SP02
Interview and spot the difference
C = Interviewer
T = L2 Learner (Code 02: L1 Spanish, L2 English)
Lexical Size: 9,700
Course: BA Interpreting & Translaton
1 C here we go OK can you please tell me your student number?
2 T ah XX81
3 C cool so we're gonna start to work with this first one.
4 T mhm
5 C and we have to ask each other questions about the information we have there .
6 T OK
7 C OK? so what's your name?
8 T L . um..what else can I say?
9 C um . you ah can
10 T OK
11 C ask me questions
12 T OK about the pictures alright
13 C about the information in the . here right down here for example
14 T oh alright . where are you from L?
15 T Venezuela
16 C where abouts in Venezuela?
17 T um..Barquisimeto .. it's a city four hours away from Caracas
18 C OK
19 T ..the capital yeah
20 C OK
21 T tell me where you're from
22 C I'm from Argentina from the north I've been living in Buenos Aires lately but I'm from the north
23 T alright .. um ..can you tell me about your place?
24 C um well Buenos Aires is a big city it's pretty similar to Sydney but it doesn't have the beautiful beaches
25 T ha ha
26 C that you can find here basically
27 T have you got the same weather?
28 C yeah we have the same weather so we're at the same latitude so we have the same weather . so how many languages do you speak Leonardo?
29 T I only speak Spanish and English .
30 C oh OK
31 T I used .. I used to take German in high school but
32 C mm
33 T it was pretty
34 C can you speak any German?
35 T no
36 C no
37 T nine hahaha
38 C nine hahaha
39 T no no it's very hard and ah. I forgot everything I learnt it looks like fifteen years ago
40 C yeah you gotta practice languages
41 T otherwise you forget
42 C yeah otherwise you forget .
43 T do you have hobbies?
44 C yeah I have heaps of hobbies um .. like hanging out with my friends um maybe going out for a drink or for um going dancing
45 T mhm
46 C or going to the park or specially maybe going to the beach
47 T so what do you usually do here in Sydney?
48 C in Sydney when I'm not working or studying which is most of the time .
49 T mhm
50 C um I specially now I try and go to the beach
51 T alright
52 C I generally take my guitar and play my guitar with my friends
53 T nice
54 C what do you do in your free time?
55 T um ..I love the beach so .
56 C mhm
57 T every time I can go there I go there of course and spend whole day ...um I like I love well I do wind surfing
58 C nice
59 T and ah if the weather allows it
60 C yeah
61 T I I spend a day wind surfing
62 C so what did you do last weekend that the weather was so nice?
63 T oh no I we...I went to the beach to Bondi for the festival of winds
64 C oh cool
65 T and that's it oh no we stayed there
66 C did you go out or
67 T um..
68 C ..did you do anything at night?
69 T um no I like to stay at home at night . I'm not a party
70 C mhm
71 T ...party guy
72 C OK
73 T I enjoy going out at night have a couple of drinks..
74 C yeah
75 T not a big deal ..just a yeah ..maybe have some dinner and go to a restaurant
76 C nice
77 T no if I go to the beach I usually stay all day at the beach
78 C yeah
79 T and just go home and sleep
80 C just relaxing . cool . so what do you do for living? do you work or are you just studying?
81 T no right now I'm just studying on ..on holidays I ..yeah I I if.. I find jobs
82 C you would like to
83 T yeah I work
84 C have you ever worked in Australia?
85 T ah...yes I did once ..yeah as a cleaner (haha)
86 C cool
87 T on holidays
88 C yes just to get some extra money
89 T yeah just to yeah some pocket money
90 C yeah that's cool
91 T um..that's it .um.. what else...tell me what's your favourite food?
92 C my favourite food . um well I love pasta pizza and also beef and vegetables . how about you?
93 T I love pizza but I haven't . I haven't eaten a really nice pizza here
94 C oh right
95 T I haven't found a place..I donno um..what about you?
96 C well..I I I also like pizza I been to a pizza restaurant two weeks ago in Pyrmont
97 T really?
98 C pretty good an Italian restaurant . should go there
99 T so . ah would you go again there? is that good?
100 C yeah yeah yeah
101 T Is it worth to go there?
102 C yeah I'm going there tomorrow (laughs)
103 T good enjoy
104 C um . so do you have any pets?
105 T not really I used to have one in Venezuela but
106 C what what was that?
107 T I used to have a Siberian husky
108 C ah nice
109 T yeah
110 C they are cute
111 T really nice yeah and ..it was a stolen
112 C really?
113 T yeah I saw one took it
114 C what happened? what happened
115 T I don't know
116 C someone let the dog out?
117 T yeah yeah I used to work there as an English instructor
118 C mhm
119 T I guess so I couldn't take care of my dog you know during the day
120 C mhm
121 T so once when I came at night someone let the dog
122 C mm
123 T ..go out and well someone came and took it
124 C oh.. too bad
125 T it was pretty bad
126 C too bad
127 T ..and that's
128 C so what can you tell me about last summer? what did you do last summer?
129 T last summer..I worked I worked
130 C were you here in Australia?
131 T yes I'm always . oh no I lying I'm lying . my parents came for holidays
132 C mhm
133 T so we went to . south .um.. south in new south whales
134 C yeah
135 T we went to shall haven . I think
136 C oh shale harbour shale h...it's ab it's like an hour south?
137 T no yeah like three hours south . we went to bates man bay ah we went to..what's the name of the place? I think it's the best beach I I ever seen it was a ..(phone rings) sorry .ah . um . well we went to we went to like a five or six caravan park anyway with my family
138 C OK
139 T um..and we went to Canberra
140 C nice so you had a
141 T nice holiday
142 C bit of a
143 T yeah yeah
144 C so when's your birthday?
145 T my birthday is..is on a..January eighth
146 C January the eighth . so what did you do for your last birthday?
147 T nothing
148 C nothing.. at all?
149 T I don't I don't...I like parties but not at my place you know ..then have to clean everything out
150 C so you're a bit lazy
151 T yeah
152 C so you didn't even go out for dinner for your birthday?
153 T no we stay at home ..we have a couple of ah beers ..ah just a cake
154 C yeah
155 T ..not a big...no that's it ..I probably went to went to ...um the beech
156 C nice
157 T and that's I like to do go to the beech
158 C that's fair enough for you then
159 T they have to cope with my
160 C mm
161 T with my ..I donno I wishes I guess...oh whatever
162 C so are you married?
163 T yes I am
164 C and how long have you been married?
165 T um..I've been married for um four years I think four .. five years
166 C wow that's a long time . so tell me about your wife um . what does she do everyday? her like could you tell me her routine?
167 T she usually gets up at six in the morning I think . she works yeah so she works everyday she comes home at about four or five ah .
168 C mm
169 T . and ..that's it then I usually I'm usually the one who cook
170 C mhm
171 T who cooks and the one who stay at home the most .
172 C like doing the cleaning and stuff?
173 T yeah yeah so I cook I clean the house usually yeah.. I cook for her
174 C not always (haha)
175 T no of course no no no um so when she comes home we eat we watch some TV
176 C mm
177 T if I have to study I study
178 C yeah
179 T um..and that's it we go to bed early
180 C yeah
181 T on weekends um if I have to study
182 C mhm
183 T where I have . I study and ah my wife . she learned English
184 C she's studying English?
185 T on Saturday and Sundays yeah
186 C like she has a private teacher or is she does she go to an institute.
187 T I teach her
188 C OK
189 T well I practice with her and she goes sometimes to an institute or something ah
190 C OK
191 T a a..am I don't really know what it is called
192 C OK
193 T but its near the house
194 C cool
195 T .and a . anything else?
196 C no I guess that's the end of part one so
197 T alright
198 C now we go to part two
199 T mhm sure
200 C an...we have two pictures and they have differences and similarities so you gonna get one and I'm gonna have the other one um . you have to ask me questions about my picture
201 T alright
202 C I would answer with yes or no so you could ask me yes no questions to start with
203 T only
204 C no no no no and then danblyu eich questions when what where
205 T OK
206 C I'm gonna ask you questions too
207 T aright . should I start?
208 C yes you should
209 T um..is there a pond in your picture?
210 C there is one in my picture there is four ducks in it how about yours?
211 T there are five ducks
212 C OK
213 T in mine .um...how many.. how many. trees are there?
214 C there are f..four trees in my picture? are there four trees in your picture?
215 T there are two I think ..yeah there are two
216 C only two
217 T yeah two trees and a...that's it
218 C OK
219 T um . let's see .. how many people are riding bicycle?
220 C I have two people riding bicycles one is wearing red and the other one is wearing pink
221 T alright
222 C how about yours?
223 T yeah the same
224 C in your picture the same. yeah
225 T how many how many black cats . so
226 C I only have one cat and it is gray
227 T oh I have .
228 C so can you ask me any yes no questions?
229 T alright um...like like.ah . yeah. can I.. is there a dog
230 C yes
231 T near a pan..near a pond?
232 C there is a dog with a young girl . is your dog white? cuz my dog is white
233 T ..no my dog is brown brown and there is another one white and brown
234 C OK
235 T I guess um ..are there two birds on one of the trees?
236 C no there aren't .. in my picture there are no birds on the trees but there are three birds close to the old man . reading reading the newspaper
237 T oh alright
238 C is there an old man reading a newspaper in your picture?
239 T yes there is one .
240 C what colour is he wearing?
241 T (long pause) what colour...
242 C in my picture he's wearing blue
243 T oh ya right . um..yeah yeah he's wearing a blue suit or something I guess .. yes blue dark blue (hahaha) ..
244 C so
245 T alright .um . so. how many old ladies ..no wait..are there two old ladies sitting on the bench?
246 C yes there are . there are two old ladies sitting on the right hand side bench .
247 T mhm
248 C who is sitting on the left hand side bench in your picture?
249 T (long pause) who's sitting?
250 C yeah
251 T on the right side?
252 C on the left one
253 T ah
254 C on the left hand side one
255 T on the lef..oh a girl . and a ..well I think it's a girl . a blonde girl
256 C mhm
257 T who is having an ice cream I think
258 C mhm
259 T and next to ..to her is the these guys with the blue
260 C the old bloke
261 T yeah uhm yeah um..are there any people playing with the ball in your picture?
262 C yes a there are two young boys . a boy and a girl
263 T alright
264 C playing with the red ball . what colour is your ball?
265 T it's blue red and yellow
266 C OK
267 T ..um..does the girl playing with the ball . does she have a shirt with a star . there is a star on t..on her shirt?
268 C no um the girl playing with the ball
269 T yeah
270 C is wearing a.. blue plain blue shirt
271 T alright
272 C and a yellow skirt
273 T alright
274 C so do you see anyone riding bicycles or.
275 T yes I can see two people riding a bicycle . um..
276 C what are they wearing?
277 T one is wearing red..red red pants and red shirt and a red hat I think and a ..the other one is wearing a pink . yeah pink suit I think yeah pink
278 C OK is there anyone playing in the lake?
279 T um..there is some boy a little boy ar.. playing with the dogs I guess
280 C mhm
281 T next to the pond . and a . yeah...um what else... is there a spider on your ..picture?
282 C there's a tiny spider next to the girl . playing with the girl how about you?
283 T yeah yeah
284 C OK
285 T the same
286 C OK Leonardo I think that's alright thank you very much
287 T thank you
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