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A translator is someone who takes written information and
rewrites it in anotherlanguage. An interpreter listens to what
someone says and repeats it in another lang11age.Not all
translators are interpreters, and not all interpreters are
translators. Currano tearneahow to do both in school.
English is Currano's native language. She started leaming
Spanish at school, thenstudied in Spain and took classes in
translation.
Translators andinterpreters are neededinmanyindustries. Police,
courts, the govemmentand international businesses all use
translators and interpreters daily. Most traislators
andinterpreters don't have extra training in the arcathey want to
work in. Currano didn,t haveany medical training, so when she
started, she camied a medical dictionary wherever shewent. She
doesn't need it any more, but she still carries a bilingual
dictionary to help herdo herjob.
"Part of what makes my job so interesting is that I get to see
and leam a lot aboutmedicine without being a doctor or nurse,',
Curano said.
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phone and'was able to use it in the middle of theiungle. He used
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thirsty and exhausted, and had injuries on his arms and legs.His
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study the task, and then we r,vill play the tvhole
recording in one piece.'i Then, after a short pause, you will
hear the recotding again, but this tirne we will play
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airplanes.B) wantcd to bc a pilot.
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Hi,Guess what! I've found t'o summer jobs that I like: one is
pickingfruit on a fann, and the other involves anslvering phone
calls in anoffice. The payment is the same.I really don't know
which one to choose. Can you give meadvice?Bye for norv,Daniel
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opinion. Include the followinopomts:. say how you like the idea of
working in summer;
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indoors/outdoors;give advice on which one to choose.
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cotton or cloth grocery bags for your shopping,r Recycle as much of
your plastic, glass and l.r Switch off the lights! Turn off the
running water when you brush your teeth or
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see me in a play.Then he asked me to come in for an audition and
then a screen test. That,s how Iwas chosen.
Yes. I read the books when I wasold copy of the book. I had
writtenBarnes."
about 8 years old. I have recently found myin the front, "This
book belongs to Benjamin
I had to do a few weeks of horse trainins. Ia day. Then I had to
do a lot of swordfi-shtbattles.
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cool in the
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Schools'.:tv technology that's coming to UK schools ls now on
show--:re's a selection of what may come to your school soon:
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With new technology you don't have to wait to be 17 years old to
drive. you canmake your own racing car and race it against your
classmates. The new machinecuts out your design of a racing car,
done on a computer, in balsa wood.
Imagine if your printer produced a three dimensional object made
of plastic. wellthat's what the 3D printer can do.You can also
place a real object inside the 3D scanner, and it will copy the
objectand recreate it in plastic.
Skipping school will be impossible with this technological
invention. If you don,tp_lace your fingertip on the screen during
registration, lou will automatical ly get a"late" matk.If you are
not in class, the school office will know in two minutes and staff
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how much money you owe. This canbe paid later, which means you
don't have to carry cash on you.
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by video. Thismeans you could wateh a lesson talcing place in
another school. If you want to studya course which isn't offered at
vour school iust flnd out where it is offered and linkup.Some
people think future students won't need to go to sehool at all!
Have you ever dreamed of having all the gadgets in a recording
studio? Well nowyou can, with the latest in school music
equipment.It's the same quality as the equipment used by
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fish' pasta,avocado, carrots, corrr and low fat yoghurt' I love
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