Describe a job you would like to do in the future

這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡（cue card）著眼於未來，所以考官測試的是你用假設語氣談話和給出理由的能力，而不只是描述現在的事實。陷阱是只用一句話表明志向（「I want to be a doctor because it’s a good job」），然後就無話可說。比較好的做法，是選一份你能具體描述的工作：一般的一天要做什麼、需要什麼訓練或資格，以及一個除了薪水或地位之外、對你有吸引力的具體個人理由。

你不需要有一個完整成形的職涯規劃。一份你感到好奇的工作，哪怕你還在考慮中，也有很多可以談的內容，只要你能說明是什麼吸引了你，以及實際上要走哪些步驟才能得到它，這直接回答了「explain」那一行。

花大約20秒說出這份工作，用30～40秒談它需要的技能或特質，其餘的時間分給它為什麼吸引你，以及你實際上需要做什麼才能得到它；最後這一部分自然會用到未來和條件的表達，有助於展現文法的範圍。

讓回答更出色的詞彙

1分鐘準備計畫

在1分鐘的準備時間裡，可以寫下：

• job: something in product design, tech
• skills: creativity, attention to detail, some coding
• appeal: making things people actually use daily
• to get there: short course, build a portfolio, apply
• closing: current job is a stepping stone toward it

範例回答

以下是這張題卡完整回答的一種寫法，用來示範結構和程度，不是要你照背。你自己的職涯興趣應該決定真正的內容。

A job I’d genuinely like to do at some point in the future is something in product design, ideally for a technology company, designing the kind of apps or tools that ordinary people use every day. It’s not a field I’m formally trained in yet, but it’s something I’ve become increasingly interested in over the last couple of years, partly through a bit of self-teaching in my spare time. As far as I understand it, the role requires a mix of creativity and quite careful attention to detail, along with a basic understanding of how the technical side works, even if you’re not writing the code yourself.

What appeals to me most about it is the idea of making something that genuinely improves how people go about small parts of their day, rather than producing something abstract that nobody actually uses. My current job has some transferable skills — I already do a fair amount of problem-solving and working with feedback from colleagues — but to actually get into product design properly, I’d realistically need to do a short course to build up the technical basics and then put together a portfolio of practice projects, since that seems to matter more to employers in this field than formal qualifications alone. It would mean a fair amount of extra work outside my current job for a while, but I see my current role as something of a stepping stone rather than a final destination.

這張題卡的常見錯誤

• 說出工作名稱，卻除了「it pays well」或「it’s interesting」之外沒有真正的理由。
• 忽略「skills it requires」這一項，直接跳到個人的吸引力。
• 談一份你還沒有的工作時，全程用現在式。
• 把「explain」那一行只用一句模糊的話帶過，而不是實際而具體的步驟。