Describe a goal you want to achieve in the future

這張題卡的準備方式

這張題卡（cue card）要求的是一個真實的未來計畫，所以最好的回答會選一個夠具體、能描述出真實計畫的目標，例如某項資格、某個職涯步驟、某個語言程度，而不是像「being happy」這樣籠統的目標，因為那會讓第二個要點「你打算如何達成」沒有任何具體內容可說。

「how you plan to achieve it」這一項是這張題卡的核心，所以值得事先規劃兩三個實際的步驟：你現在已經在做什麼、接下來是什麼，以及最終的結果是什麼樣子，而不是只說一句模糊的「I’ll work hard」，因為考官聽過太多次，而且沒有什麼內容可以評估。

「how long it will take」這一項要說得實際又具體，例如大約幾年或一個目標日期，因為含糊的時間範圍，會讓人覺得你沒有認真想過這個目標；最後說明「why it matters」時，給出個人的理由，而不是像「for a better life」這樣籠統的理由。

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：

• goal: what specifically
• plan: concrete steps, current progress
• timeframe: realistic estimate
• why important: personal reason

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。

I’d like to talk about my goal of eventually qualifying as a chartered accountant, which is something I decided on fairly seriously about two years ago, once I’d finished my undergraduate degree and started working in a junior finance role. My plan involves several concrete stages rather than one big leap: I’m currently studying for the first set of professional exams alongside my job, which takes up most weekday evenings and a fair chunk of most weekends, and once those are finished I’ll need to complete a set number of years of supervised work experience before I can apply for the full qualification. Realistically, I expect the whole process to take somewhere between four and five years from when I started, since the exams themselves are staged over a couple of years and the required work experience runs alongside them rather than afterwards. It’s genuinely a long-term goal, and there have already been a few stretches where progress has felt slower than I’d like, particularly when work gets busy and study time gets squeezed. The main reason this goal matters to me is that my father worked in a fairly unstable industry for most of his career, and watching that uncertainty affect our family growing up made me want a profession with clearer, more internationally recognised progression, rather than anything about status for its own sake. It’s also become something of a stepping stone in my own mind towards eventually working abroad, since the qualification is respected in several countries, which matters to me for reasons beyond the job itself.

這張題卡的常見錯誤

• 選了太模糊、無法描述真實計畫的目標，例如「being successful」。
• 對「how you plan to achieve it」只給一個籠統的打算，沒有具體的步驟。
• 說出不切實際或極度含糊的時間範圍，而不是真實的估計。
• 用籠統的理由而不是個人的理由，來說明這個目標為什麼重要。