So let's look at some of the questions I've written on the board and that way you'll have some basic information about this exam.

那麼，我們來看一下我已經在白板上寫好的問題，如此一來，你將可以知道多益考試的一些基本資訊。

So first of all, what is the TOEIC? The TOEIC stands for Test of English for International Communication.

第一點是，什麼是多益？ 多益代表著國際溝通能力的英文測驗。

That means that really the TOEIC is an exam that measures business English, your knowledge of business English or English used in the workplace.

意思是，多益真的是一項測驗商務英文的考試，測驗你在商務英文上的知識，或是使用於工作場合的英語。

It's a very popular English proficiency exam.

這是一個對於英文精熟度相當有名的考試。

It's taken by about 5 million people every year and maybe 10,000 companies or so use the results of this exam, to help them decide whether to give people a job.

每年有將近五百萬個人接受測驗，也有 10,000 間公司採用此項測驗的成績，以幫助他們決定是否該給這個人工作的機會。

So very often they request that students, or rather job applicants, put the results of their exam on their resume, so that they can judge what their level of English is, okay?

所以，他們很常要求學生或是工作應徵者，將測驗後的成績放上個人簡歷，因此他們得以評斷這個人的英文程度如何。

And that will also help you to understand some of the answers to the other questions that we have.

上述的這些將可以幫助你理解今天我們所要討論的其他問題的答案。

So what does the TOEIC exam measure?

多益測驗在測驗些什麼？

The TOEIC measures your ability to read, write, speak, and understand English as it's used in the workplace.

多益測驗了當你在工作場合時的閱讀、寫作、口說和英語的理解力上的能力。

So it's basically testing your knowledge of quite basic and fundamental business English, all right?

所以，多益基本上測驗你對於基本英文知識的認識以及基本的商務英語。

It's not general English. It's not academic English, as is tested on the TOEFL, for example.

這不是很大眾的英語。就例如學術性的英語出現於托福考試。

It's really about general and business English, or English used in the workplace.

這真的是一些對於大眾和商務英語，或在工作場合用到的英語。

Why do people take it? Well, as I mentioned before, people take the TOEIC exam for several reasons.

為什麼人們要去考多益？這個嗎...就如同我之前所提到的，人們會參加多益測驗有很多原因。

They take it first of all to get a job, because many employers do request the results of the TOEIC exam from job applicants.

最初，他們為了自己的工作，因為很多僱主都要求求職者的多益應考成績。

Many people also take this exam in order to get a get a promotion, for example.

很多人也是為了得到一個升遷的機會。

And some others take it to get a visa.

還有一些人應考是為了拿到簽證。

For example, I believe now in the UK that spouses of people who have applied, may submit their TOEIC scores as a way to get a visa, okay?

例如，我相信現在在英國，已申請者的配偶可以提交他們的多益成績作為獲得簽證的一種方式。

Where is it popular? Well, originally the TOEIC was most popular in Japan and Korea.

哪裡是多益的盛行地？這個嘛...原本是在日本和韓國最為盛行。

Now, the popularity of the TOEIC has really spread to other places around the world, including India where it has taken off quite well,

但現在多益的盛行度已經遍及世界各地，包括已經辦得不錯的印度，

as well as in North America, in South America, really more in South America, and also parts of Europe.

還有北美、南美，真的遍及於南美許多的地方，還有歐洲的一些地區。

So in most places today, you can take this exam.

所以我們現在幾乎說是，在大部分的地方都考的到多益考試。

Now, how many kinds are there?

多益考試中有哪些類型的測驗？

Well, when we talk about the TOEIC exam, originally the TOEIC exam was a relatively short two-hour exam, and it tested only listening and reading skills, all right?

當我們說到多益測驗，最基本的就是相對上算是較短時間的測驗，施測時間為兩小時，只測驗聽力和閱讀能力當我們說到多益測驗

So it was quite different from exams like the IELTS or exams like the TOEFL, which tested all four skills.

和四項能力全測驗的雅思和托福有些不同。

So when it started in the '70s, and until quite recently, it only was a test of listening and reading.

從開始時的 70 年代至今，多益都只測驗聽力和閱讀能力。

However, since then, many employers said that that's not really enough.

然而，也是自從那時起，很多僱主就表示出這樣的測驗並不足夠。

It's not enough to know about only listening and reading skills.

只知道聽力和閱讀能力並不足夠。

They also wanted to know about speaking and writing skills.

他們還想知道口說和寫作的能力。

So ETS, the organization that created this exam, created a second version, a second section of this exam, which is a separate exam of speaking and writing skills.

所以美國教育考試服務中心，承辦這項測驗的機構，創造了第二種版本第二部分的測驗，口說和寫作能力的測驗。

So today there are two exams that are considered part of the TOEIC.

因此，現今有兩項測驗被視為多益考試。

One is the original Listening and Reading exam, and the second one is the Speaking and Writing exam, which is relatively newer, and they are separate exams.

一項是原先的聽力和閱讀測驗，而第二項是相對於較新的口說和寫作測驗，它們是分開的測驗。

They are not taken at one time. They are taken separately and sometimes even on separate dates, all right?

不測驗於同一時間，它是分開測驗地，有時，甚至還會兩項測驗實施於不同天。

When I come back in a moment, I'm going to tell you a little bit more about each of those exams.

等我幾分鐘回來後，我將告訴你一些這兩項測驗的一些訊息。

Okay, so now let's look at the two different exams that are part of the TOEIC, all right?

好的，那麼我們來看一下多益的兩種不同的測驗。

The first, as I mentioned, is the Listening and Reading exam.

第一種，就如同我所提過的，是聽力和閱讀測驗。

And the listening is about 45 minutes long. There are approximately 100 questions or so.

聽力測驗大約 45 分鐘；大約 100 個問題左右。

It varies, depending on which exam you're doing.

會依照你參加的測驗不同而有不同。

And the accents might be British, American, Australian, Canadian. It's a mix of accents that you listen to.

口音的部分有英國腔、美國腔、澳洲腔和加拿大腔。你聽到的會是多種混合的口音。

And the tasks start off easy, and they get a little bit harder as you go along.

測驗一開始會是較為簡單的，隨著考試的進行，後面會慢慢變難。

The reading section of the exam is about 75 minutes long and also you have about 100 questions.

閱讀測驗大約 75 分鐘；也是大約 100 個問題左右。

But what you have is short reading sections, or texts, or it could be an advertisement or a memo, or an email or something like that.

你所會拿到的有可能是一段小篇的文章、廣告、便條或是電子郵件。

And after each one, there are approximately four or five questions, not usually more than that.

在文章後你會拿到大概四到五個問題，不常在這個範圍以外。

So it's not like you have a lot of questions about a long text.

不像在一篇長篇文章後你會有很多問題需要作答。

You'll have many, many, short texts, with a few questions after that.

你將會有很多很多的短篇文章，而在文章後是一些問題。

So that's the TOEIC Listening and Reading exam. It's a paper-and-pencil exam. It's not an internet-based exam.

這就是多益的聽力和閱讀的測驗。是個紙筆測驗，不是網路作答式的測驗。

The TOEIC Speaking and Writing exam is an internet-based exam.

多益的口說和寫作測驗是網路作答式的測驗。

You do it on the internet and the speaking section of that lasts for about 20 minutes.

你必須在網站上作答，口說的部份大約花費 20 分鐘。

You don't meet an actual examiner.

你不會見到主考官。

You are given question prompts, and you'll have to wear a headphone and microphone, and you'll record your answer.

你將會立即拿到問題並戴上耳機和麥克風，你的回答也會被錄下來。

And that answer is then reviewed and evaluated by TOEIC examiners, and then you're given a score.

多益的主考官會聽你錄下來的回答來幫你打成績。

So you have 20 minutes, and you have about 11 different tasks or questions that you are given.

所以你會有 20 分鐘的時間，大約 11 種不同的問題。

You are graded on your pronunciation, your grammar, your vocabulary, and also the content of your answer.

評分的依據為你的發音、文法、字彙和回答的句子上下文結構。

That means: did your answer give the response that was required?

這代表：你的回答是達到要求的嗎？

Did you talk about what they asked or did you talk about something else altogether?

你有回答到問題的主軸嗎？有或是你將不相干的東西混進來一起講了？

Did you understand the question? That's what they really want to know, all right?

你理解題目在問些什麼嗎？這是他們真正想知道的，對吧？

So that's the speaking part of the exam.

這是關於口說測驗的部份。

And after that is the writing part of the exam, which lasts for about one hour, you have a number of different tasks there.

緊接著是寫作測驗，寫作測驗花費將近一小時的時間，你會有很多不同的任務。

You have about seven tasks that you must do in half an hour and then the last half an hour, you have one more task, which is an essay.

在半小時內你有約七項任務，接著剩下的半小時你會再有一項任務 ─ 一篇小論文。

You have to write an essay of about 300 words in half an hour, so altogether the writing section of the exam, of the TOEIC exam, is 60 minutes.

你必須在半小時內寫一篇約 300 字的小論文，這就是全部地多益測驗寫作的部分，約花費 60 分鐘。

And you're also graded on things like how thorough your answer is, how correctly you write, your grammar, your vocabulary, and of course, the content of what you write.

評分標準為行文的流暢度、正確性、文法、字彙，當然還有你寫的內容。

So here I've given you some of the basics of the TOEIC exam.

這裡我給大家一些基本的應考策略，

For more information, for a complete free guide, actually, to the TOEIC exam, please visit our website. It's www.GoodLuckTOEIC.com

關於完整免費的更多資訊，關於多益測驗的話，請參考我們的網站 www.GoodLuckTOEIC.com。

I'll write it for you.

我會寫給你。

and I wish you all the best with your exam. Okay, so www.GoodLuckTOEIC.com. Thank you very much for watching,

好，記得是 www.GoodLuckTOEIC.com。感謝收看祝你考試順利，

Bye for now.

下次見。