CH06
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 06: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: no data
Course: MA in Interpreting & Translation
1 C so can you please tell me your student number?
2 T um...XX07
3 C OK...so we're gonna start with the first part and I'm gonna give you this.
4 T yeah
5 C .and we're gonna start asking about this information
6 T mhm
7 C with each other. OK?.so what's your name?
8 T um...my Chinese name is J Z but you can call me Ivy it's an English name
9 C Ivy..that's a very nice name, Ivy...so you were born in China?
10 T yes
11 C where abouts in China?
12 T ah . the south of China..is a big city ...is a modern cities
13 C OK
14 T so what's your name?
15 C my name is C
16 T yeah . where are you from?
17 C I'm from Argentina...um...the north of Argentina I've been living in Buenos Aires lately but I'm from north of Argentina
18 T mhm
19 C so what languages do you speak . Ivy?
20 T umm..usually in a Chinese mandarin Cantonese
21 C OK
22 T . um English is my second language
23 C mhm
24 T and a little bit Korean
25 C OK
26 T yeah
27 C so Cantonese and mandarin are your mother ah tongues?
28 T yeah yeah
29 C OK
30 T so what what language do you speak?
31 C oh I speak um Spanish which is my mother tongue
32 T yeah
33 C English which is my second language
34 T mhm
35 C and Portuguese is my third one .
36 T uhm
37 C ok so what do you do for your living?
38 T oh...
39 C or do you just study or do you work?
40 T no I'm student all the time
41 C OK
42 T but after I finish the bachelor degree in china and I come here ..my master degree
43 C so what was the bachelor degree about?
44 T the law
45 C OK so you had been in the
46 T yes
47 C and what are you studying now in uws
48 T um..interpreting and translation
49 C OK
50 T so what's your . job?
51 C um..I'm a conference interpreter..
52 T mhm
53 C English Spanish and I work as a conference interpreter and . and work in a research assistant here at the university of western Sydney
54 T is it hard?
55 C interpreting?
56 T yeah . um...the conference
57 C you get used to it
58 T um
59 C and..you know um..the more you interpret
60 T because I heard many people say it's very hard . the conference
61 C it . you just need practice
62 T yeah
63 C the more you practice the better you get .
64 T Oh OK
65 C cuz I think conference interpreting um i.. depends a lot on practicing .
66 T um.
67 C OK . do you have any pets, Ivy?
68 T no I'm so scared
69 C you don't like animals?
70 T no I like it but ..but I scare
71 C scared of what?
72 T scare...mm..they sometimes will touch...and
73 C yeah
74 T and a little bit of aler . juice...aller...allergies
75 C allergies
76 T yeah
77 C you have allergies?
78 T ah yeah yes a little
79 C OK
80 T so I don't have pets . do you have pets?
81 C oh I love pets . I have a dog .
82 T here? now?
83 C no no no here I have a cat she's called princess
84 T hahaha
85 C but back home in Argentina I have a dog yeah yeah so what are your hobbies what do you do in your free time?
86 T um...in the past I will go to dance
87 C mhm
88 T I attend a dance group in the university
89 C OK
90 T and sometimes praying tennis?
91 C OK
92 T but here now in Australia not so much the sports . exercise..
93 C you XX sports
94 T Yeah ...yes ...(pause) and shopping
95 C oh yeah ..shopping
96 T Yes
97 C we all like shopping
98 T yeah yeah
99 C what do you go shopping
100 T oh..where ..you mean..?
101 C yeah where
102 T like a shopping centre?
103 C you go to paddy's market or you go to
104 T like it would be..
105 C yeah like bondi market or what do you go shopping
106 T am....sorry you mean
107 C I mean when you go shopping where do you go? you go to paddy's market or you go to shops on George street or you go to a Bondi junction
108 T yes...um..I go to QBB
109 C QVB?
110 T yes and the George street shops and...Bondi is very big
111 C yeah it really is isn't it
112 T so what's your hobbies?
113 C um..I have many hobbies I like playing tennis also
114 T ah..wow
115 C I like sports . um. I like hanging out with my friends
116 T yeah
117 C during the weekends especially ..maybe going out and see no going down to the beach
118 T oh
119 C that's what I do in general . whatever I have time I catch up with my friends
120 T oh
121 C yeah
122 T its nice
123 C so what's your favourite food? did you get used to Australian food or you mostly . eat
124 T ah
125 C Chinese food?
126 T if I at home I eat Chinese food with rice and some dishes but go outside we usually .. I usually eat Australian food
127 C OK
128 T I . fish and chips (hahaha) I like chips . (hahaha)
129 C nice yeah
130 T so how about you? whats your favourite food?
131 C well um I like little bit of everything but if I had to choose I'll go for beef and vegetables
132 T do you like pasta?
133 C I love pasta
134 T yeah
135 C I love.. but I'm always on a diet
136 T yeah me too
137 C so that's why I can't always eat pasta but whenever I have a chance
138 T OK
139 C wouldn't say no .so um . thank you very much we're gonna finish with this . now let's talk about . . last weekend what did you do last weekend?
140 T last week...um...ah . my friend and I go to the national park?
141 C mhm
142 T to..just go to picnic
143 C OK
144 T it was a really nice day and
145 C when was this..when
146 T when last Saturday?
147 C OK
148 T yeah . go to by train and then walking all day and took lots of pictures
149 C mhm
150 T yeah
151 C could you please tell me about your last summer holidays
152 T last..
153 C . do you remember what you did?
154 T last summer
155 C last Summer holidays
156 T I went back to China
157 C mhm
158 T yes and me..meet my friends and have lunch have dinner with families
159 C yeah
160 T and yeah just like that . not so special
161 C do you like travelling?
162 T yes I liked..but lots of money (laughs)
163 C urh? oh you don't have the money
164 T yeah, yes . because I'm a student so I can't go far far far away place
165 C cool
166 T yeah
167 C so what can you tell me about your family ? like um for example your father or your mother
168 T um....yeah
169 C what do they do ...what does your father do for a living?
170 T there are three peoples in my family only three my father my mother and me. my father is a government officer
171 C mhm
172 T my . my mother is a police woman
173 C oh interesting
174 T yeah so they both worked in the government
175 C mhm
176 T um...yeah
177 C so so what what. can you tell me about their routine for example tell me about your mum's routine
178 T mhm
179 C what does she do everyday ?
180 T um...(laughs) very very simple yes
181 C mhm
182 T in the morning she wade up very early
183 C mhm
184 T and cooks something cook some breakthas　(breakfast?)
185 C breakfast
186 T yeah and then go to work and come bad afternoon and cook dinner
187 C mhm
188 T and like that ..house work
189 C house work
190 T yes house work
191 C so whenever she's not working she's a house wife
192 T yes yes
193 C she XXX
194 T but she's a foot time workers she work from Monday to Friday
195 C OK..OK
196 T and rest Saturday and Sunday
197 C and do you have a best friend
198 T yes
199 C does she live here or in china?
200 T in china but here I make some best friend also
201 C OK
202 T for example my room mate
203 C nice . so what can you tell me about your best friend?
204 T um...she's..
205 C what's her name?
206 T um..she's name is shadow
207 C Shadow?
208 T yeah . she's the friends I go outside last weekend
209 C OK
210 T I was with her
211 C so she came for a visit?
212 T no no we're both a students
213 C OK
214 T um...she's taller than me and thinger (thinner?) than me...a...(laughs)
215 C yeah
216 T but she's little skins a little blat
217 C black..
218 T so .
219 C OK so where's she from?
220 T she's from China also
221 C Oh China also
222 T but is in northern china...
223 C OK
224 T so the life the life...how to say...the way to live is very different
225 C OK
226 T ah we're taste is different yeah
227 C your ta..your ..styles
228 T yes
229 C like your life styles?
230 T yes yes
231 C OK cool . we're gonna do the second part now
232 T yeah
233 C I'm gonna give you this picture and I'm gonna have another picture
234 T yeah
235 C and this picture will have very . similarities and differences
236 T mhm
237 C so what we need to do is we need to find out what the similarities and differences are
238 T Oh OK
239 C OK? so I wanted to ask me questions yes I I I'm going to answer with yes or no
240 T oh
241 C so if you can ask me first yes no questions
242 T mhm
243 C and then I'll ask you back and then and then you can ask me dablryu eich questions like what where and who different types of questions
244 T mhm
245 C and we're going to try to find out what the differences are
246 T yeah
247 C between the two pictures
248 T OK
249 C OK
250 T can you ask me first?
251 C yeah I can ask you for example
252 T yeah for example
253 C . is there a dog in your picture?
254 T yes it is . you you mean
255 C yeah . what what colour is it?
256 T it's a right . right colour
257 C white?
258 T yeah
259 C OK
260 T ahr!
261 C so you
262 T oh yeah
263 C can you
264 T yeah
265 C can you ask me those types of questions?
266 T is there a board in your picture? boar.
267 C ball?
268 T yeah
269 C yeah there's one ball and there are two young people playing with it
270 T yeah
271 C my
272 T what colour?
273 C my my ball is um yellow red and blue how about yours?
274 T oh my ball is red
275 C red
276 T yeah
277 C OK
278 T um...is there a some birds in your picture?
279 C birds ? yes um there are three birds close to the old man reading the newspaper on the bench .
280 T yeah
281 C are there any birds
282 T yeah
283 C in your picture?
284 T yes there are three birds
285 C what colour are they?
286 T um..brown?
287 C the three of them are brown?
288 T mhm
289 C OK . so who is sitting on the bench .. in your picture?
290 T um...just four peoples . in the right side the two . women
291 C mhm
292 T sitting the bed . um . the bench
293 C are they young woman?
294 T no . a little older (laugh)
295 C mhm
296 T and another two peoples sitting in the left side
297 C mhm
298 T yeah
299 C what are they doing?
300 T ah . the man is reading the newspaper and the litt .the young . boy?
301 C mhm
302 T I think it's boy yes has a res . drinking water a beer (haha)
303 C OK
304 T so . um..what ah what two wome . ar...two girls doing in the pictures?
305 C well I have two girls young girls riding bicycles?
306 T yeah
307 C do you have them in your picture?
308 T yes
309 C so in my picture one of them is wearing red and the other one is wear..is wearing pink . what about your picture?
310 T um. one of . is rea . is ring orange and the other is pink . pink colour
311 C so who is playing in the lake . in the lake . is there anyone playing in the lake in your picture?
312 T yeah .s . there are two . one is a little boy he's praying with the duck in the lake
313 C mhm
314 T and the other goad ah.. is praying with the doll
315 C with the doll?
316 T yes . next to the . lake
317 C what is the girl wearing?
318 T ah . she's wearing the dress . w . in the red colour . how about you?
319 C OK I have the same girl
320 T yeah
321 C with the same red dress but instead of one dog
322 T mhm
323 C she has two dogs
324 T OK
325 C one is brown and the other is white and brown
326 T ah OK . how about a little boy? do you have a little boy in your picture?
327 C I have a little boy playing in the lake with the ducks
328 T yeah
329 C and there's another little boy next to the couple playing with the ball . um . do you have a couple playing with the ball?
330 T I have two . arh...um one couple playing with the ball in red . the goat . ah. Wear the blue t-shirt and the yellow dress . ah yes
331 C mhm
332 T how about you?
333 C um my girl is wearing a light blue t-shirt with a blue skirt
334 T mhm
335 C so is there any cat . in your picture?
336 T ah yes (laughs) a little . a small cat ar. behind the tree . the right side
337 C what colour is it?
338 T it's black
339 C OK
340 T how about you? you have brac..a...a cat?
341 C I have two cats actually
342 T yeah
343 C I have a smaller cat next to the tree and another one which is a bigger one also black next to the old ladies .
344 T ah
345 C so is there . anything else you can ask me about the picture?
346 T um..how many duck in . the lake?
347 C um . in the lake there are . five ducks
348 T five ducks
349 C in my picture . how about your picture?
350 T ar . there are four ducks
351 C OK
352 T in the lake
353 C are there any flowers around the lake . the lake?
354 T yes lo...lots of flowers . the lake
355 C OK well Ivy I think that's all for now thank you very much for coming
356 T thank you
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