Let's talk about what you do.

我們來談談你的工作。

Do you work or are you a student?

您是在工作還是在學習？

Well, at the moment I'm working.

目前我正在工作。

I'm teaching sports studies in a university.

我在一所大學教授體育研究。

What do you like about your job?

您喜歡您的工作哪一點？

Well, I like the fact that I can have an imprint on people's lives and teach them valuable skills that they're going to use in life.

我喜歡這樣的事實：我可以在人們的生活中留下印記，教給他們寶貴的技能，讓他們在生活中用得上。

I think this is particularly true of teaching at a university.

我認為在大學任教尤其如此。

And I work with a great bunch of people, so, yeah, we have a lot of fun.

我和一群很棒的人一起工作，所以，是的，我們有很多樂趣。

Is there anything you don't like about your job?

你有什麼不喜歡你的工作嗎？

Not really.

其實不然。

I took up the job of teaching because I needed to fund my PhD.

我之所以從事教學工作，是因為我需要資金來攻讀博士學位。

But now that I'm a teacher, I have less time for my research.

但現在我是一名教師，用於研究的時間更少了。

So, what do they say?

他們怎麼說？

It's either time rich and money poor or vice versa.

要麼時間充裕，要麼金錢匱乏，反之亦然。

Yeah, one day I hope to be both time rich and money rich at the same moment.

是啊，我希望有一天能同時擁有時間和金錢。

Would you think about changing your job?

你會考慮換工作嗎？

No, I'm happy with where I am at the moment.

不，我對目前的狀態很滿意。

I find it really fulfilling, but I don't know where I'm going to be in ten years' time.

我覺得這很有成就感，但我不知道十年後我會在哪裡。

But for now, it's OK.

但現在，沒關係。

Let's talk about holidays.

我們來談談假期吧。

Do you prefer holidays near the sea or in the countryside?

您喜歡在海邊度假還是在鄉村度假？

Depends, really, both.

這要看情況，真的，兩者都有。

I like, yeah, if the weather's great, I like to be by the sea.

我喜歡，是的，如果天氣好，我喜歡在海邊。

I love water sports, but I like walking and hiking as well.

我喜歡水上運動，也喜歡散步和遠足。

So, a holiday in the countryside is fine as well.

是以，在鄉村度假也不錯。

What do you usually do on your holidays?

您通常在假期做些什麼？

Well, if I'm by the sea, I like to swim.

如果我在海邊，我喜歡游泳。

I'll do some windsurfing, maybe some sub-aqua, hang around with my mates, play some beach volleyball.

我會做一些帆板運動，也許還會做一些水下運動，和我的夥伴們一起閒逛，打一些沙灘排球。

Yeah, just chat over some food and drink, that sort of thing.

是啊，就是吃吃喝喝聊聊天之類的。

But yeah, if I'm in the countryside, then my uncle, he raises cattle.

但是，如果我在鄉下，我叔叔就會養牛。

So, I'll help him out on the farm and I'll do some hiking, trekking and then catch up on some sleep.

所以，我會在農場裡幫他的忙，我還會去遠足、跋涉，然後補補覺。

Is having a holiday important to you?

過節對你來說重要嗎？

Yeah, yeah, I think holidays are important to everyone.

是啊，是啊，我覺得節日對每個人都很重要。

Why?

為什麼？

Just because it's exhausting to be working all the time and teaching is particularly exhausting as well.

因為一直工作很累，教書也特別累。

I think it's important to get some down time to recharge the batteries and just to get out of the city for a while, it feels good.

我認為，有一些休息時間給電池充電很重要，離開城市一段時間，感覺很好。

Let's talk about current affairs.

我們來談談時事。

How do you get your news of the world events?

您是如何瞭解世界大事的？

I'm a real news junkie.

我是一個真正的新聞迷。

So, I will watch and read news on my phone a lot, an awful lot.

是以，我會經常在手機上看新聞，而且看的非常多。

And I'll watch TV news as well, but not so much nowadays, rarely.

我也會看電視新聞，但現在很少看了。

Do you read newspapers?

你讀報紙嗎？

Not so much.

沒那麼多。

I might treat myself to a fat paper on a Sunday and have some coffee.

我可能會在週日買一份肥胖的報紙，然後喝些咖啡。

Do your older friends or relatives read newspapers?

您的老年朋友或親戚讀報紙嗎？

Yeah, more than I do.

是啊，比我做的還多。

I think they've just got into the habit of reading the daily papers for years.

我認為他們只是養成了多年閱讀日報的習慣。

And yeah, I've tried to tell my parents to stop reading the dead tree press, but they won't listen to me.

是啊，我也曾試著讓我父母別再看枯樹報了，但他們不聽我的。

Let's talk about shopping.

我們來談談購物吧。

Do you shop online?

您在網上購物嗎？

Yes, I do actually.

是的，我確實想。

I get all of my music and books online.

我的音樂和書籍都是在網上購買的。

The range is enormous and it's infinite actually, whereas in town you can only get so much.

它的範圍非常大，實際上是無限的，而在城裡你只能得到這麼多。

Do you shop in meal shops?

您在餐飲店購物嗎？

Yeah, if I have to.

是啊，如果有必要的話

I don't enjoy shopping, but I don't like shopping for clothes either online because it's just annoying if you have to change the fit or the colour or anything like that, you've got to send it back.

我不喜歡購物，但我也不喜歡在網上買衣服，因為如果你要改變衣服的版型、顏色或其他類似的東西，你就得把它寄回去，這很煩人。

But I'm a very organised person, so I know exactly what I want and where to find it.

但我是個很有條理的人，所以我很清楚自己想要什麼，在哪裡可以找到。

I'll go into the shop and I'll try on the fit.

我去店裡試試合不合身。

I'll come back and that's it.

我會回來的，就這樣。

I won't spend my time looking around.

我不會把時間花在四處尋找上。

Has online shopping affected the shops in your hometown?

網購是否影響了您家鄉的商店？

Not so much yet.

還沒那麼多。

I think that some of the smaller shops, specialised shops have disappeared.

我認為，一些小商店、專賣店已經消失了。

The bigger global shops, they seem to be surviving okay for the moment, but I'm not sure how long that's going to last.

全球較大的商店目前似乎還能生存，但我不確定這種情況能持續多久。

Yeah, so I think my generation actually, and the coming generation, they're going to see shops disappear a lot more.

是的，所以我認為我們這一代人，以及下一代人，將會看到更多的商店消失。

I know that some people think that's a shame, and I do as well sometimes, but I don't think things are suddenly going to go into reverse, are they?

我知道有些人認為這是一種恥辱，有時我也這麼認為，但我不認為事情會突然逆轉，不是嗎？

Now I'm going to give you a topic, and I would like you to talk about it for one to two minutes.

現在我給你們一個話題，希望你們就這個話題談一到兩分鐘。

You'll have one minute to prepare, and you can write some notes if you want to.

你們有一分鐘的準備時間，如果願意，可以寫一些筆記。

Do you understand?

你明白了嗎？

Yes, thank you.

好的，謝謝。

Okay, here's your card and some paper to write some notes.

好了，這是你的卡片和一些紙張，你可以寫一些說明。

I would like you to talk about an important invention.

我想請你們談談一項重要的發明。

Can you start speaking now, please?

現在可以開始發言了嗎？

Okay, well this was a really tricky topic because there's so many inventions and innovations that have changed the world.

好吧，這是一個非常棘手的話題，因為有太多的發明和創新改變了世界。

There's computers, the internet, credit cards, virtual money.

有電腦、互聯網、信用卡、虛擬貨幣。

It was really difficult actually to choose just one of them, but in reflection, I think the biggest and most significant invention to have changed the world is social media.

其實很難只選擇其中之一，但仔細想想，我認為改變世界最大、最重要的發明是社交媒體。

I mean, if you look at Facebook and Twitter and those kinds of platforms, there's no doubt that they've had a huge, profound impact on our lives.

我的意思是，如果你看看 Facebook 和 Twitter 等平臺，毫無疑問，它們對我們的生活產生了巨大而深遠的影響。

And the good thing is, is that with the coming of a global world, we're now able to communicate with friends and family across the world instantly.

好在，隨著全球一體化的到來，我們現在可以與世界各地的親朋好友即時溝通。

I mean, I think that's wonderful.

我的意思是，我認為這很好。

And also just for things like birthdays, that's really handy to have as well, just to be updated with things like that.

此外，像生日這樣的活動也非常方便，可以隨時更新資訊。

But I just wonder if in reflection, if the disadvantages and drawbacks to social media aren't outweighing the benefits.

但我只是在想，反思一下，社交媒體的弊端和缺點是否大於好處。

So if you think about the number of people who have posted things online and, you know, comments and photographs, and then as they get older, they suddenly regret that picture of themselves being up there.

所以，如果你想一想，有多少人在網上發佈過一些東西，你知道，評論和照片，然後隨著年齡的增長，他們突然後悔自己的照片出現在網上。

So yeah, I think there's definite disadvantages.

所以，是的，我認為這肯定有不利之處。

Also, it can just be used as a platform for people to get at each other.

此外，它還可能成為人們互相攻擊的平臺。

So attacking politicians or bullies at school or celebrities based on something that they've said, you know.

所以，攻擊政客、學校裡的惡霸或名人，都是基於他們說過的一些話，你知道的。

So yeah, and then there's the playing around with our personal information to manipulate political elections.

是的，還有利用我們的個人信息操縱政治選舉的行為。

I mean, that is frightening.

我是說，這太可怕了。

Let's talk about mobile phones.

讓我們來談談手機。

Do you think people spend too much time on their mobile phones, for example?

例如，您認為人們是否花太多時間在手機上？

Definitely.

當然。

I mean, the amount of times that I've been in a restaurant and I've seen groups of people at the table not talking to each other or having conversations, and they're usually on their phones.

我的意思是，我在餐廳裡看到過多少次，一群人在餐桌上互不交談或進行對話，而他們通常都在玩手機。

Any other negative effects?

還有其他負面影響嗎？

Yes, but less seriously.

是的，但沒那麼嚴重。

So how many times have you been walking down the street, right, and then you bump into somebody because they've been checking their mobile phone?

有多少次你走在街上，然後你撞到了別人，因為他們一直在看手機？

How can people limit the time they use on their gadgets?

如何限制人們使用小工具的時間？

That's a difficult one to answer because just every single day there seems to be a new app that comes about for people to play with and fiddle around with.

這是一個很難回答的問題，因為似乎每天都有新的應用程序出現，供人們玩耍和擺弄。

In fact, I think, right, that there should be an app that comes out that stops people and disables their phones after two hours of using them.

事實上，我認為，應該有一個應用程序，讓人們在使用手機兩小時後停止使用手機。

Yeah, I don't know.

是啊，我也不知道。

I think it takes a lot of willpower to do it yourself, but probably it starts at the home.

我認為自己動手需要很大的毅力，但可能要從家裡做起。

How?

怎麼做？

I just think with parents, you know, parents have to do something to teach their kids to stop using their phones for at least part of the day.

我只是認為，對於父母來說，你知道，父母必須做一些事情來教育他們的孩子至少在一天中的一部分時間裡停止使用手機。

I've got friends who have got kids and they will stop their children using their phones at bedtime, you know, when they're going out to the bedroom, and also at mealtimes, you know, they can't play with their phones at mealtime.

我有一些有孩子的朋友，他們會阻止孩子在睡前使用手機，你知道，當他們要去臥室的時候，還有吃飯的時候，你知道，他們不能在吃飯的時候玩手機。

So I think that kind of early training is important.

是以，我認為這種早期培訓非常重要。

Do you think the level of quality of communication has improved with the use of mobile phones compared to, say, 50 years ago?

與 50 年前相比，您認為行動電話的使用是否提高了通信品質？

The quantity has increased, but I'm not sure about the quality.

數量增加了，但我不確定品質如何。

If you look at grandparents who, yeah, they had phones in their house, but bills were really expensive, so they wouldn't just chat on the phone.

如果你看看那些祖父母，是的，他們家裡有電話，但話費真的很貴，所以他們不會只在電話上哈拉。

They would use their phones in an emergency or, yeah, you know, for important information and messages and that sort of thing.

他們會在緊急情況下使用手機，或者，是的，你知道，用來獲取重要資訊和消息之類的東西。

How is that different from now?

這和現在有什麼不同？

Well, just that mobile phones nowadays are really cheap to use.

嗯，只是現在的手機用起來真的很便宜。

So, yeah, I mean, I'm sure you've seen people in supermarkets, usually men, I admit, who will be checking up their something online, you know, usually a packet of cereal or something, which one to have.

所以，是的，我的意思是，我肯定你在超市裡見過人，通常是男人，我承認，他們會在網上查看他們的東西，你知道，通常是一包麥片或其他東西，要吃哪一種。

And there's the ubiquitous, you know, I'm on the train.

還有無處不在的 "我在火車上"。

So the quantity of communication has improved.

是以，交流的數量得到了提高。

The quality is difficult to define.

品質很難界定。

I think, I mean, you could argue that conversation and phones have become more trivial nowadays.

我想，我的意思是，你可以說，如今的談話和電話變得更加瑣碎。

And in the past they were taken more seriously.

而在過去，他們受到了更多的重視。

But then, I don't know, who's to say, you know, there's no harm in trivia.

但是，我不知道，誰又能說，瑣事無傷大雅呢？

And the people that are watching or listening might, you know, they might think that it's trivial, but maybe not to the people who are actually talking.

旁觀或聆聽的人可能會認為這只是小事一樁，但對真正說話的人來說，可能就不是了。

So, yeah, I think it's a difficult one, but I think that the jury's still out on that one.

所以，是的，我認為這是一個難題，但我認為這個問題還沒有定論。

Thank you.

謝謝。

That is the end of the speaking test.

口語測試到此結束。