is Learning a Foreign Language Really Worth It?
Part Five The Origins of Human Language:One of the Hardest Problems in Science
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Three Culture, Custom and History
Part One Some Fundamental Patterns of Cultural Differences
Part Two Millions of Children in England Growing Up in High-risk Environments
Part Three New Guinea's Indigenous Tribes Are Alive and Well-Don't Call Them Ancient
Part Four Horse Disaster
Part Five Director Daniel Bell Interviews Yuval Harari on His New Book Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Four Holiday
Part One Pros and Cons of Traveling in a Large Group
Part Two Kiwis Spend $10b on Overseas Travel
Part Three How to Beat Boredom and Anxiety during Solo Traveling
Part Four What is Authentic Travel?
Part Five Planning That Affordable Holiday Trip
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Five Health
Part One Use Movement to Explore the Connection between Body and Mind
Part Two Health Curse of Middle Age
Part Three Start Your New Year with a Healthy Mouth and Body
Part Four Are You Suffering Decision Fatigue?
Part Five Yoga-Ancient Cure for Modern Stress
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Six Urban Life
Part One Europe's Hottest Cities for Fashion You Don't Know About
Part Two New Seattle Marketplaces Satisfy Appetites for Everything
Part Three Happiness:There's Something about the Danish
Part Four One in Three People Worldwide Is Fat, No Country Immune
Part Five Is Life in a Village or in a Small Town Better than City Life?
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Seven Traffic and Transportation
Part One Adoption of Autonomous Cars
Part Two The East Wind Train
Part Three Giant Cruise Ships
Part Four Two-wheel Takeover:Bikes Outnumber Cars in Copenhagen
Part Five Flying with Confidence
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Eight Places, Communities and People
Part One Dress Code for Office Workers
Part Two The Grenfell Tower Fire
Part Three A Lonely City
Part Four Red Telephone Boxes Reinvented
Part Five Why Glass Towers Are Bad for City Life
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Nine Social Problems
Part One How to Handle Stress
Part Two Homeshare Schemes
Part Three Social Problems on Facebook
Part Four Men on Strike:Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream-and Why It Matters
Part Five Global Warming
Part Six Listening and Translation.
Unit Ten Science and Technology
Part One The Spy Device in Your Pocket
Part Two The Launch by SpaceX
Part Three Interview of an Asteroid Hunter
Part Four Physics Isn't All Quantum Weirdness
Part Five A Second Industrial Revolution
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Eleven Environment
Part One Australians Can Have Zero-emission Electricity without Blowing the Bill
Part Two Scientists Warm of Perilous Climate Shifts within Decades, Not Centuries
Part Three Environmental Pollution and Solutions in Japan
Part Four An Interview with an Environmental Activist
Part Five How to Grow a Forest in Your Backyard
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Twelve The Internet
Part One Why Retailers Stop Selling Online
Part Two Internet Plus and Future of E-commerce
Part Three How the Internet Has Changed the Job Hunt
Part Four Where's Google Going Next?
Part Five Internet and Distance Learning
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Thirteen Employment
Part One Competing with Al for Jobs
Part Two Overtime Culture in Japan
Part Three Women in the Workforce
Part Four Schoolteachers in America
Part Five Employment in China
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Fourteen New Media
Part One It's Time for Facebook to Copy Wechat
Part Two Overloaded China Users Battle"WeChat Fatigue"
Part Three Traditional Media Embraces a Bold New Digital Frontier
Part Four The Near Future of VR and AR:What You Need to Know
Part Five How Have Social Media Changed the World?
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Fifteen Economy
Part One Will Globalization Take Away Your Job?
Part Two Why Is China Snatching Up Australian Farmland?.
Part Three 3 Percent Economic Growth?
Part Four How Should We Distribute Our Wealth?
Part Fⅳe Home Prices
Part Six Listening and Translation
Unit Sixteen Law and Crime
Part One How We Cut Youth Violence in Boston by 79 Percent
Part Two Largest Crime Rise in England and Wales for 10 Years
Part Three Heroin Death Part Four Future Crimes
Part Five Cybersecurity Law
Part Six Listening and Translation
Sample Test One
Sample Test Two
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