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nterpreter respectively. One group will be invited to perform in class. Situation A You are the receptionist of Aamp。R Company. A visitor, Mr. Carl Smith, has an appointment with the General Manager, John Lewis, but he is in a meeting at the moment. You receive the visitor and start a conversation with him. You speak Chinese while Carl is an Englishspeaker. Situation B You are Assistant Manager of Company Nike. Go to the airport to wele Peter O’Donnell, a trainee manager in the head office in New York. Greet him, introduce yourself and make a small talk. On the way to the hotel, introduce the city and some places of interest. You speak Chinese while Peter is an Englishspeaker. Points to Remember ? A wellprepared interpreter is usually confident and relaxed and an experienced interpreter never stops preparing for the interpreting tasks. ? Interpreters must continually work to improve their mastery of basic linguistic and interpreting skills。 mand of general and subject knowledge。 and a strong crosscultural awareness. ? It is advisable for the trainees to keep on practicing interpreting, reading widely and learning to collect and summarize what has been learned.