Wednesday, May 18, 2005
The result of "the IELTS accident"
After lunch, Bill asked me if I could meet Mark after 16:00. I said yes. Somehow, Bill looked at me hesitately before asking me. I could see what that would be about.
It was 10 to 16:00 when I arrived at LI and Mark was busy, so I had a short chat with Carol (Carol Tebutt, namely Carol the boss) who was in Christina's office (Carol was doing Christina's task because she'd got a broken arm and was unavailable for a while). It didn't last too long as Mark came to me.
I was right - Mark was going to talk about the IELTS. At first he asked me as if I had a good weekend. I have to say it was not that good due to the big accident. Then we talked about what had happened last Saturday. Actually I realize that he wanted to help me but absolutely could do nothing about it, so I wasn't that agitated these days.
"By the way, you have applied for the fast-result, haven't you?""Yes. So I'll get it this friday...!?" No sooner than finishing my words had I been stunned. Mark took out an envelope and placed it in front of me. It shouldn't be that fast...?
"Riiiing~~~~!!" The telephone rang, and Mark picked it up. I thought it was Mark's official business, but soon I realized that I was wrong.
"Oh, hi! Yes, he's arrived here right now. Yes, he looks okay. All right, call me 10 miniutes later." Obviously it's from Bill, and no wonder he looked at me in that way when he asked me at lunch time.
With Mark's permission, I opened the envelope. Before I exactly saw the marks, my prediction came up to my mind again: speaking= 7, listening=6 or 6.5, reading=6.5 or 7, writing=?? (task1=??, task2=6 ); that is, "to pass or to fail" definitely depends on writing.
After I exactly saw the score, I was stunned again. I got 6 in the writing, and also the other 3 parts went approximately the same way as I'd predicted. In other words, I get 6.5 for overall band !! How could it be since I'd failed task1!?
According to Mark, I got 5 in task1 and 7 (!) in task2 which worth more than the forth. Now I'm sure I should have got 7 for overall if I hadn't gone to the toilet and had finished task1; but any way, I'm satisfied since I finally make it after 4 times of challenges.
I would say thank you to those who have tought me and treated me kindly, including Arizio, Bill, Carol(s), Claire, Colleen, George, Katherine(s), Kylie(s), Mark and Meg. I would especially appreciate Katherine as I shouldn't have passed this time if there weren't her class as well as her advices on introduction and conclusion. (Yes, you're right, Ketherine. It really works well!)
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2 comments:
hey, belated congrat, Sam! :)
Thanks.
How are you doing now? (You never reply my mail, did you?)
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