A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of them could not understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter.

During his lecture he told an amusing story which went on for her a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.

After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, now please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into such a short Japanese one.

"I didn't tell the story at all, the interpreter answered with a smile. “I just said, "The honorable lecturer has just told a funny story, you will all laugh, please."

A   Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)?

Write T or F in the boxes.

1. The famous writer spoke Japanese well.
2. He told the students a long funny story.
3. The interpreter took rather a long time to tell the story.
4. The interpreter told the students a different funny story.
5. The students did not understand the lecturer's funny story at all.
6. The students laughed because the interpreter told them to.

B  Answer these questions.

1. What invitation did the writer in this story receive?
2. Why did he need an interpreter?
3. What did he do during his lecture?
4. Why did he stop after that?
5. Why was he surprised then?
6. What did the students do?
7. What did the writer ask the interpreter after his lecture?
8. And what did the interpreter answer?
9.  

C  Write this story. Choose the more suitable word each time.

My interpreter was not (young, youthful) (he was actually over 45), but he had a (young, youthful) face, a very black, (silky, silk) moustache and an orange (silk, silky) tie.

He interpreted in a loud, (confident, confidential) voice, although he had earlier confessed to me (confidentially, confidently) that he really felt very nervous.

Although he had little practice at interpreting, he was more (skillful, skilled) at translating s (imaginative, imaginary) language, and more (sensible, sensitive) to its sounds, than many a far more (skillful, skilled) interpreter. I particularly liked his translation of a poem about an (imaginary, imaginative) island called Lealoa.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الإعلام يشارك في الاجتماع التحضيري لمناقشة الخطة الإعلامية لزيارة عاشوراء

بحضور متوليها الشرعي.. العتبة العباسية المقدسة تواصل إقامة المجالس الحسينية لإحياء شهر المحرم

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يطلق برنامجه التبليغي في أكثر من 20 دولة إفريقية

شعبتا الخطابة النسوية والتوجيه الديني تواصلان إقامة المجالس الحسينية في مرقد أبي الفضل العباس (عليه السلام)

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

دراسة تكشف علاقة خطيرة بين عمر الأم وصحة مولودها

دراسة تحذر.. اضطراب نوم بسيط قد يسبب الموت المبكر ؟

الاستحمام بالماء الساخن.. راحة مؤقتة وأضرار دائمة للبشرة

ماذا يحدث للجسم عند تخطي وجبة الإفطار؟

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

كيف تساعد الصيانة الوقائية في الحفاظ على كفاءة التكييف في سيارتك ؟

في ظاهرة غريبة حيرت العلماء.. كوكبنا قد يسجل أقصر يوم في التاريخ هذا الصيف!

السد الصيني العملاق يعيق دوران الأرض ويغيّر شكلها ؟

السعودية تطلق 10 تجارب علمية إلى محطة الفضاء الدولية

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Cigarette effect

Embarrassing

All famous

Park in another street

Beautiful kindness

It was a bee

I have never told a lie

Four years ago

Only two choices

Not Twins

Fixing everything

That was obvious