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Part B

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let us begin Part B with the first passage.

Passage 1:

萬里長城據(jù)稱是唯一可以從月球上望見的地球建筑物，人們可以從位于北京西北75公里以外的八達嶺區(qū)直接觀望到蜿蜒連綿的萬里長城。//長城始建于戰(zhàn)國時期，以防御北方外族人入侵.統(tǒng)一中國的秦始皇動用了無數(shù)人建成了今天的中國長城。//

舉世聞名的長城全長6,700公里,起始于俯望渤海灣的山海關(guān)，止于甘肅省的嘉峪關(guān).兩千年來幾經(jīng)修整，是中華民族的歷史見證。//萬里長城雄偉壯觀。古代中國人在沒有機械的條件下用雙手修建了這樣偉大的建筑真是了不起。

（參考答案）

The Great Wall claims to be the only man-made structure on the earth which is visible from the moon. The winding Great Wall can be viewed from the Badaling district, about 75 kilometers to the northwest of Beijing.//

It was built during the Warring States period to prevent invasions of nomadic people from the north. The first Qin emperor, who united China into one country, mobilized hundreds of thousands of builders to complete what is known today as the Great Wall of China.//

The world-famous Great Wall is 6,700 kilometers long from Shanhaikuan, which overlooks the Gulf of Bo Hai, to Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu province. The wall underwent repeated reconstruction during its 2000-year history, witnessing the historical changes of the Chinese nation.//

The Great Wall is magnificent. It is really great that the ancient Chinese constructed such a gigantic structure without any machinery available.

Passage 2:

亞洲是地球上最大的洲，聚居著世界60%的人口。資源十分豐富，歷史源遠(yuǎn)流長，文化博大精深。//

上個世紀(jì)中，亞洲的巨變壓和崛起，譜寫了亞洲發(fā)展的輝煌篇章，也成為人類社會圣賢步的顯著標(biāo)志。//

近年來，在各國的努力下，亞洲地區(qū)合作意識日益增強，健康和互利的合作局面正在形成。//

發(fā)展經(jīng)濟是亞洲各國的首要任務(wù)。我們可以把貿(mào)易、交通、農(nóng)業(yè)、信息、能源作為優(yōu)先合作領(lǐng)域。并逐步向其他領(lǐng)域擴展。

（參考答案）

As the biggest continent on the earth, Asia takes up 60% of its population. It has abundant resources, a long history and profound / magnificent and exquisite cultures.//

With its great changes and rise in the last century, Asia wrote a glorious chapter of its development and left a brilliant hallmark on the advancement of human society.//

In recent years, thanks to the joint efforts of Asian countries, there has been a growing awareness of regional cooperation, while a situation of healthy and mutually beneficial cooperation is taking shape.//

Economic development is the primary task of Asian countries. Such areas as trade, communications, agriculture, information and energy can be made priorities of cooperation, which will be gradually enlarged to include other areas.