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Preparing for College Interviews
為大學面試做準備
Good morning, everyone.
大家早上好。
Today, my presentation will focus on the preparation for a college interview.
今天，我的演講主題是為大學面試做準備。
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.
在申請了感興趣的大學后，你可能需要在學校認為你合格前準備面試。
Then how do you prepare for an interview?
那么你如何準備面試呢?
Well, I’d say practice makes perfect.
我想說熟能生巧。
There are two ways you can practice your interviewing skills and responses.
有兩種方法可以練習面試技巧和面試回答。
The first is by doing mock interviews with others who are also applying, or someone else who is willing to help.
第一種方法是與其他申請者或愿意提供幫助者進行模擬面試。
Mock interviews, I think, are a good first step to understanding what an interview will be like.
我認為模擬面試是了解面試情況的第一步。
Of course, the quality of the mock interview experience will depend largely upon how prepared your interview partner is.
當然，模擬面試的質量很大程度上取決于你的面試搭檔準備得如何。
If you can find someone who is willing to read your application carefully, then you are likely to get a good mock interview.
如果你能找到一個愿意仔細閱讀申請的人，那么你很可能會擁有一個優質的模擬面試。
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.
我認為理想的合作搭檔應該是申請同一所學校，但背景與你有很大不同，并且在面試中愿意在必要時表現嚴厲的人。
It can be difficult to find the right person, of course.
當然，找到合適的人選并不容易。
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.
所以我建議，為了讓模擬面試奏效，首先，可以與你的搭檔互換角色，這不僅公平，而且對你有利。
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，如果你在閱讀搭檔的論文和數據表時，能看到他/她的優點或缺點，他/她對項目做出的貢獻等等，你就會更容易理解在真正的面試中其他人與你互動的方式。
What's more, your interview partner can tell you which responses were convincing and which were not, and why.
更重要的是，你的面試搭檔可以告訴你哪些回答令人信服，哪些不可信，以及原因。
You have to be persistent and force your interview partner to be specific in noting what worked and what did not.
你必須堅持不懈，強迫你的面試搭檔明確指出哪些有效，哪些無效。
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，你要么目光游移，沒有集中注意力，要么太努力地為之前的錯誤辯解，太僵硬，要么在懇求，而不是說服。
After all, the point is not what you say, but what your interviewer hears that determines the success of your interview.
畢竟，面試關鍵不在于你說了什么，而在于面試官聽到了什么，這決定了面試的成功與否。
Now, let's come to the second way.
現在，我們來看第二種方法。
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.
練習面試技巧的第二種方法是，如果可能的話，確保你先得到一所對你來說不那么重要的學校的面試機會。
This allows you to develop and refine your interview skills and get rid of your first interview nerves without too much at stake.
這可以讓你提高和完善面試技巧，不需要承擔太多風險，就可以讓你擺脫第一次面試的緊張情緒。
l think that it is a good idea to use both approaches from time to time if you can.
我認為如果可以的話，時不時地使用這兩種方法是個好主意。
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.
通過向你的搭檔詢問有關模擬面試的問題，或者親自回顧經驗，最大限度地發揮潛在優勢，你必須確保你明白什么奏效，哪里需要更多思考，以及為什么。
Then you are going to benefit from those experiences in a real interview.
你會在真正的面試中受益于這些經歷。
OK. To conclude, we have discussed how to prepare for a college interview.
好的。最后，我們討論了如何準備大學面試。
You will get more interview experience through the approaches I suggested just now.
通過我剛才建議的方法，你會獲得更多的面試經驗。
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，我們將重點討論面試問題，既有一般性的問題，也有具體的問題，你需要在面試前準備好這些問題。
Thank you.
謝謝！
