Basic ideas and discussion

1. Basic ideas and discussion (warm-up exercises)

2. Warm-up exercises 1 • He gave many of his speechesat trainings and courseswhere his theories were being studied as a potential management tool. • Tom Jenkins was not a good fisherman. He either fished in the wrong place, or used the wrong bait or pulled in his line too quickly. • 在培训课上，人们把他的理论作为一种潜在的管理模式来进行研究，（因此）他做了很多相关的讲演。 • 汤姆-贾金斯不怎么会钓鱼。……

3. Warm-up exercises 2 • A person’s blood type is determined by what kind of antigen(抗原），a type of protein, he has on the surface of his red blood cells. • A person’s blood type is determined bywhat kind of antigen(抗原），a type of protein, he has on the surface of his red blood cells. • 抗原是一种蛋白质。一个人的血型是由其红细胞表层的抗原种类决定的。 • Other possible translations?

4. Warm-up exercises 3 • China began in April to pull European makeup and perfume products from shop shelves to ban cosmetics suspected of containing substances that cause mad cow disease. • China beganin Aprilto pull European makeup and perfume products from shop shelves to ban cosmetics suspected of containing substances that cause mad cow disease. • 四月份开始中国就将欧洲的化妆品及香水撤柜，禁止出售可能含有导致疯牛病物质的商品。

5. Warm-up exercises 4 • The demand for bottled water used to be mostly limited to foreign tourists, but the introduction of bulk packaging extended the market to new and numerous consumers. • The demand for bottled waterused to be mostly limited to foreign tourists, but the introduction of bulk packagingextended the market to new and numerous consumers. • 瓶装水过去主要用于满足外国游客的需求，但大量罐装技术的引用使得其赢得了更多新的消费者。

6. Warm-up exercises 5 • The British may have long been a nation of shopkeepers but they are coming late to the business of tourism. • The British may have long been a nation of shopkeepersbutthey arecoming late to the business of tourism. • 英国人很早就经商，然而在旅游业方面他们却起步较晚。

7. Warm-up exercises 6 • The market system is unfair, for it gives good things to those who have control over whatever resources turn out to be most scarce, not to those who have any moral right to good things. • The market system is unfair, forit gives good things to those who have control over whatever resources turn out to be most scarce, not to those who have any moral right to good things. • 在市场体系中，好的东西都给了那些操控着稀有资源的人而不是那些本应得到它的人，因此市场体系是不公的。

8. Warm-up exercises 7 • This is to thank you for your wonderful hospitality and to tell you how much we enjoyed seeing you again. • This is to thank you for your wonderful hospitality andto tell you how much we enjoyed seeing you again. • 以此对你的好客之情表示感谢，能与你相见我们深感荣幸。

9. Warm-up exercises 8 • The UK has become the latest country after the US and Germany to join an international battle for scarce high-tech workers by relaxing its work permit rules for overseas specialists. • The UK has become the latest countryafter the US and Germany to join an international battle for scarce high-tech workersby relaxing its work permit rules for overseas specialists. • 最近英国也成为继美德之后加入稀有人才争夺战的国家。他们主要靠放宽外国专家的用工许可制度来吸引人才。 • Other possibilities.

10. Questions and discussion 1 • What should be considered in the understanding of an English sentence? (how) • The structure of the sentence • The relationship among parts • How should we put the SL into TL? • The basic structure (core) • Insert the rest part • Re-organize the sentence

11. Questions and discussion 2 • What should be pay special attention to? • Collocation • Sentence order • Acceptable / understandable /readable

12. Exercise and Homework • Translate passage 2 • From the beginning to “They sat together”. (in classroom) • The rest (hand it in on Thursday) • Try to consider the following question: • What are the differences between English and Chinese?