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From here, it starts. The speaking test. This is the speaking test of the International English Language Testing System, taking place in Ross Hills Academy. The candidate is Ana Lourdes Friar Diaz, candidate number 0143252. The examiner is Mushafi, examiner number 443533.

Good evening. My name is Marine Mushafi. Would you please tell me your full name?

Sure, my name is Ana Lourdes Diaz.

And what can I call you?

Anna.

Anna, can I see your identification, please?

Of course.

Thank you. Thank you very much. We can now get started with the first part of the exam. In the first part, I will ask you some personal questions. First, let's talk about what you do. What is your job?

Currently, I'm an interpreter over the phone. I interpret phone calls from different government agencies and institutions from the U.S.

And has your job changed a lot in the past years?

It actually has because up until August of this year, I used to be an English teacher. I had been an English teacher for over three years, but just recently I decided to switch to a new job.

And if you have the chance, would you change your job?

I think that if I had the chance, I would, but it depends on the conditions and the salary. If it's better than the one that I have right now, I would totally change.

Now, let's move on to talk about headphones. Do you use headphones?

I do use headphones. I actually have a pair of headphones I got about two months ago. They're very useful and I really like them.

And when would you use your headphones?

I use them for my job. I take calls every day, so in order to have better quality of my voice when I interpret or to hear better what my clients are saying, I use headphones.

In what conditions won't you use your headphones?

I think I wouldn't use my headphones in my personal life apart from the job because they are very big and heavy. So to go jogging or to just relax in my room, I wouldn't use them.

Let's now talk about shoes. How frequently do you buy shoes?

I think I buy shoes around one to two times a year. I don't really buy that many shoes. I'm not the kind of person that collects a lot of them. I just stick to a few good ones.

And where do you usually buy shoes?

I go buy them at the mall. I don't like buying them online because I don't want to risk it because sometimes they come a little bit larger or smaller.

So what is your favorite type of shoes?

I think sneakers. Sneakers are my favorite type of shoes. They're comfortable and they are useful for everything.

Thank you. Now we can move on to the second part of the exam. So, in the second part, I will give you a card with a topic and you will have to talk about this topic for two minutes. But before you do so, you'll 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?

Yes.

Now, I'm giving you the cue card and the paper for you to make notes and the pen. You should describe a charity which is important to you. Here you are.

Thank you.

You're welcome. Now, you have one minute to think about the topic, and it starts now.

Your one minute is over and you may talk about this topic for two minutes, but do not worry if I stop you. So, you can start talking now.

I think all charities are important because they're all about helping others and making the world better. But if I had to choose one, I would choose the animal shelter in my hometown. It's called Animal Friends, and it is a charity that helps a shelter that takes care of stray domestic animals like dogs and cats. In that shelter, they receive these stray animals and they give them healthcare and a roof and food. Also, they promote adoption in the local and international communities that are interested in that. The way they raise money is very resourceful because they receive donations from the locals and also from international people that are interested in helping animals. They make these fundraiser events in which they offer a dinner to people, and the funds that come out of that go to the shelter. They also use social media a lot to communicate the needs of the shelter, and they have a bazaar on the second floor of the shelter where you can go and buy different items like clothing or books or second-hand items. That's the way they carry on. I think it is very important for people to look up to this organization because it not only picks up stray dogs and cats from the street, but they also take care of them.

Thank you very much. Now, we can move on to the third part of the exam. So, can you please give me back the papers and the pen? Thank you.

Okay, so in the second part, you talked about the charity which is important to you. Now, in the third part, I want to ask you some questions related to this topic. Why do people do charity for others?

I think people do charity for others because it's part of the empathetic side of the human heart to just see the needs in other people and help them out with that. Everybody struggles, so if I receive help, why wouldn't I give help to others as well?

And do you think charity work is a selfish thing to do?

It depends on the intentions of the person that does it because some people genuinely help without expecting anything in return, but there are other people that expect some recognition or just to feel like they are good people for doing small actions.

What kinds of charities are there in your country?

Oh, there are many charities in my country, but the most famous ones are Teletón, which is for disabled children, Red Nose for children with cancer, and there are many that help the elderly as well.

Which one do you think is more useful or is more needed, in your belief?

I think all of them are important and useful, but I think the ones related to children and the elderly are the most important ones.

Why do you think so?

Because these are the groups that struggle the most. Children and the elderly are some of the most vulnerable groups in society, so helping them with their health needs and life situations is very important.

And how about the corporations in your country? Do they also contribute to charity?

Well, they do. I think some corporations, or at least most of them, choose a charity every year and they help them by doing campaigns involving their coworkers or even their communities. So, I think it's something very common in my country.

How about the charities? Should charities be allowed to make a profit?

They should be allowed to make a profit as long as they are actually helping society because we need people who dedicate their time fully to charities in order to actually help. But those people cannot live out of just helping; they need to survive, they need money. So, I think that would be the situation.

Thank you very much. This is now the end of the speaking test. Now, I will just need two minutes to add up your score in different criteria and then I'll give you the feedback based on the details of each criteria and your overall band score, okay?

Okay.

Great, thank you.

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Interesting question. Join us to become our next successful candidate. Okay, now let's talk about what you did, Anna. But first, I would like to give you the feedback based on the criteria, and then we can talk about your overall score.

To talk about the first criteria, your fluency and coherence, I can say that I really enjoyed listening to your answers, what you were saying in different parts because you were able to speak fluently and you had the flow of speech. You had some self-repetition or hesitation, but it was something very natural as you do it in your mother tongue because you were thinking about the next idea that you wanted to elaborate on and you were just trying to analyze what you wanted to say. Other than that, how you answered the questions in part one, which was all about short answers, and the second part, covering the two minutes and all the bullet points, and the third part, giving some longer answers and more explanations, everything was really good in your performance. But I have a recommendation for you, which is to make sure to cover all the bullet points before the two minutes is over because the last one, you were almost there and I was really worried that you wouldn't just leave yourself enough time to cover the last one, but you gave me some explanations on that one. So maybe you can talk about the bullet points in those two minutes and when you see that you still have time, then you can give further information. That's all about your topic development. The last thing I want to mention regarding your fluency and coherence is the range of connectives that you were using. Other than those four simple connectives like "and," "so," "but," "because," you were also able to use "in order to," "apart from," "also," "not only but also." These were some good ones that you were using which gave you the chance to make some more complex structures, which is also related to the other criteria: grammatical range and accuracy. This is about your fluency and coherence. It was a really good performance, the discourse markers, the connectives, and your topic development.

Now to talk about the next criteria, your lexical resource, your vocabulary. Regarding your vocabulary, I can say

 that you were able to talk about familiar and unfamiliar topics and you used a range of words and collocations like, for example, "to switch to a job" or "to stick to the good ones," and "to receive donations" when you were talking about charity, "stray animals," "to look up to something," and some other words that were related to the topic. But I would say if you want to boost your score in lexical resource, maybe you can use a wider range of collocations and idiomatic vocabulary because you have to show the examiner that you are familiar with the style and the collocations or some colloquial language that you can use. Other than that, to talk about your paraphrasing, which means not to repeat the examiner's words but to just use some synonyms, your paraphrasing was okay, but sometimes you were just repeating the same words in your own sentences or when answering the question. So maybe you can paraphrase a bit better. Watch how you use fillers and boosters. You didn't use many fillers or boosters, but your answers were all natural, right? We use fillers and boosters because sometimes we run out of ideas or our mind goes blank and we need more time. But generally, how you used those few was very natural.

Now to talk about your grammatical range and accuracy, the next criteria. I really liked how neat and to the point you were in giving me the answers. The grammar and the structures that you were using were almost error-free, and you used a range of tenses and complex structures like conditional sentences, subordinate clauses, and relative clauses, which were very good. Also, I talked about connectives in fluency and coherence. Remember that also helped you with your complex structures in grammatical range and accuracy. This is all about your grammar. The most important thing I say is to be error-free. If you're using a range of complex structures but you're making mistakes and using them incorrectly, then what's the point? The fact that you were speaking error-free and using some error-free sentences is a very good thing.

Finally, your pronunciation. First of all, everything was clear. It was very clear and easy to understand what you were saying. Other than that, you had a very good pace of speech. It was not too fast or too slow. It was just okay and good. Besides that, you used some good features of pronunciation like the correct intonation, pronunciation of words, and word stress, sentence stress. These are also very important. There was just one word you mispronounced, which was "apart from." You pronounced it like "apart from," just "apart from." But other than that, everything was okay in your pronunciation.

So generally, to talk about your overall band score, you got an eight today in your speaking mock test. I believe that you can easily get a nine. You can easily boost it to nine because you have a great command of English. You just need to give a range to your collocations and idiomatic vocabulary and maybe use the grammatical structures more flexibly because I could, other than the complex structures, also hear some simple structures, especially in part two. Maybe you could link up some sentences and make some more complex structures. That's all. So yes, an overall band score of eight. But what do you think of the test? How were the topics in different parts for you?

I think it was easy. It wasn't that off-topic. There are just things that everybody can relate to, so I didn't really struggle with the topics. I think it was great.

Okay, I'm glad it was a kind of familiar topic that you were facing. Okay then, thank you so much and I wish you the best of luck. Of course, you will do better the next time.

Thank you.

从这里开始。这是国际英语语言测试系统的口语测试，在罗斯希尔学院进行。考生是Ana Lourdes Friar Diaz，考生编号0143252。考官是Mushafi，考官编号443533。

晚上好。我的名字是Marine Mushafi。请告诉我你的全名好吗？

当然，我的名字是Ana Lourdes Diaz。

我可以叫你什么名字？

Anna。

Anna，可以请你出示身份证明吗？

当然可以。

谢谢你，非常感谢。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，让我们谈谈你的工作。你的工作是什么？

目前，我是电话口译员。我为美国的不同政府机构和机构提供电话口译服务。

你的工作在过去几年中有很大变化吗？

确实有，因为直到今年八月，我还是一名英语老师。我已经做了三年多的英语老师，但最近我决定换一份新工作。

如果有机会的话，你会换工作吗？

我觉得如果有机会，我会换工作，但这取决于条件和薪水。如果比我现在的工作更好，我完全会换。

现在，让我们谈谈耳机。你用耳机吗？

我确实用耳机。我实际上有一副耳机，是两个月前买的。它们非常有用，我很喜欢它们。

你什么时候会用耳机？

我在工作时用耳机。我每天接电话，为了提高我在口译时的音质或更好地听到客户在说什么，我会用耳机。

在什么情况下你不会用耳机？

我觉得在个人生活中，除了工作以外，我不会用耳机，因为它们很大很重。所以去跑步或者在房间里放松的时候，我不会用它们。

现在我们来谈谈鞋子。你多久买一次鞋？

我想我大约一年买一到两次鞋。我并不经常买鞋。我不是那种收藏很多鞋子的人。我只会坚持用一些好鞋。

你通常在哪里买鞋？

我去商场买。我不喜欢在网上买鞋，因为我不想冒险，因为有时候它们会大一点或小一点。

你最喜欢的鞋子类型是什么？

我想是运动鞋。运动鞋是我最喜欢的鞋子类型。它们很舒适，而且用途广泛。

谢谢你。现在我们可以进入考试的第二部分。在第二部分，我会给你一张有主题的卡片，你需要针对这个主题谈两分钟。但在此之前，你会有一分钟时间来思考你要说什么，并且你可以做一些笔记来帮助你。你明白了吗？

明白。

现在，我把提示卡和纸张给你，供你做笔记，还有笔。你应该描述一个对你很重要的慈善机构。这是你的卡片。

谢谢。

不客气。现在你有一分钟时间来思考这个主题，从现在开始计时。

你的时间到了，现在你可以针对这个主题谈两分钟，但不要担心如果我打断你。现在你可以开始说了。

我认为所有的慈善机构都很重要，因为它们都是关于帮助他人和让世界变得更好。但如果我必须选择一个，我会选择我家乡的动物收容所。它叫做动物朋友，是一个帮助流浪家养动物如狗和猫的慈善机构。在那个收容所里，他们接收这些流浪动物，给它们提供医疗护理、食物和住所。此外，他们还向本地和国际社会推广收养活动，吸引有兴趣的人们来收养这些动物。他们筹集资金的方式非常有创意，因为他们接收来自本地和国际上的捐款。他们举办筹款活动，比如为人们提供晚餐，筹集到的资金用于收容所。他们还大量使用社交媒体来传达收容所的需求，并且在收容所的二楼有一个义卖市场，你可以在那里购买不同的物品，如衣服、书籍或二手物品。这就是他们的运作方式。我认为人们应该关注这个组织，因为它不仅从街头捡起流浪狗和猫，还照顾它们。

非常感谢。现在我们可以进入考试的第三部分。请把纸张和笔还给我。谢谢。

好的，在第二部分中，你谈到了对你很重要的慈善机构。现在，在第三部分，我想问你一些与这个主题相关的问题。为什么人们会为他人做慈善？

我认为人们为他人做慈善是因为这是人类内心富有同情心的一部分，看到了他人的需求并帮助他们。每个人都有困难，所以如果我接受了帮助，为什么我不也帮助他人呢？

你认为做慈善是自私的行为吗？

这取决于做慈善的人的动机，因为有些人是真正地帮助别人而不期望任何回报，但也有些人希望得到一些认可，或者只是为了感觉自己是好人而做一些小的善举。

在你的国家有什么样的慈善机构？

哦，在我的国家有很多慈善机构，但最著名的是为残疾儿童服务的Teletón，服务癌症儿童的Red Nose，还有很多帮助老年人的慈善机构。

你认为哪一个更有用或更需要？

我认为它们都很重要和有用，但我认为与儿童和老年人相关的那些是最重要的。

你为什么这么认为？

因为这些是最需要帮助的群体。儿童和老年人是社会中最脆弱的群体之一，所以帮助他们满足健康需求和生活状况是非常重要的。

那么在你的国家，企业也会为慈善事业做贡献吗？

嗯，会的。我认为一些公司，或者至少大多数公司，每年都会选择一个慈善机构，通过开展活动让员工或社区参与进来，从而帮助这些慈善机构。所以我认为这在我的国家是很常见的。

那么，慈善机构应该被允许盈利吗？

它们应该被允许盈利，只要它们确实在帮助社会。因为我们需要一些全职致力于慈善事业的人来真正提供帮助，但这些人不能仅靠帮助他人生活，他们需要生存，他们需要钱。所以，我认为这是情况。

非常感谢。这就是口语测试的结束。现在我需要两分钟来根据不同的标准给你评分，然后我会根据每个标准的详细信息和你的总体分数给你反馈，好吗？

好的。

很好，谢谢。

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有趣的问题。加入我们，成为我们的下一位成功考生。好的，现在让我们谈谈你做得怎么样，Anna。首先，我想根据标准给你反馈，然后我们可以谈谈你的总体得分。

首先谈谈第一个标准，你的流利度和连贯性。我可以说我真的很享受听你回答问题时的内容，因为你能够流利地说话，而且你有连贯的语流。你有一些自我重复或犹豫，但这是非常自然的，就像你用母语思考下一步要说的内容并试图分析要说什么一样。除此之外，你在第一部分中的回答，都是简短的回答，在第二部分中覆盖两分钟和所有要点，在第三部分中给出较长的回答和更多解释，一切都非常好。我有一个建议，就是确保在两分钟内覆盖所有要点，因为在最后一个要点时，你几乎完成了，我真的担心你没有足够的时间来覆盖最后一个要点，但你给了我一些解释。也许你可以在两分钟内先谈论要点，当你看到还有时间时，再给出更多信息。这是关于你的话题发展。最后一点，我想提到的是你使用的连词范围。除了那些简单的连词，如“and”、“so”、“but”、“because”，你还使用了“in order to”、“apart from”、“also”、“not only but also”。这些都是你使用的一些好的连词，它们使你能够构建更复杂的句子，这也与其他标准——语法范围和准确性——有关。这是关于你的流利度和连贯性。这是一个非常好的表现，话语标记、连词和话题发展都很出色。

现在谈谈下一个标准，你的词汇资源。关于你的词汇，我可以说你能够谈论熟悉和不熟悉的话题，并且使用了一系列的词汇和搭配，比如“to switch to a job”或“to stick to the good ones”，还有“to receive donations”当你谈论慈善时，“stray animals”，“to look up to something”，以及一些与话题相关的其他词汇。但我想说，如果你想提高词汇资源的分数，也许你可以使用更广泛的搭配和习惯用语，因为你需要向考官展示你熟悉这种风格和搭配或一些口语化的语言。除此之外，谈谈你的改写能力，这意味着不重复考官的话，而是使用一些同义词。你的改写能力还可以，但有时

你只是在自己的句子或回答问题时重复相同的词汇。所以也许你可以更好地改写。注意你使用填充词和助词的方式。你没有使用太多的填充词或助词，但你的回答都很自然，对吧？我们使用填充词和助词是因为有时我们没有想法或脑子一片空白，需要更多时间。但总体来说，你使用的那些很自然。

现在谈谈你的语法范围和准确性，下一个标准。我真的很喜欢你回答问题的简洁和切题。你使用的语法和句子结构几乎没有错误，你使用了一系列的时态和复杂结构，如条件句、从句和关系从句，这非常好。此外，我在流利度和连贯性中谈到了连词，记得吗？这也帮助你在语法范围和准确性中构建了复杂的句子结构。这是关于你的语法。最重要的是没有错误。如果你使用一系列复杂的句子结构，但你使用错误，那有什么意义呢？你能够使用没有错误的句子，这非常好。

最后，谈谈你的发音。首先，一切都很清楚。非常清晰，容易理解你在说什么。除此之外，你的语速非常好，不快不慢，刚刚好。除此之外，你还使用了一些好的发音特点，比如正确的语调、单词的发音和单词重音、句子重音，这些也非常重要。只有一个词你发音错误，就是“apart from”。你发音像“apart from”，但除此之外，你的发音都很好。

所以总体来说，谈谈你的总分，你今天在口语模拟测试中得了八分。我相信你可以轻松得九分。你可以轻松提高到九分，因为你对英语掌握得很好。你只需要在搭配和习惯用语上做得更好，也许在语法结构上更灵活，因为除了复杂的句子结构外，我还听到了一些简单的句子结构，尤其是在第二部分。也许你可以连接一些句子，构建更多复杂的句子结构。这就是全部。所以，是的，总分八分。但你认为这次测试怎么样？不同部分的话题对你来说怎么样？

我觉得很容易。话题不是很偏，都是大家能联系到的事情，所以我没有很挣扎。我觉得很好。

好的，我很高兴你遇到了一个熟悉的话题。好吧，谢谢你，我祝你好运。当然，你下次会做得更好。

谢谢。