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<interlocutor interlocutor=female></interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Good morning, everyone. </interlocutor>
<spall> Good morning. </spall>
<interlocutor> Would you please tell me your name and number of your admission tickets? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. Er my name is ***, and my number is 00020039000980. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok. Your name. </interlocutor>
<sp2> My name is *** and my ticket number is 1019. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. </interlocutor>
<sp3> My name is ***. My number is 1040. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, now would you please introduce yourself briefly to each other? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. Hi, guys. Hi, madam. I'd like to introduce myself. My name is ***, and [Pd-e] I since I was born in this lovely city, Xi'an, so I have lived here for almost twenty years. Now I am a junior and my academic [We-ei] major is science of electronics and communication. </sp1>
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<interlocutor> Ok. </interlocutor> 
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<sp1> Thank you. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Thank you. </interlocutor>
<sp2> My name is ***, and I am also a local in Shanxi province...Er my major is highway engineering, and I am a senior student. </sp2>
<interlocutor> How about you? </interlocutor>
<sp3> My name is ***. Er...my er I'm a...junior. My major is law [Waw-o]. Glad to meet you. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Now ? we know each other a little bit, we can do some group work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you one question [Wtion-sh]. *** [Mn], where do you usually get latest [Wa-e] news? From newspapers, the radio, TV, or the Internet? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Always er TV and Internet. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Because I think TV is the most powerful propaganda, and is most useful way for us and easiest way. Er we can get the news er clearly and er...vivid and er very quick and for for us er we can do er, for another hand, Internet is a good way for er college student. Er and we always say er this is an era of [Pf-f] information and we can use this, we can call it information highway. I can always g-get a lot of information and source about their student er in the BBS...</sp1>
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<interlocutor> Ok, that's all. </interlocutor> 
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<sp1> That's all. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Er ***, what newspapers are available on your campus? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Well, there is a a wide variety of newspaper on my campus, er but I usually choose is...the the newspaper I usually choose is the"Global". </sp2>
<interrupted> <interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor> </interrupted>
<sp2> Because I think it covers a wide [Pd-e]... range of knowledge. Through it, we can...we can see most [Pt-e] we can see many cultures and literature of another people, and [Pd-e] we can get most advanced science and technology of other countries, and we we can see ??? of pictures. We can see the splendid building of nature, and we can even imagine on this splendid, and [Pd-e] another ??? thing is very convenient to buy it. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. ***, do you often watch TV? </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Yeah. </sp3> 
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<interlocutor> What programs do you like best? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Er I like er prog-program that are both instructive and entertaining [Wai-i:]. </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor> 
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<sp3> Because I think...mm program that are just for entertainment [Wai-i:] [M2n] is er...mm I can lea I can learn [Wear-i:] [Mn] little from them, and [Pd-e] er pro-program that are just instructive er I feel it's tiring. I don't like them very much. Er and only those [Mse] program that are both instructive and interesting, I can er not only learn knowledge from them but also get enjoyment. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. Now let's move on to something more specific. I'd like you to talk about the mass media such as TV, the radio, the internet, or newspapers, and you will be given a set of pictures showing different kinds of mass media. And please say something about your own picture, and you will have one minute to prepare, and each of you...will have one and half minutes to give your presentation. Don't worry. If I interrupt you, your time is up. </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Sorry if I interrupt you. You have to stress on your own picture. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yes. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, should we start from ***? And *** and *** please put your... pictures aside and listen to what he has to say. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Well, my picture is...newspapers, and it is also...my favorite mass media, because I think there are three main advantages that newspaper have. The one reason is that it is more convenient. For example, while you are waiting for a bus, or on the train, and many other cases when TV or radio is not available, you can pick up a piece of newspaper folded in your pocket and re-read some articles. That is more convenient. The second reason is that [Wt-d] it is it contents is very full is very complete. Because the time limit [Wt-d] TV or radio can not...er can not...introduce you a particular topic or current affairs more...more more in details than newspaper can offer. So wi-with a newspaper, you can...obtain a lot more knowledge and information. The third reason is that TV or radio can be called a passive media, that is, whether you whether or not [Wo-oo] you like a particular topic [Wo-oo] also, you what you have to do is to see in front of the TV screen or the loudspeaker and let it happen. But to a newspaper, it is a different case. You can choose what you what interests you most, and thus you can be very satisfied when completing a piece of newspaper. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you, and ***, would you please? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok, I'd like to say, do you ??? all ?? of information when we enter the 21 century. So I think TV is the most [Pt-e]...er the great invention of this century, so I really prefer it. Er to begin with, we er surely we should admit that TV is the most convenient [Wt-s] way and er to get information all kinds of information. It can er it has a big source it always I can take the rapid er the rapid speed. And [Pd-e] as now we can say we are globalization, the TV have er today's TV we have such like different channels, so we can take er different culture [W1u-ou]. The big world becomes [Wo-ei] small. And now er then I will say, TV is can can give us a lot of knowledge. We er today we always talk about the regular lessons and [Pd-e] interne-internet [P2e-n] lessons. The er education could be reformed [Pd-e], and TV can can be a most [Pt-e] powerful way to give us a lot of information. For example, the recently two thousand Olympic Sy-Sydney Olympic games, er and I can say surely we should everybody surely admit that TV is the most popular way we choose for er for get that kind of information. And third, and [Pd-e] I think in China, TV is er most I think [Pk-e] a lot of people would prefer the TV for their entertainment, and [Pd-e] it's er to some degree it's an [Mn] electronic er er it's a very economic way and we can er get er and we can get all kinds of music, art, and historical knowledge. Finally, I should say, er er I think TV is er...er er the powerful propaganda as I have mentioned... </sp1>
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<interlocutor> Thank you. </interlocutor> 
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<sp1> Thank. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Thank you very much.. ***, it's your turn. </interlocutor>
<sp3> My picture er is about computer, and I think er internet is the most advantage [Wn-ng] [W2a-i:] way of er is the most advantage [Mge] way. And it [Pt-e] is er the tendency of the future. And [Pd-e]...I think er in the future every [Wv-w] family will there will be a computer in e-all-every [Wv-w] family. And...er people can come se-can sit comfortably at home, and get what they nee-get the news what they need with internet. Er internet can er provide [S1] people a free er...a a a free ?. Er he can he can choose whatever they want to see [Ws-th] [Wee-ei] want to know and the internet keeps one more keeps one more closely with the world. And you can keep touch er k-k-keep upon with the er the latest developments of the world. We can know different er we can know different pla-places er of the world er just sitting in your own home. And... </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. </interlocutor> 
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<interlocutor> Now, we all have some idea about various kinds of mass media. I'd like to discuss this topic further and to see if you can agree on what is the best way to get the latest news. During the discussion, you can argue with each other or ask each other questions. You have...each each of you will have one...you have half...four and half minutes for discussion. And your performance will be judged according to your contribution to the discussion. So what is the best way to get the latest news? </interlocutor>
<sp2> I I admit that the radio and TV is the most is the traditional way of mass media. And as she has said, TV is the most popular now. But the [We-e] internet is most advanced as she said. It can get information immediately after it happened. But with the circula-with the time spent on circulation and on public issue [Pue-ing], the TV or newspaper is is seemed [Pd-e] a little late we get the information not like the internet. And [Pd-e] and with internet you can acquire a lot [Wo-oo] a lot [Wo-oo] more wide range of knowledge from various transport-various me-means of media. So that's my viewpoint. </sp2>
<sp1> Possibly. But I can not go along with you, because er you can say today's newspaper er circulation for China er it is not a so er we can yes we can get some information from the er newspaper, but we can not get all kinds of er information, because the the newspaper just one kind of the way and [Pd-e] one new-one type of newspaper always concern about one kind of things, but you can say TV we have a-abundance channels which wh-when you like you can choose it. That's all. </sp1>
<sp3> Er I think er the computer er computer is the best way. Er...... </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Er...for example, we er the way [Ww-v] we [Ww-v] want to er know our mark of the oral English test er the er paper [Wa-i:] tell tell us that we should [Pd-e] er we should [Pd-e] er...examine it through the etang internet er address, and I think er...er... </sp3>
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<sp2> To some extent, I agree with her as she said. And [Pd-e] another point I want to say is, the new-the computer and the internet is in the development. </sp2>
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<sp2> It is develop-it develops very quickly even beyond our imagination, so with the digital ?? with the power computer, we can in the near future in the near future we can the information more quickly more vividly [Pd-e] and more widely. </sp2>
<sp1> I can I can agree with you more, and that's we can see today internet is very convenience, but for some condition limit condition for the remote remote area of the China can still use internet? It's just applied for some big cities. And opportunity for for them er perhaps it it will take a long time. I hope er perhaps tomorrow we will be a world of er internet. </sp1>
<sp3> I agree with you...completely. </sp3>
<sp1> Yes. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. That's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to ask each of you just one last question. ***, what newspaper do college students like most? </interlocutor>
<sp2> As... </sp2>
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<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
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<sp2> As I has said, the "Global" is the most popular I think, and [Pd-e] some other sports newspaper is also one of favorite newspapers in the male students, and newspaper on news, on politics, on science and computer is also very popular. But I think the "Global" is the most popular. That's all. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. And ***, do you think newspaper will be replaced by the internet in the future? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Of course, that is exactly my thoughts, I think. Because internet have every advantage that newspaper have. It it can it can er we know in the internet we can see always all kinds of the video newspaper and it's more vivid and it's the most quickest way. And the internet er today we can not er we can not ignore [Pe-d] the most er influence er of the internet. And newspaper is the traditional way he can send its image is to send news. Today we can all internet electronic newspaper. So I think er that's that would be sure for future. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Thank you. ***, do you think it is necessary to read newspapers when you can the news on TV? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Er yeah. Er...TV is also a convenient and ? we sought we sought our knowledge. In fact I I'd like to watch [Mch] TV very much. And and er watch TV er we can er we can do we can get watch TV we can know the er we can know the latest news [Ms] about politics and the er new development of science science and ....er also there are some pro-programs that introduce  er introduce the er the...introduce er many er famous policies [Wo-e] [S2] of the world. Er I I though I have not enough money to travel a-around the world, but I I can see the er watch TV, so I think it is also a good sort of en-entertainment [Wai-i:] and knowledge. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, thank you. That's the end of the test. Thank you very much. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thank you. </spall>   
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