口译教程2.pptVIP

Skill Unit 2 Key Information in Interpreting Part 1 How to distinguish Key  information 1. Sentence Clause -one unit for information Focus information-important information E.g. Listen and decide which can be understood easily A. That he has kept talking about the heavy traffic to explain why he was late again is obvious. B. It is obvious that he has kept talking about the heavy traffic to explain why he was late again. Sequence: Less important inform.~ important~ focus 在一般情况下，除强调句和倒装句外，英语单句信息的分布顺序是： 从一般到特定，从泛指到特指，从已知到未知，从次重要信息到重要，从旧信息到（半）