farmyard,

農場場。

grassy,

草的。

floral,

花的。

herbaceous…

草質的...

there are some characteristics of certain

有些特點

wines that don't always sound

酒香不怕巷子深

that appealing, but when you put your

但當你把你的

nose in the glass you

鼻孔朝天

can actually "Ooh, yeah,

其實可以 "哦，是的。

I can kind of see what that means."

我算是明白是什麼意思了。"

I've always had a strong interest in

我一直對

wine because you're always learning

酒，因為你一直在學習

about new wines, new, new areas

關於新的葡萄酒，新的，新的領域

that they come from.

它們來自。

I work in wine retail

我是做葡萄酒零售的

and I've done that for the past 17 years.

我在過去的17年裡都是這樣做的。

Wine can be quite a confusing

葡萄酒可以是相當混亂的

or intimidating thing

嚇人的東西

for some people,

對於一些人來說。

so I just like to,

所以我只是喜歡。

to try and break down the

攻破

pretence a bit.

假裝一下。

I enjoy building up a

我喜歡建立一個

relationship with customers.

與客戶的關係。

On the days

在這幾天

that I'm off work

我下班了

they are – my purely devoted to my study days.

他們是--我的純粹致力於我的學習的日子。

I chose distance

我選擇了距離

learning because it

學習，因為它

obviously gave me the

明明是給我的

flexibility to work and study at the same time.

同時工作和學習的靈活性；

I have an office in the garden

我在花園裡有一間辦公室

where I can study

哪裡可以學習

so I'm completely separate from

所以我與

the house, so

宅，所以

there's no distractions there.

那裡沒有分心。

The types of assessment I've had

我所接受的評估類型

to do have varied from –

做有不同的 -

I'd say mainly written assignments,

我說主要是書面作業。

but there have also been

但也有

a few oral recordings to do

幾次口述記錄

along the way as well.

一路走來，也。

I think the main

我認為主要

benefit of doing a written assignment

功夫

is to be able to consolidate

是為了能夠鞏固

what you've been learning

所學

over the past unit

在過去的組織、部門

that that assignment's testing.

該任務的測試。

You have to get over 40 per cent

你必須得到40%以上

to pass.

通過。

One assignment I was really worried

有一次作業，我真的很擔心

about was a recent one

大約是最近的一次

where I, I doubted

我，我懷疑

the knowledge that I had acquired

所得知識

through that unit.

通過該組織、部門。

I thought I might just scrape a

我想我可能只是刮一個

grade two, but I ended up

二年級，但我最終

getting a grade one, it was one of those

得到一個等級，它是其中的一個

– I got it back, I think

- 我想，我把它拿回來了

"How did that happen?" you know.

"怎麼會這樣？"你知道的。

The best tip for assignments

作業的最佳提示

really is to start as soon as possible,

真正是儘快開始。

it really is and

確是

to be well prepared, you know,

要做好充分的準備，你知道的。

prepare yourself for doing it and

有備無患

allow yourself plenty of time.

給自己足夠的時間。

I've had a couple of exams

我有幾次考試

over the course of the past few years.

在過去的幾年裡，。

Exam stress

考試壓力

for me has always been a problem:

對我來說一直是個問題。

I always think I'm never

我總是認為我從來沒有

going to remember anything,

會記得什麼。

but once I'm in there, after

但一旦我在那裡，之後

10 or 15 minutes

10或15分鐘

I find my focus and generally get on with it.

我找到了自己的重點，一般都會去做。

In terms of being prepared for exams,

在備考方面。

it's setting a realistic revision timetable

是制定一個切實可行的複習時間表

in advance.

預先。

My next assignment is my final assignment

下一個任務是我的期末作業

for the course I'm doing.

為我正在做的課程。

Ideally I'd like to get a grade one

理想情況下，我想得到一個等級的

but if I get a grade two –

但如果我得到一個二級 -

that's super.

那是超級。

Between sort of bouts of study, or

在學習的間隙，或

at the end of the day, I try

到最後，我努力

and go for a wee walk locally.

並去當地走一走。

I'm a bit of an amateur birdwatcher

我是一個業餘的觀鳥者。

and I quite like going

我很喜歡去

out to see what I can spot.

看看我能發現什麼。

My wife was a distance learning student

我老婆是遠程教育的學生

to start with, and seeing her

開始，並看到她

achieve made me

使我

believe that

認為

"Yes, I can do this too."

"是的，我也能做到這一點。"

I've had her to

我已經讓她

support me along the way.

支持我一路走來。

I think support

我認為支持

is really important when you're

是真的很重要，當你

doing a distance learning course.

做一個遠程學習課程。

I've gained a real sense of achievement

我獲得了真正的成就感

on my course

在我的路線上

and I'm really looking forward to

我真的很期待

the opportunities that it will give me

機會，它將給我

in the future.

在未來。

Go the distance.

去的距離。