剑桥大学校园英语情景对话：古怪的面试 S：Do you know that Cambridge received 14,585 applications and Oxford 13,287 for entry this October? S ：你知道吗，今年10 月，剑桥大学收到了14585 份入学申请，牛津收到了13287 份。 J：Yes. But how many of them will survive the interview is still in doubt. J ：知道。但是这些申请人中有多少能通过面试还是个未知数。S：Cambridge alone rejected at interview more than 5,000 students last year who went on to get three A grades in their A levels, underlining the intensity of competition. S ：去年剑桥就拒绝了5000 多名学生的申请。这些学生都是获得了3 个A-level 成绩的学生，这就说明了竞争有多么激烈。J：True. Interviewers in those two Universities are good at posing eccentric questions. J ：对啊。这两所大学的老师很爱提刁钻古怪的问题。S：They may all be academic thoroughbreds, but success in the Oxbridge stakes can seem as remote as winning the Grand National, S :他们可能学习都很优秀，但是能通过面试的机率就跟在英国"全国 大赛马”获胜一样低。 J : It was said that the tutors select people they want to teach ultimately. J :据说老师们最终仅仅在挑选他们想教的人 S：The competition against other students is fierce and candidates need to differentiate themselves, they're competing against each other “To be hones t, ，not against the interviewers ，"said a don in the university. S ：同学之间的竞争特别激烈，申请者们必须有与众不同之处才能脱 颖而出。一位面试官曾讲过：“老实说，他们是彼此在竞争而不是在和面试官竞争。” J：Yes. Nearly all applicants have excellent A-level grades, so places are increasingly awarded for original answers in interviews. J ：对。几乎所有的申请人的成绩都是非常优秀的A-level, 所以能否 被录取就更加取决于他们在面试中的表现了。 S：So it's worth actively engaging with the questions, without being rude or confrontational, rather than tiptoeing around to avoid mistakes. S ：所以，面试者不能傲慢粗鲁，也不能畏畏缩缩的逃避犯错，而是 积极地参与到问题中去。 J：Some entrants are so nervous that they even practice the interview on a daily basis with the help of their parents at home. J ：有些学生特别紧张，他们甚至在父母的协助下，天天在家里实行 面试练习。 S：Really? Does it help? S ：真的吗？这样有用吗？ J：It's hard to say. But a mother of a twin said that she thinks the practices are really helpful, and she even suggested parents of the applicants should help their children to practice their reaction and creative thinking. J ：这不好说。但是有_位双胞胎的家长说，§也认为这种练习+分有用，她还建议别的学生家长也在家协助孩子们练习，以增强反应水平和创造性思维的水平。 S： That might be true. However, I also heard that overrehearsing does
