1. Most people are too anxious during tests. Such anxiety makes them less efficient than normal. As a result, their scores are much lower than they expected.
聽到這句話，原本正雙手顫抖心動過速緊張答題的考生會不禁莞爾一笑，也會不經意地在自己接下去考試中穩定情緒。的確，焦慮只會導致自己在考場中發揮失常。本句雖有3個分句，但難度不大，翻譯的時候注意翻出因果關係和對比內容。
2. The office of Mr. Arthur Tiger, the prominent industrialist, was broken into during the weekend. A small amount of money was taken and the office itself was left in a terrible mess.
本句一開始提到了人名，若考生沒有聽清或無法記錄，千萬不能因此而打亂思路。課上我們曾經強調過，得分的`關鍵不是人名，而是身份，之後作為插入語的身份一定要翻出來。若不認識prominent（卓越的）也不要緊張，只要抓住中心詞industrialist（企業家）即可。邊聽可以邊聯想入室搶劫的場景---錢被偷了，屋內一片狼籍---以加深記憶。
3. A job interview works both ways. On the one hand, employers measure short-listed candidates during the conversation. On the other, prospective employees can decide whether the job in question is right for them.
課上我們特別提過"一方面。。。另一方面。。。"的記錄方法，也特別解釋過short-listed candidates，想必同學們不會再陌生。另外，大部分的考生都接觸過求職這一話題，因此本句話還是比較貼近生活的。
4. The Stock Exchange Index was 998 in June 2005. Yesterday, it reached 5960, which is the highest in history and almost six times higher than two years ago.
本句主要考察的是數字的記錄，出現了股指、倍數、時間以及年份。課上我們就這個專題進行過詳細講解及訓練，絕大多數同學應該能夠駕輕就熟了。自去年以來，股市已經成為一個全民話題，相信句中提到的數字大家也不陌生吧～
5. By far, the most serious economic problem in Britain is that of inflation, now being accelerated by overheated investment in capital and property and threatened further by possible wage explosion.
與奧會話題成為本次Spot-Dictation的主題一樣，目前的考試越來越與時俱進。筆者在今年考前，特別在邱邱老師的博客上寫過關於通貨膨脹的熱點追蹤（3月口譯備考勝經系列）--中口熱點追蹤 ，這次考試果然就考到了。在房地產和資本市場的過度投資加速了在英國本來就已經很嚴重的通脹，且可能的薪酬暴漲會進一步加劇這一現象，前者屬於需求拉動型，而後者屬於成本推動型通貨膨脹。在考前對此背景略有掌握的話，這最後一句聽譯中應該能拿到不錯的分數。來源：上海新東方
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