This is the student book of a two-volume course book intended for students and teachers. The book is the result of a four-year joint project approved by the State Education Commission in China and Department for International Development of the UK. The book has a pedagogical approach: skill-led and theme-based, rooted in discourse analysis, text linguistics and intercultural communication. Following an informative orientation, the book offers five units: the first four on consecutive interpreting, the last one on simultaneous interpreting.