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论新概念与基础口译的关系
新概念项目部 汤其萍
2009年3月
教学中发现的问题
新概念作为基础课程，其后续的开拓市场其实非常大。能力型课程学完以后干什么，是否有进一步提高的想法、是否想涉略其他领域的英语、是否想考证？是许多学完新概念的学生的迷思。通过本文，找出新概念教材与基础口译的共同点，给这类型学生找到一个出口、一个指引。
教师给出的解决方案
摘选基础口译教程P4的第二篇文章：
Friends, parent, families and the 2000 graduating class of the Beacon School, welcome!
Four years ago, you started as 9th graders at Beacon School when I was a new teacher. I am amazed at what you have accomplished both in and out of the classroom over the last four years. You all have so much to be proud of today. And as we take so much pride in you today, let us also make sure that we recognize the family and friends who have supported you, pushed you, and today who have come to celebrate this day with you. So please, seniors, take a moment to clap your hands for your parents and families who have helped you get to this milestone day…
You are a special class to me. You all were my first class. You were freshmen when I was a new teacher. You were my first computer students, my first English students… and as I have said to so many of you, I cannot even begin to imagine Beacon without you, because you, in so many ways, are Beacon for me.
I stand here now, and I look at the young men and women sitting in front of me in their caps and gowns. I think of four years of struggles and triumphs… of friendships … of dance shows and basketball games…of research you performed and Web sited you built… I can imagine nothing better than having been able to have shared the last four years with all you.
In closing, I want to let you know that my life has been changed for the better as a result of the time that I have spent with you. And I thank you all for that. And I wish you all of the best that life has to offer you, for you all deserve.
密码一：I can imagine nothing better than having been able to have shared the last four years with all you.（我无法想象有什么能比与你们分享过去的四年时光更加美好。）
解码：又是nothing又是better，许多同学听完后已经晕眩其中。觉得speaker在和你玩文字游戏。殊不知，这是老外的惯常表达习惯：用比较级表达最高级。
设想一个男生想赞美他身边的女生，“你最好了”和“这里没什么人比得上你”，哪句话更人动心呢？毫无疑问，比较级的运用会让人更加印象深刻。
存码：新概念第三册L23有这样的句子：No creature has received more praise and abuse than common garden snail. 学了新概念，有了input，听懂这样的句式，自然不再是难事。知道怎样夸赞女孩啦：“No girl is more beautiful than you here!”
密码二：I cannot even begin to imagine Beacon without you
解码：小时候，老师就告诉我们双重否定的用法，我们也知道它的作用是“强烈地肯定”。但或许我们从来没有意识到英文当中也经常有这样的用法。有一句街知巷闻的广告词就让我们能体味到双重否定的妙处了：Nothing is impossible. (万事皆有可能。)
存码：新概念作为语言素材的宝库，同样有类似的句型：Cats never fails to fascinate human beings.(第三册第9课) ，强调猫的极大魅力。
双重否定常常带着说话者的情绪：或迷惑、或好奇、或激动、或鼓舞。对着你心仪的人大声说吧：I cannot live without you. 没人能够抵挡这样的示爱的哦~
密码三：You all have so much to be proud of today. And as we take so much pride in you today
解码：都说老外花心，在语言当中这一特质同样明显：不要专一，喜欢变化，无论是句型还是用词，“朝三暮四”。以上句为例：be proud of和take so much pride in都是“骄傲”，却在2句间变了2次，“花心”程度可见一斑啊
存码：有没有其他例子可以证明这点呢？新概念中有惊人的相似表达：Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay’s cat. 有了输入，听自然不是问题，写英语文章时是不是要记得做个“花心”的人呢？“听”“说”“读”“写”融为一体，学习正道，此之谓也~ ~
具体操作
在实际新概念教学过程中，可以不断穿插这些共同点，给学生一些心理暗示：之后可以续报昂立的口译课程，得到进一步的提高；基础口译授课老师同理。
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