英语口译 6 Tourism 大学英语教学部 向丁丁

阶段性小测验 1

英翻中：

Vocabulary: Vie to answer first! Step 1: Identify key word in the sentences you hear & use it in a new sentence you create! Step 2: Vie to interpret the new sentence your classmate just created! key words: to endure, to keep fit, well-being, to devise, workout, ancient town, a favorite haunt, historical sights, tourist attractions, national public holiday, to highlight the theme of, star-rated hotel, tourist destination, icon, to run out of, metabolism, crystallization, agri-tourism

Mock tour Role play and interpret You are introducing your hometown/university/favorite place of interest to a foreign friend. Now you have an interpreter to assist you.

Important Skill 1: Identifying markers of logic flow 1. Theory: Why is it important? How to use them to sketch the contour of the speech? 2. Example: identify the markers! November 11th has matured as the online shopping carnival for the Chinese people after 8 years of cultivation. It is especially popular among students and housewives, as they constitute the crowd of consumers who are sensitive to prices of goods. However, low prices also mean potential problems such as bad quality, copycat brands, slow logistics, and unsatisfactory after-sales services. As a result, online malls receive most complaints from these two groups of consumers after the carnival every year.

Warming up: Listen, understand and retell  “African tourism” (from NPR) a. What is the main idea of the news report? b. How many parts can you divide the report into? c. Can you recall as much info as possible in each part?

Important Skill 2: Interpreting descriptive speeches 1. Discuss: what are the generic features of descriptive speeches? Parallel or laddered structure? Abundance or scarcity of adjectives? Weak or strong connection between chunks of information? 2. Example: Interpret for a tour guide Group work: tourist, guide, interpreter

Have a try!  “President Xi’s state visit to the UK”

Practice  C-E: audio-2 西安古城  E-C: audio-5 York

Homework 1) Preview vocabulary for “Urban Life”; 2) Get prepared for one-on-one interpreting.