A.They are brought up in cultures where modesty is highly valued.B.They think it is a
A. They are brought up in cultures where modesty is highly valued.
B. They think it is a shame to speak highly of their own culture.
C. They are challenged by people from other cultures.
D. The values of humility is looked down by those with higher status.
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A.It brings them more competition and challenges.B.It brings more opportunities to the
A. It brings them more competition and challenges.
B. It brings more opportunities to them.
C. It brings them more advanced technology.
D. It makes their life easier.
听力原文:W: Hello?
M: Good evening. Is that Mrs. Philips?
W: Yes, it is.
M: Well, Mrs. Phillips. This evening, I'm calling to offer you a special discount on...
W: Ah, no, let me guess. You want to sell a subscription to the newspaper or a great deal on the airfare to Hawaii, right? Or, you want to offer me an unbelievable bargain on dance lessons?
M: No, no, actually...Mrs. Philips. Oh, sorry. That was the last guy. Uh, we want to offer you a free membership to our sports dub downtown at the introductory price of $ 39.95....
W: Thirty-nine point ninety-five? I thought you said free! Uh, listen, I'm not interested.
M: Well, it includes unlimited access to all our facilities, including the gym, weight room, tennis courts, and swimming pool.
W: Again, I'm not interested. I have my own fitness program I do around the house anyway.
M: Well, this is a once-in-a-lifetime deal. In addition, the location of the sports club is near your house. That will be convenient for you.
W: Like I said, I'll pass this time. And please put me on your "don't call" list.
M: Okay. It'll take between four and six months before your name will be removed from our database. You might be called by another representative during that time.
W: Ah, man Ah, great.
M: Have a nice evening, Mrs. Philips.
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A. He is promoting the sales of something by telephone.
B. He is talking with the woman on how to stay healthy.
C. He is discussing with the woman on how to stay fit.
D. He is talking with the woman about a fitness program.
A.The complexity of job interview.B.The cultural influence on job interview.C.The rela
A. The complexity of job interview.
B. The cultural influence on job interview.
C. The relation between employers and job applicants.
D. Appropriate behavior. in job interview.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Learning a second language is never easy, and, generally speaking, the older one is when one attempts a new language, the more difficult it becomes. This is at least partly due to what is known as language interference, meaning that the linguistic patterns of our first language interfere with those of the second because no two languages have exactly the same sounds and grammatical structures.
All languages have obligatory categories of grammar that may be lacking in other languages. Russian unlike English—has an obligatory category for gender which demands that a noun, and often a pronoun, specify whether it is masculine or feminine.
Likewise, when translating an English story into Chinese in which a character identified as cousin appears, a Chinese translator requires to know whether it refers to a male or a female, whether the character is older or younger than the speaker, and whether the character belongs to the family of the speaker's father of mother. Therefore "biaomei" can be translated into English only by the awkward statement "a female cousin on my mother's side and younger than I".
The Russian/English and Chinese/English examples illustrate the basic problem in any translation No matter how skilled translators, they cannot take the language out of the speech community that uses it. Translation obviously is not a simple two-way street between two languages. Rather, it is a busy intersection among at least two languages with all of their peculiar characteristics, the cultures of the two speech communities, and the speech situation in which the statement was uttered.
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A. Because of their age.
Because they have no time.
C. Because they are not knowledgeable.
D. Because of the language interference.