CH23
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 23: L1 Chinese, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 12,400
Course: Master in Interpreting & Translation
1 C can you please tell me your student number?
2 T my student number is XXX99
3 C OK so we're gonna start with part one
4 T (long pause) oh what's the name of these two female peoples?
5 C mm? no
6 T no?
7 C you need to ask me what's my name.
8 T what's your name ?
9 C you know . what my name is . all the information you need to ask me
10 T OK . what's your name?
11 C my name is C . what's your name?
12 T my name is X L
13 C OK
14 T why are you come from?
15 C I come from Argentina what do you come from?
16 T mm I'm from China
17 C where abouts in china?
18 T in the centre of in the centre part of china
19 C OK
20 T OK . what kind of language do you speak?
21 C I speak
22 T ah . I speak Chinese and a English and a little bit of Japanese
23 C ah OK and you speak mandarin or Cantonese?
24 T mandarin s...I can understand a little bit of mandarin...ah Cantonese
25 C OK OK
26 T oh . what is your occupations?
27 C oh I'm a student I'm doing my master degree and I'm working as a research assistant . what do you for your living or you're just a student maybe?
28 T yeah I'm a student here
29 C OK
30 T my major is interpreting and translation
31 C OK OK
32 T mmm . do you have a pets?
33 C ah yes I have a a cat and a dog . how about you? do you like animals? do you have any pets?
34 T I never have a pets
35 C OK . so you don't like animals?
36 T no I like it but my mother never allow me to have a pets
37 C OK OK
38 T what is your hobbies?
39 C I like ah going for drinks with my friends or going to the beach playing the guitar reading . do you have any hobbies? what do you do in your spare time?
40 T I like seeing movies
41 C OK
42 T and singing and dancing with my friends or sometimes hang out with my friends
43 C OK that's nice
44 T um what is your favourite food?
45 C my favourite food is pizza . and I like salads also . do you have a favourite meal?
46 T its a . I like a hot food. um in my home town we all s..ah . all add a spices to all kind of food
47 C spicy?
48 T yeah yeah spicy
49 C so you like spicy you like hot food?
50 T yeah that's right
51 C so when's your birthday?
52 T um eighth...February nineteen eighty four five
53 C so do you remember what you did for your last birthday?
54 T last birthday um ah I come here in Sydney apart from my friends and my families so I celebrated with my class mates
55 C OK
56 T we go out singing in kei ti bee in the city
57 C OK OK so what did you do last weekend?
58 T oh last weekend I I went to shopping in the city with my class mates
59 C OK cool . so you like shopping a lot
60 T yes that's right . I bought two beautiful dresses at Bondi market
61 C I went to Bondi also .
62 T yeah
63 C um . so do you remember what you did last summer in China?
64 T last summer in china I think about it ..um I travelled. I travelled to Tibet
65 C nice
66 T yes I went to the Everest mountains I think that is fantastic I cannot describe it how grateful
67 C really?
68 T it was
69 C that's nice . was it really hot?
70 T no it's very cold
71 C OK
72 T and the . these are less oxygens than the rest of the places ah..I cannot running or do heavy walk just walk slowly
73 C yeah yeah . nice so what can you tell me about your family? how many people are there in your family?
74 T um..I'm I'm the only child
75 C OK
76 T my father and my mother
77 C OK
78 T my grand grandparents have past away
79 C OK so what can you tell me about your father?
80 T my father is a business man and he's doing about the um... constructions ...he provides materials to the construction sites to the to the construction companies
81 C mhm
82 T and he is the bread winner of my families . um he loves my mother and then me deeply ah..yes
83 C that's nice . so if I ask you to describe your mum's routine from
84 T mhm
85 C the very moment when she wakes up to the moment
86 T yeah
87 C till she goes to bed . can you do that?
88 T OK my mother wake up at about um seven o'clock in the morning and he will do some exercises in the park a and around the apartment
89 C OK
90 T and then he will he will come back to home and prepare the breakfast for me and my fathers
91 C mhm
92 T and he will...um..and after that he will clean the houses and after he will cleaning the houses he will do lunches for families
93 C mhm
94 T and the at the afternoon he will went to ah old ages growth studies at the Chinese harbours
95 C OK
96 T yeah . that's his reducing classes for her
97 C yeah yeah
98 T and when he finishes his classes um she came back home and prepare the dinner for families
99 C OK
100 T yes so a ..after dinners my mother will went out for work when her . with her friends
101 C OK
102 T this is a very relaxed and a enjoy it and..
103 C OK
104 T he um . come back home at around nine o'clock at night
105 C and go to bed . she goes to bed
106 C OK cool so I'm gonna give you a picture and I'm gonna keep you another one and they have differences and similarities . I wanted you to ask me yes no questions to start with
107 T mm . (long pause) is there a girl ah wearing red red dresses beside the pump
108 C yes there . I I can see a girl wearing a red dress . she's walking a dog. is she walking a dog in your picture?
109 T um yes.
110 C OK
111 T does does she have a two dogs?
112 C no she only has one dog in my picture .
113 T oh
114 C does she have two dogs in your picture?
115 T yes
116 C OK
117 T OK . on side of . on the left side of the picture . is there a men wearing a bluesuit reading a newspaper?
118 C yes and next to him there is a boy .
119 T yeah
120 C what is the boy doing in your picture ?
121 T um..he's the playing with the waters . he's trying to attract the do..the duck
122 C OK
123 T is there a blue cross in the upside of the pictures?
124 C a blue cross? no I can't..
125 T blue cars
126 C cars . no I can't no I can't see any cars in my picture . how many cars are there in your picture?
127 T there are two cars . one is blue and the other is yellow
128 C OK can you ask me dablryu eich questions?
129 T OK um..is there a two birds on on the trees?
130 C um...no I don't have any birds in my picture. how many birds do you have in your picture?
131 T um..two birds . ah. is there a two cats on the right hand side of the picture?
132 C yeah there is only one cat in my picture . I want you to ask me dablryu eich question for example what where .. OK?
133 T ah ...mm....for example is a wh.. dablyu ...
134 C yeah dablyu eich questions .
135 T OK
136 C questions starting with when what where how or who
137 T who is playing with the balls
138 C there are two teenagers playing the balls..playing with the ball . how many children are there in your picture playing with the ball?
139 T three children
140 C oh OK
141 T mm...where is the ...mm..where is the child with the ice –creams?
142 C well there are no child with the ice cream . in my picture there is a child sitting on the left hand side bench but he's having a drink apparently .cuz there are two bottles next to him . what can you see in the middle of the picture?
143 T um . there are two peoples riding a bicycles
144 C OK ah . can you can you start questions now with would you please tell me
145 T would you please tell me where is the lady in the um pink dress is?
146 C ah the lady wearing the pink is sitting on the right hand side bench
147 T um..would you would you please tell me um..what a..what the pink lady is doing?
148 C she is having a conversation with another lady . what do you think they are talking about?
149 T um maybe the weathers?
150 C yeah . maybe the weathers or it's a nice day... thank you very much for your time
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