CH01
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 01: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 11,170
Course: Master Interpreting & Translation
1 C so can you please tell me your student number?
2 T XXX44
3 C thank you so i'm gonna give you this...and.. we will have to ask questions each other?
4 T mhm
5 C and try and find out the information that we have here ...so what's your name?
6 T ah..my name is M
7 C OK ...so...um
8 T what is yours?
9 C my name is C
10 T and where are you from?
11 C I'm from Argentina how about you? where are you from?
12 T I'm from Chile?
13 C nice do you speak any languages?
14 T no I don't just English and Spanish.
15 C OK what do you do for a living?
16 T nXXXXing (LOUD NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND)
17 C i'm a translator
18 T oh really
19 C yes...do you have any pets?
20 T yes I have. ..ah..two dogs...
21 C mhm
22 T and you?
23 C I have a black poodle
24 T really
25 C ... his name is j...
26 T is he big..or a?
27 C no he's a tiny one...a black poodle
28 T oh, OK... how old is he?
29 C um...he was born in nineteen ninety six so he should be thirteen years
30 T wow
31 C yeah
32 T it's quite old
33 C so what are your hobbies?
34 T um...mostly reading heigen (hiking), playing golf
35 C really...
36 T and yours?
37 C that's interesting ..well, I like studying, listening to music,
38 T mhm
39 C meeting with friends...
40 T do you really like to study?
41 C I really like to study...what is your favourite food?
42 T pasta...and yours?
43 C um....oh that's a difficult question but I think I'll go for ..beef..a..vegetables..
44 T oh really that's quite a healthy option
45 C yeah it is
46 T I just like.. fatty food
47 C so OK now I'd like to know um..what..what did you do last weekend
48 T last weekend,
49 C what did you do last weekend?
50 T I went to the beach I hang out with some friends and ate Italian and that was pretty much it..you?
51 C well, I was ah with friends also
52 T oh really where did you get
53 C and went to the beach
54 T which beach?
55 C Port Stephens.
56 T oh OK
57 C so I also like to know what you did last summer holidays where were you? where were you last holidays if you can just tell me where you were the things you did
58 T I was in the states back then I was visiting some friends and I stayed there for four months...
59 C mhm
60 T I worked for a little while as a waitress in a German restaurant
61 C OK
62 T and...that was pretty much my summer once I saved enough money I went back to Chile
63 C OK so could you tell me please about your father...what does he do?
64 T he's a real-estate agent and he's fifty four now...I think and.... he's retired already
65 C how about your best friend . what's her name?
66 T my best friend's name is Leani and she's an architect and she's been living at the beach for a very long time now..and she's a recent divorce
67 C oh really..so what does she do everyday? can you tell me what she does..what's her routine..and
68 T she works quite a lot..... she works eight o'clock every day..her work shifts it from ten till eight o'clock nights I think and after that she jogs...she runs a lot, that's her hobby..and she's also doing her masters degree right now so she's working on her thesis
69 C OK are you married? do you have any children?
70 T yes I am . I'm married and I have fourteen kids already
71 C nice...can you tell me anything about them?
72 T well the youngest one is quite a pig...he cries a lot at night and the oldest is currently at university
73 C how old is he?
74 T he's twenty-five...
75 C OK
76 T and how about you? do you have any kids?
77 C no I'm a single woman... OK so thank you very much and that was part one
78 T OK
79 C now we're gonna continue with part two I'll give you a picture
80 T alright
81 C do you have one? so you have to look at the pictures and we are gonna talk about the differences and similarities
82 T alright
83 C between these two pictures . we're gonna take turns to ask and answer questions to find the differences between the two pictures . so I would like you to ask me questions first and I would answer yes no questions first
84 T OK . so
85 C then we're gonna move on to dablryu eich questions . OK?
86 T are there any cats in the picture?
87 C yes there's a black cat ....
88 T OK
89 C right next to the tree how about your picture?
90 T I have one black cat next to tree and another one next to two ladies
91 C OK so the girl's dog . what colour is it?
92 T ah brown dog...but there's another one right behind her...I think she has two dogs so one is brown and the other one is white...do you have two dogs as well?
93 C no I don't I only have one dog and its a white one
94 T OK . are there any children at your picture?
95 C yes.. ah there are two .. children in the picture, one is playing in the lake and the other one is playing with a balloon.. are there any pic...any children in your picture?
96 T I only have one child playing at the lagoon but I have no child with a balloon...do you have any kids eating ice-cream?
97 C no..ot really no I don't
98 T I have one and he's sitting on the bench
99 C OK um... the one I see...the one that I have in my picture is having a drink . its not eating an ice-cream
100 T oh I see . and next to him there is a man reading a newspaper do you have...
101 C yes I have the same
102 T do you have any men as well?
103 C Yes I do
104 T is he wearing blue as well?
105 C he is wearing blue...so do you have two old ladies?
106 T yes I do...one
107 C where are they?
108 T they're sitting on the bench right next to the black cat and the one is holding a purse and the other one isn't
109 C OK could you ..could you please tell me if ...there...there's anyone playing with the balloon . in your picture?
110 T no I've already told you nobody is playing with the balloon but I have kid playing with a ball though
111 C with . what . OK..what colour is the ball
112 T It's blue red and yellow how about yours?
113 C mines only red
114 T oh . and do you have any girls riding bikes?
115 C yes I I have two . one is wearing pink and the other one is wearing red..
116 T is the red girl wearing a cap?
117 C no
118 T um...
119 C she's not how about yours?
120 T yes she is
121 C OK is there any spider...in your picture?
122 T oh...yes I do have one spider right next to the children playing with the ball?
123 C mhm
124 T how about you?
125 C yes I have the same one...the same spider in the same spot..so, thank you very much for participating
126 T your welcome
127 C that's it for now
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