本书是专门为全国翻译专业资格(水平)二级口译考试综合考试编写的。综合考试的目的是测试应试者的英语水平和操作能力是否达到专业口译的要求。综合考试分为短篇判断、短篇选择、中篇选择和长篇缩写四项内容,应试者要通过听来完成这几项。显然,要做得好,听力能力一定要很强才行,这也是口译的特点决定的。当然,听力和其它的技能是相辅相成,不能截然分开。试想一下,没有丰富的词汇和语法知识,没有流畅的表达能力,没有很好的阅读和写作能力,要想把口译干得很出色几乎是不可能的。因此,本书针对综合考试的训练和练习既有针对性又有综合性,包括了听说读写诸方面的内容。本书采用的语言材料多取自英语**的权威刊物、杂志、报章、书籍和国际组织的出版物,内容真实鲜活,语言文字地道流畅,用词简练**,对学员的语言能力要求也是很高的。这与二级专业口译的要求相一致。做好翻译,要具备多方面的知识。本书在有限的篇幅内提供了涉及政治、经济、科技、法律、能源、社会等方面题材的阅读材料,目的就是扩大学员的知识视野和相关的语言知识。可是,大千世界纷繁复杂、变幻无穷,语言同样也是一个具有丰富创造力的开放系统,任何努力也只能做到沧海之一粟。学员应尽量做

前言
Unit 1 A World in Action
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:Hostile Environment Training
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 2 The Inner Self
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:Going It Alone Won't Work
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 3 Well-Connected
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:The Real Losers Are Poor
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 4 When,Where and How?
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:Monkey's Best Frined
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 5 Putting the Horse Before the Cart
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:Monkey's Best Frined
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 6 The Other Side of the Coin
Section 1 Listening Comprehension
Section 2 Reading:Monkey's Best Frined
Section 3 Speaking up
Section 4 Writing
Transcripts for the Exercises
Key
Unit 7 Lending an Ear to Numbers
Unit 8 Being Indirect and Probable
Unit 9 Speaking in Quotes
Unit 10 Speech Acts
Unit 11 Stretching the Limits
Unit 12 Getting the Gist
Unit 13 Traveling to Other Lands
Unit 14 The Flowers
Unit 15 In Search of Life's Origin
Unit 16 The Little Guy
Practice Tests