深圳大学 赖小琪
这些天的所有慌乱与担忧，随着昨天下午在院办举行的都柏林大学面试的结束而结束。几天前，很多老师和同学问我香港那边申请得如何，可是我只能无奈地说要等进一步通知。不仅我如此，我认识的很多同学，只要是申请商学院的，都陷入愁雾之中。一年之前我以为申请香港那边的大学是不太困难的，因为我的前两届师兄师姐都有成功地申请到那边的学校，他们的学业成绩以及雅思都不见得比我有优势。由于香港离深圳比较近，教育在世界来讲也是一流的，家人也想我去那边读，以后可以经常回家，所以我就决定申请香港了。可是轮到我申请时，申请香港的人数急剧增加，可能翻了一倍甚至两倍也不一定，这大概是我的漫无边际的等待的原因。由于深大不算是重点，所以香港那边的大学肯定先考虑重点大学的学生，再来考虑我们的。虽然很多人和我说，香港那边一般要很迟才通知你是否被录取的，要五月甚至七月，然而我心里多多少少有些失落，甚至不敢抱太大的希望了。
All the panic and concern had dissipated along with the ending of the interview held by Dublin University in our Business School yesterday afternoon. A couple of days ago, many teachers and classmates asked me about my application for the schools in HK, but I had to tell them that I was still waiting for the offer. I am not the only one who meets this situation. Many of my classmates, as long as they applied for the course in Business School in HK, also did the same. All of us sank into the mist of desperation. One year ago, I thought that applying for schools in HK was not very difficult, because I knew some of my senior schoolmates who had successfully applied and their academic performance as well as the score of IELTS was not better than mine. Due to the short distance between HK and Shenzhen, as well as HK’s first-class education, I decide to study there. I can still go back home often. But when it is my turn to apply, the number of applicants has increased drastically this year by twice or even three times! That may be the reason why I have to wait endlessly. As our school is not famous, universities in HK will definitely give their priority to students in famous school, and then us. Though many people told me the final applying result tends to come out late, maybe in May or even July, I feel discouraged and hopeless.
后来打电话给乐小芳老师，问了一下都柏林大学的情况，于是在最后一天抱着试一试的心态交上了成绩单和雅思成绩。前天晚上得到通知说昨天中午12点半要进行面试，于是花了一个小时左右的时间浏览了一下那所大学的网页，看一下相关的课程。昨天中午12点30分准时到了面试现场，发现到处站满了人，心里压力莫名剧增。其实面试我是不怕的，特别是英文面试，因为也是第一次了，经验也丰富了。另外我对自己的口语是信心十足的，不管被问到什么问题，我都可以自圆其说。人数太多，我居然被排到了我们组的最后一位，除了无语，我只能耐心地等待。中途和几个一起参加面试的同学聊天，发现大家都很优秀，相比之下我的学业就稍逊一筹了。每面试完一个同学，大家都围着他问他相关情况，比如说问了什么问题啊等等。
Later I phoned a teacher, Ms Yue, inquiring about Dublin university. Then harboring an attitude of simply trying, I handed in the materials of my academic performance and IELTS score. The night before, I was informed to receive interview at 12:30 the next day. Therefore, I spent some one hour looking through the school’s website and the relevant information about the course I was going to apply for. I arrived at the venue at 12:30 on time, realizing that there were a huge amount of people standing nearby. Pressure amounted in my mind. Actually I was not afraid of the interview itself, especially when it came to English interview, coz’ it was not my first time to do it and I was totally experienced. The second reason was that I showed great confidence in my spoken English. Whatever I was asked of, I could answer satisfactorily. As there were too many students waiting to be interviewed, and I was arranged to be the last one, I felt speechless about the arrangement and had to wait and wait. During the course of waiting, I chatted with some students and realized all of them were super. Compared with them, I was somewhat humble in my study. Every time a student came out of the office, everyone would circle him or her to ask what was going on.
终于轮到我了。我一进去办公室就先和那个考官打招呼“Good afternoon, Sir!”，他也善意地回应我，一直保持着微笑着。接着我调侃式地说：“I am the last one to be interviewed in this group, but I also hope that I will still be a one to receive an offer!” 他听了忍不住笑了起来，说了一句：“Yeah, it is up to your performance, not my subjective decision.” 接着他就开始问我问题了。首先他问我的学业成绩，以及雅思等关于学习的情况。然后他问了我两个问题，这些问题我敢肯定都没有问过之前的学生，因为他们出来时并没有说问到这些。第一个是“Why do you choose our school and choose accounting as your preference?” 谢天谢地，幸好看了他们的网页了解了他们的一些情况，所以答起来也不难。第二个是：“What is the greatest difficulty you have ever met in your life and how did you overcome it?” 这个问题我可能练了N次了，所以也很快答出来了。中间不知道是不是我说了什么话让他觉得幽默，他笑得很厉害，其实我不觉得有什么好笑，但是也只有陪着笑。办公室外面的同学后来都问我为什么我们里面笑得这么大声，我也不知道怎么回答。呵呵！最后他赞了我一句：“Your English is perfect. You will definitely get an offer from our school!” 听到了这句话，一切尘埃落定，我也如释重负。本来还想和他聊几句，可是由于第二组的学生没有面试完，所以可能要分到我们这组来，我也不想耽搁其他同学的时间，于是便离开了。
It was my turn finally! I went into the office and greeted the interviewer by saying “Good afternoon, Sir!” he reponded to me kindly and kept a smile all the time. Then I jokingly said, “I am the last one to be interviewed in this group, but I also hope that I will still be a one to receive your offer!” Hearing this, he could not help laughing and said, “Yeah, it is up to your performance, not my subjective decision.” Then he began asking me questions. First of all, he aske me about my academic performance and the score of IELTS. Then he asked me two questions that I was sure he did not asked any other student. One of them was “Why do you choose ouru school and choose accounting as your preference?” Thank Goodness! I had looked through their web the night before, so I knew how to tailor my answer. The second question was “What is the greatest difficulty you have ever met in your life and how did you overcome it?” I guessed I had practised this topic for thousands of times, so I gave the answer very quickly and fluently. I was not sure whether I had spoken something humorous. The interviewer was laughing happily, though I felt what I said was nothing funny. But still I had to laugh at the same time to show my manners. Many of my classmates later asked me why we laughed so loudly in the office and I did not know how to answer. Aha! Finally he complimented me by saying “Your English is perferct, and you will definitely get an offer from our school!” Hearing this, my floating heart got back to the group. I had meant to chat with him for an extra moment, but as the second group’s interview still did not conclude, the students there would be re-arranged to our group. So in order not to occupy other students’ time, I left.
在这里我要向一些同学朋友表示感谢！首先感谢乐小芳老师，为我提供相关的信息，并且有什么困难都热心地帮助我。其实院办的很多老师都很好，让我们感受到了学院的温暖。另外要感谢展灵，在面试前一个晚上为我提供相关的经验。他和我说了一句经典的话：“如果你要考官对你笑，你先要对他笑。”这可能是后面我让考官哈哈大笑的原因，因为本身我也不太“正经”，平时和别人交往也是嘻嘻哈哈的。再要感谢gloria在面试前一晚买了KFC给我。其实在吃之前我还在犹豫要不要吃，因为是一个大汉堡，里面是炸鸡块，我怕吃了喉咙不行，影响第二天面试，不过最后还是敌不过KFC的魅力而吃完了，饱得我倒在椅子上动不了。再就是感谢面试现场支持鼓励我的“战友”们！后来得知还有挺多同学拿到了offer，心里也替他们感到高兴。以后我们就可以一起坐飞机去上学了，哈哈！
Here I would like to express my wholehearted gratitude to my friends and classmates. I would like to deliver my gratefulness to Ms Yue who provide me with related information and helped me out of troubles. Actualy many teachers in our school offices are very kind, which makes us fully sense the warmth of our school. The next one I would like to thank is Zhanling who shared with me some precious experience the night before I went to the interview. He told me a typical sentence that if you want the interviewer to smile to you, you must smile to him first! Maybe that is why I could make the interviewer laugh happily. Actually I am not a very serious man in life and often play around with my friends. I also want to thank Gloria who bought KFC for me the night before. Actually I was somewhat hesitant whether I should eat the big hamburger or not, because inside the hamburger there was a large piece of fried chicken that might cause my throat to be hoarse. But at last I was defeated by its charm. After finishing KFC, I was too full to move in my chair. Finally I would like to thank all my fellow students who also received interview for their support and encouragement. I learnt later that many students received offers and felt happy for them. I wish we could fly to the school together in the future! Aha! |
