高级口译（英到中） 学位课

大纲： 基本信息 1 、名称：高级口译（英到中） 2 、考试形式：闭卷笔试 50% 现场口试 50% 3 、笔试题型及分值： Note-taking and Gap-filling

（ 10 ）、 Spot-dictation （ 10 ）、 Listening and translation （ 30 ）

口试形式及分值： 采取现场集体录音形式 (50) 4 、考试时间： 2 小时

（一）课程内容简介 此课程为同声口译专业的学位课及主干课程，

即将所感知和理解的信息准确而又快速地由英文形式转化成中文形式，进而达到及时传递与交流信息的目的。

本门课程的任务及要求：通过本课程的教与学，使学生在原有笔译技巧的基础上，熟悉与掌握有关口译技巧，并通过大量实际操练，老师讲解、学生讨论、学生发言、模拟会议等形式，使学生在心理和能力方面都能够初步适应口译的高压力和高强度挑战。同时，在课程中涉及各种经济、政治、文化等内容，在可拓宽学生知识层面，为进一步的口译深造打下基础。

教学基本要求有以下几方面： 1.    掌握各种口译技巧 2.   对各种领域内的知识和背景有一定程

度的了解和理解； 3.   能较为熟练地进行难度适中的各个领

域内的英到中口译； 4.   全面培养口译心理素质和抗压能力

重点内容简介 （ 1 ）       口译技巧，听力强化，笔记技

巧 （ 2 ）       经济商务管理类口译 （ 3 ）       社会问题类口译 （ 4 ）       政治类口译

学位课辅导课程的安排

Part One: Separate training 1.Spot-dictation 2.Note-taking and gap-filling 3.Listening and translation (politics,economy, social problems) Part Two: Mock test (test yourself)

Part One: Separate training1. Spot-dictation

1 ） I want to “ ____ off “by taking you to a sports Stadium I visited about a year ago. There, at the Olympic Stadium in Kabul, I caught a ____ of the future. In this ____, where only a few years ago the Taliban ____ was _____ unspeakable acts of _____towards women , young Afghan girls were now competing in a race for the first time ever.

Some ____ had been ____ off, others were _____ in the wind. The girls were enjoying the event , enjoying the competition, enjoying their ____ freedom. They were happy and hopeful, full of expectations for a better future.

In this context the UN is right :” Sport is far more than a ___ or a form of entertainment. ____ to and participation in sport is a human right…. The ___ of sport as a tool for development and peace has yet to be fully realized .”

We know that participating in sports can teach life skills and build _____. Becoming a team player, learning to respect your ____ , knowing you need to practice to perform better, learning how to cope with ___ and overcome ___----- these are lesson that will serve everyone well, in the developing as well as the developed world.

We know that participating in sport can offer happiness and hope, even when nothing else dose. We know that entire ___ can benefit from sports ____. Sports____ --- both ___ and _____

KEYS

I want to “ _kick_ off “by taking you to a sports Stadium I visited about a year ago. There, at the Olympic Stadium in Kabul, I caught a __glimpse__ of the future. In this __arena__, where only a few years ago the Taliban __regime_ was _ committing_ unspeakable acts of _horror____towards women , young Afghan girls were now competing in a race for the fist time ever.

Some _veils_ had been _torn_ off, others were _fluttering __ in the wind. The girls were enjoying the event , enjoying the competition, enjoying their __new-found__ freedom. They were happy and hopeful, full of expectations for a better future.

In this context the UN is right :” Sport is far more than a _luxury__ or a form of entertainment. __Access__ to and participation in sport is a human right…. The _potential__ of sport as a tool for development and peace has yet to be fully realized .”

We know that participating in sports can teach life skills and build _confidence____. Becoming a team player, learning to respect your _opponent___ , knowing you need to practice to perform better, learning how to cope with _victory__ and overcome _defeat__----- these are lesson that will serve everyone well, in the developing as well as the developed world.

We know that participating in sport can offer happiness and hope, even when nothing else dose. We know that entire _communities__ can benefit from sports __initiatives__. Sports_energize___ --- both _physically__ and _mentally____

2) l933 was the year that ____ became the official _____ for the _____ Award. Ho1lywood

_____ has it that Betty Davis coined the term when she took a good look at the statuette and ______ how much the backside looked like her first husband’s, Herman Oscar Nelson. There are other versions of how Oscar got named, but this one is the most popular. This was the golden era of Hol1ywood, when movies ______ their peak as the world’s _______ source of entertainment.

Sound was not a new thing anymore and the filmmakers had mastered their _____ turning strips of plastic into _____ picture, moving ____ on a screen that looked bigger and better than real life. Into the l930s, Hollywood managed to give the American public just what they were 1ooking for during the Great ______- an _____ from it al1. When other industries in the country were suffering major losses, the motion picture business _____ the _____ by continuing to boom, proving that the common man really was willing to spend their last ______ to settle into a theatre seat and forget about his troubles for a couple of hours.

KEYS

2 ） l933 was the year that Oscar became the official nickname for the Academy Award. Ho1lywood

legend has it that Betty Davis coined the term when she took a good look at the statuette and remarked how much the backside looked like her first husband’s, Herman Oscar Nelson. There are other versions of how Oscar got named, but this one is the most popular. This was the golden era of Hol1ywood, when movies wrapped their peak as the world’s predominant source of entertainment.

Sound was not a new thing anymore and the filmmakers had mastered their craft turning strips of plastic into motion picture, moving shadows on a screen that looked bigger and better than real life. Into the l930s, Hollywood managed to give the American public just what they were 1ooking for during the Great Depression- an escape from it al1. When other industries in the country were suffering major losses, the motion picture business defied the odds by continuing to boom, proving that the common man really was willing to spend their last dime to settle into a theatre seat and forget about his troubles for a couple of hours.

Part One: Separate training2. Note-taking and gap-filling

Tips: 1. The passages chosen are normally very logical, s

o please pay attention to listening comprehension and the logics (eg. Firstly , secondly… There are following areas, following reasons..). Just use note-taking as a supporting tool.

2. What you take down should be some essential words relevant to the whole passage, rather than auxiliary words. You’d better focus on “what , when , where, who, why and how”

3. Pay attention to those nouns , verbs and adj. which are stressed in reading

4. Use abbreviations

More practice in daily time. Listen to a passage and take notes and write an abstract with the help of the notes. This exercise does help a lot !!!

Passage One

A problem related to the competition for land use is whether crops should be used to produce food or fuel. [1] ____areas will be examined in this respect. Firstly, the problem should be viewed in its _____ perspective. When oil prices rose (2) ______

sharply in the 1970s, countries had to look for alternatives to so1ve the resulting crisis.

In developing countries, one of the possible answers to it is to produce alcohol from [3]____ material. This has led to a lot of research in this area particularly in the use of [4] ____

The use of this material resulted from two economic reasons : a [5] _____ in its price and low [6]____ costs.

There are other starchy plants that can be used to produce alcohol, like the sweet [7] ____ or the cassava plant in tropical regions, and [8] and sugar beet in non-tropical regions. The problem with these plants is that they are also the peop1e’s staple food in many poor countries .

Therefore, farmers there are faced with a choice: crops for food or for fuel. And farmers naturally go for what is more [9] _____ As a result, the problems involved are economic in nature rather than technological. This is my second area under consideration. Finally, there have already been practical applications of using alcohol for fuel. Basically, they come in two forms of use: pure alcohol as is the case in [10] ___, and a combination of alcohol and gasoline known as gasohol in Germany.

KEYS

1 .three /3 2. Historical 3. Plant/agricultural 4. Sugar 5. Fall/decrease/drop/reduction 6. Production/distilling/distillation /conversion 7. Potato 8.corn 9. Profitable 10.Brazil

Tape scripts:

Today I’m going to consider very briefly a problem concerned with the competition for land use. That is, that is, whether crops should be used to produce food, or to, should be used to produce fuel. And um in considering this problem I wi1l look at three main areas. The historical background to the problem, the nature of the problems involved in, in the competition for land use, and some examples.

In considering the historical background, um, we should look at the oil crisis of the 1970s' Um due to the rapidly increase in, in, or the rapid, due to the rapid trend in increasing oil prices leading to an energy crisis, many countries have looked for alternative, energy sources to make them independent of other countries, fossil fuels. Examples of alternati, alternative energy sources include such things as solar power, the harnessing of wind, and wi, the wind and waves, tides, and also the production of biogas. Biogas is methane which is produced from human and animal waste.

A particularly interesting possibi1ity for many developing countries has been the conversion of plant material to alcohol. This, this is interesting because in many developing countries there is a large agricultural sector, and at the same time a small industrial sector, and thus the, the possibility of us1ng the agricultural sector to, to produce fuel , um, is of interest to those countries.

Scientific research is going on in the production of alcohol , for example, from sugar. And there are two, um, two economic reasons for this. First of all the world price of sugar has fallen dramatically, or the world price of sugar has fallen in very real terms in the last decade, which, this has caused a problem for those economies which are dependent on their sugar production as it gives them an alternative, er, possibility for using their sugar. And secondly, sugar is the most efficient source of alcohol. Therefore it is relatively economical to make fuel by distilling alcohol from it.

In addition to sugar there are other starchy plants that can be used to make alcohol. For example in tropical countries, such plants as the cassava p1ant and the sweet potato are good sources from which alcohol can be made, and in, in non-tropical countries you have such things as corn and sugar beet.

Now there is a problem arising from the fact that alcohol can be distilled from starchy plants, and that is, that many poor countries use precisely these starchy plants, or these starch-rich crops, er, for their food as a staple diet. So in, in many such countries there’, there; a conf1ict if you like, between the choice of whether to produce these crops for fuel, or to to produce these crops, er, for, for food and for their use as their staple diet.

It is in fact an economic problem rather than a technical problem as the poor farmers will tend to choose that which is most profitable. Indeed it is an economic problem, not, not necessarily a technological problem. The technology for the con-version of alcohol from starchy plants has been in existence for over 40 years. And there are two ways of um using a1cohoI as car fuel. One such way' um, is in the form of pure alcohol. An example of this is in Brazil in a project called the Pro-Alcohol Project, and in Brazil cars are being produced to run on pure alcohol. A second use of alcohol as a car fuel is in a mixture with petrol , or with gasoline. In a mixture with gasoline this produces a mixture

called ..gasohol,,. In Germany for example, they have an experiment in which there, there’s such a mixture of 85 per cent petrol , or 85 per cent gas, 85 per cent gasoline and 15 per cent methanol.

So if technology and the conversion of engines are not a prob1em, then rea1ly it is a question of economics, and there are three main factors which would affect the production ...

Passage Two:

At present companies and industries like to sponsor sports events. Two reasons are put forward to explain this phenomenon. The first reason is that they got (1)_____ throughout the world. The second reason is that companies and industries (2)_____money, as they get reductions in the tax they owe if they sponsor sports or arts activities.

As sponsorship is (3)_____, careful thinking is required in deciding which events to sponsor. It is important that the event to be sponsored (4)____the product(s) to be promoted. That is, the right (5)____ and maximum product coverage must be guaranteed in the event.

Points to be considered in sports sponsorship.

As sponsorship is (3)_____, careful thinking is required in deciding which events to sponsor. It is important that the event to be sponsored (4)____the product(s) to be promoted. That is, the right (5)____ and maximum product coverage must be guaranteed in the event.

Points to be considered in sports sponsorship.

International sports events are big (6) ____ events, which get extensive coverage on TV and in the press. Smaller events attract fewer people.

Identification of the potential audience Aiming at the right audience is most

important for smaller events. The right audience would attract manufacturers of other related products like (7)_____, etc.

Advantages of sponsorship Advantages are longer-term. People are expected to respond (8)____to the

products promoted and be more likely to buy them. Advertising is (9)____the mind. Sponsorship is

better than straight advertising: a ) less (10)____ b) tax-free .  

KEYS

1. Known 2. Save 3. Costly/expensive 4. Match 5.image 6.media 7. Cosmetics/drinks 8. Favourably 9. Conditioning 10.costly/expensive

Tape script

It is common nowadays for companies and industries to sponsor big sports events. For example, many companies sponsored the 8th National Games held in Shanghai in 1997. Then, what exactly do companies and industries get out of spon-soring big sports events, such as international games? And why do they do so?

There is an obvious answer and a not so obvious one. The obvious answer 1s that they get known worldwide, particularly if they are the principal sponsor of an event.

This is especially important when you consider the number of countries around the world that might show the event on TV. The not so obvious answer is that sponsor-ship can help firms to save money.

Then how can they save money in this way? Companies can claim expenditures on sponsorship or ..support to sport and the arts,, against the amount of tax that they owe. So, if they are going to have to pay tax anyway, why not spend the money on promoting their name or product?

However, sponsorship is surely a very expensive business. So, how does one decide which events or activities to support? Companies spend a lot of time making sure that they have a perfect match between the products to be represented and the activity that needs sponsorship. Basically, companies have to make sure that the image is right and that the product gets maximum coverage through the event. I mean, you wouldn’t expect a company whose product has a young international image to sponsor a sport that has a following among older people. There are al1 sorts of reasons behind sponsorship. That’s what the game’s about for those who are trying to se1l it.

There are some important points to consider before agree1ng to sponsor an event. First and foremost, I suppose, is the popularity of the event in global terms, I mean. Events like the World Cup and the Olympics have businesses queuing up to offer sponsorship. There are the big media events: hours and hours of TV and satellite coverage guaranteed a1l over the world, as well as press coverage and the possibility of photographs that in some way advertise your product. Most events aren’t quite like that though. I suppose you’ve got the national games every four years in China. But most events appeal to only a limited proportion of the potential audience- tennis, for example. Most of the audience there is young, so products for the young are the ones that you would associate with the event.

Then how do you match up the product with the event? The most important thing with the smaller event is to identify the audience it’s going to appeal to in this instance, tennis and young people. That should attract drinks manufacturers, sports fashion designers, cosmetics producers, and so on. Then you look at the potential coverage in the media. It’s the sort of event that might attract Coca-Cola or Pepsi maybe even McDonalds.

In sponsoring sports events, it is not just the media coverage that matters. The important question is whether the people who’ve either been to the event or read about it in the press will be more likely to

buy your product as a result. A lot of the advantages of investment in sponsorship are longer-term. People who have possibly read about or watched an event on TV may not even be able to tell you who was sponsoring the event, yet wi1l react favourab1y if asked to comment on products marketed by the sponsoring company. They have been conditioned in some way. Conditioning the mind is what advertising is about. Believe it or not, straight advertising is a far more expensive way of promoting your image than sponsorship, and what’s more, sponsorship is mostly tax-free.

To sum up, today we have talked about sponsorship of sports events by companies; the reasons behind and a few related points. I hope this will help you gain some insight into the issue.

Part One: Separate training3. Listening and translation

Passage One( politics) Please be prepared and follow the instruction

to finish this part.

The maintenance of strong bilateral relationships remains a cornerstone of this government’s foreign policy approach.

Asia is , of course, of vital importance to us- it lies at the forefront of our policy focus. The region has huge potential and , despite recent difficulties, has taken some major strides down the path of political and economic reform.

The nations of Asia matter because they are important partners with whom we have worked for many years to build a more stable and secure region.

They matter because of where they are. Their proximity inextricably links their future prosperity and security with ours. And they matter because of what they are- our largest export markets and the source of much of our investment and imports.

China’s growing influence and economic strength is giving it a greater say in the region and the world. We value the positive role China can play. The relationship between an increasingly confident China and a globally preponderant United States is the key to stability in the Asia Pacific region.

Australia is a close ally of the United States; we have a fast-growing economic partnership with China. We have a major stake in China’s successful integration into the world economy, and in seeing these two powers working together for the common good.

Australia’s own bilateral relationship with China is more productive, realistic and sustainable than at any time since the establishment of diplomatic relations in the seventies. We are direct with China about differences in values and seek to manage these differences sensibly.

We have said clearly to China that we will adhere to our One China policy and have resolved differences of interpretation with firmness and courtesy. Both we and China are keenly aware of the potential benefits of strategic economic cooperation, including in key sectors like energy.

Passage Two(economy) Please be prepared and follow the instruction

to finish this part.

2004 was the best year for global GDP growth in decades . Most parts of the world recorded improved growth performance . The prospects for 2005 remain favorable , although growth is likely to be at a slower, more sustainable, pace: it is projected to fall from the estimated outturn for 2004 of about 5% to under 4.5 this year.

*Be familiar with those “economy “ vocabulary

Global trade has also recovered strongly since the downturn in 2001, and continues to be an important engine of growth: it is currently expanding at something close to twice the rate of growth of world GDP.

There has also , in recent years, been a sharp fall in inflation worldwide. For much of the latter part of the twentieth century, high inflation was a major source of global economic instability.

Durable reductions in inflation in many countries have greatly improved the prospects for sustained growth- and poverty reduction -in those countries. Lower inflation reduces the likelihood of sudden slowdowns resulting from efforts to halt rapidly accelerating inflation.

The improvements in performance and , in many cases, economic policies have been substantial and significant. The shift to floating exchange rates on the part of many emerging market countries have significantly reduced vulnerabilities. So, too, have major structural reforms in those and other economies.

But now it the time , while the global economy is performing well, to take measures that will further improve the flexibility and adaptability of economies going forward. Perhaps the most striking feature of global economic performance in 2004 was the widespread nature of the upturn.

The US economy continued to be a principal engine of growth. Japan recorded stronger performance in 2004 than we have seen for some years. Among the industrial economies , the euro area was almost alone in continuing to grow at a lackluster pace.

In the emerging market and transition economies, improvement in growth performance have been widespread. We have seen rapid growth not just in emerging Asia-including China and India-but in the transition economies of Europe, including Russia, The Ukraine and the new members of the EU- where growth performance has , so far, been largely unaffected by sluggish euro area growth.

And we have seen a welcome, and heartening improvement in many parts of Africa and the Middle East, as improved macroeconomic management has started to bring rewards in the form of lower inflation, accelerating growth and improved economic stability.

Sharply improved growth performance permits policy-makers to confront longer-term structural problems from a much stronger base. In many parts of the world, we have seen governments taking action to reduce the risk of being thrown off course by future downturn. In some emerging markets, countries in particular, real progress has been made in increasing the resilience of economies to outside shocks

Part Two: mock test

1. Gap-filling Multinational investment has a (1)____history. Establ

ishment of a multinational corporation ( MNC ) was a way to generate income from diversified sources, a way to (2) ____ return on investment and to benefit from cheaper labour abroad.

The formation of the European Economic Community (EEC) in l958 (3) ______ the growth of MNCs. Today the large MNCs control from 50 to 200 subsidiaries.

A favourable aspect about MNCs is that they create (4)____ in foreign countries. They also contribute to innovation or (5)______ of new products and technology. But when

innovation levels off and local technology reaches a point of sufficiency, MNCs are sometimes considered to be no longer (8) _____. MNCs must learn to interrelate their subsidiaries with the parent Company, to decision making authority and to develop satisfactory methods of control and

supervision.

An MNC must deal with (9) _____ barriers, different le-gal and tax structures, foreign currency. Other problems include how to secure continued (10) _____to resources, how to in- ( crease market share, and how to tackle 1ncreased criticism and interference by foreign government, etc.

KEYS 1. Long 2.maximize 3. Spurred 4. Jobs 5. Creation 6. Useful 7. Successful 8. Delegate 9. Communication 10 access

Tape scripts

A multinational corporation (MNC) has industrial and commercial organizations in foreign countries. Manufacturing plants are established abroad, in conjunction with supporting marketing systems.

Multinational investment has a long history. In the early years of this century, European companies realized that their own home markets were small. Just as the Americans went west in the 1800s' European companies like Nestle, Unilever, and Royal Dutch Shell went overseas for new markets and became MNCs well before World War II.

United States companies, which have a large home market of over 218 million people, had other incentives to multinationalize. Establishment of an MNC was a way to generate income from diversified sources, thereby spreading re-cession risks. It was a way to maximize return on investments, and it was a way to benefit from cheaper labour abroad.

The formation of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958 spurred the growth of MNCs' especially the American ones. The EEC established import duty-free associations of countries, thus creating vast markets. This meant that one Western European plant of a United States MNC could sell its products within the EEC to a market of 200 million people without running into customs duties between countries. United States multinational growth in European was soon followed by the establishment of United States bank branches.

How multinational can a corporation get? Some companies, like Nestle of Switzerland, make over 90 percent of their sales on exports and manufactured goods abroad. Today the large MNCs control from 50 to 200 foreign subsidiaries with 30 to 90 percent of their sales on exports and foreign-produced goods. In 1973 some experts estimated an annual turnover of $ 600 billion for al] MNCs combined. These MNCs owned over 80,000 subsidiaries worldwide. At that time the annual growth rate of MNC sales was estimated at around l0 percent -well above the average Gross National Product growth of many nations.

A favourable aspect about MNCs is that they create jobs in foreign countries.

They also contribute to innovation or creation of new products and technology. But tt,hen innovation levels off and local technology reaches a point of sufficiency, MNCs are sometimcs considered to be no longer useful. At this point MNCs run the risk of nationalization, which is the confiscation of a company,s property (plant, equipment, etc.) by a foreign government with or without adequate compensation.

Successful MNCs eventually must learn how to interrelate their subsidiaries with the parent Company, how to delegate decision-making authority, and how to develop satisfactory methods of control and supervision.

Having entered the international arena, an MNC faces an awesome task. It must worry mot only about how to overcome the communication barriers already mentioned -cultural differences, distance, and environment, but also how to deal with the different legal and tax structures in the various countries. An MNC also has to cope with foreign currency so that it can protect its foreign assets. Some other problems an MNC has to consider are: how to secure continued access to resources; how to deal with increased criticism and interference by foreign governments; and how to deal with labour 1aws and anitrust legislation both at home and abroad.

In recent years MNCs have come under heavy criticism. Domestically they have been accused of exporting jobs, meaning that jobs are lost at home because the MNCs set up plants in other countries, sometimes exporting the products back home for consumption. Less developed countries, on the other hand, charge that for years they have been underpaid for their natural resources may be regarded as a challenge to national sovereignty. In other words' this viewpoint sees the MNC as capable of circumventing or subverting national objectives and policies. This obviously reflects the majority voting power of developing countries in the United Nations.

Widely publicized reports of payoffs to government officials by MNCs, and even interference in local politics, have brought heavy pressure on MNCs to exercise greater care, police their tactics, and redefine their strategy. For example, the case of Lockheed, and American aircraft corporation, which was found to have bribed officials in Japan and Europe to gain large government purchase contracts, became one of the world’s most notorious episodes in 1970s.

 

2. Spot-dictation

In North America , _____ are the ____ of an increasingly popular _____. However, few of the Westerners _____ East Asian restaurants have mastered the art of _____ rice or tweezing meat, veggies, and noodles with a pair of ______ rods. As a result, many people eat Chinese and other Asian entrees using _____. If there’s any _____ to those of us who have ______with chopsticks , a

new study questions the ergonomics of these dining _____. It appears that the regular, long-term use of chopsticks can _____ the development of _____ arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the ______ of joints, primarily in elderly people. Its destruction of cartilage and ensuing damage to bone and joints causes _______ and _______ , intense pain. Although ______ makes many people _____to osteoarthritis, _____ motions can _____ the disease in affected joints. Indeed, where this disease affects the fingers, those on the most-used hand tend to suffer most.

2. Spot-dictation

In North America , chopsticks are the emblem of an increasingly popular cuisine. However, few of the Westerners patronizing East Asian restaurants have mastered the art of scooping rice or tweezing meat, veggies, and noodles with a pair of bamboo rods. As a result, many people eat Chinese and other Asian entrees using cutlery. If there’s any consolation to those of us who have fumbled with chopsticks , a

new study questions the ergonomics of these dining _implements____. It appears that the regular, long-term use of chopsticks can __foster___ the development of ___age-related__ arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the __degeneration____ of joints, primarily in elderly people. Its destruction of cartilage and ensuing damage to bone and joints causes __stiffness__ and _chronic__ , intense pain. Although __genetics_ makes many people vulnerable to osteoarthritis, __repetitive___ motions can _aggravate___ the disease in affected joints. Indeed, where this disease affects the fingers, those on the most-used hand tend to suffer most.

3 .Listening and translation

Ladies and Gentlemen, I don’t wish in any way to spoil your enjoyment of

this evening’s festivities with a long and boring speech, but I would just like to say a few words.

Speaking on behalf of Philips, from the Sino-British Trade Council, and on behalf of my wife and myself, I would 1ike to say how delighted we have been to receive you here in England-oh, sorry, and Scotland, Mr. Campbell.

It appears from speaking to all of you, that everyone has concluded at least one deal, and certainly sown the seeds to reap many more in the future, and we wish you every success with those. It is certainly an impressive record of achievements that you take with you back to China. I hope that you have enjoyed your stay in England. We have a saying, ..All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and Jill a dull girl for that matter, and we have tried to give you some relief from the daily routine of meetings by our various outings, and also to show you more of Britain than just the inside of offices, hotels and taxis.

And now I ask you to raise your glasses. I’d like to drink a toast to your health and to the success of all such ventures in the future, and of course to a safe journey tomorrow. ladies and Gentlemen, I wish you, health and success.

女工们、先生们： 我不想用冗长乏昧的讲话来影响大家的兴致，

破坏今晚的欢乐气氛。但我还是要说几句。 我代表中英贸易委员会的菲利曾斯，也代表我妻子，井以我个人的名义，欢迎诸位来到英格兰——哦，还有苏格兰，对不起，坎贝尔先生。在与几位的交谈中我发现，你们人人都至少成交一次，并且显然都为将来取得更大的成果播下了种子。

祝你们末来的业务一帆风顺。你们这次回国可谓是硕果累累。我希望你们在英国逗留期间过得愉快。我们有句老话；“埋头工作不会玩，只会让人变傻瓜。”所以为了能让大家在每天会谈之余放松一下，我们安排了一些出游活动，同时也想借此机会让大家更多的英国风情，而不是成天呆在办公室、宾馆和出租车里面。 现在请大家举杯，为了你们的健康和今后此类访问的成功，当然也为明天旅行一路平安，干杯。女工们＼先生们，我祝大家身体健康、事业成功。