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Officer: And how long are you planning on staying with homestay? Student: About four months (1) Officer: And what course are you enrolled in? Student: Well, I’ve enrolled for twenty weeks in the Advanced English Studies (2). Officer: Okay. Do you have any preference for a family with children or without children? Student: I prefer I mean I like young children, but I’d like to be with older people. Officer: All right. Now what about you? Are you a vegetarian or do you have any special food requirements? Student: No, I am not a vegetarian but I don’t eat a lot of meat. I really like seafood (3). Officer: Are you familiar with the public transport system? Student: No. Officer: What about the trains? Student: I like catching the train. They are much faster. Officer: Now let me go check on the computer and see who I’ve got. I’ll check my records and I’ll give you details this afternoon (4). Student: Thank you for helping me. Officer: It’s pleasure. Bye. 17. B Interviewer: Sophie, you’re a native English speaker and you’re been working as a translator for some time now. Sophie: I’m currently doing a lot of legal texts (9) – the details of court cases can be interesting and the language quite challenging. Interviewer: And what kind of language gives you the most problems? The kind of expressions used in technology, perhaps, or science? Sophie: Actually, I don’t have much trouble with those. What’s still quite tricky, though, is when someone mentions a person or an event, perhaps in their country’s history (10). Interviewer: So, do you normally deal with big private firms or with state institutions like local government. Sophie: Well, I was once contacted by an insurance company and I did a job for them, but nearly always it’s a case of an agency asking if I’d be willing to do a particular text (11). Interviewer: That mush speed things up a lot. Sophie: Yes, but it can still be a very long working day. I don’t mind which part of the day 18. D 19. D 20. A
I’m working though – that’s one of the advantages of working from home. Interviewer: How do you see the long – term future of translating? Will it continue to be a good area to work in? Sophie: Oh, I think so. Professional standards are higher than they’ve ever been, and the increasingly wide range of languages used internationally means that the demand for high- quality translation will keep growing for many years to come (12).