Skills Development and Practice.pptVIP

Skills Development and Practice Task 1: Review: recitation Task 2: Reading Skill: comparison and contrast Task 3: Translation Skill: negative-positive translation(反正译法) Task 4: Assignment Task 1. Review: recite the 4th paragraph of Text A: Public Relations Gaining…requires … Public relations begins by…so as to respect… Unless…take…into account, it can do little… Not all…, nor…, can make… Most companies…consider how any action, such as…, will… Having made…, the company wants… Task 2: Reading skill: Comparison and Contrast Distinction Signal words Practice To compare (比较)is to consider two or more things, people, ideas, etc, in order to show how they are similar or different from each other. To contrast （对比、对照）is to compare two things, ideas, people, etc, to show how different they are from each other. The Distinction of Comparison and Contrast: Comparison shows similarities and differences of two or more things Contrast shows differences of two things 2. Signal Words of Comparison and Contrast Comparison: both…and, similar, similarity, alike, like, in a similar way, instead, unlike, although, while, etc. Contrast: difference, differ from, while, although, on the other hand, on the contrary, however, distinguish between, etc. Practice: read the following paragraph The reading process is similar to the writing process. Both are a form of communication by using the written words. The job of the writer, however, is to convey his or her message in a clear manner. The job of the reader, on the other hand, is to extract from the written page as accurately as possible the information being communicated. Task 3: E-C Translation Skill: Negative-Positive Translation(反正译) Example 1: It is a pity that you cannot come. 很可惜你不能来。 Example 2： The windows of the room were never open. 那个房间的窗户总是关着。 Example 3： She came to the room with no shoes on. 她光着脚走见那间房间。 反说与正说