CH16
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 16: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: no data
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C can you please tell me your student number?
2 T XX ah XX98
3 C OK we're gonna start with part one
4 T so this is part one
5 C yeah . you need to ask me
6 T um..what's your name please?
7 C my name is C . what's your name?
8 T my name is Y why ai en gee yeah
9 C OK
10 T um what's your country of birth?
11 C I was born in Argentina . where were you born?
12 T I was born in china
13 C where abouts in china
14 T ahm...south China
15 C OK
16 T um what's your language is spoken?
17 C um...I speak Spanish English and Portuguese . what languages do you speak?
18 T um . I speak mandarin and English
19 C OK
20 T so what's your um what's your occupation?
21 C um ..I'm a conference interpreter and I work as a research assistant
22 T yeah
23 C here . what do you do for a living? or are you just a student?
24 T yeah I'm just a student .
25 C OK
26 T um do you have pets?
27 C yes I have a cat and I have a dog . do you like animals? have any pets?
28 T I like animals but I don't have any pets . so what's your favourite food?
29 C my favourite food is pasta? what's your favourite food?
30 T um...mm..probably a ..rice just rice
31 C rice?
32 T yeah
33 C OK
34 T so what's your hobbies?
35 C um..I like going to the beach with my friends . what do you do in your spare time?
36 T go to karaoke box . yeap
37 C what?
38 T karaoke box
39 C oh nice so you like singing are you a good singer?
40 T I think so (laughs)
41 C oh OK so when's your birthday?
42 T um..eighteenth of October nineteen eighty two
43 C so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
44 T um...hen...hang out with friends um sing in a karaoke box
45 C mhm
46 T drinking
47 C mhm
48 T ..something ..something like that..
49 C so what did you do last weekend?
50 T um...study....I've been studying at at home for whole week
51 C do you remember what you did last summer?
52 T no can't remember do I have to ans....yeah...last summer? .I I I went travelling all around Australia
53 C OK so where where did you go?
54 T gold beam gold coast cairns
55 C mhm
56 T Melbourne
57 C what did you do in cairns?
58 T I go to the ...grea..
59 C great barrier reef?
60 T great..yeah great..
61 C so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
62 T plus me there are three people
63 C who are they?
64 T my father my mum and me
65 C OK . um so what can you tell me about your father?
66 T my father ? wy (my?) father was um ..was a police man
67 C mhm
68 T now he has retired
69 C OK
70 T my mum is just a house wife yeah
71 C OK so if I ask you what your mum does from the moment when she wakes up till the moment she goes to bed her routine what she does everyday . can you tell me about that?
72 T um yeah...she started a.. a day with...um house working yeah
73 C mhm
74 T she will ...she will prepare d...meals for the family
75 C mhm
76 T and maybe she will take um some snap in the afternoon and then prepare for the dinner and then do the ah..cleaning
77 C mhm
78 T .. something um
79 C watching tv
80 T watching tv like that
81 C OK OK . so I'm gonna give you one picture and I'm gonna keep the other one
82 T yeah
83 C and I'd like you to ask me yes no questions first to find out the difference and the similarities
84 T alright um..(long pause) are there five ducks in the pool?
85 C no there're only four in my picture
86 T ....are there two people playing a ..balls?
87 C yes there are two teenagers playing with the red ball . is thee a . is there are red ball?
88 T its its a colourful ball
89 C oh OK. how many people are playing with the ball in your picture?
90 T I think there are there are three...people
91 C three people OK
92 T um...do you see two people riding bicycles?
93 C yes I see two girls riding bicycles ones wearing red and the other one's wearing pink
94 T ah yeah the same as my picture
95 C OK
96 T do you see two um..ladies sitting on the chair?
97 C yes um I see two old ladies having a conversation . what do you think they are talking about?
98 T ah...today's weather or
99 C mhm
100 T what did they do last night or something...
101 C OK
102 T um...did you see a gentleman um reading a newspaper?
103 C yes um I see one . who is sitting next to him?
104 T in my picture..there there's a boy eating ice-cream
105 C yes
106 T sitting next to him
107 C OK can you ask me dablyu eich questions now ? like what where how
108 T oh alright...um..how...um....where....(long pause) hun where is the . oh where are the two black cats?
109 C oh...in my picture there's only one gray cat or black cat and he is um on the grass close to the old lady
110 T oh yeah . um in my picture there are two black cats um one is beside the old ladies one is under the tree
111 C do you see any spiders in your picture?
112 T .spider ...um...yeah yeah yeah
113 C where is the spider?
114 T um...its on the ground ..oh no..its on the.yeah its on the ground next to the the girl who is playing balls
115 C OK . so what is the girl wearing a red dress doing?
116 T oh . ah she is working dogs
117 C OK
118 T in my picture
119 C OK yeah the same in my picture
120 T where is the...a... yellow colour taxi in your picture?
121 C there's no c..taxi in my picture . I don't have any cars in my picture
122 T ah..I have two cars
123 C oh
124 T in my picture
125 C OK
126 T ...no no three sorry
127 C three cars . OK
128 T um..where's the white bird in your picture?
129 C um...I don't have any white birds in my picture I only have three gray birds and they are sitting close to the left hand side bench
130 T ah..in my picture there are three birds ..ah..one is in gray colour two are in yellow colour
131 C OK can you ask me questions now starting like could you please tell me blah blah blah
132 T OK um ..could you please tell me um . the boy in a yellow top was doing . i..is doing
133 C he is having a drink..apparently cuz there are two bottles next to him .
134 T oh
135 C what is he doing in your picture?
136 T she is ..he is playing beside the pool
137 C OK
138 T lying on the ground
139 C OK OK
140 T in my picture .and could you please tell me ..um...could you please tell me.....mm..what what colour the top the girl playing playing balls wearing
141 C her top is blue and she is also has a yellow skirt
142 T ah . its the same in my picture
143 C OK
144 T could you please tell me..how many dogs um the girl is working
145 C she is only walking one white dog in my picture . how many dogs is she walking in your picture?
146 T um she's walking two dogs one in white colour and one in brown colour
147 C OK thank you very much for your time
148 T so its finished
149 C yeah
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