IELTS完成了: 順利的筆試和被盤問的口試

IELTS考完了，感覺還算可以。

今次考試比較特別的，是選了在酒店應試。由到達試場登記，輪候寄存隨身物件，及後在鋪了純白桌布、以硬卡紙劃分為兩邊的長餐桌上答卷，全程都很「豪華」 ...（HK$1,000考的試就是不一樣，幸好透過大學報考可以claim回來）。

Listening和Reading沒如想像中完美（Reading答完後只剩五分鐘），而Writing的Part I感覺不錯，Part II就不太夠時間了。連續三小時左右的考試，原來沒有想像中漫長。

比較出乎意料的是Speaking。考官竟不是大部分同學所說的友善外國人，過程亦不是輕鬆面談（說是被審問還更貼切）。我明白，考官進行了整天的工作會感到疲倦，但垂著眼簾、一副極速審問/迫供的態度，太不專業了吧。

其他內容你今日反智咗未呀?

不過啊，具體情況已經在寫xanga時抱怨過了，就在此quote一次算吧。

Then it came to the Speaking, which was totally OUT of my expectation.

For what I have heard, I started believing there would only be non-Chinese examiners. But I just got a 30 something Chinese lady who acted nothing like talking and discussing with me.

She spoke fast as hell (although not fast enough to lose me... lol) with no smile. And when I was talking, she acted like falling asleep. It was nothing like a friendly and nice chat that I have heard and expected.

But the worst part was the "discussion" task. I knew examiners tend to get candidates talking in case we got nothing to talk about. But this lady? She barely let me think!

After she STATED the questions (is it the so called "discussion"?), she wouldn't wait for me to think for a second or two. She just burst out the follow-up explanation to the questions and said "Do you understand what does that mean?" (still speaking in a goddamn rushing speed).

I was forced to say something even before I could do the least amount of thinking!
其他內容你今日反智咗未呀?

"As the population of the world is growing, what do you think the government should do to cope with this situation?" Hell man I might not be able to give a decent answer to questions like that, not even if I had time to think!! IF I had.
And what made it worst was what she said at the end. "Actually I expected blahblahblah but you have been talking about something else."

What the stupid hell are you talking about?! What do you mean by "expected"?! It IS a discussion. Not a QnA session!

In a discussion, even if you didn't receive the expected "answer", you try to continue the communication!

As an examiner, even if you wanted to finish your job quick, you don't confuse a discussion with an interrogation!