【话匣子英语】采访杰西卡（2）

Jessica: Yeah. So to me, IELTS just… It makes more sense. It’s less complicated¹ and it’s testing fewer skills. It’s not testing your ability to type, right?

 

Andrew: Right.

 

Jessica: It’s not testing all of these other connections between the skills. And because of that it’s easier to prepare for. And I think in your preparation, you’re going to be practising things that will carry over beyond the test and not just be wasted when the exam is finished.

 

Andrew: Sure, sure. OK, very cool.

 

Jessica: Yeah, and honestly, like I taught TOEFL for maybe one class just for a few months, but I have done more research into TOEFL to compare them, and even the most difficult reading passages and listening lectures and stuff² on IELTS, I don’t think are as hard as the difficult TOEFL ones. Like, there’s way more scientific stuff in the TOEFL ones, these topics that I’ve never heard of, and I don’t think other people have either. So I think, yeah, I just think IELTS makes more sense.

 

Andrew: Yeah, I feel bad sometimes for students that have to write standardized³ tests, especially, like you said, the TOEFL. Looking at it, it can be difficult.

 

Jessica: It’s tough, man. Andrew: Some of the content is not easy, even for me, and I know quite a bit about English. Jessica: Right, exactly. So it’s not just your English, it’s also your interests on the outside. And I don’t know, if you’re not reading the science journal⁴, whatever, then I don’t think you’re going to be familiar with some of these TOEFL articles, which isn’t fair, like I’m not… that’s not what I want to test, I just want to test your English ability, that’s it.

1 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 standardized   

adj.标准化的

参考例句：

• We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
• The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。

4 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。