Do you like art?

你喜歡藝術嗎？

Growing up, a way to express myself and just generally showing my emotions through whatever medium that I choose.

在我的成長過程中，這是我表達自己的一種方式，一般來說，我可以通過我選擇的任何媒介來表達我的情感。

I actually prefer art more than music in some different ways.

實際上，在某些不同的方面，我更喜歡藝術而不是音樂。

I like to paint and I like to see people how they express themselves as well through their art.

我喜歡畫畫，也喜歡看別人如何通過藝術表達自己。

So, yeah, I do love art.

所以，是的，我確實熱愛藝術。

Do you think that art classes are important in school?

你認為藝術課在學校裡重要嗎？

I actually feel like art is very subjective.

實際上，我覺得藝術是非常主觀的。

Teaching basic theories about art and stuff like that.

教授有關藝術的基本理論之類的東西。

I feel like, yes, it is sometimes necessary so people can understand, let's say, basic concepts such as color theory and whatnot.

我覺得，是的，這有時是必要的，這樣人們才能理解，比方說，色彩理論之類的基本概念。

However, I don't feel like following a certain concept or how to draw this or how to draw that is quite necessary.

不過，我覺得遵循某種概念或如何畫這個或如何畫那個並不是很有必要。

Like, I feel like your own creative mind can go in whatever direction you want it to go to.

就像，我覺得你自己的創意思維可以朝著你想要的任何方向發展。

Who are your favorite artists?

您最喜歡的藝術家是誰？

So my favorite artist in terms of the music industry, I would say Rihanna.

在音樂界，我最喜歡的藝術家是蕾哈娜。

I love her music.

我喜歡她的音樂。

I love like every time I put it on my car and I'm driving, I just love listening to her music because it it literally changes my mood.

我喜歡每次我把它放在車上，開車的時候，我就喜歡聽她的音樂，因為它真的能改變我的心情。

And I love listening.

我喜歡傾聽。

I love sharing that experience with my friends as well.

我也喜歡與朋友們分享這種體驗。

So she's tops my favorite artist.

是以，她是我最喜歡的藝術家之首。

Now let's talk about animals.

現在我們來談談動物。

Do you have a pet at home?

家裡有寵物嗎？

I actually have two pets.

實際上，我有兩隻寵物。

They're both cats.

它們都是貓。

I love animals, but specifically cats.

我喜歡動物，尤其是貓。

I love everything about them.

我喜歡他們的一切。

So I have two cats.

我有兩隻貓。

One, her name is Nooni.

第一，她叫諾妮。

The other is Tootie.

另一個是嘟嘟。

And Nooni kind of describes me as a person.

諾尼就是我的寫照。

Like we kind of share the same behaviors.

就像我們的行為方式一樣。

So she's very lazy sometimes.

所以她有時很懶。

She's also introverted, I would say.

我想說的是，她還很內向。

I really love cats.

我真的很喜歡貓。

I love how fluffy and sometimes friendly they are.

我喜歡它們毛茸茸的樣子，有時還很友好。

I also enjoy their company, just them being there.

我還喜歡他們的陪伴，只要他們在我身邊。

Would you like a different pet in the future?

您將來想要換一隻寵物嗎？

So I used to have ducks, two ducks.

我以前養過鴨子，兩隻鴨子。

And unfortunately, I had to give them up to shelter because I felt like I couldn't properly take care of them in my house.

不幸的是，我不得不把它們送給收容所，因為我覺得在家裡無法好好照顧它們。

So in the future, I really hope that I could revisit that memory of taking care of my ducks.

所以，我真的希望將來能重溫那段照顧鴨子的記憶。

So hopefully in the near future, maybe if I'm fully settled in my own house, I would love to have two more ducks.

是以，我希望在不久的將來，也許在我完全安頓好自己的房子後，我還想再養兩隻鴨子。

And do you prefer cats or dogs?

你喜歡貓還是狗？

Definitely cats.

絕對是貓。

Like I think it's because I come from like a Muslim family.

我想這是因為我來自穆斯林家庭。

So we kind of have like a taboo or like an idea of dogs, like it's not clean.

是以，我們對狗有一種禁忌或觀念，認為它不乾淨。

It's not, you know, so cats are just the way to go.

不是這樣的，你知道，所以貓是最好的選擇。

Like I love cats, their personality, the way they look, the way they act, everything about them.

比如我喜歡貓，喜歡它們的個性，喜歡它們的樣子，喜歡它們的舉動，喜歡它們的一切。

Now let's talk about reading.

現在我們來談談閱讀。

How often do you read books?

您多長時間讀一次書？

Back in middle school, I used to be so into books.

中學時代，我曾經非常喜歡看書。

It was basically my personality trait.

這基本上就是我的性格特點。

I really, really enjoyed like I had my alone time is just spending my time reading books.

我非常非常享受我的獨處時間，那就是看書。

And at one point, my family just told me, like, get out of the house.

有一次，我的家人告訴我，滾出這個家。

Like, what are you doing?

比如，你在幹什麼？

And even if I did go out of the house, like I would just carry my book everywhere I go.

即使我走出家門，我也會隨身帶著書。

As of recently, I kind of fell off of that habit of reading constantly because just with everything happening in my life, I can't keep up.

最近，我漸漸失去了不斷閱讀的習慣，因為生活中發生的所有事情都讓我跟不上節奏。

But I would say once every two months, I would read books.

但我每兩個月會看一次書。

What book would you recommend to a friend?

您會向朋友推薦什麼書？

So I would recommend All the Bright Places.

是以，我推薦《所有明亮的地方》。

I forgot the name of the author, but I think that book really depicts what a teenager would go through.

我忘了作者的名字，但我認為這本書真實地描繪了青少年的經歷。

Like I said, I used to read back in middle school and also in high school.

就像我說的，我在國中和高中時就開始閱讀。

So I felt like that book really spoke to me.

所以我覺得那本書對我很有啟發。

I really related to that book.

我真的很喜歡這本書。

And I would recommend it to a friend because I generally feel like it kind of relates to, you know, the adolescence or teenagers in general.

我會把這本書推薦給朋友，因為我總覺得它與青春期或一般青少年有關。

Do you prefer to read e-books or paper books?

您更喜歡閱讀電子書還是紙質書？

I generally prefer physical or hard copies because I like the feel of the book being in my hand, especially because I use my phone daily for a lot of things.

我一般喜歡實體書或精裝書，因為我喜歡書拿在手上的感覺，尤其是因為我每天都用手機處理很多事情。

I would like to change up my routine every once in a while.

我想偶爾改變一下我的生活方式。

So a hard copy would feel like it's a different vibe to my daily routine.

是以，硬拷貝會給我的日常工作帶來不一樣的感覺。

Now let's talk about photography.

現在我們來談談攝影。

Who do you normally take photos of?

您通常為誰拍照？

Whenever I go out or step outside the house, I love taking pictures of whether it's of my friends, my family members or cats.

每次出門或走出家門，我都喜歡拍照，無論是朋友、家人還是貓咪。

I actually enjoy looking at things from a different perspective.

實際上，我喜歡從不同的角度看問題。

So let's say just like the book on the table or the light or even just a bird from afar.

比方說，就像桌子上的書或燈光，甚至只是遠處的一隻鳥。

I like taking pictures to show people like through my eyes what I see or how I view the world.

我喜歡拍照，向人們展示我眼中的世界。

Do you ever put any of your photos in frames?

您有沒有把照片放在相框裡？

I've actually never thought about that.

我還真沒想過這個問題。

I've never done that before.

我以前從沒這麼做過。

It's actually interesting because I've seen a lot of people do that online where they print out their Polaroid pictures or like a physical copy of pictures that they've taken before and they framed it.

這其實很有趣，因為我在網上看到很多人這樣做，他們把拍立得照片或以前拍過的照片打印出來，然後裝裱起來。

And actually, I think I've seen my friends do that before.

事實上，我想我以前也見過我的朋友們這麼做。

So, I mean, why not?

所以，我的意思是，為什麼不呢？

Maybe once I move out.

也許等我搬出去之後。

When you are on holiday, do you prefer to send postcards or do you prefer to take photos and send them to people?

度假時，您喜歡寄明信片還是拍照寄給別人？

I've never done the postcards thing before.

我以前從未做過明信片的事情。

I feel like it's kind of outdated, but I wouldn't mind doing that or start doing that in my vacations.

我覺得這有點過時了，但我不介意這樣做，或者在我的假期裡開始這樣做。

But I usually just take photos and send it on WhatsApp.

但我通常只是拍照，然後用 WhatsApp 發送。

Let's say my family group.

比方說，我的家庭組。

I send it just to show them like what I've been up to in my vacation.

我寄給他們只是想讓他們看看我在假期裡都幹了些什麼。

So yeah, just photos.

所以，是的，只有照片。

I would like to talk about the author or the writer that I would like to meet in the future.

我想談談我將來想認識的作家或作者。

Unfortunately, she passed away, but the writer is Jane Austen.

不幸的是，她已經去世，但作者是簡-奧斯汀。

She is the writer of Pride and Prejudice, which is the current read that I'm reading right now.

她是《傲慢與偏見》的作者，這也是我現在正在讀的《傲慢與偏見》。

The reason why I would like to meet her is because of how during her time, which is around 1700s or 1800s, I was always interested in like the Victorian or like how they were in the past, the way they dress, the way they talk, especially because people in the past spoke differently, like the language or the words that they used were very different.

我之所以想見她，是因為在她的時代，也就是 1700 或 1800 年代左右，我一直對維多利亞時代或過去的人感興趣，他們的穿著打扮、說話方式，尤其是因為過去的人說話方式不同，比如他們使用的語言或詞語非常不同。

Right now, I'm reading one of her books, Pride and Prejudice, and sometimes I have to Google what she's saying.

現在，我正在讀她的一本書《傲慢與偏見》，有時我不得不用谷歌搜索她在說什麼。

Like, I don't understand what she wrote.

我不明白她寫了什麼。

It's very interesting the way she writes or like the language that she uses describing her, like the setting, the story setting.

她的寫作方式非常有趣，比如她描述自己的語言，比如故事背景。

I really enjoy it.

我真的很喜歡。

And I would like to find out about her lifestyle specifically, because, again, I'm just very interested or intrigued about the idea of like living in that era of where the time that she was still alive.

我想具體瞭解她的生活方式，因為，我對生活在她還活著的那個時代的想法非常感興趣或好奇。

Why I would like to meet her is because I'm, again, very interested in how she speaks or how she spoke and the language or language that she uses.

我之所以想見她，還是因為我對她說話的方式和語言非常感興趣。

Well done.

幹得好

That's the end of the two minutes.

兩分鐘到此結束。

So we've been talking about a writer that you would like to meet.

我們一直在談論一位你想見的作家。

And we're going to continue to talk about reading in section three.

我們將在第三部分繼續討論閱讀。

What kind of books are most popular with children in your country?

在貴國，什麼樣的圖書最受兒童歡迎？

To thank you for watching this video, I want to give you a free course that has helped thousands of students improve their IELTS speaking score.

為了感謝您觀看本視頻，我想為您提供一個免費課程，該課程已幫助成千上萬的學生提高了雅思口語成績。

What it's going to do is take you through every single part of the test and give you strategies for part one, part two and part three, and also allow you to practice at home for free and get feedback.

它將帶你瞭解考試的每個部分，併為你提供第一、第二和第三部分的策略，還允許你在家免費練習並獲得反饋。

To sign up for that for free.

免費註冊。

All you have to do is just click the link in the description.

您只需點擊描述中的鏈接即可。

Thanks very much.

非常感謝。

And let's get back to the video.

讓我們回到視頻上來。

In my country, to be honest, I'm unaware of.

在我國，老實說，我還不知道。

I don't know that much.

我知道的不多。

But when I was a kid, I used to like Dr. Seuss.

但我小時候喜歡蘇斯博士。

Even now, sometimes if I see Dr. Seuss online, I would I would just skim through it because I like how it rhymes.

即使是現在，有時如果我在網上看到蘇斯博士的作品，我也會草草瀏覽一下，因為我喜歡它的押韻方式。

It was just fun to read, to be honest.

說實話，讀起來很有趣。

Why do you think that some children don't read very often?

您認為為什麼有些孩子不經常閱讀？

So I am a firm believer in in terms of how parents reinforce their children.

是以，我堅信父母應如何強化自己的孩子。

So when it comes to like I've seen, I've personally seen how parents act with their children, giving them iPads or like just letting them watch TV.

是以，我親眼目睹了父母是如何對待孩子的，是給他們 iPad 還是讓他們看電視。

So I believe that if parents enforce their children to read more books or encourage them to start reading together, that would be a fun exercise to do at home.

是以，我認為，如果家長強制孩子多看書，或者鼓勵他們開始一起閱讀，這將是在家裡進行的一項有趣的練習。

Other than that, I feel like the parents are usually the biggest reinforcers.

除此之外，我覺得父母通常是最大的強化者。

Now let's talk about reading for different purposes.

現在讓我們來談談不同目的的閱讀。

Do you think that speed reading is a useful skill to have?

您認為速讀是一項有用的技能嗎？

I do think that it is a useful skill.

我確實認為這是一項有用的技能。

So for me, I I read really slow.

所以對我來說，我讀得很慢。

Like sometimes I have to reread a paragraph because I couldn't just decipher what it was saying.

比如有時我不得不重讀一段，因為我不知道它在說什麼。

So I feel like in terms of like high demand jobs where they need to get a lot of things done on time.

是以，我覺得就高要求工作而言，他們需要按時完成大量工作。

So speed reading could be a useful skill.

是以，速讀可能是一項有用的技能。

Some people believe that reading novels is more interesting or more enjoyable than reading nonfiction.

有些人認為，閱讀小說比閱讀非小說更有趣或更愉快。

Why do you think that is?

你認為這是為什麼？

So I feel like reading just generally could give you a time out from everything.

所以，我覺得閱讀可以讓你從一切事情中暫時抽離出來。

I would understand why people would prefer fiction over nonfiction, because just in your daily life, you're experiencing a lot of, you know, draining energies around you.

我可以理解為什麼人們更喜歡小說而不是非小說，因為就在你的日常生活中，你會經歷很多，你知道的，你周圍消耗能量的事情。

So when it comes to your alone reading time, you get to experience or I guess be creative in your imagination.

是以，當你獨自閱讀的時候，你可以體驗，或者我猜是發揮你的想象力。

So, yeah, that's why I think fiction books are more popular.

所以，是的，這就是我認為小說類書籍更受歡迎的原因。

Recently, many bookshops have had to close because of competition from online bookstores.

最近，由於網絡書店的競爭，許多書店不得不關閉。

Do you think that's a good thing or a bad thing?

你認為這是好事還是壞事？

I think that it's a bad thing because I personally love when I physically go to the store and look through the books and just read or because I feel like buying a book should feel like an experience rather than like a chore.

我認為這是一件壞事，因為我個人很喜歡親自去書店翻書閱讀，或者因為我覺得買書應該是一種體驗，而不是一件苦差事。

So buying it online diminishes the experience overall.

是以，在網上購買會降低整體體驗。

So, yeah, I feel like it is a bad thing that the physical stores are closing and online stores are overtaking.

所以，是的，我覺得實體店關門、網店趕超是件壞事。

Let me give you some feedback on your performance.

讓我對你的表現給你一些反饋。

So you're hoping to get a bad nine.

所以你希望得到一個壞九。

And I'll go through the four marking criteria.

下面我將介紹四項評分標準。

So pronunciation, fluency and coherence, grammar and vocabulary.

是以，發音、流暢性和連貫性、文法和詞彙。

So let's start off with your pronunciation.

那我們就從你的發音開始吧。

So thank you for making it this far in the video.

感謝你們能在視頻中看到這裡。

I want to give you 10% off our VIP course.

我想給你的 VIP 課程打九折。

IELTS VIP course is the most successful IELTS course in the world.

雅思 VIP 課程是全球最成功的雅思課程。

That is a fact because we have more than seven, eight and nine success stories than any other IELTS course in the entire world.

這是事實，因為我們的成功案例比世界上任何其他雅思課程都要多出七、八、九個。

We do that by simplifying the whole IELTS process, supporting you with some of the best IELTS teachers in the world and being with you every step of the way until you get the score that you need.

為此，我們簡化了整個雅思考試過程，為您提供全球最優秀的雅思教師支持，並與您一起走過每一步，直到您取得理想成績。

All you have to do is just look down in the description, just click that and you can sign up.

您只需查看下面的說明，點擊即可註冊。

If you have any questions about the VIP course, always feel free to get in touch with us.

如果您對 VIP 課程有任何疑問，請隨時與我們聯繫。

We answer a hundred percent of the questions that we get.

我們對收到的所有問題都會一一作答。

Hope that you become a VIP.

希望您成為 VIP。

If not, enjoy the rest of this free video.

如果沒有，請欣賞本免費視頻的其餘部分。

The examiner will be thinking about two things.

考官會考慮兩件事。

One will be clarity.

一個是清晰度。

Can he or she understand everything that you're saying?

他（她）能聽懂你說的每句話嗎？

And I can understand a hundred percent of what you're saying.

我完全理解你的意思。

Every word, every syllable is extremely clear.

每個字、每個音節都極其清晰。

The examiner is not really thinking about accents or anything like that.

考官其實不會考慮口音之類的問題。

What they're thinking about is, do I understand you?

他們想的是，我聽懂了嗎？

I can understand you 100%.

我能百分百理解你。

So that's excellent.

那真是太好了。

The examiner will also think about higher level pronunciation features, such as intonation.

考官還會考慮更高層次的發音特點，如語調。

Intonation is when our voice goes up and our voice goes down.

音調是指我們的聲音升高和降低。

We use that to convey meaning and you do that very, very naturally.

我們用它來表達意思，而你做得非常自然。

You also use connected speech and sentence stress and word stress very, very well.

你還能很好地使用連貫語、句子重音和單詞重音。

So good start with that, with the pronunciation.

所以，從發音開始就很好。

Let's move on to fluency and coherence.

下面我們來談談流暢性和連貫性。

Coherence is did you answer the question and did you develop your answers enough?

連貫性是指你回答了問題嗎？

Did you give enough information and really dive into the topic for part one?

你是否提供了足夠的資訊，並真正深入第一部分的主題？

You really did.

你真的做到了。

You nailed every single question.

每個問題你都答對了。

You answered it appropriately.

你回答得很恰當。

You developed it enough.

你開發得夠多了。

Part two, you're talking about Jane Austen.

第二部分，你說的是簡-奧斯汀。

You would be fine for this one.

你會沒事的。

It was described a writer.

它被描述成一位作家。

You would like to meet hypothetically.

你想假設見面。

We could meet someone who's passed away.

我們可能會遇到去世的人。

Just be very careful on test day.

考試當天一定要非常小心。

Make sure that you're really, really focusing in on that topic for that one.

確保你真的非常專注於那個主題。

I don't think any examiner would say, Oh, you can't meet Jane Austen.

我認為任何考官都不會說，哦，你不能去見簡-奧斯汀。

So let's mark you down because it's kind of one of those questions.

所以，讓我們把你記下來，因為這是其中的一個問題。

Who would you like to meet alive or dead?

你想見到活著或死去的誰？

So you would be fine, but just be careful on, on test day.

所以你會沒事的，但考試當天一定要小心。

Part three, you did answer each question.

第三部分，你確實回答了每個問題。

However, you could have shown the other side of some of the things.

不過，你本可以展示一些事情的另一面。

And so for example, why do you think some children don't read books very often?

例如，你認為為什麼有些孩子不經常看書？

So you said it's because of the parents.