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Preparing for College Interviews
为大学口试做预备
Good morning, everyone.
各人早上好。
Today, my presentation will focus on the preparation for a college interview.
明天，我的演讲主题是为大学口试做预备。
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.
在请求了感兴味的大学后，你能够需求在学校以为你及格前预备口试。
Then how do you prepare for an interview?
那么你怎样预备口试呢?
Well, I’d say practice makes perfect.
我想说游刃有余。
There are two ways you can practice your interviewing skills and responses.
有两种办法可以训练口试本领和口试答复。
The first is by doing mock interviews with others who are also applying, or someone else who is willing to help.
第一种办法是与其他请求者或情愿提供协助者停止模仿口试。
Mock interviews, I think, are a good first step to understanding what an interview will be like.
我以为模仿口试是理解口试状况的第一步。
Of course, the quality of the mock interview experience will depend largely upon how prepared your interview partner is.
固然，模仿口试的质量很大水平上取决于你的口试伙伴预备得怎样。
If you can find someone who is willing to read your application carefully, then you are likely to get a good mock interview.
假如你能找到一个情愿细心阅读请求的人，那么你很能够会拥有一个优质的模仿口试。
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.
我以为抱负的协作伙伴应该是请求统一所学校，但配景与你有很大差别，而且在口试中情愿在须要时体现严峻的人。
It can be difficult to find the right person, of course.
固然，找到适宜的人选并不容易。
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.
以是我发起，为了让模仿口试见效，起首，可以与你的伙伴交换脚色，这不只公道，并且对你有利。
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，假如你在阅读伙伴的论文和数据表时，能看到他/她的长处或缺陷，他/她对项目做出的奉献等等，你就会更容易了解在真正的口试中其别人与你互动的方法。
What's more, your interview partner can tell you which responses were convincing and which were not, and why.
更紧张的是，你的口试伙伴可以通知你哪些答复令人服气，哪些不行信，以及缘由。
You have to be persistent and force your interview partner to be specific in noting what worked and what did not.
你必需持之以恒，逼迫你的口试伙伴明白指出哪些无效，哪些有效。
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.
比方，你要么眼光迟疑，没有会合留意力，要么太高兴地为之前的错误辩白，太生硬，要么在央求，而不是压服。
After all, the point is not what you say, but what your interviewer hears that determines the success of your interview.
终究，口试要害不在于你说了什么，而在于口试官听到了什么，这决议了口试的乐成与否。
Now, let's come to the second way.
如今，我们来看第二种办法。
The second means of practicing your interviewing skills is to make sure that, if possible, you get an interview first with a school that matters less to you.
训练口试本领的第二种办法是，假如能够的话，确保你先失掉一所对你来说不那么紧张的学校的口试时机。
This allows you to develop and refine your interview skills and get rid of your first interview nerves without too much at stake.
这可以让你进步和美满口试本领，不需求承当太多危害，就可以让你解脱第一次口试的告急心情。
l think that it is a good idea to use both approaches from time to time if you can.
我以为假如可以的话，时时时地运用这两种办法是个好主见。
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.
经过向你的伙伴讯问有关模仿口试的题目，或许亲身回忆经历，最大限制地发扬潜伏劣势，你必需确保你明确什么见效，那边需求更多考虑，以及为什么。
Then you are going to benefit from those experiences in a real interview.
你会在真正的口试中受害于这些阅历。
OK. To conclude, we have discussed how to prepare for a college interview.
好的。最初，我们讨论了怎样预备大学口试。
You will get more interview experience through the approaches I suggested just now.
经过我方才发起的办法，你会取得更多的口试经历。
Next time, we will focus on interview questions, both general and specific, that you are required to get ready for before an interview.
下次，我们将重点讨论口试题目，既有普通性的题目，也有详细的题目，你需求在口试前预备好这些题目。
Thank you.
谢谢！
