2023年上海外國語大學英語翻譯碩士MTI真題

上外MTＩ_翻譯碩士英語考研真題MaｋingｔhemostofdiveｒsｉtyFromＲeuｔersThuNov１5,4:２2pmESTByChrｙstｉａFｒeeｌanｄＮＥWＹORKNoｖ15(Reｕtｅｒs）-FoｒAmerica,wｉllｇodoｗninhistoryaｓtheyearofthｅＬatinos,ｔheblacks,thewomenaｎｄthｅgayｓ．ＴhatraｉnｂowcoalｉｔioｎwｏnPresｉdentBａrａｃkObamahｉsseｃｏｎdｔerm．TｈｉｓｔｒiumphoftheoutsidersispartlyｄuｅtoAmerica'schangiｎgdemogｒaphicｓ.ＡnditisnotjuｓttheUｎｉtedSｔateｓtｈatisｂｅcoｍｉnｇmｏreｄiveｒse.Ｃanadaiｓ,too,asｉｓmuｃｈofEｕrope.Ｔhatiswhyｉtisｗoｒｔｈtｈｉnkinghaｒdaboutｈowtomａkedｉversetｅamseffｅcｔive,andhowpｅopleｗhostrａddletwｏculturalworlｄsｃａnｓucceed.Ｔhreｅacａdemicｓ,apprｏpriatｅlｙenoughａdｉvｅrsegroupbasedinAｓiａanｄAｍeｒiｃａ,hａvebｅｅndoｉｎｇsomeprovｏcatiｖerｅｓeaｒchtｈatsuggｅｓtｓthatourabilitｙtoｃomｆortａblyｉntegrateouｒdｉfferｅｎtiｄｅｎtｉties－ｏrｎot-iｓthｅkey．In"ConnｅctｉnｇtheDotsWｉｔhin：CｒeatiｖeＰｅrforｍanceaｎｄIｄenｔityIntegrａt(yī)ｉon,"Ｃhi-ＹingCｈengｏfSｉngapｏｒeManaｇeｍｅnｔUｎｉvｅrsity，JeｆfrｅySanchez-ＢurｋsｏｆtｈeＲossSchｏｏlofBusinessatthｅUｎiｖeｒsｉtyofMｉｃhigan,anｄFｉonaLee,alsoatｔheUniveｒsityoｆＭicｈｉgaｎ,arｇuetｈatｅthｎiｃmｉnorｉｔiesａndwoｍeniｎmａｌｅ－domｉnatedprofｅssionsaremｏｓtcreａｔivewｈenｔheyhａvefｏunｄａｗaｙｔobelieｖetｈaｔtheir"multipｌeaｎdcｏnfｌicｔingsocｉaｌideｎtiｔiesarecｏmｐatibｌe."＂Wｅｔrieｄｔoseehｏｗpeoplewｈｏhａｖeｔoｄealwｉthsｅeminglyiｎ-ｃonｆlicｔcultureｏrgenderidentitiescｏpｅ,"Chengtolｄｍe.Ｔheirｃonclusiｏnｗastｈatpeｏplewｈｏhａveｆouｎｄawaytorｅcｏncilethｅｉrtwｏidｅｎtｉties-Aｓian-Americans,forexａｍple，orwoｍenｗhowｏrkｉnmalｅ-ｄomｉnaｔeｄjobsｌｉkｅengｉｎeｅrｉng-ａreｔhebestatｆiｎdingｃrｅativesoluｔiｏnｓtoprｏｂleｍs．"Ｔhoｓｅwｈoseeｔheiｒｉｄentitiｅsascoｍpａt(yī)ibｌe,theｙaｒebｅｔteratｃｏmbinｉｎgｉdｅasfroｍｔheｔwoiｄentitiestoｃomeuｐｗｉthsomethinｇnew，"Chenｇsaiｄ."Wｈilethoｓewhoaｌsoｓhaｒethｅsetwｏsociaｌidenｔities,ｂuｔsｅethemasbｅｉngiｎｃonｆｌict,ｔｈeｙcaｎnotcomeupｗithnewiｄeas．"Ｃheng，Saｎｃhez-BurksaｎdＬｅedevｉsedaｒeｓｅａrcｈsｔrategｙｔoprobetｈisissuethａt(yī)ｙoudoｎotnｅｅｄaＰｈ．D.toａppreｃiate:TheyaskedＡｓian－AmeriｃａnstoinventｎewｆusiｏncｕisiｎedｉｓhesusiｎｇｂothｔypiｃallyAｓｉａnanｄtｙpiｃａlｌyAｍericａningｒedientｓ,andtheｙａskeｄfｅmａｌeengineeｒｓｔodesiｇnｐｒoduｃtsgeａreｄsｐecificａllｙtowoｍen.Ｉｎbｏthｃases,peｏpleｗhoｗereatｐｅａcｅｗithtｈeirduaｌｉdｅnｔｉtｉｅspeｒformeｄbｅｔteｒ.＂Ａｓiａn-Americanswhｏhadhigherbiculｔuｒａlintegｒａｔionｃouldcreａt(yī)emoreｃreａt(yī)ｉvereｃipes,ａnｄtheyｂelieveditｗasposｓibletocｏmeｕpwiｔhｍorerecipes,"Chenｇsaｉｄ．"Bycoｎtrast，Asian-Ａmｅricａnswhoｆeeｌtｈeｉrtwｏidentitｉｅsareinｃonflｉctcａnｎoｔcｏmｅuｐwiｔｈasmanycreatｉverｅｃipes.''Chenghasｈeｒowｎexpeｒiｅｎceoｆbeiｎgaminoｒity.SheisfromTａiwanｂutwｅｎttogrａduaｔeschｏoliｎtheUｎiteｄStａt(yī)es;sheisawｏmanbuｔhａstaｕｇhｔintｈemale-dominａt(yī)edenｖironmentofgｒaｄuａt(yī)ebuｓiｎessｓchoｏlｓ.Sｈedｏｅsnotｍiniｍizｅtｈｅchallenｇeofｃｏmiｎgtotermｓwｉthｔhissortofdｉveｒsｉty."Peopｌewhohavehighidentityinｔegrａt(yī)ｉｏｎ,ｉtｉsnotｔhatｔheyａrｅmorｅeasygoing.Itisthattheyfiｎdｐeacｅbetｗeｅｎtｈｅtwｏdiｆｆerenｔwｏrlds,＂Chengｓaｉd."Ｉtisnotthaｔeａsy.Preｔeｎdingｄoeｓｎ'twoｒk.Ｔｈerehａstobereaｌundeｒsｔaｎdingandintｅgrationｂetwｅｅnthetwoworｌds.Ｔｈeｙfｉｎdaｗaｙｆｏrthetwowoｒｌdｓtｏcoexiｓｔｉｎsｉdｅａpersoｎ."Tｈisａcademiｃｗorkｉｓａｕsefｕlpｒｉsmfoｒｕnderstandingｔheｍanwｈomａybetｈｅworlｄ'smｏstpｒominentintｅｇｒatoroｆtwｏｐｏtentialｌyｃoｎfｌicｔingidentities:PresidｅntObaｍa.Ｈeｈasgainedadｍissiｏnｔowhaｔuseｄtobethemostｅxclusｉｖewhiteclubofall,theWhｉｔeHouｓe,wｈileremainｉnｇpatentｌyateasewithhisblａckｉdentｉty.AsＣhengadviｓes,Oｂamａdoesnotigｎoｒethecｏmｐleｘitiesｏfstradｄliｎgthesetwowoｒlds:HeｇovｅrnsｗithanaｃutｅａｗareｎｅssofthepaｒｔiculaｒcｈａlｌeｎgeｓablackskinposeｓfｏrthｅmaｎAｍｅrｉｃansstｉlｌlikｅtｏdeｓｃrｉｂeastheｌeadｅｒofｔhefreeｗoｒld．Butｔhepresｉdeｎtisalsodｅeplyateａseｗiｔｈhｉsvａrｉousidｅnｔitieｓ,ａpsｙｃholｏｇicaｌsｔatｅｔhatmayｈeｌpｈiｍusethemtopoｗerfuｌefｆｅct－asintｈｅeｌecｔioncampaign，wheｎheralliedpｒettｙmｕchａlｌAmｅｒicaｎｓｗhothiｎkoftｈemｓeｌｖesaｓｄifferent.ＴｈeconcluｓionｓofCheng，Ｓanchez-BurｋsandLeeｓuggestａｔanｔalｉziｎgｆｏｌlow－upquestion：Hｏwｃanｗｅaｃhｉｅvethｅpersｏｎalintegratioｎtheｓｅｓchｏlarｓhaveiｄｅｎtifiedａscruciaｌｔoｍakiｎgavirｔｕeofdiversity？ＦurtherrｅsearcｈｂyCｈｅnｇoffｅrsｏｎeansｗeｒ:＂Ｙoucａnintegrateyouridentｉｔiesｉfyouhａvepositｉveｂiｃuｌｔuralexpｅriｅnces.Tｈｅmacｒosｙsteｍｃaninfluｅnｃethｅmicｒosystem.＂Iｎoｔherwｏｒds，iｆｔhｅｗorldarｏundustｅｌlsusourdｕalideｎtｉｔiesarecompatible,wｅwilｌbelｉevethａt(yī),andaｃtaｃcorｄingly.Ifｆemaleengｉｎeｅrsｗorkinacｏmpanyｔhaｔtrｅatstheiｒgeｎderaｓａvirtue，theｙwilｌdobｅtｔeｒ．IfＡsian－Ameriｃaｎｓliveinacommunityｔhatcelｅbrａt(yī)ｅsbotｈaspeｃtsoｆtheirｉdentity,theyｗillbemoreeffecｔｉvｅ.Ａmerica＇ｓrainbｏwｃoａｌitｉonwｏnatｔｈｅballｏtboxtｈｉsｍoｎtｈ,bｕtinotheｒsｅttｉngsthｅnationhａsbecomealittleweａryoｆｄｉversity-chｅerｉnｇｍｏvementsliｋemｕlticulturaｌisｍａｎdeveｎexｐliｃｉtfemｉnism.Ｃheng'swｏrksuggestsｔhatcyniｃiｓｍmaybｅｍispｌaced.Divｅrｓitycａnwｏrk，butwｅhａvetoｗoｒkaｔｉt.上面劃線部分為完型填空答案Accorｄingtotｈｅａuｔhｏr,ｗhatiｔtakesforaｍinorityperｓontｏsucceeｄｉｎｔhｅＵＳ?Whｙthｅauthorcｏnsidｅ