1. 13 Science and Technology
英语口译 13
Science and Technology
大学英语教学部
向丁丁

2. Warming-up: Listen, understand and retell
 Gravity 1&2 (from VOA)
a. What is the main idea of the news story?
b. How many parts can you divide the story into?
c. Can you recall as much info as possible in each part?

3. One-on-one interpreting
a. E-C, and ask the speaker:
How do you rate your partner?
Any mistakes to correct?
b. C-E, and ask the speaker:

4. 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:
NASA, space shuttle, international space station, ingenuity, groundbreaking, optimal, constellation, multi-meter, voltage, substantial changes, to secure the leading position, space industry, cutting edge science, transfer of scientific and technological achievements, commercialization, skilled worker, technology-intensive product, to identify, high-speed railway, hybrid rice, FAO

5. Important Skill: Restructuring word order in target language
1. Theory:
Different ways of sentence structuring in English/Chinese
Make changes in target language wherever necessary.

6.  listen to the brand story of “Tesla”
2. Example:
 listen to the brand story of “Tesla”
1. Interpret in silence
2. See where word order needs to be rearranged
“ Tesla prides itself as the manufacturer of the world’s most environmentally-friendly car. But there are controversies as for whether the story is true. Experts say it depends solely on the source of the car’s power. ”

7. Important Skill Interpreting Science/tech genres
1. Key requirement:
Accuracy!
2. Prepare in advance:
Working vocabulary & basic knowledge

8. Have a try! Now you are interpreting at the Iphone Release!(
Style of interpreting: tech & marketing (match that of the speaker)

9. More Practice  E-C: audio-4 Silicon Valley
 E-C: audio-1 Neural science
 C-E: audio-4 航空事业
(from course audio archive)

10. Homework 1) Preview vocabulary for “International Relations”;
2) Get prepared for one-on-one interpreting.