地道美語聽力播客643:參加標準化考試（雙語）

Dad: It’s time you start preparing for the MCFL Test.

爸爸：你是時候該準備MCFL考試啦。

Maria: Dad, that’s 12 months away! I don’t need to start looking at test prep materials right now.

瑪麗亞：爸爸，離考試還有12個月呢!我沒必要從現在就開始看備考資料。

Dad: Yes, you do. Like all high-stakes testing, familiarity with the types of questions you’ll be asked will help you. You need to score well on it if you want to be admitted to a good university. The MCFL is only administered twice each year, so you’d better be prepared when the time comes.

爸爸：不，你需要。想其他所有高風險大型考試一樣，提前熟悉可能會被問到的題型，會對你很有幫助。如果你想被一所好的大學錄取，那么你就必須取得好的成績。MCFL考試每年只有兩次，所以你必須在考試來臨之前，提前做準備。

Maria: I don’t really believe in standardized tests. Our teacher says that they don’t really measure how well you’ll do in college or in life.

瑪麗亞：我真的不相信什么標準化測試，我們老師說他們不會真的去檢測你在大學和生活中表現得有多好。

Dad: It doesn’t matter what you – or your teacher – believe. Colleges consider test scores in admissions and that’s what’s important. Let’s start with some tips on answering multiple choice and true-false questions.

爸爸：你和你的老師怎么想都不重要，大學在招生考試中看的是考試成績，考試成績才是最重要的。我們先從回答選擇題和判斷題的一些技巧來開始學習吧。

Maria: I know all about taking standardized tests, Dad. I’ve been taking them every year at school and I’m sick of them. Put your name here. Bubble in your answer there. I’m sick to death of those tests.

瑪麗亞：爸爸，我知道標準化測驗里的所有題型。每年學校都會考的，我早就厭倦了。名字寫在這里。答案寫在那里。我對這些測試感到極其厭煩

Dad: Then you’ll feel perfectly comfortable taking this one.

爸爸：那對于這次考試，你肯定覺得很輕松啦。

Maria: Why can’t they give us open-ended or essay questions? I’d do much better on those.

瑪麗亞：為什么他們不給我們出一些開放型問題或問答題呢?我比較擅長這些問題。

Dad: Bite your tongue! Those would be much more difficult to study for. Ready for question number one?

爸爸：別嚼舌頭了，那些開放性問題更難回答，準備好回答第一個問題了嗎?

Maria: As ready as I’ll ever be.

瑪麗亞：我隨時都準備著。