Lesson 1.13 Discourse & Text: Tourism
Learning Goals
By the end of today's lesson, students will be able to:
- 1) Know the basic differences between Chinese and English tourism texts
- 2) Know the different styles of tourism texts in Chinese and English
- 3) Learn how to translate basic tourism texts between the two languages
- 4) Enlarge tourism-related vocabulary
- 5) Improve translation skills
- 6) Enhance teamwork and public speaking skills through discussion and games
Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.
1. Review 杭州——人间天堂 （Students will be asked to do interpretation of some paragraphs in the next class）
2. Mid-term examination (on May 29, please get prepared; contents cover Quiz 1-12)
3. Essay:
Topic: What are the most impressive differences (1-3) between Chinese and English in your opinion?
(Minimum 2 pages, 12 point font, double line space, word/pdf document, Due by May 25 at 11:59pm; First draft to be submited to the dropbox in Lesson 1.9, final version to be submitted to Lesson 1.13 dropbox)