How was it for you?

你覺得怎麼樣？

I found it pretty good.

我覺得還不錯。

It wasn't too tough.

這並不難。

It's like carrying a normal conversation in English, and I found it to be pretty good.

就像用英語進行正常對話一樣，我覺得還不錯。

You've taken the IELTS test before, haven't you?

您以前參加過雅思考試吧？

I have, yes.

是的，我有。

So, compared to the real test, which is obviously a lot more nerve-wracking, how were the questions in this one?

那麼，與顯然更令人緊張的真實考試相比，這次考試的題目如何？

Well, I took my real test three years ago, so I don't fully remember it.

我三年前參加過真正的考試，所以記不太清了。

I feel like the questions here were a little more streamlined, whereas when I did the actual exam, it was a lot broader, and there was just a lot more space for me to talk.

我覺得這裡的問題更精簡一些，而我參加實際考試時，問題的範圍要寬泛得多，我有更多的發言空間。

But, yeah, this wasn't too different.

但是，是的，這並沒有什麼不同。

Hello, wonderful IELTS Daily friends.

您好，優秀的雅思日報朋友們。

My name is Chris from IELTS Daily, and we're back today for another in our super mock exam speaking videos.

我是來自《雅思日報》的克里斯，今天我們將為大家帶來另一段超級模擬考試口語視頻。

Today, we have the student Saskia, and she is going to talk as though she's speaking in the real mock exam.

今天，我們請來了學生 Saskia，她將以真實模擬考試的口吻進行演講。

So, we have a practice examiner, and we have feedback throughout the video.

是以，我們有一個練習考官，整個視頻中都有反饋。

And I hope that this feedback is really useful for you, so you can learn some of the techniques which Saskia uses, and maybe you can take on some of the language she uses.

我希望這些反饋對你們非常有用，這樣你們就能學到薩斯基婭使用的一些技巧，也許你們還能學習她使用的一些語言。

I'm going to tell you, she's a great speaker today.

我要告訴你，她今天的演講很精彩。

So, pay attention.

所以，請注意。

Let's go.

我們走吧

Hello, and welcome to this practice exam conducted by IELTS Daily.

大家好，歡迎參加《雅思日報》舉辦的模擬考試。

My name is Maddy, and I'm your practice examiner.

我叫麥迪，是你們的實習考官。

The questions in this test are designed to simulate the IELTS speaking test.

本測試中的問題旨在模擬雅思口語測試。

Let's start.

讓我們開始吧。

What's your first name, please?

請問你叫什麼名字？

Saskia.

薩斯基婭

Thanks, Saskia.

謝謝你，薩斯基婭。

At the beginning of the IELTS test, you will be required to provide some ID, but as this is a practice test, we don't need to do that today.

在雅思考試開始時，您需要提供一些身份證件，但由於這是一次模擬考試，我們今天不需要這樣做。

So, I want to begin by talking about you.

所以，我想先談談你。

Do you work or do you study?

你是工作還是學習？

I'm a student at the moment.

我現在是一名學生。

Great.

好極了

And what do you study?

你研究什麼？

I'm at university, and I'm in my first year.

我在大學讀一年級。

I'm doing a Bachelor of Arts in Literature.

我正在攻讀文學學士學位。

As you know, a really common question is, do you work or study?

大家都知道，一個很常見的問題是，你是工作還是學習？

I would really advise you that you should prepare for that type of question.

我真的建議你應該為這類問題做好準備。

Are you working or are you studying?

你是在工作還是在學習？

Are you a full-time employee or are you a part-time employee?

您是全職員工還是兼職員工？

Maybe you're a job seeker, maybe you're looking for a job.

也許你是求職者，也許你正在找工作。

Whatever you are, whoever you are, make sure that you're ready.

無論你是什麼人，無論你是誰，都要做好準備。

Let's move on to the topic of maths.

讓我們繼續討論數學話題。

Do you like maths?

你喜歡數學嗎？

I'm not particularly a fan, no.

我不是特別喜歡，不是。

This is some great language by Saskia.

薩斯基婭的語言非常精彩。

She says, I'm not particularly a fan, no.

她說，我不是特別喜歡，不是。

I'm not particularly a fan, no.

我不是特別喜歡，不是。

This is a great way to say no, but it's adding some language.

這是說 "不 "的好辦法，但要加上一些語言。

So if you're a fan of something, yeah, you could say, I'm really a fan of.

所以，如果你是某件事情的粉絲，是的，你可以說，我真的是它的粉絲。

And why is maths so important?

為什麼數學如此重要？

I think it is very fundamental for a lot of degrees and a lot of not just educational but occupational things that you might go into.

我認為，這對很多學位和很多教育以及你可能從事的職業都非常重要。

Math has always provided to be a basis for everything.

數學始終是一切的基礎。

And is maths easy for everyone?

數學對每個人來說都簡單嗎？

No, I can't say that it is.

不，我不能這麼說。

I think it's a personality trait that you are either more inclined towards mathematical thinking or you are not.

我認為這是一種個性特徵，你要麼更傾向於數學思維，要麼就不是。

In this section, she talked about math or you can say maths.

在這一節中，她談到了數學，也可以說是數學。

You know that math is the American way to say maths or mathematics.

要知道，"數學 "在美語中是 "maths "或 "mathematics "的意思。

You can say either, it doesn't really matter.

你可以說任何一種，這並不重要。

But in this section, Saskia used some great language.

但在這一部分，薩斯基婭使用了一些很棒的語言。

She says, you are more inclined.

她說，你更有傾向性。

She talked about personality.

她談到了個性。

Some people are more inclined.

有些人更傾向於這樣做。

Other people are not inclined.

其他人則沒有這種傾向。

And that means that they have some tendency or trait that they have an ability to do something.

這意味著他們有某種傾向或特質，他們有能力做某件事情。

Great.

好極了

Great.

好極了

Now I want to talk about smiling.

現在我想談談微笑。

What makes you smile?

是什麼讓你微笑？

Everything, as you can tell.

一切，你都能看出來。

Everything will make me smile.

一切都會讓我微笑。

I think I'm a very smiley person.

我覺得我是個很愛笑的人。

And how often do you smile?

你多久笑一次？

A lot of the time.

很多時候

I can honestly say.

我可以誠實地說

I really like this because Saskia has a great rapport or relationship with the practice examiner.

我非常喜歡這樣，因為 Saskia 與實習考官的關係非常融洽。

Make sure that in your test, you're not feeling too nervous.

確保在測試時，你不會感到太緊張。

Try to pretend that you're talking to a friend.

試著假裝你在和朋友哈拉。

Have a natural conversation.

進行自然的對話。

Sometimes your sentences will be short.

有時你的句子會很短。

Sometimes you can expand on them.

有時，你可以對它們進行擴展。

It doesn't really matter.

這並不重要。

Just make sure that you properly address the question so that you feel confident that you've answered it.

只要確保你正確地回答了問題，這樣你就有信心回答了問題。

Yep.

是的。

And when do people smile at each other?

人們什麼時候會彼此微笑？

When they're happy, when they're loving and love, just excited.

當他們快樂的時候，當他們充滿愛意的時候，他們就是興奮的。

Sometimes when you're sad, you can give a sympathetic smile.

有時，當你悲傷時，你可以報以同情的微笑。

And smiles can convey so much.

微笑可以傳遞很多東西。

Great language here.

這裡的語言很棒。

She said smiles can convey, to convey, to show or to get some meaning across.

她說，微笑可以傳遞、傳達、展示或表達某種意思。

So she said smiles can convey.

所以她說微笑可以傳遞信息。

It can convey good things or bad things.

它可以傳達好事，也可以傳達壞事。

Do you smile when you're having a photo?

拍照時你會微笑嗎？

I try to.

我儘量。

I try to.

我儘量。

But, you know, sometimes you've got to give that blue steel look, I think it's called.

但是，你知道，有時候你得表現出一種藍色鋼鐵的樣子，我想這就是所謂的 "藍色鋼鐵"。

That's the one.

就是這個。

A pose.

一個姿勢

A pose.

一個姿勢

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

我會給你們一個話題，希望你們就這個話題談一到兩分鐘。

OK.

好的。

The only piece of feedback that I'd give to Saskia here is that at times some of her answers are a little bit short and I feel that she could elaborate a little bit more on her answers.

在這裡，我唯一想對薩斯基婭提出的反饋意見是，有時她的一些回答有點短，我覺得她可以在回答時再詳細一點。

For example, she talked about whether people smile in photographs and she could say, well, yeah, I tend to smile often in photographs, but I suppose it depends on the situation.

例如，她談到人們在照片中是否會微笑，她可以說，嗯，是的，我在照片中往往會經常微笑，但我想這取決於具體情況。

If it's an active photograph and we're doing something, then maybe there's no chance to smile.

如果這是一張活躍的照片，我們正在做一些事情，那麼也許就沒有機會微笑了。

But she did use a word which I'm not that familiar with, but I'm not doubting her.

但她確實用了一個我不是很熟悉的詞，但我並不懷疑她。

It was a blue steel smile.

那是一種藍色鋼鐵般的微笑。

I don't really use that phrase very often, but I think it's probably true.

我並不常用這句話，但我覺得它可能是真的。

You can talk about having a steely complexion, which means that you're quite stern and you don't always smile.

你可以說自己有一種堅毅的氣質，這意味著你相當嚴厲，而且不總是面帶微笑。

So somebody who has a steely complexion might not smile so often.

是以，膚色堅毅的人可能不會經常微笑。

Before you talk, you will have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes if you wish.

在您發言之前，您將有一分鐘的時間思考您要講的內容，如果願意，您可以做一些筆記。

So here is a paper and pencil for making notes and here is your topic.

這是做筆記用的紙和筆，這是你的題目。

I would like you to describe an advertisement you remember.

我想請您描述一下您記憶中的一則廣告。

You'll have one minute.

給你一分鐘

Okay.

好的

So remember you have one to two minutes for this.

所以，請記住你有一到兩分鐘的時間。

Don't worry if I stop you.

如果我阻止你，別擔心。

I'll tell you when the time is up.

時間到了我會告訴你的。

You can start speaking now, please.

請你現在開始發言。

Well, an advertisement that has stuck to me a lot is, I don't know if you remember it, the 2016, I believe, the Pepsi advertisement with Kendall Jenner.

有一則廣告讓我印象深刻，不知道你是否還記得，應該是 2016 年百事可樂與肯達爾-詹納（Kendall Jenner）合作的廣告。

Basically, she breaks up a protest between the protesters and the cops by handing a can of Pepsi.

基本上，她通過遞上一罐百事可樂，瓦解了抗議者和警察之間的抗議活動。

And this was a video, and it went viral across the Internet because of the racial backlash that it faced after it came out and went so popular because I think the idea was that it trivialized the ideas of race and protesting and things that people might believe in and also just the social values of culture, race, everything.

這是一段視頻，它在互聯網上瘋傳，因為它在發佈後遭到了種族反彈，並大受歡迎，因為我認為它輕視了種族、抗議和人們可能相信的東西，也輕視了文化、種族和一切的社會價值觀。

And basically, by dissolving a protest and dissolving tension by a can of Pepsi, it just trivialized things like the Black Lives Matter, any sort of protest, whether it was racial, cultural, sexual, anything.

從根本上說，用一罐百事可樂來消解抗議、消解緊張局勢，這只是輕描淡寫地化解了 "黑人生命至上 "這樣的事情，化解了任何形式的抗議，無論是種族抗議、文化抗議、性抗議，還是其他任何抗議。

And this went viral, and I do remember it because people still talk about it today, and I was actually having a conversation recently about how even though this was so long ago and people have apologized, Kendall Jenner has apologized, Pepsi has apologized, it has not taken away from just how iconic it was and how it commemorated how people saw, how people trivialized racial tension.

我記得這件事，因為人們至今仍在談論它，我最近還在討論，儘管這件事已經過去很久了，人們也道了歉，肯達爾-詹納道了歉，百事可樂也道了歉，但這並沒有抹去它的標誌性意義，也沒有抹去它是如何紀念人們如何看待、如何輕視種族緊張關係的。

And so that's an advertisement that I fully remember very, very vividly.

是以，我對這則廣告記憶猶新。

And that's it, yes.

就是這樣，沒錯。

And where were you when you first saw the ad?

你第一次看到廣告時在哪裡？

I think I was in Sri Lanka, and it just came up on a YouTube post.

我想我當時在斯里蘭卡，YouTube 上突然出現了這個視頻。

You know how they give you the advertisements before they actually get to the actual video?

你知道他們是如何在真正播放視頻之前給你廣告的嗎？

It was one of those things, and you don't actually think about how iconic it is because you just get to the skip button.

這是其中的一件事，你實際上不會想到它有多麼標誌性，因為你只是按下了跳過按鈕。

But I actually watched the entirety of that video and I remember thinking, you know, what are you doing?

但實際上，我看完了整個視頻，我記得我在想，你知道，你在做什麼嗎？

I remember considering Pepsi.

我記得我考慮過百事可樂。

That is not what you should be doing as such a multimillion-dollar company.

作為一家價值數百萬美元的公司，你不應該這樣做。

And even Kendall Jenner as an individual and as somebody who signs up to do this sort of protest.

甚至肯達爾-詹娜（Kendall Jenner）作為一個人，作為一個報名參加這種抗議活動的人。

Exactly.

沒錯。

You just have to question where their morals are.

你不得不懷疑他們的道德觀在哪裡。

Yeah, great.

是啊，好極了

Wow.

哇

So much excellent language in here.

這裡有這麼多精彩的語言。

I think Saskia did a fantastic job.

我認為 Saskia 的工作非常出色。

However, there's one piece of her speaking which may limit her from a band nine.

不過，她的發言中有一點可能會限制她進入九人樂隊。

At the moment, I think Saskia is heading towards a band nine in this speaking practice.

目前，我認為薩斯基婭在演講練習中正朝著九段邁進。

But there's one word which I don't know if you noticed.

但有一個詞我不知道你是否注意到了。

She didn't pronounce it in the way that most people would pronounce it.

她的發音與大多數人的發音不同。

And it was the word advertisement.

這就是廣告詞。

Advertisement.

廣告

Now, some people may say advertisement.

現在，有些人可能會說是廣告。

And there are two ways that you could probably say this which would be advertisement or advertisement.

你可以用兩種方式來表達，一種是廣告，另一種是廣告。

You can choose.

您可以選擇

Most of those or both of those are just accepted ways.

其中大部分或兩種都是公認的方式。

The problem here is that she said advertisement.

問題在於她說的是廣告。

And I spoke to Saskia after her test.

測試結束後，我和薩斯基婭聊了聊。

And I said, why did you use the word advertisement?

我說，你為什麼用廣告這個詞？

And she said, yeah, I know.

她說，是的，我知道。

Actually, in my country, in Sri Lanka, we say advertisement.

實際上，在我的國家，在斯里蘭卡，我們說的是廣告。

And I said, really?

我說，真的嗎？

That's very interesting.

這很有意思。

The problem with IELTS is that they have specific ways which are acceptable for pronunciation.

雅思考試的問題在於他們有特定的發音方式。

And those ways are usually standard British, American, South African, Canadian accents.

而這些方式通常是標準的英國、美國、南非和加拿大口音。

But any deviation, maybe Australian and New Zealand as well, but any deviations from those standard ways to pronounce things, and this doesn't account for accent.

但任何偏離，也許澳洲和紐西蘭也是如此，但任何偏離這些標準發音方式的情況，都不包括口音。

Remember that accent, you can have an accent.

記住口音，你可以有口音。

That's okay.

沒關係。

The pronunciation of words is actually quite important.

單詞的發音其實相當重要。

And I think that a really strict examiner would say because she said advertisement, she probably would score an 8 in the pronunciation section, which I think is really unfair because she has been brought up speaking and using the word advertisement.

我認為，一個非常嚴格的考官會說，因為她說的是廣告，所以她可能會在發音部分得 8 分，我認為這真的很不公平，因為她從小就會說和使用廣告這個詞。

Anyway, that's a little bit about pronunciation and how important pronunciation is, to have some sort of standard pronunciation.

總之，這就是關於發音的一些小知識，發音是多麼重要，要有某種標準的發音。

But let's talk about her language.

但我們還是要談談她的語言。

She said, well, so much language.

她說，好吧，這麼多語言。

She said went viral, racial backlash, trivialise the idea of, social values, dissolving the protest, trivialising the Black Lives Matter protest.

她說，病毒式傳播、種族反彈、輕視思想、社會價值觀、消解抗議、輕視 "黑人生命至上 "抗議活動。

So, so much excellent high-level language with a variety of complex grammar.

所以，有這麼多優秀的高級語言和各種複雜的文法。

For me, she's on a 9, 9, 9, 8 for the pronunciation.

對我來說，她的發音是 9、9、9、8。

But that's because I'm looking from a really strict examiner's point of view.

但這是因為我是從一個非常嚴格的考官的角度來看問題的。

Well done, Saskia.

幹得好，薩斯基婭。

Let's continue to section 3.

讓我們繼續看第 3 節。

Thank you.

謝謝。

Now let's talk about advertisements generally.

現在讓我們來談談一般的廣告。

Why do companies advertise?

公司為什麼要做廣告？

Because it attracts the attention of consumers and they can capitalise on their product.

因為它能吸引消費者的注意力，他們可以利用自己的產品。

And is the advertising becoming too commonplace?

廣告是否變得太平常了？

I think it might be because we're at a point now where we see product placements in the news and TV, in movies, and we don't actually realise how, it's so commonplace that we don't actually realise that we are being advertised to.

我想這可能是因為我們現在在新聞、電視、電影中看到的產品植入廣告，我們實際上並沒有意識到它是如何發生的，它是如此普遍，以至於我們實際上並沒有意識到我們正在被廣告宣傳。

We're just there and we see it.

我們就在那裡，我們看到了它。

It's like, oh, I could do with a Coke because I have seen somebody drink a Coke in this film.

這就像，哦，我可以喝可樂，因為我在這部電影裡看到有人喝可樂。

It's that sort of thing that's made it ridiculously commonplace, yes.

是的，正是這種事情讓它變得司空見慣，令人啼笑皆非。

Saskia's fluency is excellent in this section.

Saskia 在這部分的流利程度非常出色。

She's elaborating on her answers and giving lots of supporting points.

她詳細闡述了自己的答案，並給出了很多支持點。

She had some great language as well.

她的語言也很精彩。

And we'll talk about those words now.

我們現在就來談談這些話。

She said product placement.

她說的是產品植入。

Do you know what a product placement is?

你知道什麼是產品植入嗎？

Well, it's when you see something on a TV show or on TV which is advertising a product but you don't actually realise it's an advertisement.

嗯，這是指你在電視節目或電視上看到一些產品廣告，但實際上你並沒有意識到這是一個廣告。

It's sitting, maybe there's a cup sitting on the desk or maybe there's a car in the background.

它坐著，也許桌子上放著一個杯子，也許背景是一輛汽車。

That's called product placement.

這就是所謂的產品植入。

She also said it's commonplace.

她還說這是司空見慣的事。

She said it's so commonplace which means it's really common but it's a different way to say commonplace.

她說 "太平常了"，意思是說這真的很平常，但這是 "平常 "的另一種說法。

And she also said I could do with a Coke.

她還說我可以喝可樂。

I could do with a Coke means I really want a Coke.

我想喝可樂，就是說我很想喝可樂。

I could do with a cup of tea.

我想喝杯茶。

I really need a cup of tea.

我真的需要喝杯茶。

Should advertising be regulated?

是否應該對廣告進行監管？

I think it should be because otherwise we fall into...

我認為應該是這樣，否則我們就會陷入......

We're in a very capitalist economy and society and I think that without the regulation of advertisements you don't actually realise that you are being advertised to and you lose that sense of control over yourself, your spending.

我們處在一個資本主義經濟和社會中，我認為如果沒有對廣告的監管，你實際上不會意識到你正在被廣告宣傳，你也就失去了對自己、對消費的控制感。

You don't have any autonomy.

你沒有任何自主權。

Did you catch Saskia saying the word advertisement again?

你聽到薩斯基婭又說廣告這個詞了嗎？

Yep, it crept in and I think the examiner would notice that.