1国际会议交流英语本课程主要适用于具有大学英语六级水平或具有相当水平的专业人员。旨在进一步提高他们的学术英语表达能力,特别是提高学生使用英语在国际学术会议中宣读论文、即席答辩和交谈讨论的实际能力。2本课程特点是:1.注意突出学生“提高阶段”英语教学的层次较高、应用面广、学术性强的特点,注重培养学习者用英语进行国际学术交流的实际能力。2.力求从实际出发,注重选材的先进性、实用性、针对性和导向性,确保内容全面、材料翔实、例证丰富、语言规范。3.注意与“基础阶段”内容的衔接以及“提高阶段”课程内部的融会贯通。3国际会议交流英语是一个双重目的的课程,既有会议交流的基本知识,又有英语运用的综合训练,两条线索交叉展开。本课程将以国际学术会议的活动为序,主要内容包括:会议信息,会议联系,会议文稿,预读试讲,演讲开场,展开表达,结束演讲,现场提问,即席答辩,专业交谈,以及组织会议,主持讨论,会后联系等。4每个单元都设置有:TopicalHighlights(专题要点),ThemePresentation(正文描述)ReflectionsandPractice(思考与实践)。5Unit1ObtainingConferenceInformationTopicalHighlightsThemePresentation1.DifferentKindsofMeetings2.PrincipalConferenceActivities3.ClassifiedConferenceInformation4.AvailableInformationSources6ReflectionsandPractice1.OralWork2.WrittenWork3.ResearchWork7TopicalHighlightsDifferentKindsofMeetings:meeting,conference,symposium,congress,convention,forum,seminar,workshop,colloquium,etc.8PrincipalConferenceActivities:formalmeetings,informalmeetings,audio&visualpresentations,teaching&consultingservices,exhibitionsandbusinesstalks,visitsandothersocialactivities:9ClassifiedConferenceInformation:generalinformation,papersubmission提交information,organizationalinformation,participantsinformation,conferenceprograminformation10AvailableInformationSources:specializedperiodicals期刊announcingmeetings,professionaljournalsandmagazinescarryingmeetingannouncements,conferencedocuments,centers/departmentsspecializedinmeetingsorotherinternationalcommunication,11ThemePresentation1.DifferentKindsofMeetingsNowadays,therearethousandsofinternationalmeetingsheldworldwideeveryyear.However,theirnamesaredifferent.Theycanbegenerallydifferentiatedasfollows.121)MeetingMeetingisageneralandsummarytermofvariouskindsofassemblyofpeopleforaparticularpurpose.Itsoriginalmeaningistomeetwitheachother,ortoputheadstogether.Inthissense,iftherearemorethantwopersonscomingtogether,talkinganddiscussing,theeventcanbecalledameeting.132)ConferenceConference讨论协商会isakindofformalmeeting,oftenlastingforafewdays.Itisorganizedonaparticularsubjecttobringtogetherpeoplewhohaveacommoninterest.Ataconference,formaldiscussionsusuallytakeplace.Comparatively,conferencegenerallyreferstoaspecializedprofessionaloracademicevent.143)SymposiumSymposium研讨会(pi.symposia/symposiums)isalsoakindofmeeting,butitrefersexclusivelytothemeetingforspecializedacademicdiscussion.Atasymposium,experts,scholars,andotherparticipantsofaparticularfielddiscussaparticularsubject.Comparedwithconference,asymposiumisusuallynarrowerandmorespecificintherangeoftopics.154)CongressThebasiccharacteristicofacongressisthatitisusuallyattendedbyrepresentativesordelegateswhobelongtonationalorinternational,governmentalornon-governmentalorganizations.Itisheldtodiscussissues,ideas,andpoliciesofpublicinterest.165)ConventionConvention(政党、某一职业大会)isakindofroutinemeeting,atwhichalargegatheringofpeoplemeetanddiscussthebusinessoftheirorganizationorpoliticalgroup,suchastheannualconventionoftheunion,thebiannual一年两次的conventionoftheMetalSociety.176)ForumForum论坛isinfactakindofpublicmeeting,atwhichpeopleexchangeideasanddiscussissues,especiallyimportantpublicissues.187)SeminarSeminarisusuallyaclass-likemeeting,whereparticipantsdiscussaparticulartopicorsubjectthatispresentedbyseveralmajorspeakers.Differentfromthegeneralsituationofameeting,thepresentationsaremainlygivenbychiefspeakers,whileotherpeoplefirstlistenandthenjointhem.Inthissense,aseminarcanbetakenaslecturingplusdiscussion—thediscussionbeingafollow-upofthelecturing.198)WorkshopWorkshoporiginallymeansaroomorbuildingwhichcontainstoolsormachinery;formakingorrepairingthings,especiallybyusingwoodormetal.Regardingmeeting,itreferstoaperiodofdiscussionorpracticalworkonaparticularsubjectinwhichagroupofpeoplelearnaboutthesubjectbysharingtheirknowledgeorexperience.209)ColloquiumColloquiumissometimesaformalwordforseminar.Itisusuallyalargeacademicseminarlikepaneldiscussion.Colloquiumisusuallyattendedbycertaininvitedexpertsorprofessionalsinaparticularfield.Participantsofthemeetingwillexpresstheirideasandopinionsaroundaspecifictopic.21Apartfromtheabovemeetings,therearealsootherformsornamesofmeetingssuch,assummit,assembly,rally,gatheringsandsoon,whichwillnotbedetailedonebyonehere.Astosomesub-categoriedmeetings,theywillbediscussedinconnectionwithspecificconferenceactivitiesinthefollowingsections.222PrincipalConferenceActivitiesActivitiesinaconferencemayvary.Suchactivitiesasformalmeetings,informalmeetings,visualandaudiopresentations,teachingandconsultations,exhibitionsandbusinesstalks,visitsandothersocialactivitiesmaybearrangedininternationalconferences.231)FormalMeetingsFormalmeetingsusuallyincludegeneralassembly,plenary全体出席session,parallelsession,andpostersession,etc.(1)GeneralAssemblyGeneralassemblyisusuallyattendedbyalltheparticipantsoftheconferenceandsometimesbygovernmentofficialsaswellasreporters.Activitiesinageneralassembly,inmostcases,aretheopeningceremony,welcomespeechesbygovernmentalofficialsandorganizers,generalspeechesgivenbydistinguishedgues