Unit Eight Foreign Trade

• Part I Skill Focus---Note-taking (1)

• Part II Topic Focus---- China’s Foreign Policy and International relations

• 听录音，做笔记

Ask yourself:

• 1.Did I use complete sentences? They are generally a waste of time.

• 2.Did I use any format at all? Are my notes clear or confusing?

• 3.Did I capture main points and all sub points? • 4.Did I streamline using abbreviations and

shortcuts? You may need to develop some new note-taking

skills!

Note-taking

Skill focusSkill focus ◆ nature of notes

◆ characteristics of note-taking

◆ what to note

◆ how to note

◆ formats of note-taking

Why take notes?

““A sharp memory is not as dependable as a broken pen”

好记性不如烂笔头 —— A Chinese old saying““A sharp memory is not as dependable as a broken pen”

好记性不如烂笔头 —— A Chinese old saying

a necessary evil

speaker: 130-200 w/m note-taker: 30-70 w/m

Figures and proper names

Company Logo

Purposes of Note-taking

1. to relieve memory

2. To offer clues for recalling

3. To visualize the structure of SL speech

4. To organize TL production

Nature of Notes

≠: shorthand notes

lecture notes

dictation

＝ : - product of comprehension and logical analysis

- personal memory aids/prompters

- signposts

Characteristics for Notes

• Instantaneous

• Concise

• Unsystematic

• Exclusive

• Personal

Tools for note-taking

1.the notebook1.the notebook 2.2. the pensthe pens

Let us start from the beginning, …Let us start from the beginning, …

THE CHOICE OF THE COPYBOOKTHE CHOICE OF THE COPYBOOK

SO, FIRST THING IS: CHOOSE THE RIGHT COPYBOOKSO, FIRST THING IS: CHOOSE THE RIGHT COPYBOOK

THE COPYBOOK SHOULD FIT IN YOUR HANDTHE COPYBOOK SHOULD FIT IN YOUR HAND

OK

OK

Let me show you, …Let me show you, …

This student even follows with her pencil on her copybook.

That is not the right way to work.

Then, we are ready to begin…Then, we are ready to begin…

KEEP IN MIND IS THAT YOU SHOULD WRITE LARGE CHARACTERSKEEP IN MIND IS THAT YOU SHOULD WRITE LARGE CHARACTERS

RISKS OF ERRORS …

Students should be able to recognize Students should be able to recognize

and decode their notes from a certain distanceand decode their notes from a certain distance

Summary of the preparation • a loose-leaf note pad• palm size when standing• B5 or A4 with tables and chairs• Two pens or ballpoint pens opened

with a click preferred• lines sparsely written• using big words/signs• a margin left on one or

both sides• legible handwriting

Source language or target language?

• Interpreters use abbreviations and symbols ,characters even Pinyin in note-taking, and use whatever language that comes to mind as the easiest or most appropriate.

Two formats of Note-taking

• Verticalization ( 纵写式 )

• Indentation ( 内缩式 )

• 中国的基础教育包括学前教育、小学至初中的九年义务教育、普通高中教育、残疾儿童的特殊教育和扫盲教育。中国有两亿多中小学生，再加上学龄前儿童，占全国人口的六分之一。为此，国家确立了基础教育的优先发展地位，作为基础设施建设和教育事业发展的重点领域。按照政府的要求，中国基础教育发展的目标是，在2010 年实现基础教育总体水平接近或达到世界中等发达国家水平。

Verticalization ( 纵写式 ) basic edu: pre-

小 → 初 Y9

普高

残 特

盲

C: 200 M 中 & 小

+ pre-

∴ □: -- 优先

as infra. + edu. Key

Gov: -- goal:

’10, ≈ or ＝ 中 D

1/6

• 1998 年 5 月 4 日，北京大学百年校庆之际，国家主席江泽民在庆祝北京大学建校一百周年大会上发表讲话，发出了“为了实现现代化，我国要有若干所具有世界先进水平的一流大学”的号召。在国家的支持下，北京大学适时启动“创建世界一流大学计划”，从此，北京大学的历史翻开了新的一页。

Indentation （內缩式） ’98.5.4 PKU 100th

P 江 -- ：

“ 为 M, □ 1st Us.”

→ □ 支

PKU 时 : 建 1st

–make a logical analysis of the original speech

–catch the key words that contain the message of the speech

–write words or symbols sparingly and in columns

–remember the beginning and the end of the speech

–pay special attention to transitional words

Suggested ways to take notes

Basic guidelines for note-taking in CI

Notes must be unequivocal: for instance, an arrow pointing upward must be ↗

always used to represent one idea.Avoid inventing symbols or abbreviations

in the course of a conference.Language used in your notes: SL and TL

• Part II Text Interpreting

• P 269

• P 273