News in China. The photo “China daily” (Google Images library, 2016) tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQd8QpzghpR5todJX_EJTsA30dZypv7NB6Kuy76s9H1mj3OlVPDIw
Click on the speaker next to each image and listen to their the Chinese translation then go to the next slide. Use the tools on slide 4 to clarify the meaning. Cut and paste the following link to a Chinese online news site into your browser, you can toggle between English and Chinese to work out different words and phrases. Familiarise yourself with current affairs in China. The photo “Bicycle” (Google Images library, 2016) The photo “Car” (Google Images library, 2016) The photo “Street” (Google images library, 2016) The photo “Bustling” (Google images library, 2016)
The following sentences are jumbled, rearrange the speakers to make a sentence and match the picture. 1………….……………. 2…………..…………… 3……….....…………… Hint: listen for words you can recognise then build on from there. Use the online dictionary and google translate on the next slide to find and translate the words you are unfamiliar with. The photo “Bicycle accident” (Google Images library, 2016) The photo “Street party” (Google Images library, 2012) The photo “Car crash” (Google Images library, 2016)
Tools to assist translation. speech to text dictation Google translate enables input of chinese characters or speech translated to English, or English to Chinese.