CH22
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 22: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 12,300
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C can you please tell me your . student number?
2 T um XXX02
3 C OK
4 T oh..
5 C you wanna say it again? OK so say it say your student number again please
6 T XXX00
7 C OK so let's start with part one
8 T um..could you please tell me your name?
9 C my name is C . what's your name?
10 T my name is V
11 C OK OK
12 T if I....is it possible that I know which country you were born?
13 C ah..I was born in Argentina . where were you born?
14 T I'm born Shanghai China .
15 C oh OK
16 T which which language do you spoke in ar?
17 C I speak Spanish
18 T Spanish?
19 C that's my mother tongue
20 T OK I speak mandarin
21 C do you speak any Cantonese?
22 T little . just a little .
23 C OK
24 T ah . what's your occupation then?
25 C I'm a conference interpreter and a translator and I work for university as a research assistant . what.
26 T oh its a really good job
27 C what do you do for a living?
28 T I'm doing living for a part-time job such as waiter , waitress
29 C where what do you work as a waitress
30 T sorry?
31 C what type...is it just a pub or a restaurant?
32 T just a pub
33 C in the city?
34 T in the city
35 C OK
36 T so what kind of pets do you like
37 C oh I love animals in general but.. I have a dog and a cat . do you like animals?
38 T um..I like the cold blood animals like snake or something
39 C really?
40 T yeah
41 C do you have any?
42 T um..yeah used in my home country not here in Australia
43 C you use to have a snake?
44 T yeah before
45 C ah..
46 T its very interesting
47 C well in a...where did you have it?
48 T um...got it from the market..and they sell this kind of snake its a very small one
49 C oh OK
50 T yeah a tiny one
51 C OK
52 T ..what's your favourite food?
53 C I love beef and vegetables?
54 T not meat?
55 C um yeah yeah yeah love meat
56 T oh oh
57 C what meals do you like? what's your favourite meal?
58 T I like chilli food and spicy food
59 C OK
60 T and also vegetables .
61 C nice
62 T and what's your hobbies?
63 C I like going to the beach and playing the guitar
64 T playing the guitar?
65 C reading..yeah
66 T wow that's really good
67 C what do you do in your free time?
68 T free time...I think to..karaoke with my friends and I have beers ..and maybe that's it oh and I sometimes go to the beach also
69 C cool . so when's your birthday Vivien?
70 T um...its .a .eighteen nineteen eighty four June.. fourteenth
71 C the fourteenth of June?
72 T yeah
73 C OK
74 T Gemini
75 C Gemini yeah I'm cancer I'm the twenty second of June
76 T twenty second of June
77 C so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
78 T um..I celebrate my birthday with my friends and we just a just a we we didn't sleep for the whole night we go to karaoke and we had a lot of .. go to clubbing to dancing or something
79 C OK so were you here or were you in Shanghai?
80 T in Shanghai
81 C OK so do you remember what you did last weekend? could you tell me?
82 T last weekend I think I preparing all the ...you know my homework
83 C mhm
84 T the time is almost due
85 C mhm
86 T and I had to prepare all the examinations and ah to make a record for some lecture . it was a very hard weekend . I didn't spend any time with my friends
87 C oh OK . where were you last summer?
88 T um last summer.. I think ..um...I don't know what what you mean by summer because last summer when you ah in Australia summer its Shanghai in Winter
89 C OK so what did you do last summer in Shanghai?
90 T in Shanghai . I think it sounds boring but I'm preparing for IELTS test to go to Australia
91 C OK so how long have you been living in Australia?
92 T almost a one year almost a one year
93 C yeah
94 T what about you?
95 C oh..yeah I was living here in two thousand and five
96 T oh
97 C and came back this year
98 T oh came back
99 C yeah went back to Argentina and came back in February
100 T you love this country?
101 C yeah I love it I love it
102 T good weather
103 C yeah good very good weather .
104 T mm
105 C so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
106 T I'm the only child in my family .
107 C OK
108 T um my parents are now in Shanghai they're still..um they don't work anymore they just have a sweet life and I have some cousin
109 C mm
110 T ..and ah..and ah ..I don't have a big family
111 C mhm
112 T but our relationships are very good
113 C cool so if you have to describe the routine your parent's routine from the very moment they wakes up till they go to bed or your mum for example
114 T yeah
115 C your mum when she wakes up from the moment she wakes up till she goes to bed
116 T um . what she do or?
117 C yes
118 T um...everyday?
119 C yes
120 T um..she play with the stocks the investments or something . so she almost stay at home and to just to um search information on the internet and looking for the financial information so that he can invest better
121 C mhm
122 T and then he do she do some house work
123 C mhm
124 T and preparing for our coming back to be together to have lunch together or dinner together
125 C so your mum does the cooking at your house?
126 T yes yes exactly
127 C do you have a best friend?
128 T best friend?
129 C yeah
130 C yes of course . I have a lots of best friends I don't know which one's the best but I think I share a lot of things with them when I'm sad and happy I share all the things with my best friend . and my best friend Vicki and Karina
131 C is she here or is she in Shanghai
132 T um . in Shanghai and also in Australia I make friends everywhere I go
133 C so what did you do with her the last time you saw her in Shanghai?
134 T last time in Shanghai...I think I met her last time in Shanghai we spent time together having morning tea and afternoon tea I really forgot but we share a lot of like views of life and views of people and then...we are very quiet but we exchange a lot of ideas
135 C OK cool . so I'm gonna give you a picture I have another one . they have differences and similarities and you need to find them out by asking me questions
136 T oh OK
137 C and I will ask you to ask me yes no questions first?
138 T OK
139 C OK?
140 T (long pause) I ask you first?
141 C yeah please
142 T um..is there two children riding the bicycles which one riding bicycles ah one adult the girl is in pink and the boys in red
143 C yes they are
144 T I ask you again?
145 C yes
146 T um...a um child who is eating ice-cream in yellow?
147 C yeah he's wearing yellow but in my picture he's not eating an ice-cream he's having a drink
148 T so the difference is that ..I have to tell the difference now?
149 C no you you just have to ask me questions
150 T OK is there a old man reading a newspaper in blue?
151 C yes there is an old man wearing a black hat
152 T a black hat
153 C um..what can you see on the right hand side bench?
154 T mm..there are two woman talking each other one is in pink and the other is in blue
155 C mhm
156 T and a dog and two cats
157 C what colour are they?
158 T black cats
159 C I only have one cat
160 T oh OK um... can you see um two children play um colour ball um at the down right side?
161 C yeah I can see two teenagers playing with the ball but it's not a colourful one its just a red ball in my picture . what is the girl wearing?
162 T the girl is wearing a yellow star and a blue t-shirt
163 C OK
164 T yes um...
165 C can you ask me dablryu eich questions please?
166 T what..um what is in ..could you please tell me what is in your left down ha..hand
167 C can you say that again please?
168 T um could you please tell me what's in your left down down left hand
169 C OK I have a lake
170 T yeah
171 C . with four ducks
172 T four ducks . but I have five ducks here
173 C and a boy . what do you think the boy the little boy is doing?
174 T he's play with the ducks
175 C OK
176 T what colour is the flowers in your left down hand?
177 C I have six flowers and they are all pink
178 T you have six flowers all pink
179 C how about you?
180 T about a..three pink ones and two yellow ones
181 C OK
182 T they are all together five
183 C OK
184 T um..that a..um..what colour of the buildings at the top of the picture?
185 C the buildings are dark gray and light gray
186 T light gray yes
187 C how about you?
188 T its the same
189 C is there a spider in your picture?
190 T spider… (long pause) oh yes
191 C where is it?
192 T its the right down hand here its a bit its beside the girl
193 C OK is it on the tree?
194 T no its on the grass
195 C OK . can you ask me any more?
196 T um
197 C dablryu eich questions? like what where how
198 T could you please tell me what's on the tree ah on ah the middle of the picture
199 C well on that tree there's nothing in my picture . what can you see in your picture?
200 T I can see two birds in the tree
201 C cool . um . what do you think the ladies the old ladies are talking about?
202 T um I think they are talking about gossip things such as what their husb husband did la last week or something..
203 C OK . and what is the girl wearing the red dress doing?
204 T um...she's just um playing with her dogs . um what what . how many dogs you think she is playing with?
205 C she's she's only playing with walking one dog in my picture
206 T there's one dog ?
207 C one white dog
208 T in my picture there is a brown one also
209 C OK OK well
210 T that's OK finished?
211 C thanks for your time
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