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Mental Health Counselling Intake Session
Counsellor (speaking English) and Client (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Mental Health Counselling Intake Session”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Welcome, this is our first counselling session together, and I would like to understand what has been troubling you lately, if that's okay with you.
最近工作压力特别大，晚上总是睡不着，脑子里一直想着会不会被裁员，白天也没什么精神。
Could you tell me how long you have been feeling this way, and how your sleep and appetite have been affected recently?
大概有三个星期了吧，每天可能就睡四个小时，胃口也不太好，有时候一整天都不想吃东西。
Under Medicare, your GP can refer you for six subsidised counselling sessions through a mental health care plan, which really helps with costs.
真的吗？如果有六次这样的咨询真的帮很大忙，不过我还没去看过家庭医生，这样是不是没办法申请这个计划？
If you haven't seen a GP yet, today's session won't be subsidised, but we can arrange a proper referral straight after we finish.
好的，我明白了，那今天这次我自己付费也没关系，只要之后能帮我转诊就行。对了，如果晚上情绪特别不好，有没有电话可以求助？
You can also call Lifeline anytime on 13 11 14, since they're available 24 hours a day, every single day of the week.
13 11 14，好，我记下来了，知道随时都能打真的安心多了，谢谢你。
Let's schedule your next appointment for next Tuesday at 10 am, if that suits you, and we can review your progress then.
没问题，星期二早上十点我可以，我会准时来的，谢谢你今天耐心跟我聊这么多。
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
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- medicare直接说英文 Medicare，不用翻译，因为这是专有名词，中文里没有对应词。
- counselling sessions说“心理咨询”或“辅导会谈”，视上下文可说“咨询/辅导课程”。
- mental health care plan说“心理健康治疗计划”，并可补充说明是GP开的、用于Medicare报销心理咨询费用的计划。
- lifeline直接说英文 Lifeline，因为这是机构专有名词。
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