Section3:Latin American Studies 纠错
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Part A :

I've been reading your personal statement, Paul.

我最近一直在看你的个人陈述,保罗。

First, let's talk about your work experience in South America.

首先,让我们来谈谈你在南美的工作经验。

What took you there?

你为什么去哪里?

Was it to gain more fluency in Spanish?

是为了让西班牙语更加流利吗?

Well, as I'm combining Spanish with Latin American studies, my main idea was to find out more about the way people lived there.

嗯,我把西班牙语和拉丁美洲的研究结合起来,我主要是想了解更多当地人的生活方式。

My spoken Spanish was already pretty good in fact.

其实我的西班牙口语已经很不错了。

So you weren't too worried about language barriers?

那么你是不是不太担心语言障碍呢?

No.

我不担心。

In fact, I ended up teaching English there, although that wasn't my original choice of work.

事实上我在那里最后是做英语教学的,虽然那不是我最初想要做的工作。

I see.

我明白了。

How did you find out about all this?

你是怎么知道这个项目的?

I found an agency that runs all kinds of voluntary projects in South America.

我找到了一个机构,在南美管理各种志愿者项目的。

What kind of work?

什么样的志愿者服务?

Well, there were several possibilities.

嗯,有几个选择。

You mean construction?

你是说建筑?

Engineering work?

做工程?

Yes, getting involved in building projects was an option.

是的,参与建设是一个选择。

Then there was tourism-taking tourists for walks around the volcanoes-which I actually chose to do, and then there was work with local farmers.

然后还有旅游项目一带领观光客参观火山一我实际上选择了做这个,然后还有和当地农民一起工作的志愿项目。

But you didn't continue with that project.

但是你没有继续那个旅游项目。

Why not?

这是为什么呢?

Because I never really knew whether I'd be needed or not.

因为我不知道他们是不是需要我这样的。

I'd thought it might be difficult physically, but I was certainly fit enough...no, I wanted to do something that had more of a proper structure to it, I suppose.

我原以为这份工作可能对身体要求比较高,但那时候我已经非常健壮了…不,我想做一些更难的事。

I get de-motivated otherwise.

否则我就会没有动力。

What do you think you learned from your experience?

你觉得你从这次经历中学会了什么?

It must have been a great opportunity to examine community life.

肯定是一个审视社区生活的绝佳机会。

Yes, but it was difficult at first to be accepted by the locals.

是的,但一开始很难被当地人接受。

It was a very remote village and some of them were reluctant to speak to me-although they were always interested in my clothes and how much I'd had to pay for them.

这是一个非常偏远的村庄,有些人不愿意跟我说话,虽然他们总是对我的衣服感兴趣,还很想知道这衣服要多少钱。

Well, that's understandable.

嗯,这也是可以理解的。

Yes, but things soon improved.

是的,但是后来事情就好转了。

What struck me was that when people became more comfortable with me and less suspicious, we really connected with each other in a meaningful way.

让我没想的是,当人们后来和我在一起不会那么局促了而且也不那么防备了,我们的关系变得非常有意义。

You made good friends?

你在那里交到朋友了吗?

Yes, with two of the families in particular.

是的,有两个特别好的朋友。

Good.

好的。

What about management.

管理这方面怎么样。

Did you have a project manager?

你有项目经理吗?

Yes and he gave me lots of advice and guidance.

是的,他给了我很多建议和指导意见。

And was he good at managing too?

他也擅长管理吗?

That wasn't his strong point!

那不是他的强项!

I think he was often more interested in the academic side of things than filing reports.

我认为他对学术往往比对写报告更加感兴趣。

He was a bit of a dreamer.

他有一点梦想家的感觉。

And did you have a contract?

你和他们签过合同吗?

I had to stay for a minimum of three months.

嗯我要至少待在那里三个月。

My parents were surprised when I asked to stay longer-six months in the end.

实际上我最后待在那里六个月,对此我父母都比较惊讶。

I was so happy there.

因为我在那里很开心。

And did anything on the administration side of things surprise you?

在行政这方面,有什么事让你很吃惊ll7

What was the food and lodging like?

食物和住宿怎么样?

Simple...but there was plenty to eat and I only paid seven dollars a day for that which was amazing really.

生活挺简单的…但有很多吃的,而且我每天只花七美元,这我还觉得蛮惊喜的。

And they gave me all the equipment I needed...even a laptop.

他们还给了我所需要的全部设备….甚至是一台笔记本电脑。

You didn't expect that then?

你没想到会那么好吗?

No.

从来没想到过。

Well, I'll look forward to hearing more.

嗯。期待等下听到更多。

Part B :

But now let's look at these modules.

但现在让我们看看这些板块。

You'll need to start thinking about which ones you'll definitely want to study.

你要开始思考你想要学什么。

The first one here is Gender Studies in Latin America.

第一个是拉美的性别研究。

Mmm...

嗯…

It looks at how gender analysis is reconfiguring civil society in Latin America.

它关注性别分析是如何重塑拉美社会的。

Women are increasingly occupying positions in government and in other elected leadership positions in Latin America.

女性在拉美政府和其他领导地位占据着更多的席位。

I think you'd find it interesting.

我想你会觉得它很有趣的。

If it was to do with people in the villages rather than those in the public sphere, I would.

如果那些人是村里的,而不是公共领域里的,我想我就会去研究的。

Okay.

好的。

What about Second Language Acquisition?

那二语习得你觉得怎么样?

Do you think I'd find that useful?

你认为我会觉得它有用吗?

Well, you've had some practical experience in the field, I think it would be.

嗯,你在这方面有一定的实际经验,我想会有用的。

I hadn't thought about that.

我以前没想到。

I'll put that down as a definite, then.

那我会去研究一下的。

Okay.

好的。

What about Indigenous Women's Lives.

那土著妇女的生活这个课题怎么样。

That sounds appropriate.

听起来很合适。

I thought so too, but I looked at last year's exam questions and that changed my mind.

我也这么想,但我看了去年的考试题目,我的想法有所改变。

Don't judge the value of the course on that.

不要用考试题目判断课程价值。

Maybe, talk to some other students first and we can talk about it again later.

你可以先跟其他同学谈谈,然后再决定。

Okay.

好的。

Yes.

是的。

And lastly, will you sign up for Portuguese lessons?

最后,你会报名葡萄牙语言的课程吗?

My Spanish is good, so would I find that module easy?

我的西班牙语很好,所以我会不会觉得这个课程太容易了?

Not necessarily.

不一定。

Some people find that Spanish interferes with learning Portuguese...getting the accent right too.

有人发现西班牙语会干扰葡萄牙语言的学习…甚至会觉得很难发音。

It's quite different in a lot of ways.

两种语言在很多方面大相径庭。

Well, I'd much sooner do something else, then.

嗯。那我宁愿学点别的。

Alright.

好吧。

Now, what we need to do is...

现在,我们需要做的是…

Question 21 - 26

Choose the correct letter A, B or C

21 Paul decided to get work experience in South America because he wanted

ato teach English there.

bto improve his Spanish.

cto learn about Latin American life.

显示答案 正确答案: C

22 What project work did Paul oringinally intend to get involved in?

aconstruction

bagriculture

ctourism

显示答案 正确答案: C

23 Why did Paul change from one project to another?

aHis first job was not well organised.

bHe found doing the routine work very boring.

cThe work was too physically demanding.

显示答案 正确答案: A

24 In the village community, he learnt how important it was to

arespect family life.

bdevelop trust.

cuse money wisely.

显示答案 正确答案: B

25 What does Paul say about his project manager?

aHe let Paul do most of the work.

bHis plans were too ambitious.

cHe was very suppprtive of Paul.

显示答案 正确答案: C

26 Paul was surprised to be given

aa computer to use.

bso little money to live on.

can extension to his contract.

显示答案 正确答案: A

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