Part Two- Some Major Skills in Interpreting and Their Pr.pptVIP

Part Two: Some Major Skills in Interpreting and Their Practice —— Preparatory Steps 1. Memory Training Listening comprehension is a very important part of your linguistic competence. This is particularly true for the interpreters of consecutive interpretation. Whether you can absorb the information as much as you can or not largely depends on your short-term memory. You need to be trained for the purpose and you need to be improved in this respect. The more information you can absorb and retain, the more competent and confident you become. To attain this goal, you must practice more and do a lot exercises in this field. a.) Different types of listening and the main types of the kind. 1.) Casual Listening Conversational listening: listening in social interaction Secondary listening: listening to background sounds to make primary activity more meaningful Aesthetic listening: listening for the enjoyment of content with no thought of discussing critically 2.) Creative Listening Reconstructing the image and feelings suggested by what one is hearing 3.) Exploratory Listening Random listening to find points of interest 4.) Intent Listening Receptive listening: remembering a sequence of details Reflective listening: Getting central ideas Identifying transitional elements Using contextual clues to determine word meaning Distinguishing relevant and irrelevant material Drawing inferences b.) Immediate Recall Exercises Chinese Passages : Listen Reproduce Paraphrase Questions Answers 在庆祝清华大学建校九十周年大会上的讲话 江泽民 北京大学概况 English Extracts: from Listening Note-taking 在庆祝清华大学建校九十周年大会上的讲话 江泽民 老师们，同学们，同志们，朋友们： 今天，清华大学校园里春光明媚，万物更新，充满着蓬勃朝气。来到你们中间，我仿佛年轻了许多，心情特别高兴。 首先，我代表党中央、国务院，并以我个人的名义，向清华大学全体师生员工和海内外校友，表示热烈的祝贺！向参加庆典的海内外嘉宾，表示诚挚的欢迎！向全国高等院校的师生员工和广大从事教育工作的同志们，致以亲切的问候！ 清华大学建校九十年来，随着时代的步伐前进，发扬“自强不息，厚德载物”校训的精神，为祖国培养了一批又一批人才。清华的广大师生心系祖国和人民，为祖国科学教育事业的发展，为中华民族的解放和振兴