口译练习

阁下能在百忙之中抽出时间会见我们，我们感到无比的荣幸和感激。

I am very pleased that President is now leading a business delegation to visit GZ. On behalf of the Guangzhou Municipal Government, I’d like to extend to you my warmest welcome. 非常高兴总裁阁下能率领贵国商业代表团访问广州，我谨代表广州市政府对您的来访表示热烈欢迎。

Tremendous changes have taken place in the world pattern / structure / configuration. 世界格局已经发生了巨大变化。

At the time the friendship store was exclusively open to foreign visitors. 当时，友谊商店只对外宾开放，不对中宾开放。

Like the dog that bit Lu Tungpin--you bite the hand that feeds you. 狗咬吕洞宾,不识好人心

A truly wise person does not show off his (her) ability. 大智若愚

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind itself. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. Levin, for your kind invitation and the opportunity to come to Yale to meet young friends and teachers of this world-renowned university.

首先，我感谢莱文校长的邀请，使我有机会来到世界著名学府耶鲁大学，同青年朋友和老师们相聚在一起。

The training courses are influenced and limited by educational policies, training polices, historical traditions and productive development and so on. 培训课程设置受社会生产力发展水平、教育方针、培训政策以及历史文化传统等因素的制约和影响。

The early bird catches the worm 早起的鸟儿有虫吃；捷足先登 Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同

A young idler, an old beggar 少壮不努力 , 老大徒伤悲

A 2007 commission report said the rate of defects had risen 40% since 2001, from 104.9 per 10,000 births to 145.5 in 2006. 2007年的委员会报告中说，该缺陷率自2001年以来已上升40 ％ ，从每10000名中有104.9名缺陷上升到2006年的145.5名。

Opening to the outside world and introducing foreign investment “对外开放，引进外资”

the Outlook of Scientific Development 科学发展观

China commits herself to a long-term state policy of opening to the outside world and introducing foreign investment.

“对外开放，引进外资”是中国的一项长期国策。

I don’t understand how he can think she is good-looking, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 我不知道他怎么会认为她好看呢，但是情人眼里出西施。

I am very pleased to meet my friends from the Canadian business community on the other side of the pacific. My current feeling can be best expressed by an ancient Chinese remark “How delightful I am to have friends coming from afar!”

我非常高兴能在此会见来自大洋彼岸的加拿大商业界的朋友。“有朋自远方来不亦乐乎？”这句古话可以表达我此刻的心情。

Ji Gong，Robin Hood in China ，robbed the rich and helped the poor 济公劫富济贫，深受穷苦人民爱戴。

Unless you can reduce the price by 3%, there is no chance for the transaction 除非你们能降价3%，否则这个生意成交的机会很小。

I don’t think the end-user would accept your price. We are not playing in the same ball park at this price.

我认为我方客户很难接受你方的价格。以这个价格我们是谈不到一块儿的。 This contract will come into effect from and including Oct. 1, (2012). 本合同从10月1日起生效

The poor are the first to experience technological progress as a curse which destroys the old muscle-power jobs that previous generations used as a means to fight their way out of poverty. 对于以往一代代老百姓来说，传统的体力劳动是他们赖以为生、走出贫困的途径。然而科学技术的进步摧毁了他们的生计。而穷人却是首当其冲的。

All can study //by relying on internet resources// regardless of their race, nationality and color// providing that //they could have access to the internet.

所有人//都可以借助互联网资源//来学习，不论他们是哪个民族、//何种性别、//何种肤色、//只要他们可能接入互联网。

The Chinese government will as always support the UN efforts to uphold justice, maintain peace and promote global prosperity.

中国政府将一如既往地支持联合国主持正义、维护和平、促进全球繁荣的行动。