英協視頻：實話實説（Tell the truth）

IELTS interview skills
雅思面試技巧

Tell the truth
實話實説

When should you tell the truth?
什麼時候應該實話實説?

Examiner: What do you think makes you good at your job?
考官：在工作中，你認為你的優勢有哪些？

I hate my job.
我討厭我的工作。
Maybe I shouldn’t say that because it sounds negative. What do I do?
或許我不該這樣説，因為這聽起來太消極了。我該怎麼辦呢？

Option 1: Lie in order to say something positive.
選擇1：説假話，説一些積極的東西。
Fine, but I can’t think of anything to say.
好吧，可我根本想不出該説什麼。

Option 2: tell the truth.
選擇2： 説實話
It’s going to sound negative but I have more to say.
聽起來有點消極，但是我有更多的話可説。

Candidate: Nothing. I am very bad at my job.
考生：什麼優勢都沒有。我在工作中表現得很差。
Because I hate my job. I really looking forward for a new short life.
因為我討厭我的工作。我非常希望有一個新的開始。
I do my job because I have to, I need the money,
我之所以在做現在的工作是因為我別無選擇，我需要錢。
but my dreams are completely different.
但這和我的夢想千差萬別。
I am not... I am not expressing positivism, for example...
我在工作中沒什麼積極性，也不熱情，
you know, good vibes and I think my colleagues hate me and I hate them, fine, I hate them...
我認為我的同事討厭我，我也討厭他們。是的，我討厭他們……

It might be better to tell the truth…
實話實説可能效果會更好……
… especially if that gives you more to say.
……尤其是當説實話讓你更加有話可説的時候。
You don’t always have to say something positive.
你不需要永遠講述積極的東西。

By Andy Lewis
安迪•路易斯

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ielts-interview-skills/tell-truth