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<participant interlocutor=2 speaker=3></participant>
<speaker sp1=female sp2=female sp3=female></speaker>
<interlocutor interlocutor=male> </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Good morning, everyone. </interlocutor>
<spall> Good morning. </spall>
<interlocutor> Now would you please tell us your name, and the number of your admission
ticket? </interlocutor>
<s1> My name is ***. My admission ticket is 010211020339. </s1>
<s2> My name is ***, ***. And my number is 010211020346. </s2>
<s3> My name is ***. And my number is 010211020353. </s3>
<interlocutor> Ok, now would you briefly reintroduce yourself to each other? Remember you should not mention the name of your university. </interlocutor>
<s1> Ok, my name's ***. Er er ... ... my I my major is accounting [P2c-w]. Erm... my I come from Hebei province. In my spare time, I like reading, er mn listening to the music and er do some sports. And er that's all. </s1>
<s2> Thank you. My name is ***. I major in agriculture economics. And I'm a junior now. my favorite sentence is: "You will never know what you do what you can do till you try." So so I come to participate in this test to see how well I can do in my spoken English. </s2>
<s3> My name's ***. I come from Beijing. And my major is Chinese as a second language. And I I'd like to be a teacher after I graduate. And my dream is found a school in Canada, and teach them Chinese. That's all. </s3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Now we have known each other so we can do some group work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you a question. Er, what kind of family do you come from, big one or small one? </interlocutor>
<s1> Small one. </s1>
<interlocutor> What do you think of it? </interlocutor>
<s1> There are three people in my... family, my father, my mother and I. and er... er... ... my father and my mother all work in city government and mn they bring me up by themselves. We live far away with my grandparents. Er... er... the... ... I... usually I I  I depen?, I think I'm a dependent person. And when I am a kid I can do a lot of things by myself. Mn and ... my parents give me... a lot of opportunities to ... to to let me decide something by myself. </s1>
<interlocutor> Ok, ***, do you think woman should stay at home to take care of the children</interlocutor>
<s2> In my opinion, woman should do something that's sure. But also it's it's just unfair to stay at home. They should find some work in the society, because they can have sense of success in that way. So I think it's better for women to get a job in the society [Wy-i:]. Yeah? </s2>
<interlocutor> Now, ***, most families have only one child. Do you think that this will cause any problems? </interlocutor>
<s3> You mean, one child...cause... one child families cause problem? Ok, my opinion is because China has large population. So we must control the population... by now. And mn one child in one family is mn... ... the control of the population. Its our job. </s3>
<interlocutor> Most families have only one child. Do you think that this will cause any problems? </interlocutor>
<s3> Oh, I see. Er... ... I think, I don't think it will cause problems, of course one child a child will be grown up in a family which he won't have any sisters or brothers. But he can have friends. And he could be an independent person. And I don't think it will cause problem. </s3>
<interlocutor> Ok, now let's move on to something more specific. The topic for our discussion today is "big or small families". Each of you will be given a card with two pictures. I'd like you to talk about the advantages or disadvantages of families with only one child or with many children. You will have one minute to prepare and each of you will have one and a half minutes to give your presentation. Don't worry if I stop you when time is up. Now here the cards. </interlocutor> 
<interlocutor> ***, would you begin? And *** and *** put aside your cards and listen to what she just to say. </interlocutor>
<s1> Erm... in the first picture, maybe this is a big family [Wa-a:]. And there are er several children in this family [Wa-a:]. And they are playing mn and crying and mn something like that. And the women maybe the mother mn they she she didn't she don't she doesn't know what to do and er even she has she has six hands and she is... er, she is... mn... busy taking care of her children. And but in the second picture, mn this is a small family, one father, one mother and er the only child. Mn and the women in this picture... can mn... can make her house clean and tidy and she she can give [Pv-?] she can do something she she likes. And I think this family is better than the big family. Mn that's all. </s1>
<s2> The first one on the picture is a large family which has six children. Every children are struggling for his his doll to ?. And the mother is carrying a small baby. I think it's very I think it's very difficult for this mother to take care of all the children, because she is only one but the children is so many are so many [Wy-ei]. So I so I think this is the disadvantage of the family of large family for have so many children. And the second picture is a family which has only one children one boy and the mother is taking care of him very carefully and and helping with his homework or his study. So I think I think the boy will give more resource from resource to grow up. It will be a better future for him than so many children, I think. </s2>
<interlocutor> Now ***, it's your turn. </interlocutor>
<s3> My picture is about living conditions. In the first picture, there are three children. One is a boy and the other two are boys. And the second picture is a family with only one child. I think, in the first picture, they live in a very poor condition. Er... the er I think the girl is helping his family to do the housework. And the boy the elder boy is doing his homework. And in the second picture er the family are watching TV happily. So er I think er er a family with more children will have problems in a ?? family. I think because one child ... he will use he will use less money than the family who which have more more children. Er... yeah, that's all. </s3>
<interlocutor> Now we all have some ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of family with one child or many children. I'd like you to discuss this topic further to see if you can agree on the ideal size of a family. During the discussion you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify a point. You will have about four and a half minutes for the discussion. Your points will adjust according to your contribution in the discussion. Remember during the discussion you should try to come to an agreement on the ideal size of a family. </interlocutor>
<s1> I think both... er big families [W2i-ai] and small families [W2i-ai] have their advantages and disadvantages. And in the one child family, parents could could pay more attention to their child. And... the so the child could get better education and er... mn but in the one child family mn the child maybe feel very lonely and because... and he or she has no brother and sister. Er... mn maybe she didn't maybe they don't mn take take about o-others. But in the big families [W2i-ai] </s1>
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<interlocutor> Ok, now. Thanks. </interlocutor>
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<s3> I have a question. Er, I think friends in your class class in your class... mn... mn can teach you how to take care how to take care of others. </s3>
<s2> Yeah, I think everything has two sides. You cannot say you can't find a friend in your family then you say it's not good to have a small family with only one child I think. I think from the academic economic view, it will be better [Wt-l] for the parents and the child, because if you have only one child in your family, you're a-abandon you will not have a heavy loan I think. If you have so many children to support, the parents parents will have to work very very hard. And for children for child it is the same. You don't have to share your parents with other one, I think. </s2>
<s3> Yeah, I agree with you. Because I think, if you have one or more brothers or sisters, you will have to share you will have to share everything with them. It's good for you it's good for this kind of children to learn how to share how to share things. But sometimes, if you are the little one you are the younger one, en I think maybe you will under great pressure in this condition. </s3>
<s2> Because resource is limited. </s2>
<s3> What's your opinion? </s3>
<s1> I I think... ... maybe the one child family the the child ... mn... could... ... maybe the parents could let their child have [Wv-w] a pet, have a pet. I think this maybe the the child maybe ... also get something from the pet. And she she she ... ... they maybe feel they are needed and they can learn how to take care of others. </s1>
<s3> But I heard it's not allow... we are allow not allowed to keep pets in Beijing, I think in Beijing. Little pet? Like fish or chicken or something else? </s3>
<s1> Yeah. </s1>
<s2> I think she is suggesting a way to solve families with only one child. Maybe he or she will feel lonely so we can keep a pet in our home to with us, so that we won't feel lonely. </s2>
<interlocutor> Ok, that's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to ask one last question on the topic of big or small families. Now ***, do you think young people should take care of their parents? Why? </interlocutor>
<s1> Yes of course. Because everyone are bring up by their parents and when they grow up they should take care of their parents. This is the obligations and... er ... I think this is also a social obligations and... en all all elder people should be should be er... we should... er, I'm sorry. Mn... mn... If we don't er take care of our our parents, it it is it will they should be a burden  [Wur-ai] for our society. And maybe this will become a social problem. That's all. </s1>
<interlocutor> Ok. ***, Who in your family has had a greater influence on you? </interlocutor>
<s2> I think it's my parents, both of them. </s2>
<interlocutor> Who? </interlocutor>
<s2> Maybe my father is more influent. Because he is a very respectable man and he taugh-teaches me a lot of things. I think it's better for a girl, a girl I think they can they will be more likely to access to their father I think. Because father has father is a man... er, I think my father support my family. I should say most of our family burden is on my family's shoulder. He is more respectful, so I think I... especially in my most important affairs in our family, er my mother and I will will depend on him. So I think he is most influence people person in my family. </s2>
<interlocutor> And can you give us an example to show how your father has influenced you? </interlocutor>
<s2> If our family go our for a picnic, my father will determine the place, the time and the rest? and the food what we should take. Then... after his well organized, we will have a good time, I think. </s2>
<interlocutor> Now, ***, do you think young people like to have children as soon as they get married? </interlocutor>
<s3> Erm, for me, I don't want to have children... as soon as I get married. Because... I think if I get married when I... was about twenty eight or so, I don't want to have children. Because I think it's too young, and new couple should have time to adjust to adjust each other. They should er they should know further what they like. And if they have children immediately, er I think it's too it's a hurry decision. And they... maybe it's a good ending but maybe it' not. That' s my opinion. </s3>
<interlocutor> Ok, that's the end of the test. Thank you all. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thank you. </spall>
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