1.How about lending me a hundred dollars?;(借我一百美元，好吗?)2.I"m low on cash too!;(我也很缺钱。)3.Do I look rich?;(我看起来很有钱吗?)4.Excuse me, can I borrow a thousand dollars?;(对不起!你能借我一 千块吗?)5.I would if I could.;如果我能，我一定会的。6.Uh, sorry dude no money.;(很抱歉!没钱。)7.Sorry man, I"m short these days!;对不起，我现在手头 很紧!8.I"m running low myself.;(我已经口袋空空了!)9.I"m broke until payday.;(我一个子儿也没有， 只有等发工资了。)10.Hey, I"m broke myself, man!;(我也破产啦!)11.What am I? A bank?;(你当我银行呀?)12.Hey, really wish I could help.;(我真的希望我可以帮得 上忙!)13.I"m in the red too, dude.;我现在也欠了一屁股债!14.I was in the red last month.;(我上个月已出现赤字。)15.Sorry, no budget.;(抱歉，没钱。)Who am I, Bill Gates?;(你当我是谁? 比尔·盖茨吗?)第二篇 真是一堆破烂;1.Man, this is a piece of trash/junk!;(老兄，这是一堆垃圾/ 废物/破烂。)2.What a piece of garbage!;(一堆垃圾。)3.What a piece of shit.;(一堆垃圾。)4.This stuff is shit. Show me something better.;(这玩意是垃圾/破烂。 拿些好的让我瞧瞧。)5.That"s a garbage movie.;那是一部糟糕的电影。6.He"s just talking garbage.;他只不过是在胡说八道。7.I"ve heard too much garbage here today.;(今天我在这里已经听够 了废话。)8.The guy is trash! Stay away from him.;(这家伙是个小人/垃圾/ 人渣子，离他远点。)9.His latest book is junk.;他最近出的那本书 糟透了。10.There"s nothing but junk in that magazine.;那本杂志里尽是些垃圾。11.Don"t read that trash.;(别读那垃圾作品。)12.Man, toss it away!;(扔掉!丢掉!)13.Man, chuck it away!;(丢掉!)14.Chuck this thing. It"s no good.;这东西没用。把它扔掉。15.Junk it.;(扔掉它!)16.Junk this thing. It"s broken.;(这东西破了，把它 扔掉算了。)17.Get rid of it.;(扔掉!)18.Forget about it!;(算了吧!)19.Man, this is lousy;(这真是烂货一个/ 垃圾一堆。)20.His health has been lousy.;他的健康状况近来很糟。21.He tried to sell me his lousy radio.;(他想把他那架破收音机 卖给我。)22.Man, who made it?;(伙计，这是谁弄的?)23.What do you keep all this shit around here for?;你留这些破烂玩意干 什么?24.I"d like to get rid of that old sofa. It"s a piece of junk.;(我想处理掉那个旧沙发， 它已经是很破烂了。)25.The average American eats some form of junk food everyday.;(一般的美国人每天都要 吃垃圾食品/热量高而营 养价值低的食品。)26.Most people don"t like getting junk mail.;(多数人不喜欢收到垃圾 邮件/未经索取就胡乱 寄来的广告邮件。)第二节 高级口译自测;Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,;校长先生，女士们， 先生们：［1］I wish to thank President Rudenstine, for inviting me;［1］我感谢陆登庭校 长的邀请，to this old yet modernized institution of the United States in this golden fall.;使我有机会在这美好的 金秋时节，来到你们这 座美国古老而又现代 化的学府。［2］Since its founding some 360 years ago,;建校360年来，Harvard has nurtured great peipnumber of outstanding statesmen, scientists, writers;［2］哈佛培养出了许 多杰出的政治家、科 学家、文学家and businessmen, including six of the American Presidents;和企业家，曾出过六位 美国总统，and over thirty Nobel Prize winners.;三十多位诺贝尔奖获 得者。The face that Harvard was founded before the United States of America;先有哈佛，后有美利 坚合众国，testifies to its position in American history.;这说明了哈佛在美国 历的地位。［3］Harvard is among the first American universities to accept Chinese students.;［3］哈佛是最早接受 中国留学生的美国大学 之一。The Chinese educational, scientific and cultural communities;中国教育界、科学界、 文化界have all along maintained academic exchanges with this university.;Harvard has thus made useful contribution to the enhanced mutual understanding;一直同哈佛大学保持着 学术交流。哈佛为增进between the Chinese and American peoples.;中美两国人民的相互了 解作出了有益的贡献。［4］Mutual understanding is the basis for state-to -state relations.;［4］相互了解，是发 展国与国之间关系的 前提。Without it, it would be impossible for countries;惟有相互了解，to build trust and promote cooperation with each other.;才能增进信任，加强 合作。Since the establishment of diplomatic ties;中美建交以来，between China and the United States, the exchanges and mutual understanding;我们两国人民之间的 相互交流与了解between our two peoples have broadened and deepened steadily.;在逐渐扩大和加深.However, this is not enough. To promote the development of China-US relations,;但还不够。为了推动中 美关系的发展，China needs to know the United States better and vice versa.;中国需要进一步了解美 国，美国也需要进一步 了解中国。［5］To know China better, one may approach it from different angles.;［5］要更好地了解中 国，可以从多种视角来 进行。China today has evolved from its past.;现实中国是历史中国 的发展。China is a country with 5,000 years of civilization.;中国是一个有五千年 文明历史的国家，Therefore,;因此，it is important to approach China from a his torical and cultural perspective.;从历史文化来了解和认 识中国，是一个重要的 视角。