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Okay, from here it starts to the speaking test. This is the speaking mock test of the International English Language Testing System taking place in Ross IELTS Academy. The candidate is Carlos Samudio Ortega. The candidate's number is 0143251. The examiner is Miracle Shafi. The examiner number is 443533.

Good afternoon. My name is Shafi. Would you please tell me your full name?

Of course. Good afternoon, my name is Carlos.

What can I call you?

Carlos is perfect.

Sure, perfect. You're welcome. We can now get started with the first part of the exam. In the first part, I will ask you some personal questions. First, I'd like to ask about your job. What do you do?

Okay, so that's easy. Nowadays I'm working in a German company. I'm doing something totally different from what I studied, for example. So this company is about software, and what we do is scan different documents from different companies.

Do you prefer to work in the morning or in the evening?

Well, from my perspective, I will tell you that I like to work in the mornings, but I've been discovering the advantages of working in the evenings, and I think it works with me really well.

What are the ways that you can improve your skills at work?

Well, to my concern, I think there are different ways. You can socialize, for example. You need to be a team player, and once you talk to more people, you know, you get more skills from them, so you're constantly learning from other people.

Let's now talk about clothes. Do you wear the same style of clothes on the weekends and on the weekdays?

I mean, I want to be honest. I would say yes, but I'm a person that is constantly trying to change and, you know, innovate the clothes, like the style itself. So let's say that in the morning I'm one, and then I should go home and I change my clothes. So, you know, I'm not like a picture to people. And that's it for the weekend because I like to go out with friends, so it will be the same.

What kind of clothes do you never wear?

Wow, now that you asked me, I never thought about it, but I think I don't really like to use formal clothes. I would just use formal clothes whenever I work, for example. The time I was a teacher, I would be using different clothes, like really formal clothes, but now, on the contrary, I'm not using them anymore since, you know, in my job they don't really ask for formal clothes.

Did you have any special clothes when you were a child?

Well, I wouldn't say my... I would say my special clothes, you know, like something that was special and meaningful to me, was a sweater that my grandmother gave me because she passed away. So for a long time, this sweater was really significant in my life, and it was something that I was really using, you know, like from Monday to Friday.

Now let's talk about making a list. Do you make a list before going shopping?

Um, yeah, we can say that, you know, because it's not a list that I write with my hands, but it's in my mind. So I like to schedule everything, like even going shopping. You know, a way to schedule is like to plan beforehand. So I like to make this mental list in my mind which is like from one to ten items, and with this at least I have an idea of what to buy so I don't overspend my money.

Why is it important to make a shopping list?

From my perspective, and to be honest, making a list helps you not only to save money but also to save your time because I think time is really valuable. Since, for example, I'm working, so I cannot be all the time shopping. So what I do, for example, I go shopping and I try to have a chronometer, so I don't spend that much time, like 20 minutes, and that's not a lot.

Do you prefer using a piece of paper or making a list on your phone?

As I said, for example, I like to do it mentally. Maybe I'm not that good at memorizing things, but at least I can remember the one, three, four items that I really need to use, like I'm really in need to use.

Thank you very much. Now we can move on to the second part of the exam. In the second part, I will give you a card with a topic, and you should talk about this topic for two minutes. Before that, 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. Do you understand?

Perfect.

Good. So now I'm giving you the cue card and a piece of paper and a pencil for you to make notes. You should talk about a group project that you worked on. Here's the paper, and you have now one minute to think about this topic, and I will let you know once your one minute is over. So your time starts now.

Your two minutes start now.

Okay, so I was asked to tell you about a group project that I have, and I would like to start by mentioning the last project that I did actually with my classmates. It was a project about immigration, but a specific immigration that we have here in Germany because of the current situation with the war in Ukraine. We were speaking about a group of people that is called gypsies, which I think is not correct to call them like that. They have their own name, which is Romani. Well, the project was about this, and I was asked to work with two classmates from my master's program. They are Penelope and I think her name is Lorena. So it was the three of us working on this project. We really enjoyed it, and it consisted of a podcast of three episodes actually. So in these three episodes, we had the opportunity to tell and explain to different people about the current situation, and it was really, really nice. The result was amazing, but to be honest, we were a bit lost. We couldn't find our feet at the beginning, we were really lost, but once we put all our ideas together, we came up with this really amazing idea about making three episodes because we thought at the beginning about making just one episode and instead of a podcast, it would be a video. Thanks to the organization we had and after certain feedback from different people, including the teacher, we came up with this good opportunity to make this project. Just to mention something that I really, really loved about this project was the fact that we had a special guest, someone that came and was there to speak and clarify the situation. So with that, we not only had the chance to get a good grade, but we also got the chance to face the reality of the happenings.

Thank you very much, your time is over. Thank you so much. Very well, so now we can move on to the third part of the exam. In the second part, you described a group project that you worked on, and now in part three, I would like to ask you some questions related to this topic.

What kinds of qualities does a leader need to have in your idea?

Well, as a teacher and from my perspective, like I can really be honest with you, I think as a teacher I was a leader, and I was in charge of helping students to improve. So a leader, in this case, a teacher, is there to instruct people, to teach them, and to make things difficult easy for them to understand.

Okay, and what are the reasons for the failure of teamwork?

Failure in teamwork is normally because it's not planned. So we need to schedule everything, to book everything. So if we need to gather because we need to organize our ideas, that is a must. In order to achieve our goals, we need to organize ourselves, and that's how we can stave off failure.

Okay, and would you work in a team if you had the chance to?

Yeah, definitely, because I've been developing my skills working with different people all around the world, not only in Mexico but also here in Germany, not only in the university but also at work. So I think I'm ready, and I'm still developing.

And do you consider working with a team more difficult than working alone?

In my opinion, it could be both because, you know, you have advantages and disadvantages. So I think one advantage of working with people is that you can organize the work in different stages. So for example, one person is in charge of one stage, then we could pass it on to the next person, so everything is completed on time. When you are working alone, you need to adjust to yourself, and maybe that's more comfortable for certain people, but for me, I think I prefer to organize and to instruct others on how to do a task.

Don't you think that this can result in negative competition among the people who work together?

I think competition is really healthy, but it depends on how we aim to cover the necessities of people. So for example, what I do is we gather in a circle, and I ask people, "Okay, we have these different tasks, what would you like to do?" So I'm always giving the work according to the necessities and the lives of people. If someone there tells me, "Okay, I would like to do this," of course, go ahead, you can take it. This is the way we step up and overcome these bad feelings towards working in teams.

Do you also think that children need to know more about teamwork from an early age?

I do think so. I couldn't agree more with you because I think it is important to teach children about the benefits of working together. Society was built together, and it will be in the next years, so I think children need to

 learn that from now on.

Okay, thank you very much. Now this is the end of the speaking test.

好的，从这里开始口语测试。这是国际英语语言测试系统的模拟口语测试，地点在Ross雅思学院。考生是Carlos Samudio Ortega，考生编号是0143251。考官是Miracle Shafi，考官编号是443533。

下午好，我叫Shafi。请告诉我你的全名。

当然，下午好，我叫Carlos。

我可以怎么称呼你？

叫我Carlos就可以了。

好的，完美。欢迎你。现在我们可以开始考试的第一部分。在第一部分，我会问你一些个人问题。首先，我想问一下你的工作。你是做什么的？

好的，这很简单。现在我在一家德国公司工作。我做的工作与我所学的完全不同。这个公司是关于软件的，我们的工作是扫描不同公司提交的文件。

你更喜欢在早上工作还是晚上工作？

嗯，从我的角度来看，我喜欢早上工作，但我发现晚上工作的优势，我觉得它对我真的很好。

你有哪些方法可以提高你的工作技能？

嗯，对我来说，我认为有不同的方法。你可以社交，比如说，你需要成为一个团队合作者，当你和更多的人交谈时，你会从他们那里学到更多的技能，所以你不断地从别人那里学习。

现在我们来谈谈衣服。你在周末和工作日穿同样风格的衣服吗？

嗯，我想诚实地说，我会说是的，但我是一个不断尝试改变和创新衣服风格的人。所以，早上我是一个样子，然后回家后我会换衣服，所以你知道，我不希望给人留下固定的印象。周末也是一样的，因为我喜欢和朋友出去玩，所以会是一样的。

你从不穿什么样的衣服？

哇，现在你问我，我从没想过，但我想我真的不喜欢穿正式的衣服。我只会在工作时穿正式的衣服，比如我当老师的时候，我会穿不同的衣服，比如非常正式的衣服，但现在相反，我不再穿它们了，因为在我的工作中，他们并不要求穿正式的衣服。

你小时候有特别的衣服吗？

嗯，我不会说我的衣服特别，但我会说对我来说特别和有意义的是我祖母给我的一件毛衣，因为她去世了。所以很长一段时间，这件毛衣对我来说非常有意义，我真的从周一到周五都会穿它。

现在我们来谈谈购物前列清单。你在购物前会列清单吗？

嗯，可以这么说，因为这不是我用手写的清单，而是在我脑海中的。所以我喜欢计划一切，甚至是购物。你知道，计划提前进行，所以我喜欢在脑海中做这个精神清单，从一到十个项目，有了这个清单，我至少知道要买什么，这样我不会超支。

为什么列购物清单很重要？

从我的角度来看，老实说，列清单不仅可以帮助你省钱，还可以节省时间，因为我认为时间非常宝贵。比如说，我在工作，所以我不能总是在购物。所以我做的是，比如说我去购物时，我会带一个计时器，所以我不会花太多时间，比如20分钟，这不多。

你更喜欢用纸张列清单还是在手机上列清单？

如我所说，我喜欢在脑海中列清单。也许我不太擅长记东西，但至少我可以记住一到四个我真的需要用的东西。

非常感谢。现在我们可以进入考试的第二部分。在第二部分，我会给你一张带有话题的卡片，你需要就这个话题说两分钟。在这之前，你有一分钟的时间来思考你要说的内容，你可以做一些笔记帮助你。你明白吗？

明白。

好的，现在我给你这张提示卡和一张纸和一支笔供你做笔记。你需要谈论一个你参与的团队项目。这是纸张，现在你有一分钟时间来思考这个话题，我会告诉你时间到了。你的时间开始。

你的两分钟现在开始。

好的，我被要求谈论一个我参与的团队项目，我想从提到我和同学最近做的最后一个项目开始。那是一个关于移民的项目，但具体来说是关于德国的移民，因为乌克兰战争的当前局势。我们讨论的是一个被称为吉普赛人的群体，但我认为这样称呼他们是不正确的，他们有自己的名字，叫罗姆人。这个项目是关于这个的，我被要求和我的两个硕士课程的同学合作。他们是Penelope和Lorena。所以我们三个人在这个项目中合作。我们非常享受这个过程，它包括三个部分的播客。所以在这三个部分中，我们有机会向不同的人解释当前的情况，结果非常好，但老实说，我们有点迷失了。我们开始的时候真的很迷茫，但一旦我们把所有的想法结合在一起，我们想到了这个很棒的点子，做三个部分的播客，因为我们一开始想只做一个部分，而不是播客，而是一个视频。感谢我们的组织，在不同人的反馈，包括老师的反馈之后，我们想出了这个很好的机会来完成这个项目。我要提到我真的非常喜欢这个项目的一点是我们有一个特别的嘉宾，一个来这里讲话并澄清情况的人。通过这个，我们不仅有机会获得好成绩，而且还面对了实际发生的事情。

非常感谢，你的时间到了。谢谢你。非常好，现在我们可以进入考试的第三部分。在第二部分，你描述了一个你参与的团队项目，现在在第三部分，我想问你一些与这个话题相关的问题。

你认为领导者需要具备哪些素质？

嗯，作为一名教师，从我的角度来看，我可以诚实地告诉你，我认为作为教师，我是一个领导者，我负责帮助学生进步。所以在这种情况下，领导者，也就是教师，需要指导人们，教他们，把困难的事情变得容易理解。

好的，那团队合作失败的原因是什么？

团队合作失败通常是因为没有计划好。所以我们需要计划一切，预定一切。如果我们需要聚在一起，因为我们需要组织我们的想法，这是必须的。为了实现我们的目标，我们需要组织自己，这就是我们可以避免失败的方法。

好的，如果你有机会，你会在团队中工作吗？

是的，当然，因为我一直在发展与世界各地不同人合作的技能，不仅在墨西哥，也在德国，不仅在大学里，也在工作中。所以我认为我准备好了，我还在继续发展。

你认为与团队合作比独自工作更困难吗？

在我看来，两者都有可能，因为你知道，你有优点和缺点。所以我认为与人合作的一个优点是你可以将工作分阶段进行。例如，一个人负责一个阶段，然后我们可以传递给下一个人，这样一切都能按时完成。而当你独自工作时，你需要自己调整，可能这对某些人来说更舒服，但对我来说，我认为我更喜欢组织和指导别人如何完成任务。

你不认为这会在一起工作的人之间产生消极的竞争吗？

我认为竞争是非常健康的，但这取决于我们如何满足人们的需求。例如，我做的是我们聚在一起，我问大家，“好，我们有这些不同的任务，你想做什么？”所以我总是根据需求和人们的生活分配工作。如果有人告诉我，“好，我想做这个”，当然，可以，你可以去做。这是我们提高和克服这些对团队合作的负面情绪的方法。

你认为孩子们从小就需要了解更多关于团队合作的知识吗？

我确实认为如此。我完全同意你的看法，因为我认为教育孩子们关于合作的好处是很重要的。社会是一起建立的，将来也会是这样，所以我认为孩子们需要从现在开始学习这一点。

好的，非常感谢。现在这是口语测试的结束。