中口0403

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

(1) There has been another railway crash outside Glasgow, 4 people were killed and at least 10 people were injured.

(2) Today, trade unions are very common throughout the United States. The goal of the unions has been to promote better rights and welfare of the employees.

(3) On the whole, I’ve found television commercials extremely annoying. They have nothing to do with the TV programs you’re watching and they can only interrupt and destroy your concentrations.

(4) We must work harder to overcome our differences. We must treat all our people with fairness and dignity regardless of their race, religion, gender or educational background.

(5) According to a professor at Harvard University, he can tell by examining a 9-month-old baby whether that baby is likely to succeed in school simply by observing how that child approaches very simple tasks like playing with blocks.