(代PO心得)
【多益TOEIC学员资料】
学校及科系：Monash University Foundation Program
多益TOEIC 正式考试成绩：Listening：495分、Reading：475分
多益正式考试总分：TOEIC 970分
多益TOEIC 正式考试日期：2018年1月28日
【多益TOEIC准备心得】
Hi! I’m Amber and I took the TOEIC prep class in 2018. I’m 16 (I was 13
when I took TOEIC) and I am currently enrolled in the Foundation Program at
Monash University. At the time, I had just moved back to Taiwan after
studying in Canada for 3 years and had some free time before school starts,
so I decided to take TOEIC just to see how I’d do (and also in case there’s
a chance I can use it in the future).
嗨！我是Amber，我在2018年参加了美加的TOEIC课程。我目前16岁（上课时是13岁），就
读于蒙纳士大学的基础课程。当时，我在加拿大学习了3年后回到台湾，并在开学前有一
些空闲时间，所以我决定参加TOEIC测试看看自己的程度到哪（也是以防万一在未来可能
会派上用场）。
I pretty much spent my entire education in a fully English environment
(American school then Canada), but I definitely don’t consider myself as
fluent as a native speaker and I feel like being semi-fluent in the language
isn’t quite the same as taking a standardized test. For one, conversing with
someone (or even just listening to a conversation) is not even remotely
similar to answering listening questions on a test. Since I’ve never taken a
standardized English test like TOEIC, I wasn’t familiar with the types of
questions that will be on the test, its format, or anything at all, which is
why I went to Merica. I get stressed easily, especially with tests, so the
prep classes really helped me not only practice with and understand the
contents of the test but also allow me to feel fully prepared with the little
tips and tricks come test day.
我的求学过程几乎都是在全英语环境中（先是美国学校，然后是到加拿大），但我完全不
认为自己说英语会像母语人士一样流利，即便我会说半流利的英语，但这还是跟参加标准
化考试不太一样。对于我来说，与某人交谈（甚至只是听一个对话）与在考试中回答听力
测验的问题是几乎没有相似之处的。由于我从未参加过像TOEIC这样的标准化英语考试，
因此我对考试所涉及的问题类型、考试形式或所有内容都一无所知，这也是为什么我会选
择到美加上课。我很容易感到压力，特别是在进行考试时，因此补习班确实帮助我练习和
理解考试内容，而且使我对考试当天的一些小技巧和窍门有了很充分的准备。
A lot of people assume I could easily get the full score because I studied in
Canada, but this was not the case. Although I wouldn’t necessarily say it
was a “struggle” to receive a score in the 900s, I still faced a few
problems. Overall, I didn’t have any big challenges, but rather a lot of
little problems here and there in each section.
很多人都认为我在加拿大上过学，应该很轻松就可以获得满分，但事实并非如此。虽然对
我来说，获得900分以上不会是一件非常困难的事，但我仍然会面临一些问题。总体而言
，我没有遇到什么太大的挑战，但是在每个部分中到处都有很多小问题。
First off, I’ve never properly learned any grammar rules before going to
Merica for TOEIC prep because I never actually “learned” English. At first,
when we looked at practice questions in class, I was pretty confident with
the grammar questions because it didn’t seem very hard to me and most of the
answers came to me naturally. However, I found that I didn’t always do as
well as I thought I would’ve. Since I haven’t I’ve always just “felt”
for the correct answer, usually just by mouthing the sentence to see which
answer sounded the best, I never really had any trouble with grammar in
writing, but in TOEIC, I feel like actually knowing how to apply grammar
rules is very important because it makes the whole process easier and finding
the correct answer quicker. The grammar in TOEIC actually isn’t very
difficult, and with the help of my teachers, I improved very quickly.
首先，去美加报名TOEIC课程之前，因为我从未真正“学习过”英文，所以我对文法规则
几乎没什么了解。一开始，在课堂上看练习题时，我对文法问题是很有信心的，因为看起
来似乎不太难，而且大多数答案在我看来都还满理所当然的。但渐渐地我发现自己的表现
并不总是像我想的那样美好。因为我无法总是靠语感找到正确的答案。我从未在文法方面
遇到任何麻烦，但是在TOEIC考试中，我意识到正确应用文法规则的重要性，因为这可以
使整个解题过程更加轻松，并更快地找到正确的答案。TOEIC的文法实际上并不难，在老
师的帮助下，我进步得很快。
For listening, I’m not accustomed to the way I have to pay attention to
every word that is said, because it’s quite different from a real in-person
conversation. But at Merica, my teachers taught me how to listen to the
recordings and connect them back to the questions in a more efficient manner,
so that I could easily focus on the important aspects of each recording
without having to strain myself too much or lose focus near the end of the
section. For me, I think the key was to not try too hard (it sounds like
weird advice, I know), especially at the beginning where the recordings are
shorter. This is because it leaves you with more energy to focus at the end
where the recordings are longer.
听力部分，我不太习惯要专注于每个说话细节，因为这与真实的面对面交谈不太相同。但
是美加的老师教我如何更有效地聆听录音，并将内容与问题联系起来，这样我就可以比较
轻松地专注于几个重点就好，而不必字字都要听进去，使自己在结尾时容易失去专注力。
对我而言，我认为关键是不要太努力（我知道这听起来像是很奇怪的建议），尤其是在听
力内容较短的前几题，这是因为这样你会有更多精力专注于录音较长的后半部分。
Overall, this class really helped me with testing techniques that I, as
someone who has not ever had any experience with TOEIC or other tests, would
not have known. I would definitely recommend taking classes (it doesn’t have
to be long term, just a few classes during break should be fine too) before
taking TOEIC, especially if you don’t have prior experience with this kind
of testing because prep classes don’t just help people boost their scores,
they also help with understanding the structure of the test, which makes
testing day so much easier as you’ll be used to the types of question on the
test.
总体而言，这门课程确实为我提供了许多实用的解题技巧及逻辑，这些是我从来不知道的
。我相当建议大家在参加TOEIC考试前报名课程（不一定要是长期的，也可以利用空闲时
参加短暂的课程），特别是没有此类考试的经验人。因为补习课程没有不仅可以帮助你提
高分数，还可以帮助你理解考试结构，这会使你在考试当天，解题变得更容易，因为你会
提前习惯考试中的问题类型。
One of the things I’ve noticed is that TOEIC is more affordable than other
English tests, so don’t worry if you don’t get your dream score the first
time around. Preparing early also helps, because I’ve seen a few people who
don’t have more time to retake the test in my class, so if you want more
time to prepare, I would definitely suggest doing it earlier rather than
later. As TOEIC scores are valid for 2 years, it’s totally fine to take the
test a bit earlier, even when you don’t need it at the moment, so that when
you do need the score, you already have it (or you can take it again without
needing to prepare). Finally, the most important thing is to just relax and
do your best!
我注意到的一件事是，TOEIC比其他英语考试更实惠，所以不用担心在第一次没有达到自
己的理想成绩。而尽早准备也有好处，因为我有看见一些没有多余时间重新参加考试的人
，因此，如果你希望有更于育的时间来准备考试，我绝对建议你早些而不是晚些。由于
TOEIC分数的有效期为2年，因此，即使您暂时不需要这份成绩，也可以早一点参加考试，
这样一来，当你确实有需要分数时，就已经有现成的了。最后，最重要的就是放轻松并尽
力而为！