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1、In-class Exercise V,Sybilzeng,E-C Translation,In cross-cultural communication the danger of misinterpretation is greatest among people who speak different native tongues or come from different cultural backgrounds, because cultural difference necessarily implies different assumptions about natural a
2、nd obvious ways to be polite. Anthropologist Thomas Kochman gives the example of a white office worker who appeared with a bandaged arm and felt rejected because her black fellow worker didnt mention it. The doubly wounded worker assumed that her silent colleague didnt notice or didnt care. But the
3、co-worker was purposely not calling attention to something her colleague might not want to talk about. She left her decide whether or not to mention it, being considerate by not imposing. Kochman says, based on his research, that these differences reflect recognizable black and white styles. An Amer
4、ican woman visiting England was repeatedly offended when the British ignored her in a setting in which she thought they should pay attention. For example, she was sitting at a booth in a railway-station cafeteria. A couple began to settle into the opposite seat in the same booth. They unloaded their
5、 luggage; they laid their coats on the seat; he asked what she would like to eat and went off to get it; she slid into the booth facing the American. And throughout all this, they showed no sign of having noticed that someone was already sitting in the booth.,In cross-cultural communication the dang
6、er of misinterpretation is greatest among people who speak different native tongues or come from different cultural backgrounds, because cultural difference necessarily implies different assumptions about natural and obvious ways to be polite. 在跨文化交流中,产生误区的风险在于,人们的母语不同、各自的文化背景有差异,因为文化差异必然导致对什么是自然和显而
7、易见的礼仪产生不同的假设。 Anthropologist Thomas Kochman gives the example of a white office worker who appeared with a bandaged arm and felt rejected because her black fellow worker didnt mention it. 人类学家汤玛士考克曼举了这样一个例子:一位白人职员上班时手臂上绑了绑带,她感到受排斥,因为她的黑人同事并不在意她手上的绷带。 The doubly wounded worker assumed that her silent
8、 colleague didnt notice or didnt care. 这个身心俱创的员工猜想,她的这位保持沉默的同事根本没注意或者根本不在意她。 But the co-worker was purposely not calling attention to something her colleague might not want to talk about. 但这位同事是有意不提起她本人可能不想谈的事。,C-E Translation,2001年9月11日上午,风和日丽,晴空万里,气温华氏70度。这种天气对于一个劫持喷气式客机,并打算将其变为一枚导弹的人来说显然是一个理想的时机。
9、 首先引起航空调度员注意的是一架美国航空公司11次航班。这架波音767型飞机从波士顿飞往洛杉矶,载着81名乘客。飞机上午7:59起飞,一直向西飞行,飞过阿迪朗达克山上空,突然调头南下,一头冲向纽约市中心。与此同时,美国旅空公司的757次航班也离开了杜勒斯国际机场,联合航空公司的175次航班于7:58离开波士顿。3分钟之后,联合航空公司的93次航班起飞,离开纽瓦克开往旧金山。4架客机都爬升进人朗朗晴空,上了穿越大陆航线,机上满载燃料,一触即炸。,September 11, 2001, a fine morning with cloudless skies and the temperature
10、of 70Fahrenheit一obviously an ideal occasion for a hijacker who intends to turn a jet passenger plane into a missile. It was a Boeing 767 from Boston,American Airlines Flight 11 bound for Los Angeles that first got the attention of air traffic controllers. The plane took off at 7:59 a.m. with 81 pass
11、engers. It headed west,over the Adirondacks,before taking a sudden turn south and diving down toward the heart of New York City. Meanwhile American Flight 757 had left Dulles International Airport,United Flight 175 left Boston at 7:58, and United Flight 93 left Newark three minutes later,bound for S
12、an Francisco. All of them climbed into beautiful clear skies,and all four planes were on transcontinental flights,plump with fuel,ripe to explode.,1Volkswagen is a joint venture, which was made 100 thousand cars and estimate the car output add to 5 thousand. 2 The output of its cars is 100,000. 3 Th
13、e output will increase 50,000 than last zear. 4 If without biczcle in China, The life cant be imagined. 5 Knitting corportion was composed of 37 enterprises and have a large manufacture scale, enjoz manz famous brands. 6 But manz zears ago, people regard bike as luxurz goods and manz people cant afford to buz the bike. 7 The Shanghai knitting companz bz 37 enterprise compositin, large scale production. 8 In this zear, expectation have 50 thousand cars will be adding of product.,