四级They asked, Was it as good as American beef? It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

他们问，它和美国牛肉一样好吗？能在日本电视上用日语讲述牛肉的美味，我感到非常兴奋。

2015年12月听力原文

考研factories of Honda Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese countere pants a result of the training that U.

本田-日产（Honda-Nissan）和丰田（Toyota）的工厂实现了其日本Counter裤子约95%的生产率。

2009年考研阅读原文

四级In post-war Japan, the economy wasn’t doing so great, so you couldn’t get everyday-use items like household cleaners, says Lisa Katayama, author of Urawaza, a book named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks, So people looked for ways to do with what they had.

《Urawaza》一书的作者Lisa Katayama说，在战后的日本，经济状况不太好，所以你无法买到像家用清洁剂这样的日常用品。这本书是以“聪明的生活方式技巧和窍门”一词命名的，因此人们想办法利用他们所拥有的东西。

2016年6月听力原文

考研Winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met here with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

温斯顿·丘吉尔（Winston Churchill）曾在珍珠港爆炸案后的走廊上散步，日本特使在这里会见了国务卿科德尔·赫尔（Cordell Hull）。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级While fully 64% of all U.S. high school graduates attend college of some point in their life, just 30% of the comparable German population, 28% of the French, 20% of the British, and 37%of the Japanese proceed beyond high school.

尽管有64%的美国高中毕业生在人生的某个阶段上过大学，但只有30%的可比德国人口、28%的法国人、20%的英国人和37%的日本人高中毕业。

2015年12月听力原文

四级Japanese laws limit the amount of imported potatoes that can be used in Japanese-made products.

日本法律限制可用于日本制造产品的进口土豆的数量。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考It is never rare to find that Mozart packs japanese concert halls, as japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, unique works of this kind are different from today's popular art, even if they began as works of popular art.

莫扎特挤满了日本音乐厅，正如日本画家博志在巴黎画廊所做的那样，这类独特的作品与今天的流行艺术不同，即使它们最初是流行艺术作品。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

四级While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed.

当美国艺术家盖尔·奥布坎普（Gail Obcamp）向包括日本游客在内的观众发表关于日本毛笔画艺术的演讲时，她困惑地发现，她的许多日本听众都闭着眼睛。

2011年12月听力原文

四级Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her

是因为一个美国人有勇气用他们自己的艺术形式来指导日本人，还是他们故意表示拒绝她

2011年12月听力原文

考研The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying impressionists at the end of 1989.

自1989年底日本人停止购买印象派以来，目前艺术品市场的低迷是最严重的。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级"If you ask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highly things like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan说：“如果你让日本学生列出他们期望浪漫伴侣具备的积极品质，他们会对忠诚、承诺和奉献等方面给予很高的评价。”。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

如果听其自然，随着对西班牙语、阿拉伯语或普通话等语言教育资源的需求增长，以及日语、法语和德语等其他语言的国际业务流程外包的蔓延，这种趋势将削弱英语在国际教育市场上的相对优势。

2017年考研翻译原文

四级This is only at certain times and on condition that they are processed at factories based near Japanese ports.

这只是在特定的时间和条件下，他们是在日本港口附近的工厂加工。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?

为什么日本听众在听演讲时有时会闭上眼睛？

2011年12月听力原文

四级Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration

日本听众有时闭上眼睛以提高注意力

2011年12月听力原文

四级But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.

但20世纪80年代，日本电影公司富士照相带来了新的竞争，富士照相通过降低胶卷和照片供应的价格削弱了柯达。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed

当美国艺术家盖尔·奥坎普（Gail Obcamp）向包括日本游客在内的观众发表关于日本毛笔画艺术的演讲时，她困惑地发现她的许多日本听众都闭着眼睛

2011年12月听力原文

四级In a recent experiment, Japanese researchers taped 30 domestic cats reacting to a container that a team member shook.

在最近的一项实验中，日本研究人员录下了30只家猫对一名团队成员摇动的容器的反应。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration.

日本听众有时闭上眼睛以提高注意力。

2011年12月听力原文

四级Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her?

是因为一个美国人有勇气用他们自己的艺术形式来指导日本人，还是他们故意试图表示拒绝她？

2011年12月听力原文

六级The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she “treads softly (谨言慎行)in the world,” elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.

典型的精致日本女性擅长端庄和精致；她“脚步轻柔”(谨言慎行)在世界上，“将女性的美丽和优雅提升为一种艺术形式。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级” This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s language.

“当然，这引起了相当大的关注，并导致日本媒体强烈反对女性语言的女性化。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change—of social change and of linguistic change.

日本年轻女性使用更少的恭顺语言，这无疑是社会变革和语言变革的标志。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级I myself have obtained two different certifications: one in Japanese (N2) and another in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL).

我自己已经获得了两个不同的证书：一个是日语（N2），另一个是对外英语教学（TEFL）。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.

这是一组日本医生的研究发现，他们说我们的大多数大脑没有得到足够的锻炼，因此，我们很快就会不必要地衰老。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级Many can remember when Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants (移民) were the victims of social isolation.

许多人还记得中国、日本和菲律宾移民的时候(移民) 是社会孤立的受害者。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.

正如我们所知，韩国人和中国人的积极性和日本人一样高。

1998年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese.

几十年来，教育工作者一直反对他的观点，即手语是英语、法语和日语等自然语言。

2004年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find.

然而，日本幼儿园提供的答案并不是美国人所期望的。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction.

令人惊讶的是，在大多数日本幼儿园，很少重视学术教学。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education.

在一项调查中，300名日本和210名美国幼儿教师、儿童发展专家和家长被问及幼儿教育的各个方面。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者) listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools.

只有2%的日本受访者(答问卷者) 将“给孩子们一个良好的学业开端”列为社会开办幼儿园的三大理由之一。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group.

为了让孩子们在一年级及以后的职业生涯中取得成功，日本学校不教授阅读、写作和数学，而是教授坚持、专注和作为团队成员的能力等技能。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

绝大多数日本幼儿都是由父母在家里教他们读书的。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools.

在最近对日本和美国学前教育的比较中，91%的日本受访者选择为儿童提供群体体验，作为他们在社会上开设学前教育的三大理由之一。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.

在日本幼儿教育中，对这一群体重要性的强调一直延续到小学教育。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education.

与美国一样，日本的幼儿教育也存在多样性。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development.

一些日本幼儿园有特定的目标，例如早期的音乐培训或潜在的发展。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities.

一些日本家长认为，如果他们的孩子参加一个以大学为基础的项目，这将增加孩子最终被顶尖学校和大学录取的机会。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

一些更进步的项目引入了自由游戏，作为一些日本幼儿园重度智能化的一种出路。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It is a good Japanese camera, easy to use.

这是一台很好的日本相机，很容易使用。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“If you ask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highly things like loyalty, commitment and devotion,” says O’Sullivan.

奥沙利文说：“如果你让日本学生列出他们对浪漫伴侣的积极期望，他们会对忠诚、承诺和奉献等给予很高的评价。”。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

考研But increasingly the Japanese are seeing a decline of the traditional work-moral values.

但越来越多的日本人看到了传统工作道德价值观的衰落。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In a recent survey, it was found that only 24.5 percent of Japanese students were fully satisfied with school life, compared with 67.2 percent of students in the United States.

在最近的一项调查中，发现只有24.5%的日本学生对学校生活完全满意，而在美国，这一比例为67.2%。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In addition, far more Japanese workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs than did their counterparts in the 10 other countries surveyed.

此外，与其他10个接受调查的国家相比，表达对工作不满的日本工人要多得多。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.

虽然日本教育经常因其对基础知识的重视而受到外国人的赞扬，但日本教育往往强调应试和机械学习，而不是创造力和自我表达。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the “Japanese morality of respect for parents.

去年，时任教育大臣的濑户光夫（Mitsuo Setoyama）辩称，二战后美国占领当局推行的自由主义改革削弱了“日本尊重父母的道德”，这让人大跌眼镜。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研But that may have more to do with Japanese life-styles.

但这可能更多地与日本人的生活方式有关。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Urban Japanese have long endured lengthy commutes (travels to and from work) and crowded living conditions, but as the old group and family values weaken, the discomfort is beginning to tell.

长期以来，日本城市一直忍受着漫长的通勤（上下班）和拥挤的生活条件，但随着旧的群体和家庭价值观的削弱，这种不适感开始显现出来。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while still well below that of the United States, has increased by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by nearly one-quarter.

在过去的十年里，日本的离婚率虽然仍远低于美国，但已经上升了50%以上，自杀率上升了近四分之一。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters.

世界上三位顶尖的央行行长（格林斯潘、杜森伯格和早见）都接近字母表的顶端，即使其中一位真的使用了日语。

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Yet the research revealed that the U. S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts — a result of the training that U. S. workers received on the job.

然而，研究显示，本田、日产和丰田的美国工厂的生产率约为日本工厂的95%，这是美国工人在工作中接受培训的结果。

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题