Unit 12 A Way With

Words
Nov 10, 2014

Homework (Activity - Reporter)

Report again what you found out from the
interview with a celebrity, using at least four
of the reporting verbs we have learned.

Homework (Textbook P. 151)

Possible answers:
1. He informed the class that he had worked on translating
Chinese poetry into English the previous year.
2. He mentioned that he had also been translating a book
about the Ming Dynasty, which was due to appear in
this country the following year.
3. He pointed out that this was not the first work he had
translated from Chinese.
4. He stated that his translation of The Chinese Diaries
had sold here and in Asia the year before.

Homework (Textbook P. 151)

Possible answers:
5. He complained that it hadnt had as many sales as they had
expected because it hadnt gotten enough publicity.
6. He explained to the class that having knowledge about the
culture behind the language was just as important as
knowing the words of the language.
7. He remarked that the Chinese title of the film The English
Patient was Dont Ask Me Who I Am because Chinese
audiences werent familiar with the book and would not have
gone to see a movie with the translated title of The Sick
Englishman.

Homework (Workbook P. 89 Practice 2)

Across
1 hilarious
3 case
6 pitfalls
7 bloopers
8 grave

Down
2 ancestors
4 faced
5 label
6 pastry

Homework (Workbook P. 90 Practice 4)

1. La Rochefoucauld said that it was more
shameful to distrust your friends than to be
deceived by them.
2. Eleanor Roosevelt said that no one could
make you feel inferior without your consent.
3. Groucho Marx said that he had had a
marvelous evening, but this wasnt it.

Review - Reported Statements

Direct Statements

Reported Statements

I like sashimi.

Laura says (that) she likes sashimi.

I left home at 9am.

He told me (that) he had left home

at 9am.

This unit will be challenging.

The teacher said (that) the unit

would be challenging.

I can run five hours non-stop.

She told me (that) she could run

five hours non-stop.

Review - Reporting Verbs

We may use other reporting verbs,
depending on the context or the manner of
speaking.
o
o
o
o
o
o

explain
mention
point out
remark
state
inform

Reporting Questions

Questions VS Statements
Questions

Statements

Questions - Are they the same?

Why did you come here?
What is your favorite thing in
New York?
When did you come to New
York?
Who did you travel with?

Information Questions

Did you come here by

yourself?
Have you had any
experience watching
Broadway musicals?
Will you be able to pass the
exam?
Yes/no Questions

Reporting Questions - Information

Why did you come here?
- Laura asked me why I had come here.
What is your favorite thing in New York?
- Laura asked me what my favorite thing in New York was.
When did you come to New York?

- Laura asked me when I had come to New York.

Who did you travel with?
-

Laura wondered who I had traveled with.

Reporting Questions - Yes/No

Did you come here by yourself?
- Laura asked if I had come here by myself.
Will you be able to pass the exam?
-

Laura wondered if I would be able to pass the exam.

Have you had any experience watching Broadway musicals?

-

Laura wanted to know if I had had any experience

watching Broadway musicals.

Lets Practice!
Read the dialogue on P152.

Rewrite the questions in reported speech.

e.g. A wondered what the difference between a
translator and an interpreter was.

What is the joke?

Textbook Page 153 - Practice 4
Tell the joke in reported speech.

What is the joke? - Example

Two translators on a ship were talking.

One translator asked the other one if he could swim.

The other one said he couldnt but he could shout for help
in nine languages.

What is the joke?

Work in pairs.
You will be given a joke. (Dialogue)
Your partner has a different joke than yours.
Tell your joke to your partner in reported speech.
Write down your partners joke in direct speech.

What is the joke?

Compare the joke you wrote to your partners original one.
See how much you get it right.