This is the speaking test of the International English Language Testing System taking place on the 11th of February.

這是國際英語語言測試系統的口語測試，將於 2 月 11 日舉行。

Centre number DDC125 and the candidate is Mehrnoosh Haafi.

中心編號為 DDC125，候選人為 Mehrnoosh Haafi。

The candidate number is 01313458.

候選人編號為 01313458。

The examiner is Samson Sees.

主考官是 Samson Sees。

Examiner number 443533.

審查員編號 443533。

Good afternoon, my name is Samson.

下午好，我叫薩姆森。

Would you please tell me your full name?

請告訴我您的全名好嗎？

Sure, my name is Mehrnoosh Haafi.

當然，我叫梅爾諾什-哈菲（Mehrnoosh Haafi）。

Wonderful.

太棒了

Can I see your identification, please?

請出示證件

Yes, sure.

是的，當然。

Thank you.

謝謝。

You're welcome.

不客氣。

Wonderful.

太棒了

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

OK, in the first part of the exam, I will ask you some personal questions.

好的，在考試的第一部分，我會問你一些個人問題。

Let's talk about your leisure time.

我們來談談你的業餘生活吧。

When and how much leisure time do you generally have in the week?

您一週一般在什麼時候有閒暇時間？

Well, actually, I have a quite hectic schedule in the week and I'm almost working 24-7 from 9 in the morning to ungodly hours at night because I have a full-time job with a very heavy workload which I have to manage.

實際上，我一週的日程安排都很緊張，從早上 9 點到晚上很晚，幾乎是全天候工作，因為我有一份全職工作，工作量非常大，我必須得處理好。

So, to answer your question, I can say that I don't really have much free time during the week these days.

所以，為了回答你的問題，我可以說我最近一週的空閒時間並不多。

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And who do you generally spend your leisure time with?

您一般會和誰一起度過閒暇時光？

If I get the chance to have some free time for myself, I prefer to spend it with my family since on the other occasions or the other days, we don't really have much time and we are so busy with our grueling schedule.

如果我有自己的空閒時間，我更願意和家人一起度過，因為在其他場合或其他日子裡，我們的時間其實並不多，我們都忙於繁忙的日程安排。

So, when we have this opportunity, we have to take it to be together.

是以，當我們有這個機會時，我們必須抓住它，在一起。

And if I want to tell you about the activities we do when we're together, I can say that we just sit and watch our favourite drama series in the evenings which is called This Is Us.

如果要說我們在一起時的活動，我可以說，我們晚上會坐在一起看我們最喜歡的電視劇《這就是我們》（This Is Us）。

And we have some junk food and snacks to enjoy this quality time together.

我們還準備了一些垃圾食品和零食，一起享受這段美好時光。

Wonderful.

太棒了

And what are some activities you enjoy in your leisure time?

您在閒暇時間喜歡哪些活動？

Just go through them briefly.

請簡單瀏覽一下。

As I mentioned earlier, I have a very, very busy schedule and I don't have much free time for myself.

正如我之前提到的，我的日程安排非常非常繁忙，我自己的空閒時間並不多。

So, sometimes I just prefer to sit and relax because I feel exhausted at times.

是以，有時我寧願坐下來放鬆一下，因為我有時會感到筋疲力盡。

I need to get some sleep and free up some time just to maybe be with my family.

我需要好好睡一覺，騰出時間來陪陪家人。

That's also something else I would like to do in my free time.

這也是我閒暇時想做的事情。

We can talk with each other about the plans we have for the future.

我們可以互相討論未來的計劃。

It actually helps me figure out what I want to do about my life and it motivates me and encourages me to keep on trying as I am.

實際上，它能幫助我弄清自己的人生目標，激勵我繼續努力。

These are the things I normally do in my free time.

這些都是我平時閒暇時做的事情。

Wonderful.

太棒了

And what do you like about these activities altogether?

您喜歡這些活動的哪些方面？

I really enjoy spending time with my family, especially my mother and my sister, because it really gives me more energy after I'm done with my work or with my studies.

我非常喜歡和家人在一起，尤其是我的母親和妹妹，因為在工作或學習之餘，這能給我帶來更多的能量。

So, it really helps me emotionally.

所以，它真的在情感上幫助了我。

And I do need to hang out with my friends on the weekends, especially, because we usually go hiking and it is a very good chance to be away from the hectic pace of Tehran.

我確實需要在週末和朋友們一起出去玩，尤其是週末，因為我們通常會去遠足，這是遠離德黑蘭緊張節奏的好機會。

And I can just look at the snow-covered peaks in the mountains and enjoy the fresh air.

我可以看著山上白雪皚皚的山峰，享受清新的空氣。

So, these are the things I really love about the activities, these activities I do in my free time.

所以，這些都是我非常喜歡的活動，也是我在空閒時間會做的活動。

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Okay, let's move on to talk about animals.

好了，讓我們繼續談談動物。

Do you like animals?

你喜歡動物嗎？

It depends on what kind of animal we're talking about, but I can say that I like farm animals because I encounter them from time to time when I go to the countryside to have a walk.

這取決於我們談論的是哪種動物，但我可以說我喜歡農場動物，因為我去郊外散步時時常會遇到它們。

And I can say that lamping is an extraordinary time of the year.

我可以說，挑燈夜戰是一年中最特別的時刻。

And I enjoy looking at the lambs suckling up to their mothers.

我還喜歡看小羊吮吸母親的乳汁。

I think it's adorable.

我覺得它很可愛。

And I think that's the reason why I sometimes go to my uncle's farm in the northern part of Iran to just see these animals and enjoy the nature.

我想這就是為什麼我有時會去我叔叔位於伊朗北部的農場看這些動物，享受大自然的原因。

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And what sort of animal would you like to have as a pet?

您想養哪種動物作為寵物？

I would say I would like to have a dog as a pet.

我想說我想養一隻狗作為寵物。

But to be honest, I used to be afraid of dogs until I saw Coco, which was my student's pet, actually.

不過說實話，我以前很怕狗，直到我看到了可可，它其實是我學生的寵物。

And Coco made a big change in me and made me consider taking a puppy from an animal shelter, which I haven't done yet, but I have plans to.

可可給了我很大的改變，讓我考慮從動物收容所領養一隻小狗。

And I would say dogs are good animals as a pet because they're compatible.

我認為狗是很好的寵物，因為它們很合群。

They can be house trained and they obey commands, which I love.

它們可以在家裡接受訓練，服從命令，這一點我很喜歡。

Oh, that's wonderful.

哦，那太好了。

OK.

好的。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

You're welcome.

不客氣。

Right.

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Now, in part two, I will give you a card with a topic and you will talk about this topic for two minutes.

現在，在第二部分，我會給你們一張卡片，上面有一個話題，你們要就這個話題談論兩分鐘。

You have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes to help you if you wish.

你有一分鐘的時間思考你要講的內容，如果願意，你可以做一些筆記來幫助自己。

Do you understand?

你明白了嗎？

OK.

好的。

So I want you to describe an interesting animal you have seen.

所以，我想讓你描述一下你見過的一種有趣的動物。

Here's a piece of paper.

這是一張紙

Thank you.

謝謝。

Pencil.

鉛筆

And here is your topic.

這就是你的主題。

OK.

好的。

So you have one minute to make notes.

你們有一分鐘時間做筆記。

Please go ahead.

請繼續。

Thank you.

謝謝。

OK, that's the one minute up.

好了，一分鐘到了。

You now have two minutes to talk.

你們現在有兩分鐘時間發言。

You can go ahead.

你可以走了。

OK.

好的。

So you asked me to talk about an exciting animal that I have seen.

所以你讓我談談我見過的一種令人興奮的動物。

To be honest, in my country, we usually see cats, but we rarely see dogs roaming the streets, which are not really the people's favorite.

老實說，在我的國家，我們通常能看到貓，但很少能看到狗在街上游蕩，因為狗並不是人們真正喜歡的動物。

But I mean, in some other countries like Canada, people have the chance to see some other animals like goose, beavers, skunks or even birds every day.

但我的意思是，在其他一些國家，比如加拿大，人們每天都有機會看到鵝、海狸、臭鼬甚至鳥類等其他動物。

So what I want to say is that if I had the chance to live in a country like Canada, I could name a number of animals right now to answer your question.

所以我想說的是，如果我有機會生活在加拿大這樣的國家，我現在就可以說出許多動物的名字來回答你的問題。

However, I remember that I went to a zoo in Africa with my sister back in 2018, where I saw an African wild cat.

不過，我記得 2018 年的時候，我和姐姐一起去了非洲的動物園，在那裡我看到了一隻非洲野貓。

It actually looked similar to a huge tabby cat, but it had a thicker tail with a very blunt tip with some black stripes.

實際上，它看起來和一隻巨大的虎斑貓很相似，但它的尾巴更粗，尾巴尖非常鈍，上面有一些黑色條紋。

I can say that it was nothing like the other wild cats I had seen before on TV.

我可以說，它和我以前在電視上看到的其他野貓完全不一樣。

And from what I heard, these wild cats are fairly shy and they have been on the brink of extinction for a while, which is sad.

據我所知，這些野貓相當害羞，它們瀕臨滅絕已經有一段時間了，這讓人很難過。

And what happened was that we were allowed to feed the wild cats.

結果，我們被允許給野貓餵食。

So I tried to do it, but the cat approached me like it wanted to attack me.

於是我試著去做，但那隻貓像要攻擊我一樣向我靠近。

And I was terrified.

我嚇壞了。

So my sister told me that I should have been more careful because these animals, these wild cats, cannot be tamed under any circumstances.

所以我姐姐告訴我，我應該更加小心，因為這些動物，這些野貓，在任何情況下都是無法馴服的。

So in my opinion, that was a really interesting animal because it was different.

是以，在我看來，這是一種非常有趣的動物，因為它與眾不同。

And I had never seen something like that before.

我以前從未見過這樣的東西。

So I can say that's the reason I just explained about this animal.

所以我可以說，這就是我剛才解釋這種動物的原因。

It was something extraordinary to me.

對我來說，這是一件非同尋常的事情。

And to talk more about that, I can say that...

關於這一點，我可以說......

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

Okay, that's the two minutes up.

好了，兩分鐘到了。

I can take your papers back now.

我可以把你的文件拿回去了

Yes, sure.

是的，當然。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

All right.

好的

In part two, you talked about an interesting animal that you saw.

在第二部分中，你談到了你看到的一種有趣的動物。

Now in this part, I want to ask you some questions related to this topic.

在這一部分，我想問大家一些與這個話題相關的問題。

Now, how can animals cause problems for humans?

現在，動物怎麼會給人類帶來問題呢？

To answer this question, I can say that they can only pose a problem when they pose a threat to our safety or when they haunt the animals that we herd.

要回答這個問題，我可以說，只有當它們對我們的安全構成威脅，或者當它們騷擾我們放牧的動物時，它們才會構成問題。

What I mean is that maybe some kinds of wild animals may bite us.

我的意思是，也許有些野生動物會咬我們。

And that can result in some injuries and infections, which in some cases are considered as irreparable harm to our health.

這可能會導致一些傷害和感染，在某些情況下，對我們的健康造成不可挽回的傷害。

And on the other hand, in my opinion, maybe they can cause emotional problems.

另一方面，在我看來，也許它們會導致情緒問題。

Like when we have a pet and they die due to some reasons, which can contribute to some... to a very deep sorrow and sadness.

就像我們養了一隻寵物，但由於某些原因，它們死了，這可能會造成一些......非常深刻的悲傷和難過。

I would say, yeah, that's a problem actually.

我想說，是的，這確實是個問題。

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And what kind of animals do people keep as pets in your country mostly?

在貴國，人們主要飼養哪種動物作為寵物？

I don't really have much information to answer that question because I'm not an animal lover and I don't know many people who have pets.

我沒有太多資料來回答這個問題，因為我不是動物愛好者，也不認識很多養寵物的人。

But from what I have heard, many Iranians keep some birds like parrots and budgies, I can say.

但我聽說，很多伊朗人都養一些鳥，比如鸚鵡和虎皮鸚鵡。

However, they are allowed to fly free within the apartment.

不過，它們可以在公寓內自由飛翔。

But their owners just make sure to keep all the doors and windows closed or they may escape.

但它們的主人要確保關好所有的門窗，否則它們可能會逃跑。

And on the other hand, in the past few years, Iranians have been showing some interest to take care of some stray puppies, which I consider a really nice job.

另一方面，在過去幾年裡，伊朗人對照顧一些流浪小狗表現出了一定的興趣，我認為這是一項非常好的工作。

Wonderful.

太棒了

And do you think animals will still be important in the future?

你認為動物在未來還會重要嗎？

What I predict is that, yes, they will absolutely have the same significance in the future or even more because they are actually essential for maintaining a balanced ecosystem and for the production of livestock, which influences the water, air or soil.

我的預測是，是的，它們在未來絕對會具有同樣的意義，甚至更重要，因為它們實際上是維持生態系統平衡和畜牧業生產所必不可少的，而畜牧業生產會影響水、空氣或土壤。

And as I mentioned earlier, due to the reason that many people, not only in Iran, but also in other countries, have been showing an interest to take care of puppies or pets generally, and they have been supporting animal rights, yes, in the future we can have even more of these animals or we can bring some of them back with the cloning technology maybe.

正如我之前提到的，由於許多人，不僅是伊朗人，還有其他國家的人，都對照顧小狗或寵物表現出了濃厚的興趣，他們一直在支持動物權利，是的，未來我們可以擁有更多這樣的動物，或者我們可以利用克隆技術讓其中一些動物復活。

And how do you think we can stop animals going extinct, the ones that are critically endangered now, in this day and age?

你認為在這個時代，我們如何阻止動物滅絕，阻止那些瀕臨滅絕的動物滅絕？

I think it's something that both the government and the people have to do.

我認為這是政府和人民都必須做的事情。

First of all, the government has to take some steps to just take care of some animals or establish some rules to forbid some acts which can harm the animals or their lives.

首先，政府必須採取一些措施來照顧一些動物，或者制定一些規則來禁止一些可能傷害動物或其生命的行為。

And on the other hand, we have to just improve our own culture, like the culture we have among us, not to harm the animals.

另一方面，我們必須改進自己的文化，就像我們中間的文化一樣，不要傷害動物。

I'm not just talking about harming the animal.

我說的不僅僅是傷害動物。

If we just teach ourselves to take care of the animals or just do nothing to them, that would also work.

如果我們只教自己照顧動物，或者什麼都不做，那也行得通。

We don't need to just do something to improve the situation.

我們不需要只做一些事情來改善現狀。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

OK, that's the end of the test.

好了，測試到此結束。

Do you want to know what band score you'll get in the IELTS speaking test?

您想知道雅思口語考試的分數段嗎？

Perhaps you want to improve your performance and prepare yourself for the real test?

也許您想提高自己的成績，為真正的測試做好準備？

Then why not book an online mock test with us that will last for 25 minutes, 12 minutes of the test itself and 13 minutes of comprehensive feedback, plus we'll give you useful tips on how to make your performance better.

那麼，為什麼不與我們預約一次在線模擬考試呢？模擬考試將持續 25 分鐘，其中 12 分鐘為考試本身，13 分鐘為全面反饋，此外，我們還將為您提供如何提高成績的實用建議。

Remember, all our examiners are especially trained by British Council instructors, so we know how to help you.

請記住，我們所有的考官都經過英國文化協會導師的特別培訓，是以我們知道如何幫助您。

Join us.

加入我們吧

Now we can quickly just go to your band score and then we can look at the other situation.

現在，我們可以快速查看您的分數段得分，然後再看看其他情況。

So all I can say is the very beginning is wow.

所以，我只能說，一開始就令人驚歎不已。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

It was brilliant.

太精彩了

That wow had a lot of meaning to it, actually, because, you know, we're looking at we're clearly looking at a nine here because you're very much in control of not only the techniques that are required for the IELTS speaking test.

實際上，"哇 "的一聲有很多含義，因為，你知道，我們現在看到的顯然是九分，因為你不僅掌握了雅思口語考試所需的技巧，還掌握了很多。

So let's go through them one by one and you can hear me out here.

所以，讓我們一個一個地說吧，你們可以聽我說完。

I mean, fluency and coherence.

我是指流暢性和連貫性。

We'll look at that first.

我們先看這個。

I mean, your linking words, they were wonderful.

我的意思是，你的鏈接詞非常精彩。

They were all in the correct spots as we were looking at answering.

在我們看答案時，它們都在正確的位置上。

The way you were answering the questions, referring to the questions, even that you didn't know what the questions were, you made some reference towards the question.

你回答問題的方式，提到問題的方式，即使你不知道問題是什麼，你也提到了問題。

You gave the answer and then you went on to your off topic, particularly with the discussion side of things, which is absolutely fine.

你給出了答案，然後你就跑題了，特別是在討論方面，這完全沒有問題。

As long as there's a reference towards the actual answer, then you're good to go, basically.

只要有實際答案的參考，基本上就可以了。

Then you'll get your marks for the speed and also connecting your ideas together, which was also fantastic.

然後，你會因為速度和將想法連接在一起而得到分數，這也非常棒。

You had your ideas, you had your sub ideas.

你有你的想法，你有你的子想法。

I would say you had a very great speed of the way you were talking.

我想說，你說話的速度非常快。

Normally, we would tell candidates to speak a little bit slower.

通常，我們會告訴候選人說話慢一點。

But in your case, obviously, you had no problem with being able to produce your idea and keep your idea going.

但就你的情況而言，很明顯，你在實現自己的想法和保持自己的想法方面沒有任何問題。

So speed didn't get in the way of anything, as we could clearly see there.

是以，我們可以清楚地看到，速度並沒有妨礙任何事情。

And your intonation, it sounded very natural.

你的語調聽起來非常自然。

Again, adding to all this fluency and coherence business, just having a general conversation and being able to express the language the best you can.

同樣，除了流暢性和連貫性之外，還需要進行一般的對話，並儘可能地表達自己的語言。

And then, OK, let's look at vocabulary now.

然後，好了，我們現在來看看詞彙。

You had a wide range of vocabulary.

你的詞彙範圍很廣。

I could see you could just easily paraphrase any word and have the same meaning and use different words just to connect all those different vocabulary together.

我可以看到，你可以很容易地對任何單詞進行轉述，並且具有相同的意思，而使用不同的單詞只是為了將所有這些不同的詞彙連接在一起。

And it was a wide range and you used them all in the correct places, depending on the topic and depending on the question that was asked.

而且範圍很廣，你可以根據題目和所提問題，在正確的地方使用它們。

So, again, I didn't really see any difficulty or any struggle with your vocabulary.

所以，我還是那句話，在你的詞彙方面，我並沒有看到任何困難或掙扎。

Wonderful stuff.

太棒了

OK, now to grammar and accuracy.

好了，現在說說文法和準確性。

Again, grammar, I didn't even see you have any grammatical errors at all, actually, to be honest with you.

再說文法，老實說，我根本沒發現你有任何語法錯誤。

That's wonderful.

真是太好了。

It would be great if everyone could do that.

如果每個人都能這樣做，那就太好了。

Structure, again, I mean, your simple sentences, no problem at all.

結構，我是說，你的簡單句，完全沒問題。

Complex structures, you didn't have any problem with that.

複雜的結構，你沒有任何問題。

And you didn't even stutter.

你甚至沒有口吃。

OK, there were a few ums here and there, and maybe just a very tiny bit.

好吧，這裡有幾聲 "嗯"，那裡也有幾聲 "嗯"，也許只有很小的幾聲。

That would happen with any native speaker, any English speaker being asked a question they didn't know about.

任何一個以英語為母語的人，任何一個說英語的人被問到一個他們不知道的問題時，都會出現這種情況。

So, there will always be pauses.

是以，總會有停頓。

In fact, pauses are good in the IELTS speaking test.

事實上，在雅思口語考試中，停頓是很有好處的。

That gives you a few seconds to pull yourself together and give out your answer.

這就給了你幾秒鐘的時間，讓你振作起來，說出你的答案。

So, great grammar and accuracy.

所以，文法和準確性都很棒。

It was wonderful.

真是太棒了。

Pronunciation, again, with the simple pronunciations and complex, harder words to pronounce.

發音，同樣有簡單的發音和複雜的、較難發音的單詞。