Warming up Listen understand and retell o“ Google translate”( from npr) Je suis Ren jesuit Rene o a. What is the main idea of the news story? o b How many parts can you divide the story into? o C. Can you recall as much info as possible in each part? d. Do you think machine translation will replace human translation one day
One-on-one interpreting o a. E-C, and ask the speaker o How do you rate your partner? o Any mistakes to correct? o Can you explain the logic flow of your report? o b C-E, and ask the speaker o How do you rate your partner? o Any mistakes to correct? o Can you point out customary translations for some expressions in your report?
Vocabulary: Vie to answer first key words prospect, the Democratic, the Republic, on a daily basis, energy-efficient, package, to elaborate, to propose, international community, to reach a consensus on, to institutionalize, assembly, convention, party, fancy ball, symposium seminar, summit, forum, press conference, unprecedented, embassy, ambassador direct investment, over the same period of last year
key words: prospect, the Democratic, the Republic, on a daily basis, energy-efficient, package, to elaborate, to propose, international community, to reach a consensus on, to institutionalize, assembly, convention, party, fancy ball, symposium, seminar, summit, forum, press conference, unprecedented, embassy, ambassador, direct investment, over the same period of last year
Important Skill 1 short-hand in note-taking The most common ways of abbreviations in taking notes 1. the briefest form for recognition fr mo econ. eco dev,dec(↓) Inc 2. sketching the skeleton of the words with their major consonants CHN MKT
o The University of Kangaroos held a national symposium on November 8th, on diversifying the food intake of all the kangaroos. Traditionally Sample note kangaroos feed on fresh grass However as a joint result of Uni.⊙8/11 climate change and human exploitation, the production of Tra. fre gras fresh grass on the Australian Clima+ human→↓/year E prairie is decreasing on a yearly xp. gov. prog B erry basis. Experts suggest that the Corn kangaroo government start a Dry gras new and comprehensive nutrition program encouraging the citizens to take in more berries, corns and dry grass, in order to combat the current food deficiency
Sample note Uni. ⊙ 8/11 : ↑ food Tra. fre gras Clima+human→ ↓/year Exp: gov. prog. Berry Corn Dry gras ﹥﹤ ×