Path to Success – Test 8

Tutor: Right Stewart, well I’ve read your draft report on your work placement at the Central Museum Association Sounds as if you had an interesting time. So you ended up making a film for them?

Stewart: Yeah. It was a film to train the employees in different museums in the techniques they should use for labelling ancient objects without damaging them. Some of them are really fragile.

Tutor: OK. So in your report, you go through the main stages in making the film. Let’s discuss that in a little more detail. You had to find a location – somewhere to shoot the film.

Stewart: That took quite a few days because I had to look at different museums all over the country, but I’d allowed time for it. (Q21) And even though it was the middle of winter, there wasn’t any snow (= good weather conditions), so I didn’t have any transport problems (=> E) [Và mặc dù đang là giữa mùa đông nhưng không có tuyết nên tôi không gặp vấn đề gì khi di chuyển]

Tutor: Right. Did you have to decide what equipment you’d need for the filming?

Stewart: (Q22) Yes. I think they were quite surprised at how well I managed that. It was just the luck of the draw actually, I’d done that project with you last year (= work on a previous assignment). (=> I) [Đúng. Tôi nghĩ họ đã khá ngạc nhiên về cách tôi quản lý việc  đó tốt như thế nào. Thực ra đó chỉ là sự may mắn thôi , tôi đã thực hiện dự án đó với bạn vào năm ngoái]

Tutor: Oh, on recording technology? So you knew a bit about it from that, right.

Stewart: Yeah. (Q23) What I found really hard was actually writing the script. I had a deadline for that but the Association had to extend it (= being allowed extra time) (=> C). [Điều tôi thấy thực sự khó khăn là viết kịch bản. Tôi đã có hạn chót cho việc đó nhưng Hiệp hội đã phải gia hạn thêm] I couldn’t have done it otherwise. 

Tutor: Would it have helped if you’d had some training there?

Stewart: I think you’re right, I probably needed that, yeah.

Tutor: Right. Now from your draft report it sounds as if you had one or two problems deciding who was going to actually appear in the video.

Stewart: The casting? Yeah. I’d expected that the people who worked for the Association would be really keen on taking part. 

Tutor: But they weren’t?

Stewart: The thing was, they were all so busy. And it did mean some of them had to travel. (Q24) But Janice King, who I was reporting to for the project (= manager). She was great. She arranged for people to have time off and for their work to be covered (= support) (=> G). [Trừ Janice King, người mà tôi sẽ nộp báo cáo cho dự án lên cho. Cô ấy thật tuyệt. Cô ấy sắp xếp để mọi người có thời gian nghỉ ngơi và đảm nhận công việc của họ.] So that was a big help for me. 

Tutor: Right. And it sounds like the filming itself went well. (Q25) I gather you found a company who provided an online introduction (= information on a website) to the techniques. (=> B) [Tôi tin rằng bạn đã tìm thấy một công ty cung cấp giới thiệu trực tuyến về các kỹ thuật]

Stewart: Yeah. It was really informative and very user-friendly. I learned a lot from it.

Tutor: And then the editing?

Stewart: (Q26) For that, the Association put me in touch with someone who works for one of the big movie companies (= meeting a professional filmmaker) and I went down to the studio and sat with him (=> D) [Vì vậy, Hiệp hội đã giúp tôi liên lạc với một người làm việc cho một trong những công ty điện ảnh lớn và tôi đã xuống trường quay và ngồi với anh ấy] in front of his computer for a day, learning how to cut and paste, and deal with the soundtrack and so on. 

Tutor: So was that all?

Stewart: No, I didn’t include this in my draft report but I had to design the cover for the DVD as well… the lettering and everything.

Tutor: Have you done any of that sort of design work before?

Stewart: No, but (Q27) I did a rough draft and then talked it through with a couple of my mates and they gave me some more ideas (= advice from friends) (=> A) [Tôi đã làm một bản nháp sơ bộ và sau đó nói chuyện với một vài người bạn của tôi và họ đã cho tôi thêm một số ý tưởng], and when I’d finished it, I showed it to the people who worked at the Association and they really liked it.

Tutor: Excellent.

Tutor: Now as well as your own draft report, I’ve also received some written evaluation from the Association on the work you did during your placement, and how it was of benefit to them. I noticed that you haven’t included anything on that in your report yet.

Stewart: How my project benefited the Association, you mean? So do I have to include that?

Tutor: Yes.

Stewart: Well, let’s think … I suppose if I hadn’t made the film for them, they’d have had to get an outside company to do it. (Q28) But because I was actually working for the Association, I’d got much more of a feeling for (= understanding of) what their aims are.  [Nhưng vì tôi đang thực sự làm việc cho Hiệp hội nên tôi có nhiều cảm giác hơn về mục tiêu của họ là gì] Things like their responsibility for the conservation of the exhibits. I don’t think an outside company would have had that understanding, they’d have been more detached.

(Cho phép các đáp án: objectives/goals)

Tutor: Right. And the Association also said that because of your background, you had a good idea of where to go to get the best deal for the equipment you needed. They said the saving in expense made it worthwhile even though sourcing it took quite a bit of time.

Stewart: Yes, that’s true.

Tutor: (Q29) The Association also said making the film had a very positive effect in getting staff to work together more closely (= increased co-operation) [Hiệp hội cũng cho biết việc làm phim có tác dụng rất tích cực trong việc khiến cho các nhân viên làm việc với nhau chặt chẽ hơn]

Stewart: Oh. I hadn’t heard that. That’s good. And certainly, people weren’t afraid to tell me what they thought about it as I was making it, so (Q30) I was able to get lots of feedback at every stage (= continuous). [Tôi đã nhận được rất nhiều phản hồi ở mọi giai đoạn] That was useful for me but it also meant the final product worked better for them.

Tutor: Can you think of any other benefits?

Stewart: Well, I don’t think they’d really thought out what they’d do with the film once it was made. I made quite a few suggestions for the distribution – other people we could send it to as well as museum staff.

Tutor: Yes, they mentioned that. OK, good, well it sounds like they certainly …