雅思口语题目解析第98期：Jobs

　　参考答案1：

　　Well, there are a lot of things to take into consideration. First of all, one has to be competent in the position, so it would be better for them to make full use of their expertise and strengths. So they probably would choose something related to the major they study in college. And then, if there are options, in most cases, people would choose/go for the one that pays the most. It’s not people are material or practical/pragmatic or anything. It’s just, everyone works for an income in the first place, so the salary is important of course. Whatever that pays well is considered a decent job, and you know, few people really care much about the social status nowadays. Besides, another factor might be the working hours. I mean, if employees have to work overtime very often, they would sacrifice their personal life. That’s definitely unfavorable.

　　参考答案2：

　　Well, I’m not sure, but I guess a lot of people would look for jobs that match their personality, so that they can fit in easily. I mean, they have to feel comfortable with the atmosphere at the workplace, have a harmonious relationship with workmates/colleagues and generally agree with the corporate culture as well as the management philosophy.

　　For those who intend to climb the corporate ladder, they need to see the chance of promotion and that’s why they care about the hierarchy of the organization.

　　For people who prefer freedom, a job is desirable if it allows flexibility, I mean, they would feel great to work remotely from home and only report to the office and meet their managers once a week. As far as I know, some sales representatives work this way. You know, they visit the clients, at their convenience. This flexibility is really an advantage to such jobs, although they have to face great pressure to meet the sales target.

　　Subtopic 2: Preparing for a job

　　Question 2.1: How do you think students can choose the most suitable job for themselves?

　　语料：

　　be qualified有资格

　　细节：before they apply for…在申请…之前, certificates证书, qualifications资格认证, required要求的, job description职位描述

　　background knowledge背景知识

　　细节：field领域, industry行业, trend of development发展趋势

　　举例：talking to some experienced employees与有经验的职员聊聊, read online posts or articles读网上的帖子或文章, get to know their feelings了解他们的感受, what they like and don’t like他们所喜欢和不喜欢的, benefits and difficulties优点和困难, expect预期

　　结果：not wise不明智, get into a job进入一个职位, title sounds exciting名称听起来激动人心

　　matching game配对游戏(对对碰)

　　细节：know yourself了解自己, abilities能力, knowledge知识, physical and mental capabilities身体和心理的潜力/耐力/能力, weaknesses弱点

　　举例：psychological tests心理测试, overview总的看法/概要, qualities特质

　　细节：do some study about…研究一下…, advantages优点, benefits福利/好处, drawbacks缺点, risks风险

　　结果：your own judgment自己的判断力, decide决定, good match很好地相匹配

　　举例：introvert内向的, salesperson销售人员, challenge挑战, extrovert外向的, be supposed to需要, stay in the office待在办公室, face the computer screen面对电脑屏幕, for most of the time大部分时间, torture折磨

　　参考答案1：

　　Well, that’s not easy. But I believe there are guidelines to follow. For example, first of all, in order to do well in that position, you need to make sure you are qualified for it. So, before you apply for a job vacancy, probably you need to know in advance what kind of certificates and qualifications are required. It’s usually clearly stated in the job description. And then, you have to get some background knowledge about the field, the industry and maybe the trend of development. If possible, talking to some experienced employees doing the same job would be very helpful of course. Or, at least, you can read online posts or articles written by such people, so that you can get to know their feelings, what they like and don’t like about the job, what benefits and difficulties you should expect, and things like that. Anyway, I don’t think it’s wise to get into a job just because the title sounds exciting.

　　参考答案2：

　　I suppose it’s like a matching game. I mean, first of all, you need to know yourself, including your abilities, the knowledge you have, the physical and mental capabilities as well as weaknesses. If possible, you can take some psychological tests to get an overview of the qualities you are not sure about. Then you need to do some study about the job, get to know not only the advantages, benefits but also the drawbacks and risks. Finally, you have to use your own judgment to decide whether it’s a good match or not, between you and the job. For example, if you are introvert but have to work as a salesperson, that would be a challenge; if you are extrovert on the other hand, but you are supposed to stay in the office and face the computer screen for most of the time, that would be a torture.

　　Question 2.2: How can students prepare themselves for future jobs when they are still in school?