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Pass or Fail?

Try to read what transpired in a Berlitz English Proficiency interview and tell me if this would pass or fail? Be reminded of the lexical,phonological and grammar usage of the interviewee ,okay?

Here goes:

How's your day today?
I'm doing great .
It's just that I feel nervous because this is a requirement to continue Product Training.

Don't be nervous,I'd just ask you questions to test your English Proficiency.
Did you take breakfast earlier?
Oh yes, I had a heavy breakfast.
Here in the Philippines, a heavy breakfast has rice and a viand.
I had sausages and dried fish with rice.

What is breakfast?
Breakfast is a word,a term derived from breaking the fast.
When you sleep for 8-10 hours, the body does not take in anything so when you wake up, breakfast is the first thing you do-you eat.
you literally,break the fasting.

Yeah ,it gets you up.
Right, it makes me ready for the day and with an hour travel time to be in work.

Oh,it takes you an hour to go to work?
It's really not that far,but I take the public transportation, that makes it an hour travel. If you ride the jeep, and its not full of passengers,it tends to pick almost in every corner so that makes it longer.

How is it like riding the jeep?
Jeepneys are the means of the masses for public transportation.
You get to see people from all works of life in a jeepney. Student even young professionals in coat and tie ride the jeepney. It's good if you see a co employee inside the jeepney or just look at other commuters inside.

That's interesting. If I were to be in Manila, can I ride the jeepney?
Oh,riding the jeepney is challenging and adventurous. It's really not clean and fresh because you get to have the pollution-noise and air pollution.
Also for tourists, it would be best to rent a car or ride the Tram or Train instead of a jeepney.

If I were to go to Manila how would I ride the jeepney?
It's not really advisable to ride the jeepeny because it's not that secured and clean.
Also, you can get mob from the jeepneys.

Are jeepneys the only public transport?
No, there are other forms but the jeepney is the most common and the lower class status's transport access.

Are jeepneys better than other transport?
With the inflation rate, and the oil price increase , riding the jeepney is better than having your own car. We even have a senator who takes the tram,parks his car near the tram station and rides the jeepney. Also,a congressman rides a bicycle when going to Congress. Congress is also passinga bill for a car-less day

What?! A car less day?!
Because here in the Philippines, one household does not a have a maximum limit of owning vehicles.so Congress is thinking to have a carless day as private vehicles cause heavy traffic.


Are people in the Philippines aware of the environment?
Yeah, even if we are a third world country, we are aware of the environment.
And because in the Southern part of the Philippines, we experience flash floods,people,especially students have tree planting projects.

If I go to Manila,how will I apply for a job?
I do not really know what legal papers you must have but for sure you should have a working visa or Alien Certificate. You should be a Voice or accent trainer in a call center here.

How would I know where to apply?
Oh,you'd see ads everywhere. Even on cabs, their body is painted with ads.
You'd see call centers on billboards even on trams Convergys even had,i don't know how thay call it,but almost 5 sections of the train painted with their ads.
Ads would always have someone in a headset. And the usual contents would be the renumeration packages,benefits that are way above average.

Okay,we're running out of time but it was a pleasure talking to you Jacq.

It's okay.
Thank you too Rochelle.
And I hope you do come here in the Philippines.

Yeah,I might because they say it's a beautiful country.

Oh thank you!.

Okay, goodbye.

Goodbye

Take Care.