What's your favorite food?

你最喜歡吃什麼？

I really love Asian food because I live in England so it's harder to get Asian food around but I like spicy, flavorful and just generally savory food.

我非常喜歡亞洲食物，因為我住在英國，所以很難在附近吃到亞洲食物，但我喜歡辛辣、美味和一般鹹味食物。

Do you cook a lot at home?

您經常在家做飯嗎？

Not as much as I would like to.

沒有我想的那麼多。

I would love to cook more because I actually enjoy the process of cooking but I just cook out of convenience because every day I've got to make sure I get my work done and then cook for my kids which takes a lot of time.

我很想多做飯，因為實際上我很享受做飯的過程，但我只是為了方便才做飯，因為每天我都要確保完成工作，然後為孩子們做飯，這需要很多時間。

Sometimes we get takeaway but they like it.

有時我們會叫外賣，但他們喜歡吃。

What are popular takeaway meals in your local area?

您當地有哪些受歡迎的外賣？

Fish and chips.

炸魚和薯條

It's a favorite with everyone so that's an easy option but generally because of my own preference I love just to get Thai and Vietnamese.

泰國菜是大家的最愛，所以很容易選擇，但一般來說，因為我自己的喜好，我只喜歡吃泰國菜和越南菜。

This is something that I could just get around my local area.

這是我在當地就能買到的東西。

It's very easily sourced.

它的來源非常簡單。

How often do you eat fast food?

您多久吃一次快餐？

I try to eat really healthily but then I tend to go down the filet-o-fish, McDonald's route when I'm traveling so I suppose only once every few months.

我努力吃得非常健康，但在旅行時，我往往會去吃魚片和麥當勞，所以我想每隔幾個月才會去一次。

Now let's talk about seasons of the year.

現在我們來談談一年四季。

What's your favorite season of the year?

一年中您最喜歡哪個季節？

Well I love any time when the sun starts to come out so around spring or early summer before it gets too hot.

我喜歡任何時候太陽開始出來的時候，所以在春天或初夏太熱之前。

You know I just love a little bit of vitamin D and it makes me happier as well so that is definitely better than the winter.

你知道，我只是喜歡一點點維生素 D，它也能讓我更快樂，所以這肯定比冬天好。

What do you do when it gets too hot in the summer?

夏天太熱時，您會怎麼做？

Hide.

藏起來

I tend to also you know go into any kind of buildings with air conditioning and I have the fan on every night when it's really hot so yeah when it gets really hot in the summer you know I really need a lot of like fans and you know kind of just anything I can hold with me when I go out as well.

我還喜歡去任何有空調的建築，每晚天熱的時候我都會開著風扇，所以夏天天熱的時候我真的需要很多風扇，還有任何我出門時能帶在身上的東西。

At what time of year do you normally go on holiday?

您通常在每年的什麼時候去度假？

I try to go outside of the school holiday season but because I have kids you know we tend to have to go doing you know when this term breaks you know when the school breaks but my favorite time going away would be during Christmas you know because I much prefer to be in a warmer climate when it's really really cold so yeah it's just that time before or after Christmas.

我儘量不在學校放假的時候去，但因為我有孩子，你知道我們往往不得不在這個學期放假的時候去，你知道學校放假的時候去，但我最喜歡在聖誕節期間出遠門，你知道，因為我更喜歡在天氣非常非常冷的時候去氣候溫暖的地方，所以是的，就是在聖誕節之前或之後的那段時間。

Have you ever been on holiday somewhere very cold?

您曾在非常寒冷的地方度假嗎？

Yes I love Norway you know it was amazing it was just everything was like a picture perfect postcard you know you could see the fjords in the distance and the what you call them icebergs it was an experience you know and to ride the husky sled you know was also an amazing experience for me.

是的，我喜歡挪威，那裡的一切就像一幅完美的明信片，你可以看到遠處的峽灣和所謂的冰山，那是一種體驗，乘坐哈士奇雪橇對我來說也是一次奇妙的經歷。

Now let's talk about clothes.

現在我們來談談衣服。

Where do you buy most of your clothes?

您的衣服大多在哪裡購買？

I would like to do you know clothes shopping in the shop but the reality is most of us do it because I just love the hip and trendy but also timeless look.

我也想在商店裡買衣服，但實際上我們大多數人都是這樣做的，因為我喜歡時髦、新潮但又永恆的造型。

How often do you buy clothes for yourself?

您多長時間為自己買一次衣服？

I buy it more often than I should because I use online shopping and clothes shopping as a form of you know like dopamine hit for me so it's and for me I love to express myself through my clothes so because of that then I need to find different clothes for different occasion and so very often.

我買衣服的頻率比我應該買的還要高，因為我把網購和買衣服當成了一種多巴胺刺激，所以對我來說，我喜歡通過衣服來表達自己，正因為如此，我需要為不同的場合尋找不同的衣服，而且非常頻繁。

Have you always had the same taste in clothes?

你們穿衣服的品味一直都一樣嗎？

No I have not because I see myself as different identities throughout my life you know before I became a mom during and also after when work became something that I could express myself you know true so yeah I've had different fashion tastes you know throughout the ages.

不，我沒有，因為在我的一生中，我看到了自己不同的身份，你知道，在我成為母親之前，在我成為母親之後，當工作成為我可以表達自己的東西時，你知道真實的情況，所以是的，我有不同的時尚品味，你知道，在整個時代。

Now let's talk about social media.

現在我們來談談社交媒體。

Which social media sites do you use?

您使用哪些社交媒體網站？

I use Instagram and LinkedIn because I feel like I run a business and that's where my target audience are you know I built a community through Instagram and then on LinkedIn where I work on my business to business leads.

我使用 Instagram 和 LinkedIn，因為我覺得我經營的是一家企業，我的目標閱聽人就在那裡，你知道我通過 Instagram 建立了一個社區，然後在 LinkedIn 上，我在那裡開展業務。

How much time do you spend on social media?

您在社交媒體上花費了多少時間？

Way too much I shouldn't be spending so much time but I find that it is once you visit you know ensure that you know you build relationships so yeah a couple of hours a day.

我不應該花這麼多時間，但我發現，一旦你去了，你就會知道，你知道你建立了關係，所以是的，每天花幾個小時。

Is there anything you dislike about social media?

您不喜歡社交媒體嗎？

I dislike the addictive quality about it you know because so many of us are connected you know through a tablet or a device now and social media is our form of communication so it's becoming even though it seems like you're being connected to loads and loads of people the actual quality of your relationships with your immediate sphere you know kind of falls by the side so yeah that's one bad side to it.

我不喜歡社交媒體讓人上癮，因為現在我們很多人都通過平板電腦或設備進行聯繫，而社交媒體是我們的交流方式，所以它變得即使看起來你與大量的人聯繫在一起，但你與周圍人的實際關係品質卻下降了，這是它不好的一面。

That's the end of part one of the speaking test.

口語測試第一部分到此結束。

So now we're going to move on to part two of the speaking test.

現在我們將進入口語測試的第二部分。

I'm going to give you a cue card you'll have one minute to read the cue card and prepare your answer feel free to make any notes during that one minute.

我將給你們一張提示卡，你們有一分鐘的時間閱讀提示卡並準備答案，在這一分鐘內可以隨時做筆記。

At the end of the one minute I'll let you know and I'll ask you to speak for up to two minutes.

一分鐘結束時，我會通知你們，然後請你們發言，最多兩分鐘。

Is that all clear?

都清楚了嗎？

Of course.

當然。

Here is your cue card and I'll start the one minute preparation time.

這是提示卡，現在開始一分鐘準備時間。

Here's a pen if you want to make any notes.

如果你想做筆記，這裡有一支筆。

So please speak for up to two minutes on this topic please.

是以，請就這一主題發言，最多兩分鐘。

Okay so a job that I really enjoyed is being a speaker and a storyteller and I love doing this job now because when I was growing up I love writing little stories and you know just connecting with people and having conversations but I never thought that I could become a speaker one day.

好吧，我很喜歡的一份工作是演講和講故事，我現在很喜歡做這份工作，因為在我成長的過程中，我喜歡寫小故事，你知道的，就是與人交流和對話，但我從沒想過有一天我能成為一名演講者。

I started my career you know in STEM and then ventured through 16 different industries because I didn't really know where in the world of work I fitted into but eventually I realized that all this became really useful for me to gain all the skills that I needed you know in communication and brought it all together in a field that I was deeply passionate about.

我的職業生涯始於科學、技術、工程和數學領域，後來又涉足了 16 個不同的行業，因為我並不知道自己適合哪一方面的工作，但最終我意識到，所有這一切對我來說都非常有用，它讓我獲得了溝通方面所需的所有技能，並將這些技能彙集到了我深感熱愛的領域。

That allowed me to channel what I really love about my work and a topic that I love you know to make a difference in people's lives.

這讓我能夠把我真正熱愛的工作和我熱愛的話題帶到人們的生活中去。

Being a speaker is the perfect place to do this because you could influence people's thoughts and inspire positivity in people's lives which is something that you could do in other places but the impact is so much more immediate and you are affecting people in such a big way and affecting a bigger audience as well whilst you're doing it and this is something that I'm very lucky to be able to do now and I don't take it for granted and know that the journey for me to get here has been really long but I'm deeply grateful for being given this opportunity and why I like it also is that to be able to connect with people in a topic that is so personal about mental health and well-being you know where in some way or other we're all struggling in life.

做一名演講者是最合適不過的了，因為你可以影響人們的思想，激發人們生活中的積極性，這是你在其他地方可以做到的事情，但這種影響要直接得多，而且你在做這件事的同時，也在以如此大的方式影響著人們，影響著更多的聽眾。我很幸運現在能夠從事這項工作，我不會認為這是理所當然的，我知道我走過了漫長的歷程，但我非常感謝能有這樣的機會。你知道，我們都在生活中以某種方式或其他方式掙扎著。

Thank you very much, that's the end of the two minutes.

非常感謝，兩分鐘到此結束。

Thank you, I could have gone on.

謝謝你，我還可以繼續說下去。

So now we're going to move on to part three of the speaking test and we're going to continue to talk about careers.

現在我們將進入口語測試的第三部分，繼續討論職業問題。

What factors do you think are important when choosing a career?

您認為選擇職業時哪些因素很重要？

I think it's really really important that we are interested in what we're doing and because if you're not interested then there's absolutely no chance that you're going to be able to have longevity in that career.

我認為，我們對自己正在做的事情感興趣真的非常非常重要，因為如果你不感興趣，那麼你就絕對不可能在這個職業生涯中長盛不衰。

We should also choose an industry where there's a potential for you to really grow within that industry because as we're moving now into the future of work you know technology is very quickly replacing people you know especially artificial intelligence it's threatening a lot of jobs like writing and recruiting and connecting you know with people so we need to look at how you know the industry that you're going into has got the potential to go beyond that you know technological capacity what can you bring as a human you know that no technology or anyone could replace you you know if you were to go into it.

我們還應該選擇一個有潛力讓你在行業內真正成長的行業，因為我們現在正邁向未來的工作，你知道技術正在迅速取代人類，你知道尤其是人工智能，它正在威脅很多工作，比如寫作、招聘和與人溝通，所以我們需要看看你所進入的行業如何有潛力超越你所知道的技術能力，作為人類，你能帶來什麼，你知道如果你進入這個行業，任何技術或任何人都無法取代你。

Why do you think some people fail in some careers?

您認為為什麼有些人會在某些職業中失敗？

I think one of the main drivers I think for people is money and when you do anything solely because of money then it will never work and the reason people fail I think the biggest reason is because they have failed to align their identity with their work because we spend a third of our lives you know in work so a very big portion of it you know needs to feel fulfilled and it can only be fulfilled if you're you understand you know what what you like authentically inside you know and then you know go into a career but then the reality is that most people then you know jump in and figure it out explore and then we'll work it out you know in hindsight I guess that's what life's about.

我認為人們的主要驅動力之一是金錢 當你做任何事都只是為了錢 那它就永遠不會成功 人們失敗的原因 我認為最大的原因是 他們沒有把自己的身份和工作結合起來只有當你明白自己內心真正喜歡的是什麼，然後去從事一份職業，你才能感到充實，但現實情況是，大多數人都會跳槽，然後去探索，然後我們再去解決，你知道事後看來，我想這就是生活的意義。

Now let's talk about working from home.

現在，讓我們來談談在家工作的問題。

In the future do you think most people will work from home?

您認為未來大多數人會在家工作嗎？

I think it's just it definitely seems that way anyway you know after the pandemic you know hybrid working is becoming more common and a lot of organizations are offering fully remote working now which a lot of people like but there are also people who like human interactions like connections you know people who live by themselves or you know just need some accountability so being amongst people could be a good thing but I think if technology were to replace you know a lot of the work you know then people would actually eventually do more remote work.

我認為，不管怎麼說，在大流行病之後，混合工作方式變得越來越普遍，現在很多機構都提供完全遠程的工作方式，很多人都喜歡這種方式，但也有人喜歡人際交往，比如人際關係，你知道那些自己一個人生活的人，或者你知道只是需要一些責任感的人，所以在人際交往中可能是一件好事，但我認為，如果技術能夠取代你知道的很多工作，那麼人們最終實際上會做更多的遠程工作。

And finally what are the disadvantages of working from home?

最後，在家工作有什麼缺點？

Well I guess it's the disconnection you know from from people but also not getting accountability for your work because I think working from home requires us to have some sense of agency you know and some level of organization which some people might not have.

嗯，我想這是與人脫節的問題，但同時也無法對自己的工作負責，因為我認為在家工作需要我們有一定的代入感和一定的組織性，而有些人可能沒有這種代入感和組織性。

So we're dealing with different personalities here and I think if we were to ask people what they prefer then there's a better chance you know for like either remote or not remote not remote work to work.

是以，我們在這裡面對的是不同性格的人，我認為，如果我們去問人們他們更喜歡什麼，那麼就會有更多的機會，你知道像遠程或非遠程非遠程工作。

That's the end of the speaking test.

口語測試到此結束。

Well done.

幹得好

Right.

對

I hope you enjoyed that What you should do now is watch one of these videos.

我希望你喜歡這個視頻 你現在應該做的是觀看其中的一段視頻。

If you want to compare band 9 with a band 8 performance click on this video or if you want to know why that was band 9 and exactly what you can do to improve to the score that you need click on this video where I'll explain the key differences between lower bands and higher bands.

如果您想比較分數段 9 和分數段 8 的表現，請單擊此視頻；如果您想知道為什麼是分數段 9，以及如何才能提高到您需要的分數，請單擊此視頻，我將解釋低分數段和高分數段之間的主要區別。