考满分 ielts

1 .I've been reading your personal statement, Paul.

我最近一直在看你的个人陈述，保罗。

2 .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。

3 .What took you there?

你为什么去哪里?

4 .Was it to gain more fluency in Spanish?

是为了让西班牙语更加流利吗?

1 .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。

2 .My spoken Spanish was already pretty good in fact.

其实我的西班牙口语已经很不错了。

1 .So you weren't too worried about language barriers?

那么你是不是不太担心语言障碍呢?

1 .No.

我不担心。

2 .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。

1 .I see.

我明白了。

2 .How did you find out about all this?

你是怎么知道这个项目的?

1 .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。

1 .What kind of work?

什么样的志愿者服务?

1 .Well, there were several possibilities.

嗯，有几个选择。

1 .You mean construction?

你是说建筑?

2 .Engineering work?

做工程?

1 .Yes, getting involved in building projects was an option.

是的，参与建设是一个选择。

2 .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。

1 .But you didn't continue with that project.

但是你没有继续那个旅游项目。

2 .Why not?

这是为什么呢?

1 .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。

2 .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。

3 .I get de-motivated otherwise.

否则我就会没有动力。

1 .What do you think you learned from your experience?

你觉得你从这次经历中学会了什么?

2 .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。

1 .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。

2 .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。

1 .Well, that's understandable.

嗯，这也是可以理解的。

1 .Yes, but things soon improved.

是的，但是后来事情就好转了。

2 .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。

1 .You made good friends?

你在那里交到朋友了吗?

1 .Yes, with two of the families in particular.

是的，有两个特别好的朋友。

1 .Good.

好的。

2 .What about management.

管理这方面怎么样。

3 .Did you have a project manager?

你有项目经理吗?

1 .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。

1 .And was he good at managing too?

他也擅长管理吗?

1 .That wasn't his strong point!

那不是他的强项!

2 .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。

3 .He was a bit of a dreamer.

他有一点梦想家的感觉。

1 .And did you have a contract?

你和他们签过合同吗?

1 .I had to stay for a minimum of three months.

嗯我要至少待在那里三个月。

2 .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。

3 .I was so happy there.

因为我在那里很开心。

1 .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

2 .What was the food and lodging like?

食物和住宿怎么样?

1 .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。

2 .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。

1 .You didn't expect that then?

你没想到会那么好吗?

1 .No.

从来没想到过。

1 .Well, I'll look forward to hearing more.

嗯。期待等下听到更多。