报刊考试要点(2).doc

报刊考试范围：除Lesson Twenty-eight外的所有课文, 共10课考试时间：第17周，具体时间待定考试题型：I. List the dominant British and American newspapers and magazines and the four major news agencies in the world. 10%II. Translate the following terms into Chinese. 20% （60%出自要点）III. Translate the following into Chinese. 20% （要点）IV. Answer the following questions according to the texts you have learned. 20%（要点）V. Reading comprehension 30% （课外）Lesson One1. words to knowballpark, dugout, dwarf, elective, predominance, presence, refreshing, semester, underrepresented, unequaled, worldview 2. translation So while the average American student is aware of Chinas geographical presence, they are not quite as aware of its cultural presence. This is grossly unfair. China has a population of 1.3 billion and 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. Both of these numbers dwarf their U.S. counterparts. There is a clear need to raise cultural awareness of China in the United States. 尽管大部分美国学生知道中国的地理位置,但他们没有意识到它的文化存在。这是非常不公平的。中国有13亿人口和5000年的不间断的历史。这两个数字都使得我们的对手美国相形见绌。在美国提高公众对中国文化的认识，这是很有必要的。3. Answer the Question 3Lesson Two1. words to knowHBS, MBA , Talk show, cellular phone , consulting firm, debt specialists，go online , management consultant, management expertise, multinational, investment banking, start-up(company), silicon valley, Intel capital2. translation It was one of those all-night gabfests when graduating students, in boozy camaraderie, bare their deepest feelings. Only this was more serious: the 11 classmates who gathered at an apartment on the HBS campus in May 1999 were wrestling with the fate of China.这是一个通宵达旦的聚会，在醉意朦胧的氛围中，即将毕业的学子们互诉衷情。然而这却是一个严肃的场合：在1999年5月的一天，11位（哈佛工商大学）的同班同学，聚集在哈佛工商大学校园的一套公寓里，正在与中国之命运努力抗争。3. Answer the question 1Lesson Four1. words to knowcanned performance, carbon dioxide, cash cow, cultural conservation, ethnic flavor, exploding tourism, carrying capacity, the lions share, indigenous life infrastructure, sculpture, shrine, silk road, tourist boom, UNESCO, WHO2. translation Carved directly into a cliff face in the Gobi Desert, the Mogao caves contain a millenniums worth of work by travelers along the old Silk Road who turned countless small caves into stunningly painted shrines between the 4th and 14th centuries.直接在戈壁滩的峭壁上雕刻而成的莫高窟是那些行走于丝绸之路的旅行者经历了千年之久才创造出的艺术成果，从公元4世纪到14世纪，他们把不计其数的小洞穴接连成令人瞠目的绘画神殿。3. Answer the question 1Lesson Seven1. words to knowdiploma, a private college, alumni connections, class slacker, elite college/ education, extracurricular activities, feeder school, full scholarship, gilt-edged diploma, Ivy League, Ivy Leaguers, on-campus recruiting opportunities, public school, SAT scores, selective colleges, selectivity, test, pre course, undergraduate degree2. translation a. Its true that big law firms, major teaching hospitals, and investment banksheck, even the offices of FORTUNE are stuffed with Ivy Leaguers. It also true that if you want to a career at what passes for the American establishmenta gilt-edged diploma is a distinct advantage.b. The same traits that made the students desirable candidates for admission to Yale - ambition, intelligence, wit -carried over to the workplace, where they were duly (and comparably) rewarded, even though they had turned down an elite education.a. 这是事实，大的律师事务所，主要的医院和投行员工，见鬼的是甚至连财富杂志的办公室人员都是来自于常青藤的成员学校。这也是事实，如果你想在被当做美国经济基石的公司谋得一份职业，那么一份镶金的学位 证书无疑是一个独特的优势b. 那些使 得这些成为耶鲁大学所想要录取的学生的特征-抱负，聪明，智慧-也被带到职场，在那里他们虽然并没有接受过精英教育，但还是能公平适当地获得报酬 3. Answer the question 2.4Lesson Nine1. words to knowagenda, campaign, concession speech, Congress, conservative, Democrat, electoral college, electoral map, exit poll, filibuster, the House, nominate, popular vote, President-elect, razor-thin margin, referendum, Republican, Senate2. translation a. It ushered in a new era of Democratic dominance in Congress, even though the party appeared unlikely to meet its goal of capturing the 60 Senate votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority.b. The simple act of voting was a prosaic close to the longest and most expensive presidential election in U.S. history, one that fundamentally changed national politics in communication strategy and voter outreach.a. 它开创了民主党在国会占主导地位的新时代，即使这个政党不太可能实现获得可以终止某些参议员使用阻挠手段妨碍议事所需的60个参议院席位的目标。b. 这一简单的投票运动是美国历史上最长和最昂贵的一次总统选举的一个平淡的终结。这次总统选举在沟通策略和选民超越方面从根本上改变了国家的政治。3. Answer the question 4Lesson Fifteen1. words to knowCIA, FBI, convict, count, felony, grand jury, indictment, juror, obstruction of justice, op-ed, perjury, prosecutor, right-hand man, scapegoat, State of the Union speech, testify, testimony, under oath, fall guy2. translation The charge against Mr. Libby, Mr. Wells said, amounted to “a weak, paper thin circumstantial case about he said-she said.”对于利比先生的指控,威尔斯先生说,相当于“在微弱的，有充分细节却无法证实的情况下关于“他说,她说”的内容。3. Answer the question 11. For what was I. Lewis Libby charged? Mr. Libby was charged for perjury and obstruction of justice because he was considered to havelied to investigators. He was charged with five felony accounts of lying to the grand jury and to officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who were investigating the leak of Ms. Wilsons name to Mr. Novak.Lesson Seventeen1. words to knowchampion (v.), coercion, disparate forces, diplomacy, endorsement, confirmation hearing, proponent, smart power, soft power, think tank, Islamist, jihadist terrorism2. translation There was never a president, including Bush, who didnt want to be smart about using power and who repudiated feasible diplomatic solutions in order to pursue foreign-policy goals militaristically instead.从来没有一个总统,包括布什总统,不想聪明地使用权力，反而是否定了可行的外交解决方案，只为了盲目地追求军国主义的外交政策目标。3. Answer the question 2Lesson Nineteen1. words to knowAbove politics, annus horribilis, apolitical stand, constitutional monarch/ monarchy, cult of personality, dissolve Parliament, figurehead, head of state, parliamentary democracy, take sides, the Commonwealth, usurp power, waive the power2. translation This apolitical stance has made it possible for the political culture of Great Britain to assimilate, with relative ease, theories that would appear on the face of things to be radically at odds with a system of monarchical government-for example, socialism.这种漠不关心政治的态度使得英国的政治文化相对轻松地融合其他理论，尽管这些理论表面看来与君主制政府有着激烈的冲突，例如社会主义。3. Answer the question44. If the monarchy were abolished, what would things in Britain be like? The government, Parliament, nation, and Commonwealth would be turned upside down. Every nut and bolt of every one of Britains major institutions would have to be altered to make way for change.Lesson Twenty-four1. words to knowbinge, carbon footprint, chump change, disposable income, frugal, garage sale, grapple with, guilt trip, hippie movement, hybrid car, ostentation, stock options, the yuppie period2. translation They may have disposable income, but whatever they make, they live below their means in a conscious effort to tread lightly on the earth.他们可能有可任意支配的收入，但无论他们做什么，他们都会有意识地以他们的方式来减少对地球造成的伤害。3. Answer the question1. 51.What are the main charcteristics of Yawns?rich but frugal; strong sense of social responsibility; advocating donation to the poor and weak; concerning about environment; giving less to consuming。5.What does “freecycling”mean? Whats the most important reason for freecycling?(1) Freecycling means a kind of activity which people offer items for free