2013年秋季上海中高級口譯考試于今日9月15日開考，滬江英語在考后第一時間提供真題、解析、答案信息，本文為2013年9月中級口譯聽力真題 Spot Dictation部分，由滬江網(wǎng)校提供。

Spot dictation

Next, let's talk about earthquakes on our planet. Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes. Japan is one of them. Others do not have many. For example, there are few earthquakes in Britain. There is often a great noise during an earthquake. The ground vibrates. Houses fall down. Trains run off the lines. Sometimes, there is a heavy loss of human lives.

Earthquakes often happen near volcanoes, but this is not always true. The centers of some earthquakes are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves, also known as seismic waves, or tsunamis can travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it. They are strong enough to break down houses and other buildings. Very often fires follow the most serious earthquakes. In 1906, the great earthquake at San Francisco broke the gas pipes. The gas escaped, and soon large numbers of fires were burning in the city. The water pipes were also shaken and broken, so it was not possible to put the fires out. There was no water. The Tokyo Earthquake of 1923 happened just before noon. People were cooking meals on their fires at that time. When the ground shook, the fires shook, too. Hot materials were thrown on the different parts of the houses, some of which were made of wood. Soon 134 fires were burning in the city.

What kind of building stands up best in an earthquake? A building with concrete walls is perhaps the best. A steel frame will make it even stronger. The frame holds the different parts together and the walls do not easily fall. There is less chance of fire because concrete and steel do not burn. Over the years, scientists carefully studied the results of the earthquake in different parts of the world, and they are convinced that this kind of building is the safest.

【解析】

根據(jù)文意，本文類似一段關(guān)于地震的講座。說話者開篇就講述了地震的危害，并在之后的段落中相繼介紹了地震形成的原因，以及用1906年舊金山大地震1923年的東京大地震舉例說明了地震也會伴隨著大火。最后，通過這些生動的例子，說話者又利用一個問句引出科學(xué)家們通過研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，鋼筋水泥房是最安全的。

整篇文章沒有出現(xiàn)特別難的生詞，而且地震也是大家較為熟悉的，所以總體難度并不大。