Can you tell me your full name please?

你能告訴我你的全名嗎？

My name is Sin Yuk Cheung Issac.

我叫冼玉祥Issac。

Can I check your identification?

我可以檢查你的身份嗎？

Of course.

當然了

That's fine, thank you. Thank you.

很好 謝謝你謝謝你，謝謝你。

Now in this first part, I'd like to ask you some more questions about yourself, OK?

現在在這第一部分，我想再問你一些關於你自己的問題，好嗎？

OK.

好的

Can you describe the area where you live to me?

你能給我描述一下你住的地方嗎？

Well I live in Hong Kong, to be specific in Tseun Wan, which is a residential district

我住在香港，具體來說是住在荃灣，是一個住宅區。

with little commercial elements in it and it is quite a nice community to live in.

與少許商業元素在裡面，是一個相當不錯的居住社區。

What jobs do people in your town do?

你們鎮上的人都做什麼工作？

Well mostly people in my town are

嗯，大多數人在我的城市是

teachers, lawyers and doctors.

教師、律師和醫生；

How has your town or city changed over the last 20 years?

在過去的20年裡，你所在的城鎮或城市發生了怎樣的變化？

Well to say that my town has developed, really developed a lot and and many old

好吧，要說我鎮發展了，真的發展了很多，而且很多老牌的

buildings were torn down and I was kind of sad about it because I lived in my

建築物被拆毀，我是那種悲傷的，因為我住在我的。

district like for my entire life and but there are some great features about the

區像我的一生，但也有一些偉大的功能，關於。

new buildings like the new malls, and the new shops and new places to hang with my

新的建築，如新的商場，和新的商店和新的地方，以掛在我的。

friends, so there is benefits ... and there are benefits and some disadvantages, yeah.

朋友，所以有好處......有好處也有一些壞處，對。

Do you think it is better to live in the centre of town or outside in the country?

你覺得住在市中心好還是住在郊外好？

Well I believe that living inside the town is much better than living in the

好吧，我相信，住在鎮子裡面，比住在

countryside because it gets more convenient to travel to different places

鄉下，因為它得到更方便的旅行到不同的地方。

around the city and living in countryside often have some undesirable

在城市裡生活，在農村生活，往往有一些不良的

pests, so I don't like pests so much, so I like to prefer staying in city.

害蟲，所以我不'那麼喜歡害蟲，所以我喜歡喜歡留在城市。

Now, let's go on to reading. Do you enjoy reading?

現在，讓我們繼續閱讀吧'。你喜歡讀書嗎？

Well I enjoy reading, and I read

我喜歡讀書，我讀

a lot of books, especially those ... those fictions, because I find that when I'm

很多書，尤其是那些......那些小說，因為我發現，當我'm。

reading I can immense (immerse) myself into a different world and I can really dump

讀書的時候，我可以讓自己沉浸在一個不同的世界裡，我可以真正地甩掉

away all those troubles in my real life.

消除我現實生活中的那些煩惱。

What sort of things do you like to read?

你喜歡看什麼樣的東西？

Well I like reading fictions as it

我喜歡看小說，因為它

provides you with a completely new world, especially those science fiction ... science

為你提供了一個全新的世界，特別是那些科幻小說......科學。

fiction novels, which gives you chance to like to flow through space and to explore

虛構小說，讓你有機會喜歡在空間裡流動和探索。

the universe and something like that.

宇宙之類的東西。

Tell me something about your favourite book.

告訴我一些你最喜歡的書。

Well my favourite book is actually not a science fiction novel. It is a kind of

好吧，我最喜歡的書其實不是科幻小說。它是一種

political novel. It is the 1984 by George Orwell, and, and it is quite

政治小說。這就是喬治-奧威爾的《1984》，而且，它很

shocking.

令人震驚的。

After I read it, about how a régime can monitor the people, and what's more

我看完後，關於一個政權如何監督人民，還有什麼？

shocking is that many governments, even the those governments that claim to be

令人震驚的是，許多政府，甚至是那些聲稱是

free, also uses such method to control the people, so that the horror it depicts in

自由，也用這樣的方法來控制人民，所以它所描寫的恐怖事件在

the novel is kind of ... kind of reflected in the real society nowadays, so it really

小說是一種......一種現在現實社會的反映，所以它真的是......。

influences me the most, yeah.

影響我最多，是的。

What are the advantages of reading instead of watching television or going

讀書代替看電視或去的好處是什麼？

to the cinema?

去電影院？

Well I think the major advantage over, of books over movie and TV shows is that it

我認為書籍比電影和電視節目的主要優勢是，它

gives you the

給你

space to imagine as the TV, both TV and films would limit your imagination by

的想象空間，電視和電影都會限制你的想象力。

showing the images the director wants you to see but when the writer creates a world

呈現出導演想讓你看到的畫面，但當編劇創造出一個世界的時候

and with his words, his or her words, you can imagine

和他或她的話語，你可以想象一下。

according to his or her words, and also adding to your own personal experience,

根據他（她）的話語，還可以補充自己的親身經歷。

so I think this is the magnificent ... magnificent point of reading books.

所以我覺得這就是讀書的宏大......宏大點。

Now, let's talk about transport. How did you come here today?

現在，讓我們來談談交通問題。你今天是怎麼來的？

Well I come here ... I came here today by MTR.

我是來這裡...我今天坐地鐵來的

What is public transport like in your town?

你所在的城市的公共交通是怎樣的？

Well, the major public transport in my country is the railway, the underground

在我國，主要的公共交通工具是鐵路、地鐵。

railway, and also buses and they are quite convenient

鐵路和公共汽車，而且相當方便。

unlike most countries, because Hong Kong is a small city and ... but the traffic

不像大多數國家，因為香港是個小城市，而且......但是交通

demand is high, so they often have a tight (frequent) schedule so it won't take long for

需求量大，所以他們往往有一個緊湊（頻繁）的時間表，所以它不會花很長時間為

people to wait for the transportation.

人等待運輸。

OK. Now I'm going to give you a topic and I'd like you to talk about this for one to

好了，現在我給你一個話題，我想讓你談一談這個話題。現在我要給你一個話題，我希望你能談談這個話題，一到。

two minutes.

兩分鐘

You will have one minute to prepare.

你將有一分鐘的時間準備。

Do you understand?

你明白嗎？

Yes.

是的，我知道

Here is a pencil and paper for writing notes,

這裡有寫筆記用的紙筆。

and here is your topic.

而這是你的主題。

Please do not write anything on the topic paper.

請不要在題目紙上寫任何東西。

I'd let you to talk about an exciting experience.

我'讓你說說激動人心的經歷。

Alright? Remember, you have one to two minutes for this,

好嗎？記住，你有一到兩分鐘的時間。

so don't worry if I stop you.

所以不要擔心，如果我阻止你。

I'll tell you when the time is up.

等時間到了，我會告訴你的。

Can you start speaking now please?

你現在可以開始說話了嗎？

So, I would say the most exciting experience

所以，我想說最激動人心的經歷

in my life was last summer when I had my graduation trip in Taiwan, and what

在我的生命中，去年夏天，我在臺灣進行了畢業旅行，而我的生命中的

happened exactly is that I rent a bike in the city in Taiwan from the hotel and

具體的情況是，我在臺灣的城市從酒店租了一輛自行車和

I was planning to ... to watch the sunset in the ... in the coast line and after I

我打算在......在海岸線上看日落，然後我

I left ... when I left the park, it was already ... and it was already night, so everything

我離開... 當我離開公園的時候，已經... 已經是晚上了，所以一切都已經結束了

was dark, and as I was riding a bike, so I have to use the road with heavy

是黑暗的，因為我是騎自行車，所以我必須使用道路與沉重的。

traffics, and there are a lot of motorbikes in Taiwan, so I accidentally

販賣，而臺灣有很多摩托車，所以我不小心就

crashed into one of the motorbikes and I got slightly injured and then I was

撞上了一輛摩托車，我受了點輕傷，然後我被

received ... I was received (picked up) by a house owner nearby and he invited me into his

接待...我是被附近的一個房主接待（接走）的，他邀請我進他的

house and he treated me well, and but when I want to get back to the hotel, I find out

房子，他對我很好，但當我想回到酒店，我發現。

that I forgot my way and I'd even forgot the name of the hotel, so I don't know what to do

我忘了我的路，我甚至忘了酒店的名字，所以我不知道該怎麼做。

I was desperate, by then, but the house owner was great enough to ask around, to tell,

我已經絕望了，那時，但房主很偉大，四處打聽，告訴。

to call each hotel and find out whether my friend is in the hotel or not,

給每個酒店打電話，瞭解我的朋友是否在酒店裡。

and by some miracle, he found where my hotel is, and he personally drive me,

奇蹟般地，他找到了我的酒店，並親自開車送我。

drove me back to the hotel.

送我回酒店。

Thank you. Would you like to do this again?

謝謝你了你想再做一次嗎？

Well, I don't think I would like to crash my bike again, especially it's not mine.

好吧，我不'想我不想再撞我的自行車，尤其是它不是我的。

I rent it. And, but if any of the bad things ever happen again, I was ... I would be happy

我租了它。而且，但如果有任何的壞事再發生，我是... ...我會很高興

to be ... to be received by such ... hospitable person and that was quite an

被這樣一個好客的人接待，那是相當的。

exciting and unforgetting (unforgettable) experience.

激動人心的難忘（難忘）經歷。

Thank you. Can I take the paper and pencil back please?

謝謝你，我可以把紙筆拿回去嗎？我可以把紙和鉛筆拿回去嗎？

Thank you.

謝謝你了

We've been talking about an exciting experience in your life.

我們'一直在談論一個令人興奮的經驗在你的生活。

Now I'd like to discuss with you one or two more general questions relating to this topic.

現在我'想和你討論一兩個與這個話題有關的更普遍的問題。

First, let's consider taking risks.

首先，讓我們考慮承擔風險。

What risks should people try to avoid?

人們應該儘量避免哪些風險？

Well, I think that those risk which would

好吧，我認為，這些風險將

endanger lives should be avoided, like the new sports currently, the "parkour",

危害生命應該避免，像新的運動目前，"跑酷"。

which some may play normally in parks using park benches or wall or short walls

有些人可能會在公園利用公園長椅或牆或矮牆正常玩耍

to play parkour, but some people may be too dangerous and they play on the

玩跑酷，但有些人可能太危險了，他們玩的是

rooftops and they took selfies on a rooftop which is quite a dangerous thing,

天台，他們在天台上自拍，這是相當危險的事情。

considering that not only you will fall off the building and die,

考慮到不僅你會掉樓而死。

you could also injure someone who is walking below on the streets, so taking ...

你也可以傷害別人誰是走在下面的街道上，所以採取... ...

it is important for you to consider your own safety as well as other's safety in

重要的是，你要考慮到你自己的安全以及其他人的安全，在以下情況下，你要考慮到你自己的安全。

carrying dangerous actions, yeah.

攜帶危險動作，對。

So do you think the government should set up some legislation to

所以，你認為政府是否應該制定一些法律，以。

prevent people from taking such risks?

防止人們冒這種風險？

Well I think that is quite hard for the government is set up a legis ... to set up

我想這對政府來說是相當困難的，就是要建立一個立法......建立......。

legislation to forbid people from committing (undertaking) dangerous acts because

立法禁止人們實施（從事）危險行為，因為： 1.

everyone has their right to do whatever they want as long as it is not

每個人都有權利做任何他們想做的事情，只要它不是。

doing harm to others but they can do things to harm themselves and they can

傷害他人，但他們可以做一些傷害自己的事情，他們能

say that this is their human right, and you can't violate it.

說，這是他們的人權，你不能侵犯它。

Do you think people take fewer risks as they grow older?

你認為人們隨著年齡的增長，承擔的風險會減少嗎？

Well, I believe that is ... that is right, because as a person gets older he or she

嗯，我相信這是......是的，因為隨著一個人年齡的增長，他或她......。

knows more about the world, and maybe they have a lot more detachment (attachments), like to

懂得更多的世界，也許他們有更多的疏離（依戀），比如對

attach to their partners, to their families, to their children, and they have too much

對他們的伴侶，對他們的家庭，對他們的孩子，他們有太多的依戀。

responsibility in their hands, they can't take risks no more so they will tend to

責任在手，他們不能再冒險，所以他們會傾向於。

be more conservative when they get older.

年紀大了就會比較保守。

Now let's move on to adventure.

現在讓我們繼續冒險吧。

How important is it to have adventures in our lives?

在我們的生活中，冒險有多重要？

Well having adventure in

好了，有冒險在

our lives is so important because it not only ... get you out of your comfort zone,

我們的生活是如此重要，因為它不僅......讓你走出舒適區。

you get to ... you get to know yourself ... you get to discover

你會... 你會了解自己... 你會發現...

yourself in a different aspect from what you have already empowered (envisaged) and

你自己在一個不同的方面，從你已經授權（設想），和

you've got (get) to explore your potentials to a certain extent that you may

你''ve得到（得到）探索你的潛力，在一定程度上，你可以

actually acquire new skills, and also not the most important thing about having

實際上獲得新的技能，也不是最重要的事情，關於有

adventure is to be exciting about your life instead of like working like robot

冒險是令人興奮的你的生活，而不是像工作像機器人。

every day, and be really a human.

每天，真正做人。

Do you think people in your country are adventurous?

你認為貴國的人有冒險精神嗎？

Well, I say the people in my country are not quite adventurous. They tend to be

好吧，我說我國的人都不太喜歡冒險。他們往往是

more conservative and careful about their moves (actions) because what they

更為保守和謹慎的舉動（行動），因為他們的

really ... what they really hope for is a house, a car, a family, that's all they want,

真的......他們真正希望的是一棟房子，一輛車，一個家庭，這就是他們想要的一切。

they don't want any surprises, and even the word "surprises" sometimes (is) negative in

他們不希望有任何驚喜，甚至 "驚喜 "一詞有時（是）消極的。

Chinese. So I would say they don't like adventures.

中國人。所以我想說他們不喜歡冒險。

What do people learn about themselves from having adventures?

人們從冒險中瞭解到自己的什麼？

Well personally, I learned, what I learned from adventures that I find out

好吧，我個人，我學會了，我從冒險中學到了什麼，我發現了。

that I have certain skills like when I got lost in Taiwan I find out that my

就像我在臺灣迷路的時候，我發現我有某些技能。

some people do not trust other people easily but when their ... the house owner

有些人不輕易相信別人，但當他們的......房子的主人。

received me, I was, I have complete faith in him, so I find out that I can be

接待我，我是，我對他有完全的信心，所以我發現，我可以是

confident with someone I don't know. I can be comfortable with total strangers.

有信心的人，我不知道'。我可以和完全陌生的人相處自如。

So this is my kind of power in ... after having adventures.

所以這是我的一種力量，在......有了冒險之後。

Thank you. That's the end of the speaking test.

謝謝你。口語測試到此結束。