世新大學九十三學年度碩博士班考試試題卷

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一、 Instructions: Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. 32%

(一)、U.N. member nations should promote longer-lasting computers and recycling of old hardware, to avoid high-tech environmental hazards. 8%

(二)、Thanks to adequate rainfall, the water levels of the nationwide have risen to normal levels, securing supplies through May. 8%

(三)、Health minister Chen Chien-jen said yesterday he did not agree with the idea of using national health insurance payments to subsidize offshore Taiwan kidney transfer patients. “This has a significant ethical ramification, “ he said ” As we cannot find out if offshore Taiwan kidney-transfer patients got their new kidneys legally, we may find ourselves paying for something that was obtained illegally.” 8%

(四)、Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry, a celebrated combat veteran seeking to lead the country in a time of a war, headed to the key battlefield of Florida and accused President Bush “broken promises” on national security and the war in Iraq while Bush touted his “strong leadership in time of change” and his optimistic view of America’s future in his first campaign ads. 8%

二、Instructions: Translate the following paragraphs into English. 32%

(一)、新的性別平等法律獲致來自女性主義者的正面回饋。8%

(二)、美國對伊拉克下達銷毀生化武器與撤回軍隊的最後通牒。8%

(三)、中央選舉委員會表示，首輪由政府舉辦的公投電視辯論將於2月28日下午登場。8%

(四)、監察院投票通過彈劾台北市立和平醫院院長和前感染科主任，理由是未落實處理去年的嚴重呼吸道症候群感染管制。8%

三、Read the two articles and answer the questions:36%

(一)、Instruction:18%

1. Write a headline for this news story.

2. Use 5W1H to analyze this news story.

3. Write a brief summary for this news story. (Please use your own words, do not direct copy and paste of the news content.)

The China Post staff

With polling day only one week away, pre-election tension is flaring as a growing number of campaign-related threats and brawls have been reported in various parts of the country.

The famed Taiwanese Opera troupe Ming Hwa Yuan has been plaued by harassing phone calls since its lead singer Sun Tsui-feng openly pledged her support for Kuomintang presidential hopeful Lien Chan.

“We’ve had thousands of phone calls at our offices in Pingtung and Taipei since three weeks ago,” said Chen Sheng-fu, director of the 200-member troupe.

“Anonymous callers called us names and threatened to keep us away form the National Theater. Some shouted that we are not “true Taiwanese” and that we should crawl back China, “he deplored.

Chen stressed that his troupe backs a candidate, not the political party, because of the candidate’s efforts in promoting traditional performing arts.

“We’ve stumped for candidates from both the Democratic Progressive Party and the “pan-blue” camp during previous regional and national elections “he stated.

“We are entitled to the freedom of speech and should be allowed to support whoever we want to,” he said. “Besides, we never speak ill of the candidates we don’t support in front of the audience.”

(二)、 Instruction :18%

1. The Passion of Christ is a recently-released US film regarding the crucifixion of Christ, directed by Mel Gibson. The film is highly controversial because of its depiction of Jews, and because of its terrifyingly bloody scenes of Christ’s crucifixion.

2. John Kerry is a presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, who is expected by many to represent the Democratic Party to run against George W. Bush in the 2004 US presidential election.

3. Rosie D’Donnell, Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Jerry Falwell are renowned media figures in the US-most of them with their own media talk-shows.

Please use a few sentences- simply hut clearly-to answer each of the following questions.

Q. 1.a. According to the author of this article, what are some examples of the sensational media images that may be regarded as part of the “culture circus”?

b. Following this line, what does it mean by the quoted sentence in the end of second paragraph that “The things that shock are the things that get through?”

2. a. The latter part of the quoted sentence at the end of second paragraph (the same sentence mentioned in Q. 1 continues to state, “Meanwhile, serious consideration of issues of monumental importance to the public good has become impossible”—the author uses the rest of the article explaining why this happens. So, please explain why this happens – simply but clearly. Or, you can use one or two of the author’s own sentences that appropriately sum up his idea.

b. According to the author, what are some examples of the deeper, more serious issues that should be discussed but are ignore in this “culture circus”?