CH21
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 21: 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 um..my student number is XXX54
3 C OK...so we're gonna start with part one
4 T um...
5 C OK nice to meet you
6 T um..may I know your name?
7 C yeah my name is C what's your name?
8 T my name is V ..
9 C V . OK
10 T and a..what's your country of birth?
11 C I was born in Argentina where were you born?
12 T I was born in China . yeah
13 C OK where abouts in China?
14 T I was born in Shanghai yeah
15 C Shanghai OK
16 T and how many language do you speak
17 C um...I speak..could say I speak three as my mother language is Spanish and I speak English and Portuguese
18 T oh
19 C so ..um...how many languages do you speak?
20 T oh I just can speak Chinese and English
21 C OK..ah but mandarin or Cantonese
22 T mandarin
23 C OK
24 T um...what's your occupation?
25 C Oh...I'm a interpreter or a translator . what do you do for a living? or maybe you're just a student?
26 T I'm just a student but I was a teacher in primary school
27 C yeah you're teaching English?
28 T yeah...and....um...what kind of ..a...pets do you have?
29 C I have a dog and a cat . do you like animals?
30 T yes I like fish
31 C you like fish? OK
32 T yes because it is sad ..the fish has poor memory ...
33 C OK ...yeah
34 T because I think that if I would...oh sorry if I were a fish
35 C yeah
36 T I can..um...I would forget the pain I suffered from easily.
37 C um...OK that's so good
38 T so what's your hobbies...hm..sorry . what are your hobbies?
39 C um..well I like going to the beach, playing the guitar reading
40 T ah
41 C and I like studying also...um...I enjoy studying . so what um . what do you do in your free time?
42 T um...I usually read books and listen to music and sometimes I... paint
43 C really? what do you paint?
44 T um..water colour
45 C nice
46 T thank you
47 C interesting
48 T and what is your favourite food?
49 C well I like um..an...any type of food but I really like pizza . what's your favourite type of food? your favourite meal
50 T favourite meal ..um..maybe...fried rice?
51 C fried rice?
52 T yeah yeah
53 C With chicken or pork..or what
54 T with chicken and vegetable
55 C nice sounds yummy . so when's your birthday Veronica?
56 T um...it's on the seventh of December
57 C so how old are you?
58 T haha..a...a....I'm... twenty-nine
59 C OK you don't look like...so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
60 T last birthday...I just had a simple meal with my family
61 C Oh..OK...do you like big celebrations? or.
62 T um..
63 C do you like parties? birthday parties
64 T yeah sometimes
65 C sometimes ? OK um . what did you last weekend then?
66 T last weekend I went to Burwood and visited my friend
67 C OK . only that? during the whole weekend?
68 T (pause) yeah only that .
69 C OK .
70 T ha ha
71 C so where were you last summer last Chinese summer were you in China?
72 T a..last summer...yeah I was in China . I were...sorry I was on summer vacation
73 C so what did you do during your holidays?
74 T um...I just um.... stayed at home and reading...a ..read read some books
75 C only that? you didn't go out?
76 T cuz the weather is so hot...
77 C oh really?
78 T so I stay at home
79 C oh...OK . OK . can you . what can you tell me about your family?
80 T um...there are three people in my family of ah..
81 C you're the only child?
82 T yeah I the only child
83 C so what do your parents do?
84 T my father is a... teacher and my mother is a worker
85 C so he teaches at university or at school?
86 T no...he ...taught in middle school yeah
87 C what what was he teaching?
88 T you mean subject?
89 C sorry?
90 T um..you mean subject?
91 C mhm...yeah
92 T he taught um . physical education
93 C cool and what about your mum? what does she do?
94 T she's a worker in a factory yeah
95 C so if I ask you to describe your mum's routine from the very moment she wakes up till the time she goes to bed can you do that?
96 T yeah
97 C what she does every day kind of thing?
98 T every morning about seven thirty she wakes up and then cooks meal...ah cook breakfast and then she ah ..goes to the fresh food market and ah buy someprepare . vegetable and meat and then she comes back and do some...does some washing..and ah prepares for some lunch . and then in the afternoon she usually ...um..has a ..ah./short sleep and after that she watches tv and around um.. f..around about four thirty she begans to prepare for dinner and then after dinner we usually um..watches t ah..watch tv together and then about nine thirty um... she . um . goes to sleep
99 C OK . do you have a best friend?
100 T yeah . of course
101 C is it in Shanghai or here?
102 T um... I have a best friend in Shanghai and boths aha.. I don't know ...maybe um not best friend . just a friend just a friend here
103 C so what did you do last time you saw each other? with your best friend in Shanghai
104 T last time..um...we...we had ..um...we had ah. afternoon tea at pizza hut
105 C OK . nice . nice when are you going back to china? are you gonna see her again?
106 T sorry?
107 C are you going back to china soon or you're gonna you're planning on staying in Australia?
108 T I will go back to China in January
109 C oh OK . OK so I'm gonna give you one of these two pictures and I'm gonna keep the other one?
110 T OK thank you
111 C they have differences and similarities so I'm gonna ask you to please ask me yes no questions
112 T yes or no questions
113 C to find them out
114 T ah...
115 C the differences OK ? and I'm gonna ask you back . so we're gonna start with yes no questions
116 T yes no questions
117 C yeah you ask me yes no questions please?
118 T is the girl . in blue skirt holding a holding a red ball?
119 C there is a girl holding a ball but the ball is red and her skirt is yellow and not blue .
120 T ah..
121 C what is she doing? what do you think she's doing?
122 T um..I think she wants to play the ball with the boy next to her .
123 C um OK
124 T I'm again ? are there five ducks in the pond?
125 C no in my picture there are four ducks in the pond . are there five ducks in your picture?
126 T yeah .
127 C OK so who's sitting in the in the right hand side bench?
128 T um..there are two ladies sitting in the right ah right hand side bench
129 C what are they wearing?
130 T um...they are wearing . dresses....I think
131 C what colour are they?
132 T um ..a..I can't describe it...it's kind of pink but not pink...
133 C OK
134 T and..ah yeah one of the lady . the other lady's dress is in a navy blue and with small white spot on it
135 C OK
136 T um ...is the cat under...ah..sorry is that cat near the lady sitting in the right hand bench ah black in your picture?
137 C in my picture there's one cat and it's kind of dark grey and its closer to the old ladies...so...is there anything in the middle of the picture? the cen..
138 T you mean the intersection?
139 C yeah
140 T yeah. in my picture . there are two . children I guess...they are riding on bicycles
141 C um...OK . OK so can you ask me dablryu eich questions now?
142 T dablyu eich questions OK a boy or a girl...I don't know . what is the gentleman sitting on the right..ah . on the left hand side bench reading?
143 C well apparently he's reading a newspaper. so who's sitting next to him?
144 T um . I think ...um...a boy...
145 C mhm
146 T yeah a boy in a yellow t-shirt
147 C what is he doing?
148 T he's eating an ice-cream ...a chocolate flavour
149 C in my picture he's having a drink he's not eating anything
150 T ah...shall I keep on asking?
151 C yes please
152 T um ..what kind of . um . pets does the girl in red dress in your picture have
153 C she has one white dog and she's walking it
154 T oh...in my picture she has two dogs . one is brown and the other is a ..brown but with..um..or sorry the other is white but with brown spot
155 C is there any spider in your picture?
156 T ...spider . um yeah...I think so there is one spider on the grass ..on the left.ah.sorry on the right hand side
157 C OK can you please ask me questions starting by could you please tell me..dadada
158 T OK .um . could you please tell me um . whether there is a parrot in your picture?
159 C no there there're no parrots in my picture . I can't see any birds in my picture . how many are there in your picture?
160 T um . there are four
161 C OK . so..
162 T would you please tell me ah what colour is the (pause) is the suit of the gentleman sitting on the left hand side bench in your picture?
163 C the gentleman is wearing dark blue in my picture . how about yours?
164 T um...I think it's the same
165 C OK what do you think the old ladies are talking about?
166 T I think they're talking about the weather
167 C just about the weather?
168 T maybe um . the family issues
169 C OK OK well thanks Veronica
170 T It's OK
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