The Second Step of Interpreting Training The purpose of Paraphrase training: 1) 2) it can enlarge your vocabulary increases your mental agility and problem-solving ability as you constantly think of different ways of saying the same thing; 3) enhances your analytical skills as you become more adept at ferreting out the underlying meaning of the message. It How to paraphrase? 1) look up alternative words and phrases in a synonym dictionary. 2)Alter the whole sentence structure That he will attend this conference is certain I am sure that he will ……….. 4) Alter the syntactic function In Unemployment jobless Don’t I 1) distort or twist the meaning of the original statement. 2) Overstate the meaning of the original statement. 3) Understate the meaning of the original statement.