Interpretation and Listening

Editor of Nanjing Normal University (Gaogang No.0694)

First, the examination instructions

1. Advanced Listening Test

1) the advanced listening test is a level test, and the test method is that candidates answer questions while listening to tapes. The answer sheet is divided into two parts: test questions and answer sheets. The total length of the exam is about 70 minutes, of which the first 60 minutes are the time for candidates to listen to the recording and answer questions (the specific time is subject to the actual length of the recording). After the recording, candidates have 10 minutes to copy the answers on the answer sheet.

2) Test questions

The Advanced Listening Test has four parts. The first two parts are objective questions in the form of single choice, that is, choose one from A, B, C and D, and the last two parts are subjective questions in the form of written answers. The total score is 50 points.

3) Problem description

This part is a brief news understanding (14 points)

This section consists of seven news items. Mainly for major international English media such as BBC, VOA, CNN, NPR, MSNBC and so on. There are two multiple-choice questions in each news item. The recording of each news is played twice, and then candidates have 30 seconds to answer questions.

Part II Understanding of Detailed Report (10 score)

The first part consists of two long recordings. There are different forms, usually detailed news from major international English media, or excerpts from English programs of foreign radio and television. Each report has five multiple-choice questions. Each report is recorded and played twice, and then candidates have one minute to answer questions.

Part III Summary of Detailed Report (20 points)

This part consists of two long recordings, and its nature is the same as the second part. Each recording will give two or three keyword groups on the test paper, and candidates are required to write information related to the keyword groups according to what they hear. Play the recording twice, leaving a gap of one minute after each time for candidates to write down their answers.

Part IV Dictation (6 points)

These candidates will hear a recording of 150-200 words. The recorded words are printed on the surface of the paper with six spaces on it. Ask candidates to dictate the words in the blank space. Each function word is about 5 words. The recording was played three times in succession.

2. Interpretation test

1) Interpretation test is a competency test. Formal examination, litigation interview. Starting from the objectivity and fairness of the examination, each candidate must be evaluated by at least two examination proceedings at the same time. The content of the interpretation is recorded on the tape in advance, which will be played to the candidates at that time, and the candidates will do impromptu interpretation.

2) Inspection procedures

Interpretation test is divided into two parts, Chinese-English translation and English-Chinese translation.

Chinese-English translation part

Chinese-English translation is divided into two stages.

The first stage of single sentence interpretation, total score 15. Candidates will hear four sentences, each with about 30 words in Chinese. It covers daily life, foreign affairs arrangement, China's national conditions and China's culture. After each sentence is recorded and played, candidates should translate it within 30 seconds.

The second stage is paragraph interpretation, 10. Candidates will hear a voice recording of about 1 minute. Recording * * * played twice. The first time is played continuously from beginning to end, and when the second time is recorded and played, the candidates have 30 seconds to interpret each sentence after the play. Candidates at this stage can take notes.

English-Chinese translation part

English-Chinese translation is divided into two stages.

The first stage of single sentence interpretation, total score 15. Candidates will hear 4 sentences, each with about 30 English words. It covers daily life, foreigners' life in China and international affairs. After each sentence is recorded and played, candidates should translate it within 30 seconds.

The second stage is paragraph interpretation, 10. Candidates will hear a voice recording of about 1 minute. Recording * * * played twice. The first time is played continuously from beginning to end, and when the second time is recorded and played, the candidates have 30 seconds to interpret each sentence after the play. Candidates at this stage can take notes.

3) General requirements for interpretation

Translation of all or most materials, accurate and appropriate translation methods, accurate keyword translation, authentic pronunciation, fluent language, basically completed at one time, allowing a little natural pause.

Third, learning methods.

Due to the limitation of objective conditions and the fact that most self-taught students can't devote too much time to foreign language practice as they rebuilt in school, it is difficult for them to learn "advanced listening and interpretation" well. Advanced listening and interpretation require learners to have great language input and language practice, and it is obviously not enough to rely solely on textbooks. Textbooks only provide students with a learning framework, and the real improvement of their level depends on self-study in peacetime.

In order to improve listening, we must first ensure a large number of language materials input. Undergraduate advanced listening puts forward higher requirements for candidates, no matter at the practical level-listening to real materials. Candidates can't just stare at the textbook and listen to the tapes attached to the textbook repeatedly, which will not make great progress. Although there is no environment in which most candidates usually use English, it does not mean that there is no way out. It should be said that although the use of English in China is still quite limited in general, today's reform and opening up and information society have made English ubiquitous. Radio programs of major media in the world, such as BBC, VOA, CNN, NPR, CCTV-9, etc. , which can be obtained through TV or Internet. Major newspapers in English-speaking countries, such as Washington post and The New York Times, provide news broadcast or video service on the Internet. At present, there are a large number of original English magazines and various original English movies DVD in China. These are excellent raw materials for practicing listening. When practicing listening, we should pay attention to methods and results. To practice listening, we should keep the interest and excitement of asking for information from materials, ensure the timing and quantification, grasp the difficulty, and decide intensive listening and extensive listening according to different material properties. When listening, it is best to have a transcript of the original recording, so that you can learn by comparison and find out what you don't understand and why you don't understand, so that you can accumulate. Only in this way can we gradually improve our listening comprehension.

In the study of interpretation, candidates need to pay more labor. Interpretation is a complex and comprehensive language skill, which is unfamiliar and challenging for most English learners. Several aspects that should be paid attention to in practicing interpretation. The first is the cultivation of English ability. Interpretation can be said to be a comprehensive skill that includes almost all language skills. Usually, there are few opportunities for interpretation, so learners can do more translation exercises and lay a good foundation in foreign languages. Always pay attention to the differences in expressions between English and Chinese, even in the mindset of the two cultures, and gradually get rid of Chinglish and move towards authentic English. Second, interpretation has distinct characteristics of the times. With the development of society, new words are constantly emerging, which requires learners to pay attention to observation and accumulation in peacetime. It is a good method to compare the Chinese and English reports of the same event. Thirdly, we should pay attention to the characteristics of interpretation itself, that is, the interpreter must finish the interpretation in time and independently. This means mastering the combination of accuracy and flexibility. The substantive content must be translated accurately. However, some poems, idioms, slang, proverbs, personal idioms and so on. It should be handled flexibly and translated into acceptable content that can be easily understood by other cultures.

Four. Designated textbook for examination

Advanced Listening: Advanced English Listening, edited by He Qishen, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Interpretation: Advanced Interpretation Course in Basic Stage, edited by Mei Deming, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Improvement stage: Practical English-Chinese Interpretation Course, edited by Xu Haiming and Ji Haihong, Nanjing Normal University Press.

The second one! ! !

00593 and 00594 English listening

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Editor of Nanjing Normal University (Gaogang No.0544)

Course content and evaluation objectives

First, the course content

The learning content of this course mainly focuses on the assigned textbook "Listen to this: 2". This book has 36 lessons, and each lesson consists of three parts. The main content of each class includes three parts: vocabulary, cultural background notes and auxiliary exercises.

Second, the assessment objectives

This course is a single skill course for training listening. The assessment objectives are: to understand conversations about daily life and social life in English-speaking countries, as well as moderately difficult listening materials such as Mini-talk in TOEFL, to understand the main points, and to be able to ask questions, repeat and discuss the given materials.

Ⅲ. Relevant explanations and implementation requirements

First of all, about the course content and exam objectives.

The course contents and assessment objectives listed above will serve as the main basis for candidates' study and examination proposition. Candidates should study and master the main learning contents of each lesson in the book comprehensively and systematically around the requirements of the designated teaching materials for this course. Listening test is a comprehensive test of candidates' English listening skills. Candidates should study and train English listening self-taught textbooks, complete the exercises in the textbooks, and improve their listening comprehension step by step. The scope of the test questions will mainly focus on the training skills in the textbook, such as voice discrimination, single sentence understanding, dialogue understanding and answering questions, essay understanding, obtaining accommodation and answering questions, essay understanding and judging right and wrong. The proposition should grasp the level of knowledge and ability and the difficulty of the test questions according to the assessment objectives. The questions are from point to line and then to surface, that is, from vocabulary to simple sentences, short dialogues, long dialogues and short essays, from easy to difficult, step by step.

Second, about self-study teaching materials and learning methods.

The designated textbook for this course is Listen to this: 2, edited by He Qishen, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

This course consists of three parts: vocabulary, cultural background notes and auxiliary exercises. Candidates should be familiar with the vocabulary listed in the glossary in advance and read cultural background notes. Some texts in the book include the training of learning methods such as guessing according to the context, taking notes and arranging lecture outlines, as well as the demonstration of these exercises. Candidates should be familiar with the purpose and requirements of these trainings when doing this part of exercises. In addition, candidates should handle the relationship between listening class and other courses. You know, besides listening to tapes, doing more exercises, correctly mastering pronunciation and intonation, rich vocabulary and extensive cultural background knowledge are extremely important for improving English listening skills, and the study and mastery of these comprehensive language knowledge and language skills can not be separated from the study of other courses (Chinese and English speaking, reading, grammar, writing, general situation of English-speaking countries, etc. ).

Three, about the examination form, content and performance evaluation.

The form of English listening test is written test. The questions are all multiple-choice objective questions. The exam is divided into five parts.

Part I: Sound discrimination. (accounting for 20%. *** 10 questions, 2 points for each question. )

After listening to a recorded sentence, ask the examinee to find a word contained in the recorded sentence from four words with similar pronunciation given on paper. Read the recorded sentences twice.

Part II: Single sentence comprehension (20%). ***20 questions, each question 1 point. )

After listening to a recording, ask the examinee to choose a sentence with the closest meaning from the four sentences given on the paper. Read the recorded sentences twice.

Part III: Dialogue comprehension and answering questions (20%). ***20 questions, each question 1 point. )

After listening to the dialogue between a man and a woman, the candidate was asked to answer a question in the third person. The answer is selected from the four sentences provided on the test paper. Play the recording of the dialogue and questions twice.

Part IV: Understand the article and answer questions (20%). *** 10 questions, 2 points for each question. )

Candidates are required to answer 3-4 questions after listening to a short passage of about 200 words. The questions are listed on the paper, and the answers are selected from four sentences provided on the paper. * * * Three short essays. Record this recording twice.

The fifth part; Comprehension and judgment of short passages (20%). *** 10 questions, 2 points for each question. )

Candidates are required to judge whether the sentence 10 is true or not after listening to a short passage of about 600 words. 10 sentences are listed on the paper. Record this recording twice.

The whole listening test takes about 60 minutes. Ask the candidates to listen to the tape, look at the test paper and answer on the answer sheet. The standard answer sheet is used for answering questions and marking papers by machine. Full score 100, 60 points pass.

Sample problem

I. Examples of test paper types:

Jiangsu province self-study exam standard listening test

General description

This is a test of your ability to understand spoken English. It is divided into five parts. Each part of the test begins with a specific set of directions. Before starting a part of the work, make sure you understand what you want to do.

This tape will tell you when to start each part and when to proceed to the next part. You must always follow the recording and work quickly and carefully. Don't spend too much time on any one problem. If you finish a part in advance, you can just review the answers to that part. You can't go on to the next part, and you can't go back to what you have done.

You may find some questions more difficult than others, but you should try to answer every question. Your score will only be based on the number of questions you answered correctly. Therefore, if you are not sure about the answer to a question, try your best to guess. It is good for you to answer every question, even if you have to guess the answer.

Don't mark your answers on the test paper. You must mark all your answers on a separate answer sheet. Note that each question can only be marked with one answer. If you change your mind after marking the answer sheet, erase it completely with an eraser and mark it again.

first part

Explanation: In this part of the test, you will hear tenses. Each sentence will be read twice and contain one of the four words given below. You must listen carefully and find out the words you hear in the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the place corresponding to the answer letter you choose. (20%)

Here's an example:

In the recording, you will hear:

The boy bit the man's arm.

In your test book, you read:

Hit (b) bite (c) bite (d) wild animals.

You know from the speaker that the words in the sentence are (b) and "bit". Therefore, the correct answer is (b). Now, let's start with the number 1

1.(A) Challenge (b) Training (c) Challenge (d) Change

2.(A) cold (b) (c) cooked (d) ok

3.(A) Exhaustion (b) Extraction (c) Exhibition (d) Display

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Second section

Explanation: For each question in the second part, you will hear a sentence in the form of a statement or a question. Every sentence will be

Be said twice. When you hear a sentence, read four options and decide which one is the closest explanation or the best answer to the question you hear. Then, find the question number on your answer sheet and fill it in the space corresponding to the answer letter you choose. (20%)

1. This story is very interesting.

Is this one of the stories?

I wonder which story this is.

Is this a wonderful story?

2.(A) The dean's office is located directly above the theater.

The dean is in the other office.

(c) The office and the theater are on the same floor.

(d) The officers are on the stage.

Laura had to take the cake upstairs.

Laura put on her makeup before the exam.

Laura must take the exam.

Laura knows the flag of every country.

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third segment

For each question in the third part, you will hear a short conversation between two speakers. Every conversation will give you a question to answer. Each dialogue will be read twice. You must listen carefully to understand what each speaker says. After listening to a conversation, read the four options and decide which one is the best answer to the question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the place corresponding to the answer letter you choose. (20%)

1. What does this woman mean?

This train will return with a full load.

The Capitol is built of stone.

The parliament building is near the railway station.

(d) The train has left for Washington.

2. What does this man mean?

(a) He thinks they are not allowed to talk.

He doesn't know what happened outside.

He's just talking to himself.

He thinks it is too noisy to talk now.

3. What does this man mean?

When he is interested, he can read for a long time.

He was also surprised at his reading.

(c) He reads as many books as she does.

He found it difficult to sit and read quietly.

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part four

Explanation: In this part of the test, you will hear short conversations and dialogues. After every conversation or dialogue, you will be asked some questions. Each speech or dialogue will be read twice. You must read the question and the four possible answers carefully and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the place corresponding to the answer letter you choose. (20%)

1. What's the trouble with pigeons?

(1) The cobra deceived them.

(b) Cobra occupied their home.

They sold their valuable necklaces.

Cobras often eat pigeon cubs.

2. Who does the pigeon ask for help?

A rabbit.

A snake.

A queen.

Their servants.

3. Why did the pigeon drop its necklace?

Because it's too heavy.

(b) Because he wants to trick the cobra.

(c) because he wants to please cobra.

(d) Because he wants the servant to run after him.

4. What is the point of this passage?

When you are in trouble, you'd better ask a wise man.

Friends ask for help.

(b) It is foolish to take a bath with a necklace left on the shore.

Smart is better than strong.

It is foolish to eat young pigeons.

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Section 5

Note: This section is designed to test your understanding of an article. You will listen to this article twice. It won't be prescribed for you. Therefore, you must listen carefully to fully understand this article. After listening to the article, read every sentence in the textbook and judge whether it is right or wrong according to what you hear on the tape. Then on your answer sheet, if it is true, find the number of the question and black the letter "A"; If it is wrong, find out the number of the question and black the letter "B". Now, please get ready to listen to this article. (20%)

1. Chaplin was born in the slums of London and grew up there.

Experienced the hardships of life.

Chaplin's parents were successful actors and actresses in 1960.

England B.

Chaplin has the same dream as his parents.

Become a movie star.

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This is the end of the listening test.

Sample question record text and standard answers:

first part

1. The controller charged Amy too much. (1)

Mike's coffee is cold. (2)

His art was appreciated by the young people in the exhibition.

tion。 (3)

Second section

1. What a wonderful story! (1)

Above the theater is the dean's office. (1)

Laura must make up the exam. (3)

third segment

1. When I am in Washington, I want to visit the Capitol.

W. you will. It's only a stone's throw from the train

Station.

Question: What does this woman mean? (3)

2.w. I'm sorry what did you say ?

Mi (short for meter) Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking aloud.

Question: What does this man mean? (3)

It's amazing how you can read so much at one go.

When the topic is interesting enough, it is easy.

Question: What does this man mean? (1)

Section iv

Once upon a time, a pair of pigeons were constantly harassed by a cobra. Before the young pigeons learned to fly, the snake would crawl into their home and eat them every year. They asked their clever friend what rabbits should do.

"Don't be disappointed," he told them. "We can't stop cobra by force, because we are not strong enough. We will have to use the spaceship to destroy the cruel beast. Do as I say and you will be safe. "

Then the dove flew to the river, and a queen was taking a bath by the river, and all the servants were guarding her. He grabbed the most beautiful necklace left on the shore and flew away, just out of the reach of angry servants. When they ran straight to Cobra's home, it ran ahead and sat at the window pretending not to know what to do.

The cobra rushed at the pigeon at once. "Stupid pigeon," he thought. He just managed to fly away, but he dropped this valuable necklace in a hurry. "What would his wife say? Now I will be the most magnificent cobra in the world. " However, as soon as he put on his clothes, the servants appeared and killed him in order to take away this expensive thing.

Come back.

This year, the pigeon family grew up healthily and safely.

Question:

1. What's the trouble with pigeons? (4)

2. Who does the pigeon ask for help? (1)

3. Why did the pigeon drop its necklace? (2)

4. what is it! The point of this passage? (3)

Section 5

Charles Chaplin

A penniless young man left England for America. His future is uncertain, but he doesn't believe it will be worse than his past. He grew up among the poor in the East End of London and experienced great poverty. His mother's life was so hard that she finally went crazy. His father died of alcoholism. Both parents have lived on the stage, hoping that one day they will become "stars". Their son dreams of success where they failed.

By 19 14, his dream had come true. His name, Charlie, is widely talked about in America. He is known as the king of silent films. How did he reach the top of the film industry in such a short time and achieve great success? This will not happen overnight. His early efforts to imitate other famous stars at that time failed. However, he gradually began to show the characteristics of a tramp, which is always associated with his name. He often borrowed ideas from others and even "stole" most of his clothes from others, but he developed his own way. He uses a black hat to send secret messages, and a walking stick can make him play jokes on his enemies or punish them from a distance. He got the famous inspiration for walking from a London driver with a broken foot.

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Question:

1. Chaplin was born in the slums of London, and grew up there, and experienced the hardships of life. (1)

Chaplin's parents were successful actors and actresses in England.

Chaping has the same dream as his parents-to be a movie star. (1)

(Author: Li Xia, School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing Normal University, etc. )

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