It's worth recalling the situation we faced six months ago -- a contracting economy, skyrocketing unemployment, stagnant trade, and a financial system that was nearly frozen. Some were warning of a second Great Depression. But because of the bold and coordinated action that we took, millions of jobs have been saved or created; the decline in output has been stopped; financial markets have come back to life; and we stopped the crisis from spreading further to the developing world.

　　參考答案：

　　不妨回顧一下，我們6個(gè)月前面臨的局勢(shì) – 經(jīng)濟(jì)萎縮，失業(yè)劇增，貿(mào)易停滯，金融系統(tǒng)幾乎停止運(yùn)行。有人驚呼可能出現(xiàn)第2次大蕭條(Great Depression)。但是，由于我們采取了大膽和相互協(xié)調(diào)的行動(dòng)，千百萬(wàn)個(gè)工作機(jī)會(huì)得到挽救，新工作機(jī)會(huì)也一個(gè)個(gè)出現(xiàn);產(chǎn)量下降的趨勢(shì)被制止;金融市場(chǎng)春風(fēng)回暖;我們還防止了危機(jī)向發(fā)展中國(guó)家進(jìn)一步蔓延。

　　解題精析：

　　這句話是近期美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在G20匹茲堡峰會(huì)記者會(huì)上說(shuō)進(jìn)行的演講節(jié)選，以次貸危機(jī)為背景。因此同學(xué)在筆記時(shí)可對(duì)于趨勢(shì)用詞，比如:contracting, skyrocketing, stagnant, frozen等進(jìn)行重點(diǎn)筆記，筆記符號(hào)可采用箭頭上/下，并采用縱向筆記。

　　Still, we know there is much further to go. Too many Americans are still out of work, and struggling to pay bills. Too many families are uncertain about what the future will bring. Because our global economy is now fundamentally interconnected, we need to act together to make sure our recovery creates new jobs and industries, while preventing the kinds of imbalances and abuse that led us into this crisis.

　　參考答案：

　　盡管如此，我們知道，前面還有很長(zhǎng)的路。很多美國(guó)人仍然沒(méi)有工作，難以應(yīng)付各項(xiàng)開(kāi)支。不少家庭感到前途不明。由于各國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)相互聯(lián)系，我們必須共同采取行動(dòng)，保證我們的復(fù)蘇有助于創(chuàng)造新工作和新產(chǎn)業(yè)，同時(shí)防止曾經(jīng)使我們陷入這場(chǎng)危機(jī)的不平衡現(xiàn)象和瀆職行為再次發(fā)生。

　　解題精析：

　　這句話是典型的“問(wèn)題及解決方案”模板句。同學(xué)在筆記時(shí)可采用“慢一秒”原則，在掌握說(shuō)話人思路后，按照“提出問(wèn)題-過(guò)渡迂回-解決問(wèn)題”的思路進(jìn)行翻譯。其中承上啟下部分是“we need to act together to …”,因此對(duì)這部分可采用模板句型“我們必須共同采取行動(dòng)/攜手努力/齊心協(xié)力”等。

　　Passage 2

　　The relationship between our two countries has the potential to chart a brighter course, not just for our own nations and peoples, but indeed for the entire world. We are two of the world’s three largest economies, two of the world’s largest populations, two of the world’s largest militaries, the world’s largest consumers of energy and producers of carbon emissions. For these reasons and so many more, our respective priorities and policies have a global impact, and therefore we have a responsibility to ourselves and others to work as effectively as we can to meet the threats and seize the opportunities of the 21st century.

　　參考答案：我們兩國(guó)之間的關(guān)系有潛力開(kāi)辟一個(gè)更光明的前景，不僅造福于我們兩國(guó)和兩國(guó)人民，而且造福于整個(gè)世界。我們同在全球最大的三個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)體之列，同在全世界人口最多的國(guó)家之列，軍隊(duì)規(guī)模在全世界數(shù)一數(shù)二，而且還是全球最大的兩個(gè)能源消耗國(guó)和碳排放國(guó)。出于上述原因及其它多種原因，我們各自的工作重點(diǎn)和政策會(huì)對(duì)全球產(chǎn)生影響，因此，我們肩負(fù)著對(duì)自己和他人的責(zé)任，必須竭盡全力有效地應(yīng)對(duì)21世紀(jì)的威脅，并抓住21世紀(jì)的機(jī)遇。

　　解題精析：(版權(quán)所有，轉(zhuǎn)載注明出處!) 這句話是美國(guó)國(guó)務(wù)卿希拉里在歡迎吳邦國(guó)晚餐會(huì)上的講話，同學(xué)在筆記時(shí)應(yīng)注意其豐富的邏輯關(guān)系，具體體現(xiàn)在“ not just…but…”(遞進(jìn)關(guān)系); “two of… two of… two of…the world’s largest…”(并列關(guān)系)以及“for these reasons”(因果關(guān)系)。翻譯過(guò)程中一個(gè)單詞沒(méi)聽(tīng)懂并不是世界末日，但如果整句句子像一盤(pán)散沙，那就無(wú)異于一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)魘了。因此，建議考生可遵循“邏輯關(guān)系——句型結(jié)構(gòu)——單詞”的思路完成筆記。

　　This was the largest gathering ever of top leaders from our two countries. Most of my colleagues in the Cabinet met with their counterparts in the Chinese Government. We got to know each other better through hours spent in consultation and negotiations. We had very productive exchanges on issues ranging from the global economic crisis to climate change to poverty and disease to the security threats that confront us. And already, we are seeing the results of those meetings.

　　參考答案：這是我們兩國(guó)高層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人有史以來(lái)規(guī)模最大的一次集會(huì)。大多數(shù)本屆內(nèi)閣成員都同中國(guó)政府的有關(guān)官員見(jiàn)面。通過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的磋商和談判，我們加深了對(duì)彼此的了解。我們就全球經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)、氣候變化、貧困和疾病以及我們所面臨的安全威脅等諸多議題卓有成效地交換了意見(jiàn)。而且，我們已經(jīng)看到這些會(huì)談的成果。

　　解題精析：(版權(quán)所有，轉(zhuǎn)載注明出處!) 這句話同學(xué)在筆記時(shí)應(yīng)特別注意關(guān)鍵詞的筆記，比如：better、productive等，如這類(lèi)詞翻譯意思相反，全句視為不過(guò)。初次以外，一些非常國(guó)際性的功能性語(yǔ)言，比如：economic crisis、climate change、security threats，是近期新聞中高頻出現(xiàn)的單詞，同學(xué)也可經(jīng)常收聽(tīng)新聞并培養(yǎng)對(duì)這些詞匯的熟悉程度。

　　Part B

　　Directions: In this part of the text, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal… and stop it at the signal…, you may take notes while you’re listening. Remember you will hear the passage only once.

　　Now let us begin Part B with the first passage.