450)=450"> 本文选自雅思听力Section 3，难度一般 Summary:Paul与一位女士在讨论个人陈述中提及的南美工作经历，设计Paul的工作体验、职责，而后讨论了对未来所学科目的期待。起初Paul对这份工作游比较高的期待，而后发觉工作内容和性质极其没有系统化，最后放弃。但Paul依然认为这对自己的未来学习有帮助。 HINTS Paul 文中有一处连词符 全文听写，英式拼法 订阅节目更方便
I've been reading your personal statement, Paul. First, let's talk about your work experience in South America. What took you there? Was it to gain more fluency in Spanish? Well, as I'm combining Spanish with Latin American studies, my main idea was to find out more about the way people lived there. My spoken Spanish was already pretty good in fact. So you weren't too worried about language barriers? No. In fact, I ended up teaching English there, although that wasn't my original choice of work. I see. How did you find out about all this? I found an agency that runs all kinds of voluntary projects in South America. What kind of work? Well, there were several possibilities. You mean construction? Engineering work? Yes, getting involved in building projects was an option. Then there was tourism, taking tourists for walks around the volcanoes, which I actually chose to do, and then there was work with local farmers. But you didn't continue with that project. Why not? Because I never really knew whether I'd be needed or not. I'd thought it might be difficult physically, but I was certainly fit enough. No, I wanted to do something that had more of a proper structure to it, I suppose. I get de-motivated otherwise.
保尔，我最近拜读过你的一份个人声明。首先，让我们来谈谈你在南美洲的工作经历吧。你为什么想去那儿呢？是为了讲好西班牙语吗？ 嗯，我在做关于拉丁美洲的西班牙语研究的时候，我更想知道更多的关于住在当地的人们。其实我的西班牙语已经够好的。 所以你完全不用担心语言不通的问题吗？ 不是的。其实我最后是在当地教英文的，虽然那并不是我一开始选择的工作。 这样啊。那你是怎么发现了这么一件事情呢？ 我原先是找到了一家在南美地区做各种志愿者活动的机构。 都有什么样的志愿者工作呢？ 嗯，那就有很多可能性了。 像施工？工程师这种？ 对，参与大楼的建设是一个选择。再者就是做导游，带着游客们在火山周边游览。这个其实我曾经就做过，而且当时都是跟当地的农场主们一起的。 但是你并没有继续把这个项目做下去啊，为什么呢？ 因为我从来不知道我是否真的有必要呆在那儿。理论上来说，我本来以为这个是很难的，但是我完全能胜任。不过，我想我应该去做的不仅仅是眼前的这些。否则我将失去生活的动力。 ——译文来自: laura1028