Listening and Translation

Sentence Translation

1. Please hold my telephone calls and just take a message. I can call back later. I must have a little peace and quiet to concentrate on these figures.
请别挂断我的电话，先留个言，我一会儿会再打来的。现在我必须静静地先集中精力看一下这些数字。

2. This company has a registered capital of 15 million US dollars and specializes in importing and exporting and a great variety of digital products.
这家公司有1500万美元的注册资金，主营各类数码产品的进出口。

3. Share prices on the London market have fallen sharply today. Following sharp losses are on Wall Street. Shares of living financial banks have been the worst hit.
随着今天伦敦市场的股价暴跌，华尔街也遭受了巨大损失，现存的金融银行的股价跌得最为厉害。

4. Good health is usually associated with exercise. But that is not the whole picture. In order to keep fit, you have to eat well, sleep well and generally feel good about yourself.
健康的身体往往会让人联想到锻炼，但锻炼并非全部，保持身体健康还需要吃好、睡好和对自我感觉良好。

5. Many young people dream of becoming top models. To become slim is what they usually desire. Therefore in order to keep their weight down, they simply avoid food.
很多年轻人梦想着成为名模，她们通常渴望变得苗条。因此，为了减肥，她们就干脆不吃东西。

Passage Translation

American Businessmen frequently use social situations to make business deals. One of the best examples of this practice is the business lunch. It is used to win clients, to make influential contacts, to discuss and settle internal disagreements, and even to interview potential employees. Some companies always conduct job interviews over lunch. A business lunch usually lasts from one to two hours and it often takes place at a restaurant with a pleasant, quiet atmosphere conducive to private discussions.
美国商人经常利用社交场合来做生意，最好的例子就是商务午餐，可以用来争取客户，扩大影响，讨论并解决内部分歧，甚至面试未来的员工。很多工作面试都是在商务午餐中完成的。商务午餐通常持续1-2.5小时，在餐厅举行，那里安静宜人，适合进行私人对话。

As the world population becomes denser, we will feel greater pressure from the expanding number of people. Some experts argue that we are approaching the limit of the number of people the earth can support adequately and they feel we shall turn to compulsory birth control. Other authorities feel that if birth control is imposed on the population, the future of mankind will be seriously endangered. They think intelligent people will be more likely to have fewer children, which will bring about a lowering of the level of intelligence.
世界人口密度不断加大，越来越多的人口带来的压力也随之增加。专家认为，我们正在接近地球所能承受的人口极限，因此应该进行人口生育控制，也有人认为如果这样会危及到人类的未来。因为通常高智商人群生育的孩子较少，所以有人担心这会导致人类整体智力水平的下降。