| The completion of simultaneous interpreting challenges human mind with difficultmulti-tasking job and requires excellent language competence. Regardless ofmechanical practice and personal subjective comprehension, to deal with theproblems that emerged in simultaneous interpreting requires outstanding mastery ofskills. This thesis introduces the skills possibly being used in the process ofsimultaneous interpreting with emphasis on anticipation to elaborate the application ofanticipation skills in Obama‘s2010State of the Union Address so as to analyze howanticipation skills play an irreplaceable role in alleviating the burden of mentalworking and enhancing the quality of simultaneous interpreting. |