Tài liệu Practice 1 dialogue

INTERPRETING INTERPRETING PRACTICE PHUONG NGUYEN, M.A 2018 You are an interpreter for a Travel company. Practice these situations Practice 1: Meeting a VIP at the airport A Foreign Guest: Mr. Grey (A) General Manager of the Company: Mr. Minh (B) Interpreter: Mr. Hung (C) C: Good morning, Mr. Grey. Welcome to Vietnam. l'm Hung Nguyen, an interpreter from TT Company. (Shake hands) A: How do you do? C: How was your trip? A: It was very smooth, though it took quite while to get here. It's my first time to HCM, you know, and I'm quite excited about being here. C: I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here. Everything has already been arranged for you. A: That's reassuring. Thank you. C: Shall we proceed to the visitor's lounge? A: Yes, please. C: Mr. Grey, let me introduce you to our company General Manager, Mr. Minh Pham. B: Xin chào ông Grey. Có một số ít phóng viên muốn đặt câu hỏi với ông, Tôi hi vọng ông không phiền. A:Not at all. It'll be my pleasure. B: Tốt, tôi nghĩ cứ quyết định như vậy nhé. 2 Practice 2: In the VIP Room B: Thưa ông Grey, chúng ta hãy ngồi đây. Có một số thủ tục phải thông qua trước khi chúng ta về khách sạn. Ông Hùng sẽ giúp ông. A: That'll be very nice of him. B: Ông thích cà phê hay trà? A: Jasmine tea, please, if it's not inconvenient. (The interpreter comes in with an officer from the Customs.) C: Could you let this officer have your passport, and the quarantine certificate? A: Certainly, here you are. C: Everything is in order, Mr. Grey. Here is your passport. Now, would you mind stepping over and pointing out your luggage for inspection? A: Not at all. C. The Ride to the Hotel B: Ông Grey, xe chúng tôi đang chờ phía trước. Tất cả hành lý của ông đã có người trông nom. A: That‘s really very nice, thank you. B: Không có chi. Tôi tin chắc ông sẽ thích HCM, ông Grey ạ. A: I'm sure I will. I just can't wait to start my tour of the city. B: Để tôi báo trước với ông, có rất nhiều nơi để tham quan và có lẽ ông sẽ bị kiệt sức trước khi ông hoàn tất chuyến đi đấy. A: Nothing to worry, I really like visiting places. B: Ah này, ông thấy món ăn Việt Nam như thế nào? A: Love it. B: Ông chỉ cần thử một số cách nấu nướng của chúng tôi ở đây, có khá nhiều món để chọn lựa, ông có muốn dùng thử món đặc biệt nào không? A: If there is something I'd like to try out, it's Pho. I think that's quite famous in Vietnamese cooking. 3 Practice 3: Dinner for Mr. Grey Nhân viên (NV): Chào ông, chúng tôi sẽ phục vụ bữa tối vào lúc 6h. Ông có muốn dùng món gì đặc biệt không? A: What do you suggest? NV: Tôi đề nghị ông dùng thử món tôm hùm nướng ở nhà hàng. A: That‘ll be fine, thank you. Just make sure there's another seat for my interpreter, Mr. Hung. Can you tell someone to bring some ice cubes to my room? NV:Chắc chắn rồi, tôi sẽ báo dịch vụ phòng mang lên cho ông. A: Thank you NV: Không có chi. Nếu ông cần gì khác cứ gọi cho tôi. A: Yes I'd like to have a glass of wine, if that's alright. NV: Vân thưa ông, hi vọng ông sẽ thích bữa ăn. A: Thank you. 4 Practice 4: Weather A: It’s quite sunny today, isn’t it? B: Vâng, thời tiết ở đây khá nóng. Buổi tối không khí sẽ dễ chịu hơn. Thật hay là ông đã đến đây vào mùa xuân, thời tiết mùa này là đẹp nhất. A: Yes, the air is crisp and cool in the evening. And I may say it reminds me a lot of the weather back home. B: Vì đây là nước nhiệt đới, nên vào hè sẽ rất nóng. A: Tell me, are there any mountains nearby that we can visit while I’m here? B: Vâng, chúng ta có thể đi leo núi Bà đen nằm ở vùng ngoại ô cách đây 90 cây số. Mùa này leo núi là thích hợp nhất ạ. A: That will be a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of HCM. When do you think we can go there? B: Chúng ta nên đi vào ngày thường, để tránh cuối tuần đông người. A: It’s OK. 5 LISTEN- FILL IN THE BLANKS- TRANSLATE IN TO VIETNAMESE WORKSHEET 1: DONALD TRUMP- MERRY CHRISTMAS We're here at President's (1)............................... We want to wish everybody a (2)............................................., a Happy new year. Have unbeliveable holidays. And we are now going to light a very beautiful tree and I'll ask our First Lday to get ready and maybe we'll do a (3).... ........................................... from 10. So, we'll go 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Today's the day that I've been looking very much (4) ....................................... to all year long. It's one that we have heard and we speak about, and we dream about. And now as the President of the United States, it's my tremendous honor to fnally wish America and the world a very Merry Christmas. Each of every year at Chritmas time we (5) ....................................... that the real spririt of Christmas is not what we have, it's about who we are, each of us is a child of God. That is the true source of joy this (6) ....................................... of the year. That is what makes every Christmas merry. And that is what we remember at today's beautiful ceremony. That we are called to serve one another, to love one another, and to (7) ....................................... peace on our heart, and all throughout the world. At Christmas we are reminded more than ever that the family is the (8) ....................................... of American life. And so this christmas we ask for God's belssing for our family, for our nation. And we pray that our country will be a place where every child knows a home flled with love, a (9) ....................................... rich with hope, and a nation blessed with (10) ........................................ On behalf of Melania, myself, Barron, all of my children, all of my grandchildren- they're here with us tonight. I want to thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much, Merry Christmas everybody. Happy New Year. Thank you. 6 WORKSHEET 2: PETER RIPKEN- A LIFE IN LITERATURE- HELPING EXILED ARTIST AROUND THE WORLD Peter Ripken loves (1) ......................................... The man from Frankfurt, Germany reads books by writers all over the world. And he learned years ago that not all nations permit writers to express themselves freely. In fact, free expression can be quite dangerous in many places. So, Ripken decided to act. He helped (2) ...................................... an organization to protect writers. The International Cities of Refuge Network, ICORN, was born in 1993. Its founders sought to persuade cities, not central government, to give refuge to persecuted writers. “I got involved in the program where persecuted writers are being given (3) ...................................... in cities in Germany, and Frankfurt was one of the first cities and I was involved right from the beginning, from the mid 90s, to set up this program. The first (4) ...................................... was called “International Parliament of Writers.” In 2006, then we came together and established ICORN - International Cities of Refuge Network.” It was not his original plan. He had a different view of his future as a young man. “When I was 15 I was thinking because of my reading (5) ...................................... to become a bookseller when I was 15, sort of graduating from primary school. And then my mother said, ‘You do your high school diploma first and then you can still become a bookseller’ and so on. So she influenced me on that.” A bookseller he did not become. Instead, in the late 1960s, Peter Ripken began a five year stint as a manager in an aid organization working in Africa. But his affinity for the written word remained strong. And then he got a call. “Then I was being asked, ‘Can you help us, somebody has defected our radio station?’ So, I worked for three years at that radio station, Voice of Germany that is the (6) ...................................... to Voice of America. I worked as a deputy editor for the Africa section and I liked it. But when somebody else came and said ‘we have this organization promoting African, Asian, Latin American literature and we need somebody with your background to follow a person who has left us, can you do it, do you want to do it?’” Ripken did not hesitate. “I said yes. I thought maybe I do that five years but I did it for 20 because it was so interesting meeting authors, traveling to literary conferences, doing workshops with publishers and authors. That was so varied, so interesting that I did it for 20 years!” Peter Ripken grew up reading German authors. But his (7) ...................................... broadened to other European and American literature. Then, he found what he calls books ‘outside of the norm.’ This helped grow his interest in political developments in other regions. “I read mostly novels. I started early reading African, Arab, Indian authors, Latin American authors.That was one thing, and going with it I had a strong interest in political developments in other continents. I'm especially interested in political developments in Africa and the Arab world. And I've made efforts to find out by traveling, by meeting people, by going to conferences. And these two (8) ...................................... have shaped my life.” 7 Peter Ripken has written one book himself. At the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, he wrote a handbook on Southern Africa. But poetry came along later for Ripken, and with a little pressure. “I remember a Moroccan poet at one time told me, ‘You Europeans, you are doing everything to kill poetry.’ And I wanted to prove to him that I was not killing poetry, so I read poetry and I edited anthologies.” Last year Peter Ripken retired after (9) ...................................... years as ICORN’s chairman. But he is still active in the organization. He and many others are developing relationships with new partners and supporters. The goal is to increase the group’s capacity to protect and promote writers and artists at risk around the world. More than 60 cities have joined the network, and no less than 170 writers and artists have found shelter in an ICORN member city. In 2016, International Cities of Refuge Network celebrated its 10-year anniversary. And Ripken says he will continue to stay busy in the world of arts and literature. “There’s one project we are setting up a cultural center in southern Spain for encounters between writers and artists from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, France and Germany. I'm involved there. I'm involved in an (10)......................................center in Southern Africa. I am preparing with a friend a handbook of African literature. And corresponding with people and, partly I must say, also traveling.” Peter Ripken hopes to be remembered as somebody who promoted creativity and supported literature as a political tool and source of enjoyment. “At one time I was over political. For example, I read literature at a time as literature with a “brandish fist,” as a political weapon. I looked at the content and it was only later that I discovered that literature in itself is pleasure. Reading can move you, enlighten you and to convey to others this notion that I think is what I believe is my main motivation. What makes me tick!” I’m Marsha James. Marsha James wrote this story for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor. 8 WORKSHEET 3: LISTEN AND TRANSLATE INTO VIETNAMESE ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ........................ .............. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .......... ............................ ...................................... ...................................... .................................. .... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .................... .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ...... ................................ ...................................... ...................................... .............................. ........ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ................ ...................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .. .................................... ...................................... ...................................... .......................... ............ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ............ .......................... ...................................... ...................................... .................................... .. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................... ................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ........ .............................. ...................................... ...................................... ................................ ...... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .................. .................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .... .................................. ...................................... ...................................... ............................ .......... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... .............. ........................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 9 WORKSHEET 4: WHO WANTS TO REMOVE TRANS FATS FROM FOOD. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot (1)................. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. "Trans fat is a (2)........................... chemical that has been added to our food supply and accounts for an estimated more than 500,000 deaths every year.” That is Dr. Tom Frieden. He is head of the public health organization Resolve to Save Lives. He was the (3) ......................................of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States from 2009 to 2017. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a plan to help countries remove trans fats from the world’s food supply within the next five years. Frieden says the move is unprecedented. “This is the first time there has ever been an (4) ...................................... program to get rid of -- not an infectious disease like polio or small pox -- but a non-communicable disease, in this case the risk factor for heart attacks that trans fat causes. This is an unprecedented move. And it’s really important that government and communities around the world replace artificial trans fats with healthier oils.” What is artificial trans fat? Artificial trans fat is made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil. Food makers use this low-priced oil so food will stay fresh longer. “Although trans fats extend the shelf life of food, we think the priority should be the length and health of human life. That’s more important than the shelf life of food. There are alternatives to industrially produced trans fats.” Trans fat can be found in foods such as donuts, cakes, cookies and deep-fried foods. Baked goods that sit on grocery shelves for many months but still remain soft and moist usually (50...................................... trans fat. This is because the oil remains solid at room temperature. And Frieden says this is why it is dangerous to eat. "Trans fat is tasteless. It's solid at room temperature, but it's also solid at body temperature in your coronary arteries." Studies have found that trans fat raises cholesterol levels in the blood and (6) ......................................the risk of heart disease. 10 High-income countries have either banned these artificial fats or are in the process of banning them because of their connection to heart (7) ....................................... The Associated Press news agency says more than 40 high-income countries have been working on eliminating trans fats from foods. Denmark banned trans fats in their food 15 years ago. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for food makers to stop using it by June 2018. The World Health Organization is urging (8) ...................................... of low- and middle-income countries to do the same. Experts at the WHO say that three-quarters of the world's deaths from cardiovascular disease happen in low- and middle-income countries. Where trans fats have been banned, heart attacks and deaths from heart disease have dropped greatly. The WHO plan calls on governments to take specific steps. They include (9) ...................................... trans fats with healthier oils such as olive oil, creating public awareness of the harms of trans fats, and enforcing antitrans fat policies and laws. If people stop eating (10) ...................................... made with trans fats, more than 17 million lives could be saved over the next 25 years. Also a major source of heart disease will be eliminated. And that’s the Health and Lifestyle report. I’m Anna Matteo. Carol Pearson reported this story for VOA News in Washington. Anna Matteo adapted it for Learning English with additional reporting from the AP. Hai Do was the editor. 11 WORKSHEET 5: HAWAII PASSES BILL TO BAN SUN CARE PRODUCTS THAT HARM CORAL Lawmakers in the American state of Hawaii have passed a bill (1)............................. sunscreens that can harm coral reefs. If the state’s governor signs the bill, Hawaii would become the first state in the country to (2)................... such a law. The bill would ban the sale of sun care products that contain the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. Scientists say the two substances can harm coral, an (3) .................. part of the ocean ecosystem and popular with tourists. The chemicals are found in more than 3,500 sunscreens worldwide, including Coppertone and Banana Boat products. Senator Mike Gabbard introduced the bill. He told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (4) .................., “Amazingly, this is a first-in-the-world law.” He added, “Our island (5) .................., surrounded by coral reefs, is the perfect place to set the gold standard for the world to follow." Craig Downs is a scientist. His 2015 peer-examined study found that oxybenzone threatened (6) .................. reefs. He found that as much as 14,000 tons of sunscreen ends up in coral reefs each year. He said the Hawaii bill is “the first real chance that local reefs have to recover.” (7) ..................of the bill question the science. Tina Yamaki is the president of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii. She said there are still not enough independent studies on the issue to know whether the chemicals cause harm to coral. And, she said, the ban might keep people from buying sunscreen products from local stores. The American Chemistry Council also opposed the bill, noting (8) .................. over the risks of sun damage to skin. Sharon Har was one of four Hawaiian lawmakers who voted against the bill. She said, “Yes, we must protect the environment -- it is our number one resource -- but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, (9) .................. contact, coastal development” as other major threats to coral. Many sunscreen manufacturers already sell “reef-friendly” products. And companies still have some time to sell products that (10) ..................the two chemicals; the ban would not take effect until January 2021. And that’s What’s Trending Today. I’m Caty Weaver. The Associated Press reported this story. Ashley Thompson adapted it for Learning English, with additional materials. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor. 12 WORKSHEET 6: EVEREST CLIMBER BREAKS NEW RECORD The most (1)............................. female climber of Mount Everest broke another record in reaching the top of the mountain a ninth time. The climber is Lhakpa Sherpa. She is a 44-year-old (2) ............................. mother who lives in the United States with her three children. She was born in Nepal and has been climbing for many years. Sherpa was guiding about 50 people up the mountain when she (3) ............................. her latest climb on May 16. This broke her own record for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a woman. Her first successful attempt came in 2000, and she completed her eighth climb last spring. She told the Associated Press the ninth climb was her hardest one yet. She said (4) ............................. wind and snow forced the group to wait a few days before making their final climb to the top. One member of the group was Sherpa’s brother, Mingma, who (5).......................... a mountaineering company in Nepal. “Only two of our clients did not make it, but most of them made it to the top and were happy,” Sherpa reported. Lhakpa Sherpa says she hopes her climbs will (6) ............................. women everywhere to keep reaching for their own dreams. “If an uneducated woman who is a single mother can climb Everest nine times, any woman can (7) ............................. their dreams.” Sherpa never got the chance to get a full (8) .............................. She began working at a young age in jobs providing assistance and carrying supplies for Everest climbers. She now works as a dishwasher at a Whole Foods Market in West Hartford, Connecticut. In an interview last month with espnW, Sherpa said she never does much (9) ..................... for her Everest climbs. “My training is here...washing dishes, taking out garbage. I want a hard job,” she said. She told the publication that many climbers see Everest not just as a physical test, but also as a spiritual experience. "We believe Everest is a god,” she said. “The Earth and the mother. Mount Everest and I have a connection. I 13 feel it talking when snow blows on the top of the mountain.” Sherpa told the Associated Press she still feels healthy and fit enough to keep (10) ............................. for years to come. “People who are 70 years old are still climbing Everest, I am no where there,” she said. She plans to climb the mountain again next year. Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita holds the record for most completed Everest climbs. The 48-year-old has reached the top of the mountain 22 times. I’m Bryan Lynn. The Associated Press reported this story. Bryan Lynn adapted it for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor. 14