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Business Meeting: Meeting Address

Business Meeting: Meeting Address. Module Three (Task One). Unit Objectives. After studying this unit, you should understand the difficulties and skills of idioms interpreting. find ways to improve your interpreting skills and performance.

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Business Meeting: Meeting Address

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  1. Business Meeting:Meeting Address Module Three (Task One)

  2. Unit Objectives After studying this unit, you should • understand the difficulties and skills of idioms interpreting. • find ways to improve your interpreting skills and performance. • master the basic words and expressions about business meeting. • know some cultural background knowledge about business meeting.

  3. You are going to hear a short passage, note down what you hear, pay attention to the idioms and try to interpret them accurately. This contest started six months ago. The qualifications for applicants are as follows. All contestants shall have a Bachelor degree and a glib tongue. They shall be good-looking, quick-witted and in their twenties. After the preliminary and semi-final rounds, here finally comes the exciting moment. Tonight, in the spirit of fair play, we shall select the sole Messenger of Happiness for the national final competition. Let’s wait and see. Preparing --Warm-up Exercises

  4. Preparing --Skills Presentation Idioms Interpreting • The Definition of Idiom • Methods of Idioms Interpreting • Idiom for Idiom • Literal Translation • Free Translation • Literal Translation combined with paraphrasing

  5. English to Chinese Sino-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) WEF (World Economic Forum) World Economic Development Summit Adjourn Agenda In favor of Against Abstain May I come in here? If you ask me,... I tend to think that... 1.中美联合商贸委员会 2.世界经济论坛 3.世界经济发展高峰 4.休会 5.会议议程 6.赞成 7.反对 8.弃权 9.我可以说吗？ 10假如你问我，我认为 Preparing --Phrases Interpreting

  6. Chinese to English 太对了 我明白你的意思 例会 欢迎会 悬而未决 双方达成共识/一致意见 高层会谈 一切争端应首先通过友好会谈进行解决 我宣布会议开始。 在我看来，这不可能实施。 Good point! I get your point. An ordinary meeting A welcome meeting Pending Reach a consensus on High-level Talks All disputes shall, first of all, be settled amicably by negotiation. I declare the meeting open. In my opinion, it can’t work at all. Preparing --Phrases Interpreting

  7. English to Chinese 我不太明白你的意思，能给我们更多些细节吗？ 今天我想讨论的是合同，是有关一个有开创性的科技，它有可能把我们的能效提高45% 根据议题，我们接下来要讨论同意新计划的各项问题。 根据中国的礼节习惯，让客人先谈。 先谈原则问题呢，还是先谈具体问题？ Preparing --Sentences Interpreting

  8. B. Chinese to English • It is my honour to be given the floor at this time of this APEC Ministerial Meeting.. • May I suggest we start with looking at the general proposal? • I now have the pleasure of introducing to you the first speaker, sales manager of this company. • This symposium will be constructive and significant in popularizing and promoting information technology in China. I wish the symposium a complete success. • My appreciation goes to the organizers and to the host country for the warm hospitality extended. At the same time I’d like to congratulate on the excellent manner in which this conference is being organized and received.

  9. Performing --Decoding (Note-taking)

  10. Performing --Memorizing (Story-retelling) Listen to the recordings of Text A again. Try to catch more details and improve your notes. Then retell the speech in your own words with the help of your notes.

  11. Performing--Encoding (Message Reconstructing) 女士们，先生们，亲爱的朋友们， 我们今夜聚集在美丽的城市深圳，召开这个国际性的会议。我谨代表主办单位和我们公司，并以我个人的名义，首先向大家表示热烈的欢迎。这次会议的主题是“新世纪、新经济：在全球化的世界中的发展”这是具有重大意义的。 …… 为把我国建设成为现代化的国家，我们要广泛地学习、借鉴国外先进技术和科学管理方法。召开这样的国际会议，积极引进外国智力资源，聘请外国专家来华工作，已经成为我国对外开放的重要组成部分。 ……

  12. sales director after sales customer support Sales improvement rural market advertising campaign sales staff database information PowerPoint presentation 销售总监 售后客服支持 销售改进 农村市场 广告活动 销售队伍 数据信息 幻灯片演示 Performing --Coordinating (Field Interpreting)

  13. 有目共睹 榜样 自由贸易 无污染的 享誉世界 self-evident example free trade pollution-free worldwide fame Packaging --Interpreting and Assessment

  14. Packaging --Interpreting and Assessment

  15. Packaging -- Feedback and Comments Aims of this Unit Student’s Feedback Teacher’s Comments The candidate has met the standard, knowledge and skill requirements. Candidates: ___________________ Date ___________________ Assessor: ____________________ Date ___________________

  16. Assignment --Simulation Exercises Work in groups. Role-play the following situations with your partners, acting as the Chinese speaker, English speaker and the interpreter respectively. One group will be invited to perform in class. Get into groups and each group chooses one student as the chairperson and another as the interpreter. Organize a meeting according to the flowchart given below. Make interpretations with your partners during the meeting. Pay special attention to the expressions used at a business meeting.

  17. Points to Remember • An idiom can be defined as a group of words with a meaning different from the combined meanings of its component words. • There are quite a number of methods in interpreting idioms, but the following four are the most common ones: Idiom for Idiom; Literal Translation; Free Translation; Literal Translation combined with paraphrasing.

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