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工作類話題在雅思口語考試中始終佔有一席之地，尤其是一些年紀稍大的G類考生始終對此感到困惑。
相信考過雅思口語的考生亦或是正奮戰在雅思考試道路上的未來考生們都清楚，“Do you work or are youa student?”是口語考試一開始的基本題之一，這道題的頻率極高。而這道題的目的在於，將考生們準確地分類。如果回答是學生，則考官後續的問題則更偏向於學術化，如果回答是工作，則後續話題相當有可能會出現工作類話題。從實踐教學回饋來看，雅思考生絕大多數是即將出國留學的學生，而有工作經歷的相對占少數，所以工作類話題往往被相對忽視。而在這篇文章中，朗閣海外考試研究中心的老師將解析工作類話題的難點所在及應對策略，為工作類考生們指點迷津。

工作類話題的難點在於考生們對於工作類詞彙相對欠缺，可能在描述工作內容時表達相對平庸，不會地道的表達。另外，一些考生從事的行業相對較偏，對於該行業的詞彙積累較少。下面，舉出一個真實的案例，一位考生就職于一家鋰電池公司的產品研發部門，職位是項目經理。當考官問道“What is your job?”時，考生的回答是“My job is a project managerin a battery company.” 且不論該回答的語法情況，單從詞彙角度分析，首先，考生在考試現場忘記鋰電池的英文表達，僅僅翻譯成了“電池”。另外，該句型的運用也是比較典型的中式思維。如改成“I work for a lithiumbattery company, and I am in charge of the R&D department. I’m a projectmanager.” 則出色許多。

除詞彙難關以外，對於工作的思考及評價也成為了一些考生的困惑。一些考生被問到“What is your idealjob?”, “What is the thing you love most in your job?” 或是“Is there anything youdon’t like in your job?”等問題時，許多考生反應，別說是英文，就是中文也很難一下子比較有邏輯的羅列一二。關於理想的工作，考生第一反應往往是“錢多事少離家近”，可是很難想出更好的口語答案。綜上所述，這類話題的難點總體可歸納為詞彙表達單一和答案內容局限。

工作類話題主要有：

Part 1基本題：

Are you a student or do you work?

What is your job?

Why do you choose this type of job?

Do you love your job at the moment?

Is there anything you dislike at your job?

Will you change your job if you were given thechance some day?

Part 2話題：

Describe an important job in your country(重要的工作)

Part 3考題：

Do you think some jobs are more important than others?

Do you think people who are doing unpleasantjobs should be paid more?

How do young people choose career these days?

Where do young people get advice about choosinga career?

Why do some say they cannot work in the samecompany for too long?

接下來，本篇文章將就上述部分工作類話題進行解析。

1. 關於“Where do young people get advice about choosinga career?”, 答案顯而易見，無非是“parents”, “school”,以及“social resources” etc.

The explanation for parents:

In China, it is a usual practice that parentsalways shoulder the responsibility to planthe careers for their children. They claim that they know their children wellenough to decide what kind of job suits them. Some of the parents hope theirchildren to do some high-pay jobs, which will set them in higher social statusand economic benefits. Others even expect their children to take over thecareers of their fathers. You know, family business is really common in China.

The explanation for school:

In the graduating periodfrom university, there’s a large amount of senior students would face to huntfor a job in the following time. Almost in every Chinese university, seniorstudents can seek help from the career guidance subject. Students would betrained to make a CV and practiced to perform perfect in the future interview.

The explanation for socialresources:

Social resources, whichrefer to networks and media, are also an important approach in modern society. Nowadays,Internetis widely accepted among the young. People just need to type in somekey words of career interest, and then millions of job positions will presentthe information. Besides, in these websites, there still many templates beenprovided to job hunters to make a perfect CV.

2. Why do some people say they cannot work inthe same company for too long?

這道題是典型的Part 3個人觀點題。考生需在較短的時間內，羅列出“跳槽”的理由，的確存在一些挑戰。以下，我們分別來分析“終身職業”及“跳槽”各自的好處與壞處。

Alwayswork in the same company

Pros:

it is more possible to get a promotion

fullydeveloped in the certain area

can earn respect from “late comers”

Cons:

it is so boring to do the repeated work

people who always doing the same work will losepassion gradually

Changefor different jobs

Pros:

people can get higher pay and higher positionfrom the right change

a wise change will lead to a new stage and newenvironment

Cons:

frequent change would lead to a crisis of trust

job-hopping is risky

本篇文章指出了工作類話題在雅思口語考試中的重要性，分析了其難點所在，羅列整理了目前的考題，以及對於部分考題給出了解析及參考思路。本篇文章旨在給出部分問題的答題思路，考生們可以借鑒思路並自己組織語言。最後，祝各位考生考試順利。