Business Meeting Unit Twelve Unit Objectives After studying

Business Meeting Unit Twelve

Unit Objectives After studying this unit, you should n n understand what and how to prepare for interpreting business meeting. 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.

Phase 1 Presentation n n Students will simulate the situation given in the practice phase in the previous chapter and deliver the interpretation along with the simulation. Other students will observe and assess the simulation

Preparing n n --Warm-up Exercises What role does business meeting play in business? How to prepare for a successful business meeting?

Preparing --Skills Presentation Interpreting skills: numbers n units of measures and measures

Preparing --Phrases Interpreting A. English to Chinese 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. telecommunication industry China mobile China Netcom China telecom China Unicom Software industry The agenda of the meeting To raise an objection 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 通信业 总共移动 中国网通 中国电信 中国联通 软件业 大会议事日程 提出异议

Preparing --Phrases Interpreting B. Chinese to English 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 引进来 走出去 全面发展 研讨会 峰会 本届年会 主要发言人 主持会议 大会秘书处 大成公司 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Attracting foreign investment Going global Comprehensive development Seminar/symposium Summit meeting The current annual meeting The keynote speaker/keynoter To preside over the meeting The secretariat of the meeting

Preparing --Sentences Interpreting B. Chinese to English 1. 2. 3. Thank you, Mr. Stone, for your kind introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s my great pleasure to have this opportunity of personally offering you a few words of greeting. Shall we be getting stared? First of all, I’ll announce the items on the agenda today. All the speakers have presented their frank and candid opinions and views concerning developing new markets. The opinions presented may be summarized as follows… We have gained, through your presentation, a better insight into the global business strategies. Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

Performing --Decoding (Note-taking) n Notes will be shown on the blackboard

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.

Performing --Coordinating (Field Interpreting) n n n Good morning, it is a pleasure to meet friends from the press today. I’d like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the media for your long-time interest in and support for the development of cultural understandings in china. China is unified multi-ethnic nation. The rich and diversified cultural heritage created b 56 ethnic groups during their historical course of development are crystallization of the wisdom and civilization of the Chinese nation. The intangible cultural heritage embodies the spiritual values, mentality, imagination and cultural awareness typical of the Chinese people, and stands as a fundamental basis for the maintenance of China's cultural identity and sovereignty.

Performing --Coordinating (Field Interpreting) n n This heritage, coupled with tangible cultural heritage, constitutes the entire cultural wealth of the Chinese nation and an indispensable component of cultural heritage of mankind and played a significant role in human progress. From January to May, china had 17, 359 newly approved, foreign -invested enterprises, up by 14. 39%, with a contracted foreign investment of 57. 241 billion us dollars, up by 49. 76, and an actually utilized foreign investment of 25. 91 billion dollars, up by 11. 34%. By the end of May, there had been altogether 482. 636 foreign-invested enterprises, with a total contractual foreign investment of 1. 000371 trillion dollars and an actually utilized 527. 381 billion dollars.

Packaging --Interpreting and Assessment

Performing --Coordinating (Field Interpreting)

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: __________ Assessor: __________ Date ___________________

Practice for Presentation --Simulation Exercises The students will role-play the following situations, acting as the Chinese speaker, English speaker and the interpreter respectively. They can make dialogues or speeches according to the words and expressions they have learned in the language bank and sample sentences. Two groups on be half of two companies will be invited to make a presentation in class at the beginning of the next class. n n Situation Mr. Bill Gates pronounced his retirement from the position of CEO in Microsoft in July 2008. Ms. Li from NBC is having an interview with Mr. Bill Gates on his decision and his future plan. Two groups will work with Gates and Li for question preparing and future planning respectively. Interpreters are needed for both parties.

Points to Remember n n Chinese and English differ in the way to talk about numbers. Chinese and English system of units.