2022年英语专业四级听力真题 演讲

Preparing for College Interviews

准备大学面试

Good morning, everyone. Today, my presentation will focus on the preparation for college interview.

大家，早安。今天，我的演讲将集中在大学面试的准备上。

After you have applied for a college you are interested in, there is possibility that you need to prepare for an interview before you are considered qualified by the college.

在你申请了感兴趣的大学之后，有可能你需要准备面试，才能被大学认为是合格的。

Then how do you prepare for an interview? Well,I’d say practice makes perfect.There are two ways you can practice your interviewing skills and responses.

那么如何准备面试呢？好吧，我想说熟能生巧。您可以通过两种方式练习面试技巧和回答

The first is by doing mock interviews with others who are also applying,or someone else who is willing to help.

第一种是与其他也在申请的人或愿意提供帮助的其他人进行模拟面试。

Mock interviews, I think, are a good first step to understanding what an interview will be like.

我认为，模拟面试是了解面试内容的良好开端。

Of course, the quality of the mock interview experience w depend largely upon how prepared your interview partner is.

当然，模拟面试体验的质量在很大程度上取决于面试伙伴的准备情况。

If you can find someone who willing to read your application carefully,then you are likely to get a good mock interview.

如果你能找到愿意仔细阅读你的申请的人，那么你很可能会获得不错的模拟面试机会。

The ideal person to team up with, I think,should be someone who is applying for the same school but has a very different background from yours, and who is willing to be tough when necessary in the interview.

最理想的搭档，我觉得应该是和你申请同一所学校，背景却截然不同，并且愿意在面试的时候强硬起来的人。

It can be difficult to find the right person, of course.

当然，找到合适的人可能很困难。

So I suggest, in order to make the mock interview work, first, it is not only fair but also good for you to switch roles with your partner.

所以我建议，为了让模拟面试成功，首先，你和你的搭档互换角色不仅公平而且有好处。

Second,if you read his or her essays and data sheets with an eye to seeing what his or her strengths or weaknesses are, what he or she will contribute to the program and the like, you will more readily understand how someone else will do this with you in a real interview.

其次，如果你阅读他或她的论文和数据表时着眼于了解他或她的长处或短处，他或她将为该计划做出什么贡献等，你将更容易理解其他人将如何做到这一点和你一起进行真正的采访。

What’s more, your interview partner can tell you which responses were convincing and which were not, and why.

更重要的是，你的面试伙伴可以告诉你哪些回答是有说服力的，哪些不是，以及为什么。

You have to be persistent and force your interview partner to be specific in noting what worked and what did not.

您必须坚持不懈，并迫使您的面试伙伴具体说明哪些有效，哪些无效。

For example, whether you wandered instead of staying focused, tried too hard to excuse some prior mistake, stayed too stiff, or pleaded rather than persuading.

例如，你是否徘徊而不是保持专注，是否过于努力地为之前的错误找借口，过于僵硬，或者是恳求而不是说服。

After all, the point is not what you say, but what your interviewer hears that determines the success of your interview.

毕竟，决定面试成功与否的重点不是你说了什么，而是面试官听到了什么。

Now, let's come to the second way. The second means of practicing your interviewing kills is to make sure that, if possible,you get an interview first with the school that matters less to you.

现在，让我们来看看第二种方式。练习面试技巧的第二种方法是确保，如果可能的话，你首先得到对你不太重要的学校的面试。

This allows you to develop and refine your interview skills and get rid your first interview nerves without too much at stake.

这可以让你发展和完善你的面试技巧，并在没有太多风险的情况下摆脱你的第一次面试紧张。

I'd think that it is a good idea to use both approaches from time to time if you can.

我认为如果可以的话，不时使用这两种方法是个好主意。

Maximize the potential benefits by asking your partner questions about the mock interview or reviewing the experience yourself, you have to make sure that you understand what worked and what needed more thought, and why.

通过向您的合作伙伴询问有关模拟面试的问题或自己回顾体验来最大化潜在收益，您必须确保您了解哪些有效，哪些需要更多思考，以及原因。

Then you are going to benefit from those experiences in a real interview.

然后，您将在真正的面试中从这些经历中受益。

OK. To conclude, we have discussed how to prepare for a college interview.

好的。最后，我们讨论了如何准备大学面试。

You will get more interview experience through the approaches I suggested just now.

通过我刚才建议的方法，你会获得更多的面试经验。

Next time, we will us on interview questions, both general and specific, that you are required to get ready for before an interview. Thank you.

下一次，我们将讨论您在面试前需要准备的一般面试问题和具体面试问题。谢谢。

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