CH13
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 13: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 12,200
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C can you please tell me your student number?
2 T ah yeah . my student number is 16665965
3 C OK . so we can start with first part?
4 T yeah . ah ..can you tell me what is your name?
5 C .my name is Cecilia . what is your name?
6 T ah..my name is Helen
7 C Helen
8 T yeah ..and what country do you..ah. what is the country of birth?
9 C my country of birth is um Argentina . what's your country of birth?
10 T ah my country of birth is Taiwan
11 C OK
12 T yeah
13 C so where abouts in Taiwan are you from?
14 T ah Taipei
15 C Taipei OK
16 T so what is the language do you speak?
17 C sorry? can you say that again?
18 T yeah . what language did you speak?
19 C I speak um..Spanish English and Portuguese
20 T yeah
21 C so what languages do you speak?
22 T ah I speak English and Chinese
23 C so Chinese is your mother tongue?
24 T yeah
25 C and is it mandarin or Cantonese?
26 T ah..mandarin
27 C OK
28 T yeah ..and what is your occupation?
29 C oh I work as a translator and interpreter . what do you do for living?
30 T ah . now I'm a student
31 C oh OK
32 T before I worked in Taiwan
33 C OK what were you doing in Taiwan?
34 T I sell electronics parts
35 C OK
36 T yeah
37 C OK
38 T um...did you have any pets?
39 C yes I do I have a cat and a dog .
40 T yeah
41 C how about you?
42 T no I don't have any pets
43 C you don't like animals?
44 T I like it . but I can...I can raise one in here because I stay here for one year
45 C Oh OK
46 T and what is your hobbies?
47 C um . well I like listening to music and going to the beach with my friends.
48 T yeah
49 C what do you do in your spare time?
50 T ah..I like to travelling around? yeah
51 C travelling ...what . for example have you travelled around Australia?
52 T ah yeah before I have a working holiday visa so I travelled around Australia
53 C OK
54 T yeah . what is your favourite food?
55 C my favourite food is salads . how about you?
56 T I like a lot of food . different kind I like Chinese food, I like Korean food, Thai food
57 C mhm
58 T yeah
59 C OK . you don't have a favourite one?
60 T um yeah . I like all blend
61 C OK . is that a Chinese food . Chinese meal?
62 T Chinese meal?
63 C what is it? is it a food from Taiwan ?
64 T yeah I think Chinese food and Taiwanese food is similar
65 C OK OK cool . so when is your birthday
66 T ah...my birthday is December the twelfth
67 C the twelfth?
68 T yeah
69 C so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
70 T ah...no..not exactly maybe I... I was in Taiwan and I
71 C mm
72 T usually celebrate it with my friends we ate something in the restaurant
73 C OK
74 T yeah
75 C so where were you last summer?
76 T last summer..ah ..last summer . last summer I stay in Australia
77 C so what did you do? what activities did you to in summer?
78 T ah at that time I think I worked and travelled in Australia because I had a working holiday visa . yeah
79 C mhm . did you go to the beach ? tell me the things that you did during the summer
80 T you mean what I usually do in summer?
81 C no what you did last summer . you can invent if you didn't don't remember
82 T um . I think last summer ..um I worked in vodafone I pick a pair and a phone um I think at that time I was in Melbourne and sometimes I didn't work I I went to Melbourne to travel
83 C mhm
84 T yeah
85 C OK so what did you do last weekend?
86 T last weekend...ah . I did a lot of ass..assignment . now we already . this week we have to submit a lot of assignments
87 C mm
88 T so I had to finish it so I do I did the assignments
89 C OK . so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
90 T ah . I have parents and my elder brother so and include me totally four people
91 C four people
92 T yeah
93 C what can you tell me about your brother . where is he what he does
94 T ah he is in Taiwan now and he worked in an electronics parts company. his job is to decide software of mobile phone
95 C mhm
96 T and he got married last year
97 C OK OK . so if I ask you to describe your mum's routine from the moment she wakes up till she goes to bed . can you do that please?
98 T oh my mother?
99 C yeah
100 T oh . ah now she she she cannot do too much tasks because she got injured for her legs
101 C mhm
102 T but in the past he usually get up early and make breakfast first and maybe do some housework and a...sometimes she goes out and we go to the market to buy some food ..and also they she she cook dinner for us
103 C mhm
104 T usually at night she will watch television . for relax
105 C mm . OK so what's your father occupation?
106 T my father is re ah retired now
107 C mhm
108 T . before he was a teacher
109 C mhm
110 T in elementary school.
111 C OK OK so let's start with part two ahm..I'm gonna give you this picture and I'm gonna keep the other . one both pictures have similarities and differences . I need you to look at your picture
112 T yeah
113 C and ask me yes no questions first?
114 T yeah ....(long pause) um is . is there....um..does there .a girl wear red dress and... she she ha she has a dog?
115 C yes there is .
116 G yeah
117 T do you have the same girl?
118 T ah yes . questions?
119 C yes no questions
120 T um . does a boy near ...near a pond and the he tried to reach a duck
121 C ah yes there is .
122 T yeah
123 C ..a boy playing with the duck
124 T yeah
125 C is there any cats in your picture?
126 T um..no ...oh ah yeah a black one
127 C only one?
128 T ..um...oh two . two blacks two black cats
129 C OK
130 T yeah um...does um...does um does it..are there two two guys riding bicycles?
131 C yes there are two girls in my picture one is wearing red and the other one is re . wearing pink
132 T yes me too
133 C do you have two old ladies sitting on the bench on the right hand side?
134 T yeah
135 C what do you think they are talking about?
136 T maybe they are talking about um . how's your day or something?
137 C OK . so can you ask me dablryu eich questions now please?
138 T yeah . um (long pause) um...what is a girl....ah..she's ...ah...sitting on the bench . ah...what what is that girl eating?
139 C she's not eating anything in my picture
140 T oh
141 C apparently she's having a drink cuz there are two bottles next to her
142 T oh
143 C what's she eating in your picture?
144 T she's eating maybe an ice-cream?
145 C OK
146 T yeah
147 C OK
148 T what...um ..what .ah.what do the three kids play play ah.. play (pause) on the right s...right hand side?
149 C yeah . can you say the question again please?
150 T yeah . what do the three kids play in the right corner?
151 C oh I think they are playing with the ball . volleyball maybe .
152 T yeah
153 C what do you think they're doing?
154 T yeah . I think they are playing some kind of ball
155 C OK . is there any spider in your picture?
156 T yeah
157 C where is the spider?
158 T it is um...above the tree..some kind of tree and on the grass.
159 C above the tree on the grass?
160 T ah...ah near the...near the tree
161 C oh OK OK . so who else is sitting on the left hand side bench?
162 T in the picture there is another man
163 C mhm
164 T who is reading a newspaper?
165 C OK . can you ask me questions that start with could you tell me
166 T yeah . also have to dablryu eich questions?
167 C no no no now I want you to ask me that . could you please tell me..
168 T yeah could you please tell me if there is any cars in your picture?
169 C no . there are no cars in my picture . how many cars are there in your picture?
170 T ah . there are two cars in my picture...or three three cars.
171 C OK
172 T and . could you tell me how many ducks in your picture?
173 C there are four ducks in my picture
174 T ah..there are five ducks in my picture
175 C oh OK
176 T ah..could you please tell me how many birds in your picture?
177 C um...I don't have any birds in my picture . how many are there in your picture?
178 T ah..there are five .ah..six six birds
179 C OK
180 T in my picture
181 C well thank you very much for your time
182 T thank you
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