CH17
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 17: 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 ah XXX19
3 C OK say it again please?
4 T ah XXX19
5 C OK so we're gonna start with part one .
6 T yeah
7 C whenever you want
8 T OK ah nice to meet you . what's your name please?
9 C .my name is C what's your name?
10 T ah my name is ah Q X and my English name is Rachel
11 C Rachel
12 T yeah
13 C nice name
14 T yeah . so where are you come from?
15 C I come from Argentina . what do you come from?
16 T I come from China
17 C where abouts in China . where were you born
18 T Shanghai
19 C Shanghai OK
20 T ah . do you speak English or something? what's your..ah native language?
21 C my native language is ah Spanish
22 T Spanish
23 C but I do speak English yeah
24 T yeah
25 C what's your native tongue?
26 T ah Chinese
27 C Is it mandarin or Cantonese?
28 T ah mandarin
29 C do you speak any Cantonese?
30 T ah no .
31 C no?
32 T yeah
33 C OK OK
34 T ah . so what job do you do?
35 C I work as a research assistant for Sandra Hale but I'm also a interpreter and translator
36 T ah..
37 C what do you do for living?
38 T no I'm a student now
39 C oh OK so you're not working
40 T no I'm not working
41 C OK
42 T so do you like animals?
43 C I love animals . do you?
44 T ah . just so so
45 C so so
46 T so ah have you got any pets?
47 C yes I have a cat and a dog .
48 T oh
49 C do you have any?
50 T no
51 C so you've never had any?
52 T yeah yeah I've never had any . so what's your hobby?
53 C I like hanging out with my friends going to the beach playing the guitar
54 T oh yeah
55 C what do you do in your spare time?
56 T um...maybe watching TV? or go some shopping?
57 C you like shopping?
58 T yeah yeah (laughs)
59 C nice
60 T so what's your favourite food?
61 C I like um vegetables in general...and beef
62 T vegetables..
63 C do you have any favourite meal?
64 T favourite...no I like most food ..um..not...a not a best one or something
65 C do you eat most...most of the time you eat Chinese food or you eat Australian food as well?
66 T um...I think...fifty percent each
67 C OK that's a good percentage . so when's your birthday? Rachel?
68 T march the first nineteen eighty four
69 C do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
70 T last...birthday..
71 C how you celebrated?
72 T I ate dinner with my husband
73 C OK . you're married?
74 T yeah yeah
75 C how old are you?
76 T um....twenty five...?
77 C you're twenty five
78 T no no twenty six
79 C you're twenty six . OK so you had dinner with your husband? what else did you do?
80 T just a...um..go to go to street with my friends
81 C aha
82 T day time but not do any shopping just watch
83 C OK
84 T so I have dinner with my husband and go to friends home to watch TV?
85 C OK um . do you have any children?
86 T ah..sorry? any what?
87 C a son or a daughter? any chil children?
88 T no no no no
89 C no OK . so what did you do last weekend?
90 T last weekend..um...I'm at . I was at home..um..watching movies a and do homework
91 C OK um... where were you last summer?
92 T last summer I'm in Shanghai
93 C you were in Shanghai?
94 T yeah
95 C so what did you do in shanghai last summer?
96 T I quitted my job last April so last summer I was just at home and relaxed and prepared for come here
97 C so what else do you do you did you do in general? you went shopping..or
98 T I went shopping and going to buy things with my mother
99 C mhm
100 T and go to my sisters and my ...relations my relations
101 C mhm
102 T home and enjoy some time with them
103 C so when did you get married?
104 T ah..yeah we got the certification at a January but ah..our party was held in July
105 C oh OK
106 T yeah
107 C was it a big party?
108 T ah yeah...about one...let me see um. one hundred and eighty person
109 C ah
110 T yeah
111 C that's a lot of people
112 T came to your party
113 C so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
114 T not too many um...just three . my parents and me
115 C what can you tell me about your dad?
116 T my dad...arh.
117 C what does he do for living?
118 T he is a manager manager in the ...um...property agency
119 C mhm
120 T yeah so ah he is in charge of our neighbourhood to um..to do my management
121 C mhm . and so if I ask you to to describe me your mum's routine from the very first moment when she wakes up .. can you tell me about your mum's routine?
122 T ah...wakes up ..she
123 C what she does everyday..she
124 T ah
125 C wakes up (long pause) .
126 T mm
127 C she gets up..
128 T she gets up first today she will she will do some cleaning
129 C mhm
130 T and she will buy some food some vegetables or meat or something and then she will come home ..and ah..and ah she will take a rest . and ah..in the afternoon ah from one to three o'clock ah she will ah sleep for a while and then she will wake up again to do some cooking at night she will use the computer to go to the internet
131 C mhm
132 T and play some games
133 C OK OK . do you have a best friend?
134 T best friend...yeah
135 C and she's..
136 T she's in Shanghai
137 C ah OK well um . I'm gonna give you this picture
138 T mhm
139 C and you need to find out what's what are what are the similarities and the differences are with my picture
140 T yeah
141 C and I'll ask you please if you can ask me yes no questions first
142 T yes ah.oh ah.about the similarities and differences?
143 C ye yes
144 T but I don't have your picture?
145 C you can ask me is there something whatever
146 T oh
147 C in your picture do you see..
148 T oh OK I know . do you see two persons who are who are riding a two bicycles?
149 C yes ahm..in the middle of the picture there are two girls riding bicycles . what colours are their clothes?
150 T ah the pink and red so do you see five ducks in five ducks in the lake?
151 C actually there are four ducks in my lake
152 T oh so we...so we..
153 C is there anyone playing with the ducks in your lake?
154 T yeah a boy in yellow
155 C OK
156 T yeah ah . do you see a girl with a dog?
157 C yes um . there is a girl walking a dog a white dog?
158 T oh..
159 C do you have the same in your picture?
160 T ah..yeah but um in my picture there was two dogs
161 C OK
162 T a brown and a white one
163 C OK only one in my picture
164 T do you see .two . do you see one person standing beside the chair and another person sitting on the chair?
165 C um...the left hand side?
166 T yeah.the.left side..
167 C there are actually two people but they are sitting on the bench not standing
168 T oh
169 C what are the people doing in your picture?
170 T other people . there are two people
171 C yeah
172 T sitting in the right chair chatting
173 C mhm
174 T with each other and another two person was playing the ball
175 C OK . can you ask me dablryu eich questions now?
176 T ah yeah (pause) ah...ah...where is the (pause) dablryu questions...?
177 C you study OK?
178 T where is the truck? can you tell me where is the truck?
179 C there is no truck in my picture . is there any truck in your picture?
180 T ah yeah
181 C where is it?
182 T on the left side
183 C yeah
184 T left side..
185 C OK . can you see any spider in your picture?
186 T um...spider? no
187 C no?
188 T I'm sorry
189 C on the grass there is no spider?
190 T no
191 C OK OK
192 T um . what do you think the ah.the.boy in blue at the left side ah standing beside the chair
193 C mhm
194 T what does what does he doing?
195 C I think he's reading the newspaper
196 T mhm
197 C just enjoying the lovely day I think he's doing that . what is the boy in yellow doing sitting next to him?
198 T ah he's eating an ice-cream
199 C what do you think the old ladies are talking about?
200 T um...something about their families .ah.like my son or daughter or something
201 C OK . now can you ask me questions starting with could you tell me blah blah blah?
202 T ah yeah . ah could you please tell me ah how many cars um..on the roads near the near this park?
203 C well in my picture there's no cars at all
204 T no car
205 T there's none. there are no cars in my picture
206 T alright could you tell me ...what are the people . what are the two persons one the right on the right hand corner
207 C mhm
208 T what are they doing?
209 C well in that corner there are two teenagers playing with the ball . what are they doing in your picture? are there two teenagers?
210 T a yeah one girl and a one boy they are playing the ball
211 C OK so where do you think this picture was taken?
212 T a park near a neighbourhood
213 C OK OK
214 T yeah
215 C OK thank you Rachel very much for your time . that's it
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