课程致力于帮助学生了解常见的英美文化知识,提高学生对英美文化的鉴赏能力;帮助学生运用中文表达、言说、译介英美文化;拓展学生国际文化视野,启迪文化思维,培养文化包容理念,以增强文化素养,提高跨文化交际能力,体会文化交流的乐趣。同时,本课程致力于帮助学生了解、掌握、运用常见英译汉翻译技能,使之具有翻译一般语言难度和常见英美文化题材的能力。
The main teaching contents of this course are the basic knowledge of English and American cultures and the advanced translation skills of E-C translation (Identifying sentence core parts; sorting out additional sentence elements; using dividing and combining techniques strategically; adjusting the order and rank of language elements flexibly; building cohesion and coherence; combining the use of literal and free translations). The course aims to help students understand the common knowledge of English and American cultures; to use Chinese to express, talk, and translate British and American cultures; to cultivate students' interests in British and American cultures and bilingual cultural exchanges; to expand students’ international horizons; and to enlighten cultural thinking and develop the awareness of cultural tolerance. This course will also help to enhance students' cultural literacy, improve their intercultural communication skills, and experience the joy of cultural exchanges. At the same time, it will help students to understand, master and apply common E-C translation skills, so that they will be able to translate materials of average language difficulty and common cultural topics.
1.4 Winston Churchill at the Darkest Hour
1.5 Words Related to Success
1.6 Parallelism
1.7 How to Write an Example Essay
1.8 Discussion
1.9 Unit TestUnit 2 Beat Your Fear
2.1 The Mediteraanean Sea and Life Saving Class in American School
2.2 How Fear Could Be Conquered Through Helping Others in Danger
2.3 Symptoms of Fear
2.4 English Adverbial Modifier
2.5 Reading Skills -- Making Inferences
2.6 How to Plot a Story
2.7 Be Free from the Grip of Fear
2.8 Discussion
2.9 Unit Test Unit 3 Life Stories
3.1 UNICEF and UNICEF Ambassador of Goodwill
3.2 Audrey Hepburn ― A True Angel in This World
3.3 How to Guess the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
3.4 Different Ways to Express Changes
3.5 How to Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions
3.6 A Timeless Fashion
3.7 Inner Beauty
3.8 Discussion
3.9 Unit TestUnit 4 Let's Go
4.1 Words Related to Travel
4.2 Reading with Your Background Knowledge
4.3 Travel and Creativity
4.4 The Left Bank Café
4.5 Machu Picchu
4.6 Why Do We Travel
4.7 Develop A Cause-and-Effect...
4.8 Discussion
4.9 Unit TestUnit 5 When Work Is A Pleasure
5.1The Glamour of Words (1)
5.2 The Glamour of Words (2)
5.3 A World Without Bosses
5.4 When Work Takes Over Life
5.5 A Contrast Essay on Differences Between Workers and Laborers
5.6 Occupations in the Future
5.7 A Sketch of Medieval Aristocracy's Lifestyle
5.8 Discussion
4.9 Unit TestFinal Test