CH05
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 05: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: no data
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C so can you please tell can you tell me your student number?
2 T XX41
3 C OK so let's start with part one
4 T sorry I got the wrong number
5 C OK say it again please
6 T XX46
7 C right OK cool so let's start with the f...part one
8 T so um hi what is your name?
9 C my name is Ce . what's your name?
10 T ah my name is R . so um where are you from?
11 C I'm from Argentina . how about you ? where are you..
12 T I'm from China
13 C where abouts in China?
14 T ah..you mean the exact place where I lived?
15 C yeah
16 T I lived very near Shanghai but not exactly in Shanghai
17 C OK
18 T . its a very small city
19 C mhm
20 T OK it's a little bit remote and kind of backward in China
21 C OK so how long how long have you lived here?
22 T just for two two years
23 C OK
24 T yeah
25 C cool
26 T so what is your mother town?
27 C my mother tongue is Spanish?
28 T OK my mother tongue is Chinese
29 C mandarin or Cantonese?
30 T oh mandarin
31 C mandarin . do you speak any other languages?
32 T um..a little bit of French
33 C OK
34 T so what are your job?
35 C um..I work as a research assistance and Im a conference interpreter translator
36 T great
37 C what do you do for living or are you just a student?
38 T I'm just a student and I would work part time . to support myself yeah
39 C OK . what do you do for part time?
40 T like you know like a waitress or
41 C oh you're you're not working right now
42 T no no no
43 C you would do that OK
44 T so do you like pets?
45 C yes I love pets I love animals
46 T do you have pets at home?
47 C I have a cat and a dog
48 T OK
49 C how about you?
50 T ah...I don't like pets
51 C you don't like animals at all?
52 T yeah it seems that to annoy
53 C sorry?
54 T to annoy
55 C too annoying?
56 T yeah
57 C OK
58 T um..um what are your hobbies?
59 C um . well I like hanging out with friends listening to music going out
60 T some specific hobbies like joying (jogging?) dancing or singing
61 C oh I love dancing and I play the guitar
62 T have you attend some kind of dancing classes like the ballet dancing
63 C yeah I've done that before
64 T OK
65 C um . usually in my free time I play the guitar maybe . so what do you do in your spare time?
66 T ah here ah most of time I read and watching TV to learn English
67 C OK nice
68 T so what is your favourite food?
69 C ah . my favourite food is..um
70 T maybe a lot of favourite food
71 C of what?
72 T maybe a lot of food you like
73 C yeah I love pasta and salads mm
74 T are most of the western food right?
75 C yeah western food mostly but I like Chinese and Thai food also
76 T really?
77 C yeah
78 T to be frank I like the Chinese food um um I can I I I don't like the western food um they smell the different
79 C oh really?
80 T and taste different
81 C yeah
82 T I can't get used to it
83 C so you can't eat western food
84 T not at all just a little
85 C OK
86 T I can eat the sandwiches
87 C mhm
88 T I don't like the butter you know
89 C butter?
90 T ah usually I cook at home I cook the Chinese food
91 C OK
92 T I can I can buy all the material and ingredients at the Chinese supermarket
93 C OK cool . so when's your birthday Ricky?
94 T my birthday is tenth of eleventh ..a November nineteen eighty five
95 C OK so do you remember what you did in your last for your last birthday?
96 T um .. I actually I don't like the birthday celebration
97 C OK you don't like parties
98 T sometime my family and or friends forget my birthday I don't care
99 C they forget your birthday?
100 T cuz there are too many kids in my family
101 C how many of..
102 T um four?
103 C your four..you have two..
104 T I have two sisters and a one brother
105 C OK
106 T a little brother so you know too many kids they don't wanna spend much time and money on it
107 C yeah . so what was the last time you went to China?
108 T last time . went a one and a half years ago
109 C so what did you do there?
110 T a very important thing in my life I got married in a..
111 C you got married? wow
112 T cuz my husband is here
113 C how old are you?
114 T roughly a twenty three or twenty four ..around that
115 C cool
116 T cuz I wanted my hus my boyfriend to be here according to the immigration policy that you had to be married
117 C mhm
118 T otherwise your boyfriend cannot be here
119 C yeah
120 T you should be wife and husband not boyfriend and girlfriend
121 C yeah . wow so what did you do for your wedding? did you have a party?
122 T ah we haven't we haven't had a wedding we're prepared to do the wedding this year
123 C OK
124 T I'm gonna go back to china um January this year
125 C mhm
126 T we're gonna do the wedding
127 C OK so what did you do when you were there?
128 T um you mean the wedding?
129 C in china
130 T in china?
131 C what did you do when you were there what did you do?
132 T a still a student I just graduate and come to Australia
133 C oh OK
134 T so I haven't got a job
135 C so um . OK what about last summer?
136 T last summer?
137 C what did you do last summer ? you were here in Australia?
138 T I I I had a part time job in the Burwood in Westfield to be a waitress
139 C so is that . what else did you do?
140 T ah yeah
141 C you don't like the beach?
142 T many times with my friends yeah
143 C mm
144 T cuz I this city is still strange to me I'm afraid of going out you know . even e..especially when its dark at night it just most time I stay at home
145 C mhm
146 T just surfing the internet at home and chat with friends in china
147 C OK what's the time difference with china?
148 T you mean now?
149 C yeah
150 T it's probably . a nine o'clock
151 C so two hours two three hours OK . so what can you tell me about your family?
152 T my family? OK just I said there are four kids in my family
153 C mhm
154 T my parents and my dad
155 C you're one of the first Chinese girls that I know . cuz in generally they have the one child policy
156 T yeah yeah we have the one child policy
157 C so its impressive
158 T yeah but it was too may years ago that that government still allowed that you could have three...
159 C OK . what does your father do?
160 T oh my father is a entrepreneur
161 C aha
162 T yeah my mother is a teacher in a primary school
163 C mhm
164 T and my mother has been an teacher for about a twenty twenty eight years or twenty seven years?
165 C so if you have to describe me your mum's routine from the very moment she wakes up throughout the day
166 T oh she's very busy every day
167 C can you describe that for me please?
168 T most times she um gets up at five o'clock in the morning
169 C mhm
170 T and she will start mopping the the floor
171 C mhm
172 T and washing clothes to the noon
173 C mhm
174 T and then we the kids get up and ah my mum would prepare all the the lunch
175 C mhm
176 T and he will umm he will wash ah the dishes and the plants and
177 C yeah
178 C she's very busy
179 C OK . so who does the cooking in your house? your mum?
180 T yeah my mum
181 C OK
182 T or dad
183 C do you have a best friend?
184 T umm yeah my best friend is in china
185 C OK
186 T she's um he's doing business in a company
187 C is it a she or a he?
188 T she
189 C she . nice OK um I'm gonna give you one of this picture
190 T yeah
191 C I'm gonna keep the other one they have differences and similarities . I want you to ask me first yes no questions?
192 T OK
193 C about the picture about my picture to see the differences are?
194 T OK
195 C cool
196 T you see the two pictures?
197 C no no no you just see yours
198 T yeah
199 C and try and find out about my picture
200 T (a very long pause)
201 C any question about the picture
202 T oh OK
203 C to see if my picture is similar to yours?
204 T OK its ask you questions?
205 C yes . please
206 T how many old ladies in your picture?
207 C there are two old ladies ah in my picture sitting on the bench
208 T OK
209 C can you can you start by yes no questions please? you know yes no questions?
210 T oh OK yeah
211 C OK
212 T (pause) are there four boys in your picture?
213 C yes there are four teenagers in my picture
214 T um..
215 C how about you?
216 T yeah there are two . there're four four boys
217 C OK
218 T (long pause) no no actually there are five boys
219 C yeah there are four teenagers and one little boy
220 T yeah yeah little boy
221 C OK
222 T um . are there three girls in your picture?
223 C um.
224 T I mean the teenagers
225 C yeah I'm not sure if there are three girls or two girls and two boys ?
226 T OK
227 C are there three girls in your picture?
228 T yeah
229 C OK . so is there a blonde boy sitting on the bench?
230 T yeap
231 C what is he doing?
232 T um . he's reading . like he's reading a book
233 C a blonde boy?
234 T blonde ..oh yeah he's eating an ice cream?
235 C OK
236 T (pause) a there birds in the picture?
237 C yes there are three birds and four ducks . in the lake
238 T yeah four ducks in the lake
239 C how how many ducks and birds in your picture?
240 T like four birds and four five ducks
241 C OK
242 T are there two dogs in your picture?
243 C no there I only have one dog in the picture and its a white dog
244 T I have two . white and a brown .
245 C OK
246 T do you have two ah cats in your picture?
247 C no I only have one cat in my in my picture actually and its a gray cat
248 T oh OK I have two a cats one large one and a small one both of them are black
249 C do you see two girls riding bicycles in your picture?
250 T um I do see two people riding bicycle but I'm not sure if they are two girls I think one of them is a boy and the others is a girl
251 C OK what are they wearing?
252 T the girl is in like a pink colour and the boy is in the red
253 C red
254 T red .
255 C OK
256 T with a red hat as well
257 C OK . so can you ask me dablryu eich questions please?
258 T yeah um (long pause) um put please tell me who is who's reading?
259 C there's an old man reading sitting on the bench . do you have the same old man?
260 T oh um I think its a boy isn't it you think its an old man?
261 C well I think so
262 T haha
263 C you know his looks
264 T OK alright
265 C what is he wearing?
266 T you know dark blue . dark blue suit I donno and with a black . hat
267 C OK
268 T um (long pause)
269 C so what are the teenagers doing at your picture?
270 T um .oh they're they're playing ball?
271 C what colour is the ball?
272 T what . you mean the colour?
273 C yeah
274 T like a triple colour red blue and and yellow
275 C OK
276 T ah..um what is the boy doing?
277 C ah I think he's just waiting
278 T catching the ball
279 C to get the ball yeah . is there any spider in your picture?
280 T mm..yeah a very little black one
281 C where is it?
282 T in the..in the right side of the girl . in the right side
283 C OK on the grass?
284 T on the grass . what is the little boy doing?
285 C um well . I think the little boy is playing with the ducks . maybe trying to feed to feed the ducks . what do you think he's doing?
286 T are they real ducks?
287 C sorry?
288 T are they real? are they real ducks? just..
289 C yes. this is a picture probably at the park . what do you think he's doing?
290 T I think um he's playing the water . or . playing in the water
291 C OK . so you can you ask me questions starting with could you please tell me.
292 T um (long pause) could you please tell me how many cars on the road?
293 C um . there's I I don't have any cars in my picture . so there's none
294 T oh OK I have two cars on the road one is ah yellow one like a taxi
295 C OK
296 T and the other is blue one
297 C OK
298 T mm (long pause)..could you tell me what is the ah..the girl in red doing?
299 C the girl in red is walking her dog t..hrough the park probably . what is she doing in your picture?
300 T doing the same things as you said .
301 C oh OK
302 T mm . could you please tell me what do you think the two ladies are talking about?
303 C well probably they are talking about their their grand children
304 T yeah
305 C um.. looks like they are pretty old so I guess I guess they're talking about that . what do you think they're talking about?
306 T maybe they're talking about the weather they said this is a very good weather and the kids the kids are playing in the yard
307 C OK
308 T its fantastic
309 C OK well Ricky thank you very much for your time
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