Good afternoon.

下午好。

My name is Dominic Bullock.

我叫多米尼克-布洛克

Can you tell me your full name, please?

能告訴我你的全名嗎？

My name is Philipp Geiser.

我叫菲利普-蓋澤爾。

And can you tell me where you're from?

能告訴我你來自哪裡嗎？

I'm from Germany, from the North West.

我來自德國西北部。

I live in North Rhine-Westphalia in a very small town, so I think you maybe won't know it.

我住在北萊茵-威斯特法倫州的一個小鎮上，所以我想你可能不會知道。

May I see your identification, please?

請出示證件

Yes, of course.

是的，當然。

Thank you.

謝謝。

That's fine.

沒關係。

Now, in this first part, I'd like to ask you some questions about yourself.

現在，在第一部分，我想問你一些關於你自己的問題。

Let's talk about where you're living now.

讓我們來談談你現在住的地方。

Tell me about the town or city where you're living at the moment.

跟我說說你現在居住的城市。

At the moment, I'm here in Oxford in the UK.

目前，我在英國牛津。

So yeah, I'm living in Oxford in a homestay with a host family.

是的，我現在住在牛津的寄宿家庭裡。

And yeah, I really like the city.

是的，我真的很喜歡這座城市。

It's really nice.

真的很不錯。

And yeah, I'm in Oxford for three more weeks, and then I will go home to Germany again.

對了，我還要在牛津待三個星期，然後就回德國老家了。

Do you think you will move to a different place in the near future?

您認為您會在不久的將來搬到另一個地方嗎？

Yeah, I will definitely.

是的，我一定會的。

I will have an internship in a law office in Schwerin in the North East of Germany, so quite far away from home.

我將在德國東北部施維林的一家律師事務所實習，離家很遠。

And yeah, I will move there for another four weeks.

是的，我將在那裡再住四周。

And yeah, in July, August, I will move to Hamburg, also in the North, for my studies.

是的，七八月份，我將搬到北部的漢堡學習。

So there will be a lot of changing in the next few months.

是以，在接下來的幾個月裡，將會有很多變化。

Let's talk about email.

讓我們來談談電子郵件。

What kinds of emails do you receive about your work or studies?

您會收到哪些有關您工作或學習的電子郵件？

Oh, many different kinds.

哦，有很多種。

So first of all, of course, private emails from friends, maybe with photos.

是以，首先，當然是來自朋友的私人郵件，也許還附有照片。

Maybe WhatsApp is a little bit more popular at the moment.

也許 WhatsApp 目前更受歡迎一些。

But yeah, also we have some emails from time to time.

不過，我們也時不時會收到一些電子郵件。

From university, I also receive emails, for example, for tests that I had to take or for some documents that I still need from the A-levels, for example.

我還會收到大學發來的電子郵件，例如，我必須參加的考試，或者我仍然需要的聯考文件等。

And for work, I'm currently working in a language school as intern.

工作方面，我目前在一所語言學校實習。

So I have several different emails there, for example, for homestay, when new students have to be allocated to other host families, from the other staff members when they need information, from the students themselves if they have a problem, for example, and don't know my telephone number, then they write an email.

是以，我在那裡有幾封不同的電子郵件，例如，寄宿家庭的電子郵件，當新學生需要分配到其他寄宿家庭時，其他工作人員需要資訊時，學生自己需要資訊時，如果他們有問題，例如，不知道我的電話號碼，他們就會寫電子郵件。

Do you prefer to email, phone or text your friends?

您喜歡給朋友發電子郵件、打電話還是發短信？

Depends on the friends, to be honest.

說實話，這取決於朋友。

So really good friends, I often call them.

所以，我經常稱他們為真正的好朋友。

So I'm here now for seven weeks in Oxford and my really good friends, I have like once a week, a little chat on the phone.

現在我在牛津待了七個星期，我的好朋友們每週都會給我打一次電話，聊聊天。

I think it's more personal than WhatsApp or than emails or something like that.

我覺得這比 WhatsApp 或電子郵件之類的東西更私人。

So that's what I really like.

所以，這才是我真正喜歡的。

For short messages, just to get information, I would rather prefer WhatsApp.

如果只是為了獲取信息而發送短信息，我寧願選擇 WhatsApp。

But yeah, good family members, good friends, I would always prefer a phone call.

但是，好的家人、好的朋友，我總是更喜歡打電話。

But I don't really like emails.

但我不太喜歡電子郵件。

So emails are kind of not very personal and really it's like distance when you write an email to your friends.

是以，電子郵件並不是很私人化，就像你給朋友寫電子郵件時的距離一樣。

Do you reply to emails and messages as soon as you receive them?

您會在收到電子郵件和資訊後立即回覆嗎？

Also depends on the message, to be honest.

老實說，這也取決於資訊的內容。

So yeah, when it's really urgent, then I reply as soon as possible, whenever I have time.

所以，如果真的很緊急，只要有時間，我就會盡快回復。

And when there are emails that are not really urgent, not really important to me, then maybe I don't answer them.

如果有些郵件不是很緊急，對我不是很重要，那我可能就不會回覆。

Maybe I answer them a few days later, a few hours later.

也許我會在幾天後、幾小時後回覆他們。

It always depends on the situation.

這總是取決於具體情況。

Are you happy to receive emails that are advertising things?

您樂於接收廣告郵件嗎？

Oh, no, I hate it.

哦，不，我討厭這樣。

It's really annoying if you have all these spam emails with people trying to advertise things to make you buy things.

如果你收到這些垃圾郵件，有人試圖給你做廣告，讓你買東西，那真的很煩人。

I really don't like it.

我真的不喜歡這樣。

I always delete these emails as soon as I get them to clear everything and to have the really important emails.

我總是在收到這些郵件後立即刪除，以便清除所有內容，保留真正重要的郵件。

Let's talk about cars and driving.

讓我們來談談汽車和駕駛。

How often do you travel by car?

您經常開車出行嗎？

Back in Germany, quite often.

在德國，我經常這樣做。

And I really must say here in Oxford, I'm only using buses since I don't have my car here.

我必須說，在牛津，我只乘坐公共汽車，因為我在這裡沒有車。

I came here by plane.

我是坐飛機來的。

So I really miss driving, to be honest.

老實說，我真的很懷念開車的日子。

Why?

為什麼？

Because it's freedom, I think.

因為我認為這是自由。

I think for Germany in particular, most people like their cars.

我認為，特別是在德國，大多數人都喜歡他們的汽車。

Most people, it's like a symbol for some Germans of freedom.

對大多數人來說，它就像是德國人自由的象徵。

And I really like to go on the autobahn, to go on the highway, to go fast.

我非常喜歡在高速公路上飛馳。

I really enjoy it.

我真的很喜歡。

And I really can relax while driving, hear music.

我真的可以一邊開車，一邊聽音樂，一邊放鬆。

Of course, stay concentrated, but I really like that.

當然，要集中精力，但我真的很喜歡這樣。

And I'm coming from an area where you need to drive.

我來自一個需要開車的地方。

There's no good bus transfer because it's a very rural area.

因為這裡是一個非常偏遠的農村地區，所以沒有很好的公交換乘。

So you need a car to get to your friends and, I don't know, to go shopping or anything.

所以，你需要一輛車去找你的朋友，我也不知道，去購物或者其他什麼。

Who in your family drives the most?

您家裡誰開車最多？

My father, I think, because he's working 50 kilometres from where we live in Münster and he has to drive like one hour a day.

我想是我父親，因為他工作的地方離我們住的明斯特有 50 公里，他每天要開一個小時的車。

So I think he's driving the most.

所以我覺得他開的車最多。

What kind of car would you like to own one day?

有一天，您想擁有一輛什麼樣的汽車？

And that's an interesting question, since there are so many different cars.

這是一個有趣的問題，因為有這麼多不同的汽車。

Maybe a fast sports car, a cabriolet, so where you can open the top for driving in summer when it's warm.

也許是一輛快速跑車、敞篷車，這樣夏天天氣熱的時候就可以打開頂篷開車了。

You have the wind around your face.

你臉上有風。

That's like maybe the real feeling of freedom then when you have a car like that.

當你擁有一輛這樣的車時，也許這才是真正的自由感。

So a cabriolet would be cool.

是以，敞篷車會很酷。

Would you like to travel in a driverless car?

您想乘坐無人駕駛汽車旅行嗎？

In a driverless car where I can still influence the driving.

在無人駕駛汽車中，我仍然可以影響駕駛。

So I would still need a steering wheel to actually have influence on the drive itself.

是以，我仍然需要一個方向盤來實際影響駕駛本身。

But it would be really nice.

但這樣做真的很好。

I think most people who are...

我認為大多數人都...

Now, I'm going to give you a topic and I'd 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。

Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say.

在你發言之前，你有一分鐘的時間思考你要說的話。

You can make some notes if you wish.

如果你願意，可以做一些筆記。

Do you understand?

你明白了嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

Here's some paper and a pencil for making notes.

這裡有一些紙和筆，可以用來做筆記。

And here's your topic.

這就是你的話題。

Please don't write anything on the booklet.

請不要在小冊子上寫任何東西。

I'd like you to describe a hotel that you know.

我想請您描述一下您所知道的一家酒店。

All right.

好吧

Remember, you have one to two minutes for this, so don't worry if I stop you.

記住，你有一到兩分鐘的時間，所以如果我阻止你，不要擔心。

I'll tell you when the time is up.

時間到了我會告訴你的。

Can you start speaking now, please?

現在可以開始發言了嗎？

Okay.

好吧

This hotel I'm describing is in Greece, more particularly on Crete, so on the island.

我說的這家酒店在希臘，尤其是克里特島，所以是在島上。

It's a foster hotel where I've been with my family a few years ago.

這是一家寄宿酒店，幾年前我曾和家人在這裡住過。

So with my brother and my mother and father.

我的哥哥、母親和父親也是如此。

And it's really close to the sea, what I really like, because I like to go swimming.

這裡離海很近，我很喜歡，因為我喜歡游泳。

I like to wake up and have a look on the ocean.

我喜歡醒來後看看大海。

So that's really, really nice.

這樣真的非常好。

It's a Mediterranean sea, so good weather is always a nice thing.

這裡是地中海，所以天氣總是很好。

We were there in summer.

我們是夏天去的。

It has 30 to 35 degrees, really nice.

它有 30 到 35 度，真的很不錯。

Not too hot.

不太熱。

We were quite lucky, because usually they have like 40 degrees.

我們很幸運，因為通常他們的氣溫都在 40 度左右。

They have really good food.

他們有非常好吃的食物。

They have a really good kitchen.

他們有一個非常棒的廚房。

It was a nice thing.

這是一件好事。

So there was always different food in the afternoon.

是以，下午總是有不同的食物。

The breakfast was really good.

早餐真的很不錯。

Yeah.

是啊

And they had a really nice pool area.

他們還有一個非常漂亮的泳池區。

So they had like three different pools, some for children and then pools that the adults could use.

是以，他們有三個不同的游泳池，有些是兒童游泳池，有些是成人游泳池。

That was really nice, because I really like to go swimming.

這真的很好，因為我真的很喜歡游泳。

Just standing up, going out of bed, going in a pool.

只是站起來、下床、下游泳池。

That's really what I really enjoy.

這才是我真正喜歡的。

And because it's close to the sea, we also were allowed to go fishing there.

因為離海很近，我們還可以在那裡釣魚。

So they offered like fishing trips, because I'm also fishing in Germany.

所以他們提供的服務就像釣魚旅行，因為我也在德國釣魚。

I really enjoyed that.

我真的很喜歡。

And what's also cool, they had a gym there in the hotel, which is rather big.

更酷的是，酒店裡還有一個健身房，非常大。

So just standing up, going to the gym, training, maybe have a little swim in the pool and then get back to the family, have breakfast.

所以，只要站起來，去健身房訓練，也許在游泳池遊一會兒泳，然後回到家裡吃早餐。

That's really nice.

真不錯

And they also had some bars there.

那裡還有一些酒吧。

I was not allowed to drink at the time, but maybe if I would go there again, we would have some fun drinking.

當時我不能喝酒，但如果我再去那裡，也許我們會喝得很開心。

But it was a rather big hotel, so I would, today I would prefer a smaller hotel with less people.

但那是一家相當大的酒店，所以我今天更喜歡人少的小酒店。

So that was like the disadvantage with this particular hotel.

這就是這家酒店的缺點。

So yeah.

所以是的。

I would prefer a smaller one, but it was really nice because it was really in the center of the island.

我更喜歡小一點的，但它真的很不錯，因為它真的在島的中心。

So we were close to different historic cities, Rhodes and other islands to visit in Greece.

是以，我們離希臘不同的歷史名城、羅得島和其他島嶼都很近。

So yeah.

所以是的。

And as I told you, the weather was perfect.

正如我說過的，天氣非常好。

So I would really like to go there again.

所以，我真的很想再去一次。

Not maybe in that particular hotel.

也許不是在那家酒店。

Have you ever recommended this hotel to anyone?

您是否曾向他人推薦過這家酒店？

Actually, I didn't, but my mother did.

事實上，我沒有，但我媽媽有。

So my uncle was there with his wife and my cousin.

我舅舅和他妻子還有我表弟都在那裡。

So yeah, they went there.

所以是的，他們去了那裡。

Thank you.

謝謝。

Can I have the booklet and the paper and pencil back, please?

能把小冊子和紙筆還給我嗎？

Sure.

當然。

Thank you.

謝謝。

Thank you.

謝謝。

We've been talking about a hotel that you know, and I'd like to discuss with you one or two more general questions related to this.

我們一直在討論你所知道的一家酒店，我想和你再討論一兩個與此相關的一般性問題。

Let's consider, first of all, staying in hotels.

首先，讓我們考慮一下住酒店的問題。

What are the sorts of things that are important when people are choosing a hotel?

人們在選擇酒店時最看重哪些方面？

Oh, several things.

哦，有幾件事。

First of all, I think the location is very important.

首先，我認為地點非常重要。

So of course, the area where you want to travel to, what important sites are there, different cities, museums, cultural things to do.

當然，還包括您想去的地區、那裡有哪些重要景點、不同的城市、博物館和文化活動。

It's close to the sea if you have maybe a nice view from your room.

這裡離海很近，從房間裡就能看到海景。

So these are first of all, I think the location, the country, of course, that's maybe the first thing that you ask yourself, which country do I want to travel to?

首先，我認為是地點、國家，當然，這可能是你問自己的第一件事，我想去哪個國家旅行？

And the other thing, of course, then is the hotel itself.

當然，還有一點就是酒店本身。

So how big is it?

它有多大？

How many people are there?

有多少人？

It's maybe more entertaining hotel for little children where lots of people are.

對於小孩子來說，人多的酒店可能更有娛樂性。

Is it like a very small one in an old town of a city?

是在一個城市的老城區裡有一個非常小的地方嗎？

And why do you think is it that some people just don't like staying in hotels?

你覺得為什麼有些人就是不喜歡住酒店呢？

Because it's maybe a bit unpersonal.

因為這可能有點不近人情。

So maybe that's why most people, they go for like these flat sharing platforms so that they kind of rent a private flat for a week or for two weeks for holidays, because it's more personal, because you're staying really in the old town, because you don't have to stick to certain times for breakfast.

所以，也許這就是為什麼大多數人都會選擇這些公寓共享平臺，這樣他們就可以租一個私人公寓住一週或兩週來度假，因為這樣更有個性，因為你真的住在老城區，因為你不必堅持在特定時間吃早餐。

So it's a little bit of your own time management.

是以，這就需要你對自己的時間進行管理。

You don't have to stick to it and you have more privacy as well, maybe because you don't have to, I don't know, look at the other visitors all the time staying with you for breakfast in the dining room.

你不必拘泥於此，而且你也有更多的私人空間，也許是因為你不必，我不知道，總是看著其他訪客和你一起在餐廳吃早餐。

And thinking more about luxury hotels, do you think that staying in a luxury hotel is a waste of money?

關於豪華酒店，您是否認為住豪華酒店是一種浪費？

Depends on the hotel and where it is.

這取決於酒店和酒店的位置。

So if you have like a luxury hotel in the middle of Norway, of course, I would consider that as a waste of money.

是以，如果你在挪威中部有一家豪華酒店，我當然會認為那是在浪費錢。

Actually I don't really have to go to luxury hotels.

其實，我並不需要去豪華酒店。

I could stay in a really normal hotel.

我可以住在一家非常普通的酒店裡。

More important for me would of course be what city it is in, where it is, how fast I can want to see, want to visit.

當然，對我來說，更重要的是它在哪個城市，在哪裡，我可以多快地想去看看，想去看看。

So staying in a luxury hotel can be cool, can be interesting and really enjoyable for a few days.

是以，住在豪華酒店可以很酷，可以很有趣，可以真正享受幾天。

But I'm considering there are other things that are more important to me than really staying in a luxurious hotel.

但我在考慮，對我來說，還有其他比住在豪華酒店更重要的事情。

And from staying in a hotel, let's think about working in a hotel.

從住在酒店，讓我們想想在酒店工作。

Do you think that working in a hotel is a good career for life?

您認為在酒店工作是一個終身職業嗎？

A completely different topic.

一個完全不同的話題。

Depends on the job that you do there.

這取決於你在那裡從事的工作。

So if you're for example a manager there in a really big hotel with lots of people staying there, you could of course promote and push or improve your career.

是以，如果你是一家很大的酒店的經理，有很多人住在那裡，你當然可以晉升，推動或改善你的職業生涯。

So when you really have to deal with a lot of people, you have to manage, have a good overview over the whole hotel, I think that is a really good thing to learn multitasking there.

是以，當你真的要與很多人打交道，你必須管理好，對整個酒店有一個很好的概覽時，我認為學習多任務處理是一件非常好的事情。

The other thing is if you're for example a cook, so if you're really in a small hotel where you can really work on, so in a five-star hotel or four-star hotel, you can really deliver good food that the customers appreciate, so really you can concentrate on the quality of the food, create something new, create something special of course.

另外，如果你是一名廚師，那麼如果你真的在一家小型酒店工作，那麼在一家五星級酒店或四星級酒店工作，你真的可以提供讓顧客滿意的美食，所以你真的可以專注於食物的品質，創造一些新的東西，當然是創造一些特別的東西。

And if it's a really famous hotel in a big city, of course that will promote your career.

如果是大城市裡一家非常有名的酒店，當然會促進你的職業發展。

And after that, do you think that working in a hotel, in a really big hotel, whether it's luxury or not, is a very different experience to working in a small hotel?

在那之後，你認為在酒店工作，在真正的大酒店工作，無論是否豪華，與在小酒店工作的體驗是否截然不同？

Again that depends on the job that you're doing there.

這同樣取決於你在那裡從事的工作。

For example, if you're a manager, then of course it's completely different because you have less people, but you can also, if you're in a smaller hotel, you can concentrate on the people you have, really take care of them like a private person that kind of advises them on their trip, on the things to do, so you can really get in touch with the customers.

例如，如果你是一名經理，情況當然會完全不同，因為你的人手比較少，但如果你在一家規模較小的酒店，你也可以把精力集中在你的員工身上，真正像一個私人顧問一樣照顧他們，為他們的旅行和要做的事情提供建議，這樣你就能真正與顧客打成一片。

That's maybe one advantage in a really small hotel, because you don't have to spend that much time on dealing with everything else, with the amount of people coming, the food, the cleaning, because everything is smaller, you can really concentrate and deliver a better product in general, so everything would, there would be an improved quality maybe.

這也許是小型酒店的一個優勢，因為你不必花那麼多時間去處理其他事情，比如客人的數量、食物、清潔，因為一切都比較小，你可以真正集中精力，提供更好的產品，所以一切都會，也許品質會有所提高。

In a really big hotel, you don't have to deal with lots of people, and I think that's very, very different, because you can't really get in touch with them.