爱尔兰兽医的英语未能通过澳大利亚签证所需的电脑考试
Irish vet's English fails Australian computer visa test
爱尔兰兽医的英语未能通过澳大利亚签证所需的电脑考试
爱尔兰兽医的英语未能通过澳大利亚签证所需的电脑考试
An Irish vet with two university degrees has been told by a computerised test that her spoken English is not good enough for an Australian visa.
一位拥有两个大学学位的爱尔兰兽医被告知，因为未能通过电脑上的口语测试，而未能获得澳大利亚的签证。
Louise Kennedy, originally from County Wicklow, applied for permanent residency after two years in Australia.
Louise Kennedy，来自（小编注：爱尔兰的）威克洛郡，在澳大利亚生活了两年之后，决定要申请永久居留。
She had been working as a vet in Queensland.
她在此之前，她在昆士兰做兽医。
Ms Kennedy told the Irish Independent she thought there had been a mistake after she had failed the oral section of an English test.
Kennedy女士告诉爱尔兰独立报说，当她得知自己的口语考试没有通过的时候，她认为一定是弄错了。
“It was even such a pain to take the whole day off work to do the test and then be told I can't speak English," she said.
“其实请了一天的假，去参加这个考试已经让我很不爽了，而且还被告知我不会讲英语，”她说。
The mandatory test involved writing, reading and speaking, with the oral section scored by voice-recognition technology.
这个强制性的考试包括：写作、阅读和口语，而口语部分是靠语音识别技术来判定分数。
‘Possible interference’
可能的干扰
Ms Kennedy, who is married to an Australian and expecting her first child, said the oral test involved reading a paragraph that appeared on screen and it was "very, very easy”.
Kennedy女士，已经与一位澳大利亚人结婚，并在期待他们的第一个孩子，她说“口语考试就是读一段屏幕上看到一段文字，而且”相当、相当简单。“
However, she was told she had scored 74 points - below the 79 points required for a residency visa.
但是，她说，她被通知说只得了74分——而申请居留权的签证最低也要79分才可以。
“I just thought (it was a mistake) and I'll ring them up and they'll listen to it again," she said.
“我以为（是不是弄错了），我会给他们打个电话，让他们重新听一遍，”她说。
The vet said she believed the failure was caused by flaws in the voice-recognition technology.
这位兽医认为，她之所以没有通过，应该是语音识别的技术出了什么问题。
The company that runs the test, Pearson, told the Australian Associated Press there were no problems with its system.
那个负责考试的公司，Pearson，跟媒体称说，他们的系统没有问题。
Sasha Hampson, the head of English for Pearson Asia Pacific, said the immigration department set the bar very high for people seeking permanent residency.
Sasha Hampson，Pearson Asia Pacific（小编注：这家考试公司的名称）的英语主管说，凡事申请永久居留签证的，移民局的要求都非常高。
Ms Kennedy said she had been offered the chance to re-do the test free of charge due to "possible interference" caused by construction work outside the centre.
Kennedy女士说鉴于考场周围有工地或许造成“干扰”，她获得了一次免费重考的机会。
She also said she had begun the process of applying for a more expensive spouse visa as there may not be enough time for her to re-do the test and receive a skilled immigrant visa before her skilled worker visa expired.
她还说，因为她或许没有足够的时间重新参加考试，所以她已经开始申请了一个更昂贵的配偶签证，以便她在工作签证到期之前可以申请成功。
重点单词汇总
vet ：兽医，老兵
oral test：口语考试
computerized test：电脑测试
voice-recognition technology：语音识别技术
free of charge：免费
set the bar very high：设立的标准非常高
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