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FigureisofspecialimportanceinInterpretation.Wheninterpretingfigures,therearefiveelementsweneedpayspecialattentionto:1.themathematicalvalue2.theorderofmagnitudeorsignificance3.units4.whatthenumberrefersto5.therelativevalueofanumberDifferencesinthewayofexpressingfigureinChineseandEnglish:1.differenceindigit(位数表达的不同)2.differenceintimes(倍数表达的不同)3.differenceinunit（单位的不同）1.数字口译的练习先从熟悉数字开始我们可以做个最简单的测试，同学们用英语以最快的速度说出自己的手机号码，再用中文说一遍，英语可以说得和中文一样快吗？如果做不到，那么说明你对于数字还不是很熟悉。要对数字熟悉，可以从读数字开始，首先你要可以用最快的速度读出数字，然后再过度到听和译。2.两位数的口译是关键很多同学在练习数字口译的时候，一开始就想练习多位数的口译，这种做法是不科学的，这就好比说基础还没有打牢就要盖房子，这里房子的基础就是两位数的口译。同学们可以看下面几个数字128,onehundredandtwentyeight,1234，onethousandtwohundredandthirtyfour,不知道同学们发现没有，128的核心是twentyeight,1234的核心是thirtyfour,两位数的重要性是不言而喻的。同学们在练习两位数的时候，也是先要从读数字开始，用最快的速度读出两位数，然后再过度到听和译。练习完两位数之后，在过渡到年份的练习，年份就是两个两位数。3.多位数口译有了，两位数和年份练习作为基础，同学们就可以口译多位数了。关于多位数的口译，第一，请同学们要熟悉一下以下两套公式。1）以汉语数字的关键记数点为出发点的公式：一万＝10thousand;十万＝100thousand;百万＝1million千万＝10million;一亿＝100million十亿＝1billion百亿＝10billion千亿＝100billion万亿＝1trillion(2)以英语数字的关键记数点为出发点的公式1thousand=千；10thousand=万100thousand=十万；1million=百万；10million=千万；100million=亿1billion=十亿；10billion=百亿100billion=千亿；1trillion=万亿第二，口译多位数的时候要掌握“点三杠四”的方法请同学们译出下面听到的数字：十五亿三千九百八十七万六千三百二十一口译的步骤如下：1.在笔记上记下：15亿3987万6321，这一把听到的都要记下来，比如这里的“亿，万”，2.从右至左按英语记数方式三位一点：1,5亿39,87万6,321，这个就叫做“点三”，大数字的口译难点就在于，汉语中是以四位为一个计数单位，而英语中则是以三位为一个计数单位。3.最后，读出英文数字onebillionfivehundredthirtynighmillioneighthundredandseventysixthousandthreehundredandtwentyone下面我们倒过来，请同学们口译下面的英语数字thirtysixmillionsevenhundredtwenty-fourthousandsixhundredandthirty-one口译的步骤如下：1.在笔记上记下：36m724th631这个时候也是听到什么记什么，million就记下m,thousand就记下th,2从右向左按汉语记数方式每四位一划：36m72/4th6313,最后，读出汉语数字:三千六百七十二万四千六百三十一为了简化笔记，可以在记数时用’表示英语的三位，这样：‘表示thousand,”表示million,’’’表示billion,“”表示trillion。用/每四位划一下，表示汉语的万，亿，万亿/兆。如：两百三十八万四千五百听到英语记：2‘’384‘500然后划成目标语汉语的：238/4500从汉到英则反向执行上述步骤。英汉关于倍数的表达有相同之处也有不同之处。这里例举几个常见的短语。as+adj.+asAbeNtimeslargeasBAbeNtimeslargerthanB都译为：A的大小是B的N倍。常见的中英度量衡单位的换算要了然于心。如：1hectare=15mu=2.47acres1feet=12inches=0.3048meters1inch=25.4millimeters1yard=3feet=0.9114meters1ounce=28.35grams1gallon=4quants=3.785liters1pound=16ounce=0.4536kilograms1acres=0.405hectare=4047squaremetersEct…1.基础口译P199-202数字句子口译MP312.1-12.212.1ToSellAmerica12.2Beamillionairein10Years2.新编商务英语口译（黄敏）P167-175及176-188中任选材料mp314&15task1&task3Task1ImportandExportofGermanyTask3湖北的经济情况12.1：数字句子口译原文：In2001theoutstandingfederalgovernmentdebttoppedthreetrilliondollars,30percentofthatheldbyforeignlendersaccordingtotheEconomicPolicyInstitute.Sincethenthedebthasgrownanother1.3trilliondollars,withforeignlendingaccountingfor80percentofthenewdebt,leadingthepackofthosetheUnitedStatesowesmoneyto---JapanandChina.“WearegonnabesubsidizingtheChinesegovernmenttothetuneof50or100billiondollarsayearnow,andthattotalcouldeasilydoubleoverthenextfourorfiveyears.”Say,ifweweresittingaroundthehousehold,wewouldsay,eachyearwewerespending107dollarsandonlymaking100dollars,andthatwouldbeaproblem,andthatisreallywhatwearedoingasacountryasawhole.12.2数字句子口译原文“…Andinadditiontothat,youpaymoreforthingslikelifeinsurance.A40-year-oldmalewhoisingoodhealthisgonnapayabout$35amonthfora$500,000lifeinsurancepolicy.Ifhe’soverweighedandsmokes,it’sgonnabefourtimesthat(Wow！)，soyoudon’treallyrealizeallthewaysthatyourhealthisreallyaffectingyourownbottomline”Ideally,youknow,thatthemaximumforapersonis$15,000butnoteverybodycandothat,butifyoujustsackaway15percentinallhypotheticalcouples’situationandiftheydidthatover10yearsthatwouldamountto$397,000andthat’sbeforeanyinvestmentgains,that’sjustinthecontributionsalone,sothat’ssignificant.”“Yes,youthinkyoucan’tgetaroundinthesethings,butyoucan.Imeanonepercentchangeonyourmortgagebecausejustloweryourratebyonepercent,thatwillsaveanaveragehouseholdabout$22,000,soyouknowthat’sabigdeal.Samethingwithcars.Ifyouleaseapairofnewcars,andthenyouswitchtobuyapairofnew,ofusedcarseveryfiveyears,thatwillbringyourcostdownbyabout$31,000overthis10-yearperiodthatwe’retalkingabout.”Task1ImportandExportofGermanyAccordingtothelateststatisticissuedbytheBureauofStatisticsofFederalRepublicofGermany,GermanimportvolumefromChinaamountedto39.9billionEuros,upby21.6%in2005.//ChinarankedthefourthinsourceofimportofGermanyadvancedtwoplacesusedin2004.TheproportionofimportvolumefromChinainthetotalGermayimportvolumerosefrom5.7%to6.4%.//ThevolumeofGermanexporttoChinaamountedto21.3billionEuros,upby1.4%,andChinabecametheeleventhexportdestinationofGermany,droppedoneplaceusedin2004.TheexportvolumeofGermanytoChinainthetotalexportvolumedroppedfrom2.9%to2.7%.//ThetotalforeigntradingvolumeofGermanyis1,411.8billionEuros,outofwhichtotalimportvolumeis625.6billionEuros,upby8.7%andtotalexportwolumeis786.2billionEuros,upby7.5%.//France,HollandandUSmaintainedtobethefirstthreesourceofimportofGermany.//Britain,Italy,Belgium,Swiss,SpainandRussiawerethefifthtotenthsourceofimportofGermanyorderlyafterChina.//France,US,Britain,Italy,Holland,Belgium,Austria,Spain,SwissandPolandwerethefirsttenexportdestinationsofGermany.参考译文根据德意志联邦共和国统计局最新发布的数据，德国2005年从中国进出口总额达到399亿欧元，增加了21.6%。//中