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Your First Weeks in Granville
Settlement caseworker (speaking English) and New arrival (speaking Russian) talk through “Your First Weeks in Granville”. You interpret both ways — English into Russian, and Russian into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Ms Orlova, let's go through your first weeks together. Today we'll cover Medicare, Centrelink, a bank account and school for your daughter.
Model answer and marking points
Госпожа Орлова, давайте вместе разберёмся с тем, что вам нужно сделать в первые недели. Сегодня мы обсудим Medicare, Centrelink, банковский счёт и школу для вашей дочери.
What an examiner checks here:
- Ms Orlova addressed
- Review first weeks together
- Medicare and Centrelink
- Bank account
- School for her daughter
Easy to miss: Keep all four topics, including school for the daughter.
Хорошо, спасибо. Я немного растерялась, здесь для меня всё ново. С чего мы начнём?
Model answer and marking points
All right, thank you. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed; everything here is new to me. Where shall we start?
What an examiner checks here:
- Agrees and thanks the speaker
- Feels a little overwhelmed
- Everything here is new to her
- question: where will they start?
Easy to miss: Keep the final sentence as a question.
First, Medicare. Without a card, you may pay full price to see a doctor. We'll apply at the Services Australia centre Wednesday at half past nine. Bring your passport.
Model answer and marking points
Начнём с Medicare. Без карты вам, возможно, придётся заплатить полную стоимость приёма у врача. Мы подадим заявление в центре Services Australia в среду в половине десятого утра. Возьмите с собой паспорт.
What an examiner checks here:
- Medicare first
- Without a card, may pay full price to see a doctor
- Apply at a Services Australia centre
- Wednesday
- 9:30 am
- Bring passport
Easy to miss: Half past nine means 9:30, and paying full price is a possibility, not a certainty.
А если я что-нибудь забуду? Паспорт у меня есть, а вот письмо о визе, кажется, осталось дома.
Model answer and marking points
What if I forget something? I have my passport, but I think I left the visa letter at home.
What an examiner checks here:
- question: what if she forgets something?
- Has her passport
- Thinks the visa letter was left at home
Easy to miss: She is uncertain whether the visa letter is at home.
Please bring the visa letter; Medicare may ask for it. If you can't find it, tell me. Next, Centrelink: you'll upload documents in myGov, so we'll set up your account first.
Model answer and marking points
Пожалуйста, возьмите с собой письмо о визе: его могут попросить при оформлении Medicare. Если не сможете его найти, скажите мне. Теперь о Centrelink: вы будете загружать документы через myGov, поэтому сначала мы создадим вам учётную запись.
What an examiner checks here:
- Bring visa letter
- Medicare may request it
- Tell the speaker if unable to find it
- Centrelink next
- Upload documents through myGov
- Set up myGov account first
Easy to miss: The myGov account must be set up before uploading documents.
Ясно, письмо поищу. А банковский счёт я смогу открыть сама, или мне понадобится помощь?
Model answer and marking points
I see. I'll look for the letter. Will I be able to open a bank account myself, or will I need help?
What an examiner checks here:
- Understands
- Will look for the letter
- question: can she open a bank account herself?
- question: will she need help?
Easy to miss: She asks whether she can open the account herself; she does not say she needs help.
You can open an account yourself, but I'll come to help next week. Never share your PIN or myGov password; a real bank won't ask for it by phone.
Model answer and marking points
Вы можете открыть счёт самостоятельно, но на следующей неделе я пойду с вами, чтобы помочь. Никогда никому не сообщайте свой ПИН-код или пароль от myGov: настоящий банк не станет запрашивать их по телефону.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can open an account herself
- Speaker will accompany her to help
- Next week
- Never share PIN
- Never share myGov password
- A real bank will not request these by phone
Easy to miss: Keep the prohibition on sharing both the PIN and the myGov password.
Поняла, никому не скажу. А моя дочь, ей пятнадцать лет, уже две недели сидит дома. Когда она сможет пойти в школу?
Model answer and marking points
I understand. I won't tell anyone. My daughter is fifteen, and she's already been at home for two weeks. When will she be able to start school?
What an examiner checks here:
- Understands and will not tell anyone
- Daughter is fifteen
- Daughter has been at home for two weeks already
- question: when can her daughter start school?
Easy to miss: Do not confuse the daughter's age of fifteen with the two weeks she has spent at home.
We'll enrol her at a local public high school. The school must confirm her start date once enrolment is arranged. I'll call them Monday.
Model answer and marking points
Мы запишем её в местную государственную среднюю школу. Когда зачисление будет оформлено, школа должна подтвердить дату начала занятий для вашей дочери. Я позвоню туда в понедельник.
What an examiner checks here:
- Enrol daughter at a local public high school
- School must confirm her start date
- Confirmation once enrolment is arranged
- Speaker will call the school Monday
Easy to miss: Monday is the day of the phone call, not the daughter's confirmed school start date.
А если я не пойму, что мне говорят? Мой английский пока очень слабый, я даже по телефону не могу ответить.
Model answer and marking points
What if I don't understand what they're saying to me? My English is still very limited; I can't even answer the phone.
What an examiner checks here:
- question: what if she cannot understand what people say to her?
- English is still very limited
- Cannot even answer the phone
Easy to miss: Keep the negation and the emphasis that she cannot even answer the phone.
You won't be alone. I'll book a TIS National interpreter for our appointments. At the bank or school, just tell them you need an interpreter.
Model answer and marking points
Вы не останетесь без помощи. Я закажу переводчика через TIS National для наших встреч. В банке или школе просто скажите, что вам нужен переводчик.
What an examiner checks here:
- She will not be alone
- Speaker will book a TIS National interpreter
- Interpreter for their appointments
- At bank or school, say an interpreter is needed
Easy to miss: The speaker will book an interpreter for their appointments; she should request one at the bank or school.
Спасибо вам большое, теперь мне спокойнее. В среду в половине десятого я буду готова и письмо о визе обязательно возьму.
Model answer and marking points
Thank you very much. I feel more at ease now. I'll be ready on Wednesday at half past nine, and I'll definitely bring the visa letter.
What an examiner checks here:
- Thanks the speaker warmly
- Feels more at ease now
- Will be ready Wednesday
- 9:30
- Will definitely bring visa letter
Easy to miss: Половина десятого means 9:30, not 10:30.
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- MedicareГоворить просто «Medicare» как есть, это устоявшееся название собственной системы, аналогов которой нет в русскоязычных странах.
- CentrelinkОставить как есть — «Centrelink», это имя собственное и переводить не нужно.
- Services AustraliaОставить как 'Services Australia' — это официальное название агентства, транслитерация не нужна.
- myGovОставить как есть — «myGov», это имя собственное сервиса.
- TIS NationalОставить как есть — сказать «TIS National», можно добавить короткое пояснение «служба телефонного перевода», но название не переводится как отдельный термин.
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