VO:why do you wanna go to the USA?
Me:coz I wanna pursue my phd degree in political science in XXX University. My concentration will on China’s grassroots democracy.
VO:ok。专注于电脑。
于是我见缝插针:I’ve brought a piece of newspaper which has a report on my project and my picture. Do you wanna have a look?
VO好像很感兴趣,让我把报纸递进去。
我跟他解释上面的几张照片中,那个站在老外旁边的姑娘就是俺。当时我正在江西一个村子观摩选举。
VO:who is the foreginer?
Me:a foreign expert in our program
VO:what does he do?
Me:provide assistance. But most of the experts in our team are chinese.
Me:I’ve also brought some photos….do you wanna have a look?
VO: not necessary
VO: Plan?
Me: I will come back to china and find a position in int’l programs similar to my current program. You know, more and more int’l donors and NGOs are becoming interested in china’s grassroots democracy in china and ready to provide support, such as UNDP, Ford Foundation, Carter center, EU-China Training programme (the programme I ‘m working with). So it ‘s quite easy for me to find a position in such programs with my phd degree.
VO: why do you think you get a postion?
Me: coz this is really a brand new field in china. There is no genuine expert in this field in china. Almost all works are written by american scholars. So China is really lack of such experts. 一紧张竟然忘了出示现任老板的一封很有分量的sl。(后来想想都后怕)
VO: what is ur ultimate goal?
Me: To be a genuine expert in this field, top 1 expert
VO: what field?
Me: grassroots democracy in china. Do you know what is grassroots democracy ?
VO: no
Me: I can tell you something about that. Blah……
VO: great. Sounds interesting
Your gt and transcript
很快看了看。说I’ll approve the visa to you.
Me: thanks very much. Have a nice day
VO: have a nice day!
一点感想:
1. 一定要理清思路,设想种种可能问到的问题。我一直没有练VO,因为一是对口语比较自信(一直在国际项目做口译和笔译,已练就了张嘴就胡说的本事),就昨天lg问了我几个关键性问题。
2. 一定要一上来就把你自己的亮点抛出,让VO感觉比较有新鲜感。(比如我的报纸,我想你也肯定有你自己的秘密武器)
3. 一定要让自己的思路引导VO思路。千万别等他问你。
比如我的情况:政治学有5个subfields,我要去学的是comparative politics。但是美国的草根民主和中国真的没有可比性,经过和在美国学政治学的同学还有lg讨论后,决定决口不提comparative politics。一旦VO问我去美国干什么,我就告诉他我的research interest是grassroots democracy in china。否则,如果轮到VO问你的subfield,你就很被动了。但也不要一鼓脑儿把你能说的都强加给vo。Learn to say the rite thing at the rite time。
4. 回国计划一定有逻辑和可信
5. 有自信
今天在美男处,有一F1mm,她一张嘴,我就知道比据无疑。因为美男问她说英语吗?她竟然说 a little。美男反问:你只说一点点英语,怎么到大学学习?后来那mm说什么,我没听见,因为声音太小,明显没有信心。最后不出所料,悲剧。