CH10
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 10: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 12,100
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C so first can you please tell me your student number?
2 T yes my student number is XX13
3 C OK. so we're gonna start with part one ..you already have your pictures and yeah..yeap let's go
4 T OK um.. excuse me can you tell me your name?
5 C my name is C . what is your name?
6 T oh my name is S.
7 C OK
8 T so ah.. that's your first name?
9 C yes
10 T so..um ..so...um..so...ah..can I know your family name?
11 C my family name is alal ei el ei el
12 T oh
13 C how about yours? what's your last name?
14 T oh my . well actually my name is X Bthat's my Chinese name so my family name is B and my first name is X
15 C OK
16 T yeah
17 C that's difficult to pronounce (laughs)
18 T so can I pass it to you
19 C yeah yeah yeah
20 T OK ah.so ah . where are you from?
21 C I'm from Argentina
22 T Argentina
23 C I guess you're from . you were born in China?
24 T ah yes you're right
25 C where abouts in china?
26 T ah its in the southern part of china like a . I'm not sure how I can describe it
27 C OK
28 T ah but ah.um probably. it's eastern yea....like the yellow river
29 C OK OK
30 T um...so ..you are..a can I ask some question about this may I pXXpXX
31 C yes . but you don't need to you can ask
32 T OK OK so ah . what's your native language?
33 C oh my mother tongue is Spanish
34 T oh yeah..
35 C yeah
36 T so um can you speak other languages?
37 C ah well, I can speak English as my second language and I can speak Portuguese and a little bit of French. how about you? what's your mother tongue?
38 T um..my mother tongue is Chinese but um ...
39 C is it mandarin or Cantonese?
40 T mandarin
41 C OK
42 T yeah and a since I was...a starting in the... middle school then I ..I started an..starting English . then but a when I started learning China we needed to started a second language then I choose French
43 C oh really?
44 T but I think its it was soo difficult
45 C really?
46 T to pronunciation and then the structure
47 C yeah
48 T and then because when when you speak like like a like English
49 C yeah
50 T if you gave she or he
51 C yeah
52 T then you just always use the ees
53 C yeah
54 T but to the French you always change with female then male
55 C yeah
56 T then all words followed by the ..the...the person
57 C I know
58 T and will change
59 C so can you speak any French or not? to use..
60 T il petit
61 C oh petit .petit peu aha.. OK good
62 T and so ah what's your occupation?
63 C well I'm a conference interpreter and a translator and I work for UWS as a research assistant
64 T oh
65 C for Sandra Hale . so what do you do for a living? do you have job or are you just a student?
66 T no I ah I ..just ah I only taught in high school in china for very short time maybe I think about three months in high school
67 C so what did you teach?
68 T ah English
69 C ah OK nice . nice
70 T ah so ah ah that's ah like like your occupation? that's all you needed to do or you have some like extra ..jobs part time jobs
71 C well sometimes I do some part night . part time a.. job at a clothes store . in the city so that's what I do sometimes...for fun
72 T oh...that's cool . ah because ah my friend ah she is living in Melbourne
73 C OK
74 T then she is al . also she she has like a full time job but she also working in like target
75 C oh OK oh yeah
76 T and .a sometimes changes section sector to another like last month she was working in the clothes sect...
77 C sector?
78 T yeah sector
79 C oh that's fun yeah
80 T ah.so .um..wha...um..what pats do you like?
81 C what pets do I like?
82 T yeah
83 C well I have a cat I love animals I love all pets
84 T ah
85 C but I have a cat here
86 T ah here?
87 C yeah . she..
88 T what kind of it
89 C I don't know .what kind of cat it is..but um.. I'm not very much into cats I love them
90 T oh
91 C but I don't know ..she's a ..I know that the owner of the house bought bought her
92 T mhm
93 C her name is princess um..but I don't know . which cat it is
94 T oh
95 C do you have any pets?
96 T ah...I ever had . then I had I ever had ah..but now I don't have I ever had two dogs one cats then two ..parrats?
97 C parrots?
98 T ah yeah parrots then have a golden fish
99 C oh OK
100 T and then I had tur.. turtle
101 C turtles?
102 T yeah turtles
103 C OK
104 T and I ever I kept
105 C that's a lot
106 T yeah I had a I ever kept one like a insector . I'm not sure its name in English but it's like a
107 C amphibians?
108 T bamboo . like a because have several sections in the body
109 C OK
110 T very strange animal
111 C oh OK . so you have them in your house?
112 T oh yeah
113 C that's a weird pet
114 T well I didn't take it here because they don't allow it here
115 C yeah . I don't think so it's a bit of a hassle
116 T um so eh do you have fun like pet you are afraid of?
117 C well from animals?
118 T yeah you're scared of
119 C well I'm very afraid of spiders
120 T spider?
121 C which is a big problem here in Australia
122 T ah yes
123 C with so many spiders around
124 T yeah
125 C but I'm getting used to it
126 T oh yes . yeah ah..
127 C I I can't leat with spiders but at least I see them all the time
128 T mhm
129 C so it's not too bad . it was really bad in the past .
130 T ah
131 C I had kind of phobia with spiders but I'm getting over it hopefully. do you . are you afraid of any animals?
132 T yes mouse
133 C really?
134 T yes
135 C ah
136 T I've ever kept one but it's a different kind . like its from Poland I think its from Poland
137 C a mouse from Poland?
138 T yeah Poland . Poland kind just but I don't know what that is
139 C so do you see many nice around ? where you live?
140 T no I ever saw. because like when I was China we lived like in an apartment
141 C OK
142 T then but the next to...the the apartment next to us
143 C mhm
144 T is just had a rubbish bin out
145 C oh OK
146 T so times because . one time when I walked past that place . then just a little mouse just walked past from my heel
147 C ah OK . that's disgusting
148 T so I was so scared and since then I was so scared by it..that's bad experience
149 C I know mhh
150 T um so ah do you have any hobbies?
151 C oh yes I do . um I like hanging out with my friends
152 T mhm
153 C listening to music and reading
154 T yeah
155 C .. a lot
156 T yeah any sports?
157 C yeah I like tennis
158 T tennis?
159 C yeah like um I do power walking
160 T ah I'd like to ah I really like . want to learn tennis
161 C OK
162 T but there's no chance but um in like a in the past I and my friend we always to go out
163 C OK
164 T in the playground to play the badminton
165 C ah badminton yeah
166 T yeah because. badminton because in China in some some . like here maybe you go to play the tennis
167 C mhm
168 T you pay .
169 C yeah its expensive
170 T .one hour or how much it is
171 C yeah
172 T then in china its the same one hour
173 C yeah its expensive
174 T yeah
175 C so what do you do in your free time other than sports? what do you like doing in your free time?
176 T ah free time I like watching movie
177 C OK
178 T then and a I ah.. I really like go to the cinema to watch movie then you know because we . I just a feel if it just yourself then theatre at your home they watch movie it's not so interesting
179 C OK
180 T as you ah go to the cinema
181 C so do you like watching Chinese movies or Hollywood movies?
182 T ah any kind
183 C any kind ?
184 T yeah
185 C OK
186 T I like some kind of like ah romance
187 C ah romance
188 T love story
189 C love stories
190 T or like cartoon
191 C happy ending stories
192 T yeah ha ha ha (laughs)
193 C OK OK
194 T so um ah your . um your um do you have any favourite food?
195 C what yeah I like um pasta a lot
196 T oh pasta
197 C yes . and um..I also like beef and vegetables .
198 T oh...OK
199 C how about you? what's your favourite food?
200 T oh my favourite food is . its not actually I think its not a food I like apple juice
201 C apple juice? well
202 T but its because..the
203 C that that will be a favourite drink
204 T yeah . and a ..I don't sa some favourite food because I like every kind . its..
205 C do you eat a lot of chinese food or you eat any kind of food?
206 T any kind
207 C OK
208 T any kind then there...and yeah yesterday my friend cooked pasta
209 C nice
210 T yeah and put a lot of things and it tasted a bit like Chinese pasta
211 C ah nice . so when's your birthday? thank you
212 T ah my birthday is . um on the February eight
213 C oh OK .so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
214 T my last birthday I spent a . I spent my last birthday with my boyfriend
215 C oh oh yeah
216 T so it was little like a I have a good impression because that is my first a birthday I spend with him then because ah we we meant to last year
217 C mhm
218 T so that was the first time I spent my birthday with my boyfriend
219 C oh OK so how lo..how long have you been together?
220 T um ...I think around .a. almost one year
221 C oh OK
222 T yeah
223 C that's cool . so what did you do last weekend?
224 T um...last weekend . is a
225 C XX
226 T just um . nothing in especial we all went to the shopping centre . with my friend because she wants to buy a hair pin
227 C what?
228 T hair pin
229 C ah yeah yeah yeah
230 T so we went to the shopping centre I so she wants wanted some suggestions
231 C yeah
232 T so just I go went with her
233 C yeah
234 T choose like I think its like aquarium colour?
235 C yeah
236 T aquarium colour . very nice
237 C nice .
238 T yeah
239 C so could you tell me what you did last summer?
240 T last
241 C do you generally go back to China?
242 T um...last Summer?
243 C so how how . do you go back to china frequently or how often do you go back to china?
244 T um..I .ah..I I came here in ..last year . December
245 C last December
246 T then since then I haven't been back
247 C oh OK
248 T I haven't gone back home
249 C so what did you do in this last summer in Australia?
250 T a last summer I have ah..I applied a course in a...like a institution or a language school so just studied there for two months
251 C mhm OK what else did you do in the summer?
252 T ah..
253 C did you go to the beach?
254 T ah yeah yeah yeah I .ah...I was I and ah.. at that time I went to a foreign language school and I ment many new friends and then we went to the ban . Bondi beach
255 C yeah
256 T and we went on a picnic ah..and bought a lot of food and then wanted to.. walked by the beach
257 C yeah
258 T an we um some boys because we I are we like a ...we have a ...girls
259 C yeah
260 T we didn't take a some ..like a swimming clothes or what.
261 C yeah
262 T so we just a walked oh by the beach
263 C mhm
264 T but the boys came and just a
265 C when to the water
266 T went to the water yeah and after there like come out
267 C yeah
268 T then we just tool
269 C yeah
270 T a lot of bottles . for them
271 C yeah nice .
272 T it's very
273 C so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
274 T ah you mean . a I have my parents and I was the only child of them
275 C OK
276 T then but and I lived a like a not so far from my grand grandpa's home
277 C OK . so can you tell me about your father? what a.. what he does?
278 T he's ..he's like . he has a small factuarly
279 C mhm . what kind of factory?
280 T that's made of furniture
281 C OK
282 T then he....is like because in the pasta he worked for somewhere else and then he made a furniture but not the whole like a chair but there are some part of the chairs like a arm
283 C mhm
284 T or then back furniture
285 C mhm
286 T or just only some small parts
287 C OK so if I ask you about your mother can you tell me about her routine? what she does everyday from the time she wakes up?
288 T yeah yeah yeah OK she wakes up normally she wakes up at around five thirty am
289 C OK
290 T then after that ah she ..ah...she goes to wash the clotheses
291 C mhm
292 T because she has a lot of flowers and trees
293 C mhm
294 T then she needs to look after them and so in the morning she tol . and she tells me like ah...for the flower then the trees..you needed a tool ..ah you need a type of water.
295 C mhm
296 T but the best time is the morning then after that ah she cocks she cocks the food for..for maybe she prepares for the dinner because she the time that she ah comes back home
297 C mhm
298 T is normally very late so she cocks dinner earlier so after that she cleans our place ...
299 C OK
300 T then then she do .. she make some dress dressing
301 C OK
302 T then after that she wokes because working time is very early like a ah. around eight am.. I I'm not sure that time changes now or not but a.. I think its the same now
303 C OK do you have a best friend?
304 T um..yeah and I have
305 C is she here or in China
306 T no ..ah she's in China . ah her name is Vicki but ah . she gets married already
307 C she's already married?
308 T ah yeah
309 C oh OK when did she get married?
310 T ah ..last...no no no ah sorry ah this year in May then she gets married but I can't join his we..her wedding
311 C why?
312 T because I'm here then but
313 C so that is next May or last May
314 T no this year
315 C OK this year
316 T yeah
317 C mhm OK cool so we're gonna do part two now I'm gonna give you this picture I'm gonna have another one and they have differences and similarities I want you to please ask me yes no questions first
318 T mhm
319 C and then to ask me dablryu eich questions so just what where who how . OK?
320 T yeah
321 C so we need to find out the similarities and differences .
322 T mhm
323 C shall we start?
324 T OK (long pause) ah.. can I start with can you see or
325 C yeah
326 T (long pause) ah can you see a lady in pink a?
327 C is ..she an old lady or a young lady?
328 T she is an old lady
329 C OK yes I can see one old lady sitting on the bench wearing a pink dress . do you have the same lady in your picture?
330 T ah yes and I also I also can see she is carrying a small bag?
331 C OK
332 T can you see that?
333 C no I can't . she's not carrying a bag in my picture
334 T OK so . ah can you see two ...ah..are there a two cats in your picture?
335 C in my picture there's only one cat close to the tree. are there two cats in your picture?
336 T ah yes
337 C OK what colour are they?
338 T ah black
339 C OK
340 T (pause) so ah..(long pause) is there a boy in blue ah reading books in the picture?
341 C yes he is an old man apparently and he is reading maybe a newspaper he's wearing a blue suit. ah how about your picture? do you have the same old man?
342 T yes but I'm not sure ah he is a older man or young man
343 C OK . is there a young boy clost close to him in your picture?
344 T ah yes he's wearing a yellow t-shirt
345 C OK what is he doing?
346 T ah he's eating a cream corn
347 C OK
348 T .. so ah . can you see some birds in your picture?
349 C ah yes I can see three gray birds near the man reading the newspaper and I can see four ducks in the lake . are there four ducks in the lake in your picture?
350 T ah no .. ah there are five ducks in the lake in my picture.
351 C OK
352 T so ah is the girl in red ...ah ...she's ah (pause) she's with two dogs?
353 C no well there's a girl in red dress but she's only walking one dog and its a white dog . so are there two dogs in your picture?
354 T ah yes another one is brown
355 C OK so you have one white and one ah brown dog .
356 T ah yes
357 C OK can you ask me dablryu eich questions please?
358 T OK (pause) what ah what does the girl ah what does the girl wearing pink sport clothes doing or do? mhm?
359 C that girl is playing with the ball? . ah ..the the girl wearing pink you said?
360 T yeah sports..
361 C sorry that girl is riding her bike apparently with her friend wearing red . what is she doing in your picture?
362 T ah the same as yours
363 C mhm . OK
364 T so ah..what ..what do the two persons at the ..right hand..right hand of the bottom of the picture? what are what are the two persons doing?
365 C well the two teenagers are playing with a ball. she's wearing a blue shirt a t-shirt and a yellow skirt . and the young boy is blond . what are they doing in your picture?
366 T ah in my . in my picture, there are also playing a ball
367 C what colour is the ball?
368 T ah .ah.the ball has the three colours yellow red and blue
369 C OK ..OK
370 T so.
371 C where is the spider in your picture?
372 T (long pause) so..sorry?
373 C is there a spider in your picture?
374 T (long pause) ah yes
375 C where is it?
376 T its...sorry so small..
377 C mha ha (laughs)
378 T its an the grass..ah.. its at the bottom.. ah its next to the girl
379 C mhm
380 T who is playing ball
381 C OK can you ask me now questions starting with could you tell me dadada?
382 T ah could you tell could you tell me where the place is in this picture?
383 C oh well this picture was taken in a park probably at a park probably in a big city
384 T OK ..mm (long pause) could you tell me how many flowers there are in the picture?
385 C in the picture there are six flowers around the lake
386 T yeah . um..(long pause) ah (long pause) could you tell me...how old the ..the lady ah who is sitting next to the lady in ping dress .a ah could you tell me how old she is?
387 C well I'm not sure but I would say she's in her seventies? what do you think?
388 T I think a she's maybe oh ah...she's around a fifty year old
389 C fifty?
390 T fifty yeah
391 C oh OK OK so that's the end of part two and thank you very much for participating
392 T thank you too
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