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<participant interlocutor=2 speaker=3> </participant>
<speaker sp1=female sp2=male sp3=female> </speaker>
<interlocutor interlocutor=female> </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Now good morning, everyone. </interlocutor>
<spall> Good morning, teacher. Good morning madam. </spall>
<interlocutor> Could you please your name and the number on the admission ticket? You please
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<sp1> Oh, thank you. My name is *** and my number is 010211020366. </sp1>
<sp2> My name is ***. My number is 010211020375. </sp2>
<sp3> Good morning, madam. My name is *** and my number is 010211020377. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, now would you briefly introduce yourself to each other? Remember you should not mention the name of your university. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Thank you. Mm, my name is *** and in my university my major is international economy and trade. Er I come from Liaoning province. My hometown is Dandong. Thank you. </sp1>
<sp2> My name is ***. My major is material science [Mn] and engineering. I come from
Shangdong province, Zaozhuang city. It is famous of corn. That's all thank you. </sp2>
<sp3> Good morning, ?? thank you for giving me that opportunity to introduce myself at the
special occasion. I'm very glad to meet you all here and er my my name is ***, but my English name is Vicky. Do you know why I choose Vicky as my English name, you know Vicky means victory and everyone want to be the winner, so I choose Vicky as my English name, so just call me Vicky. And when I was in high school I was the leader secretary of our school. And as a college students I did a good job in my freshman year, er I got the best distinction in my department in my freshman year. In sophomore year I was busy learning everything I need to learn and I try to enrich and improve myself in each aspect. As you know, I'm such a motivated person. I try to be outstanding in everything. Do you know why I choo? why I always try to be outstanding in everything? You know, er, the reason maybe that from my childhood I'm always the tallest one among others, so I always stand out. I think that's the reason that I am always outstanding. Er, you know, by the way ... </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Now that we have known each other, we can do some group work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you a question. ***, what kind of family do you come from, a big one or a small one? </interlocutor>
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<sp1> I come from small family. </sp1>
<interlocutor> What do you think of it? </interlocutor>
<sp1> I think my family is a rather united one. Because in this family we we have a we have great affection for each other. For example, I think my affection for my mother is a most special one. I think, because when I when I was junior middle school, my mother was my was my teacher. And she teaches my class. And in my in my childhood, from my er of course, in my childhood my father always put a lot of ? for me like other families. So I think I should attribute my success today to much more to my family. So much for that. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, Yu Yang, er what is the usual size of the traditional Chinese family? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Mm... I think the usual size of the traditional Chinese [Wch-sh] family is [Ps-?] mn... is [Ps-?] mn... ... is relative [We-i] [Wa-ei] of family member. Mn I think [Pk-er] my family fa? my family member and me and I is very closed. I li? </sp2>
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<interlocutor> Er, I'm sorry I think the traditional Chinese family mn mn is a... is a little big than other countries, especially in the sixteen and seventeen years. For example there is almost seven to eight family members in a family, such... en in my family my father has six brothers [Ps-?] and sisters [Ps-?] ... but nowadays mn in modern society the family is smaller than old years. Mn ... such as my family, I have a younger ... I have only a younger brother. It is very smaller than my father's [Ws-s] family. That's all. </interlocutor>
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<interlocutor> Now ***, what do you think of those people who prefer not to have children? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Who prefer pardon who prefer? </sp3>
<interlocutor> Not to have children? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Ok, thank you for your question. I think people who prefer not to have their children have [Wv-w] their right to choose that they don't have children. I think er everything er ... they have the right thing for themselves, so we should respect their choice [Ps-?]. Maybe many young people they are very er they attached too much to their career. They think have a children maybe er maybe waste their time for their career. Er maybe ... en if the people if the people don't en have the very pro-property they don't they can not afford their children's education or something like this. I think the best choice for for them is they don't have their children. We should respect their choice, I think. Thank you. </sp3>
<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 a picture on it. I'd like you to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or 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 interrupt you when time is up. Now here are your cards. </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Ok, time is up. ***, please begin. *** and *** please put your cards aside and listen to carefully what she has to say. </interlocutor>
<sp1> My topic is comparing the advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or many children. And in this card we can have two figures: the left one is er family with many children. The right one is er a traditional not traditional is a modern so? family today, that is only three people here. And I think en ... advantages of families with only one child is obvious. We can see [Wee-ei] that the mother is reading newspaper privately. So the mother can give much privacy to herself. And the room looked rather en looked clear and tidy. And I think it's a very good environment for everyone in this family. So I think environment here is is rather better here than the second one. The second one the families with many children also has also has its advantages. I think this family look rather hard and united, but I think the disadvantages of the family is bigger than the former one, because [Ws-s] it's very noisy and we can see that the mother can't concentrate her [Wer-ir] attention on her own feelings her own affairs. He has she has to do she has to take of the boys' coat and she has to ... to boy to ... to ask something about the crying crying girl. So I think the mother ... can't give much privacy to herself. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, and time is up. ***. </interlocutor>
<sp2>Yeah. My topic is compare compare the disadvan? advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or many children. The left there are tow pictures in a [Wa-a:] big picture. The left one shows [Ps-?] the many children pa-families. The right one shows [ps-?] one children. I think [Pk-er] the advantages of one children family is obvious [S2] [Ps-z]. The mother ... can he [We-ei] his [Wi-ei] who ??? to his [Wi-ei] children and he [We-ei] can teach his children some [Pm-u] lessons he [We-ei] learn. But the ... many children but the many children families [W2i-ei] [Ps-s] is not so good [Pd-er]. There is too many children in the family [Wy-ei]. Those family air is active. Yet it is very ... noisy and the mother's energy is limited [Pd-er]. He can't [Pt-er] take care of every children in the family [Wy-ei]. And the fa? and there is also conflicts in the in the family [Wy-ei]. The children also quarreled with each other and the mother ... can almost can almost not [Pt-er] ... control it. That's all. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, ***. </interlocutor>
<sp3> Yeah. I think er ... families with one child or many children both have advantages and disadvantages. Yeah, er I think the advantages of families with many children is that er ... er there are three children in the picture one. Er ... and we can I think that er ... in in this this kind of family with many children that children maybe easy to get along with each others [Ws-s] and they know how to respect with each other and they also know how to share [Wsh-?] things with each others, and maybe they are independent earlier than others because [Ws-s] en their their parents didn't have enough time and the to help them to do this things or others, maybe they are independent. Also they maybe quarrel with others and conflict with one thing. But I think that's a growth [Wow-u:] that's a growth [Wow-u:] for children. And en ... on the other aspect, the dis? the advantage of family with one child, we can see that en ... two parents have only one child and they can give their enough love [Mv] to the only one. En ... en ... en but in other aspects we can see maybe this kind of child maybe er a little bit selfish [W1s-sh] and self-centered, self-involved in their growth. But they can en ... they can get the enough love from from their parents. Because </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Ok, time is up. Now we all have some ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or more 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 performance will be judged according to your contribution to the discussion. Remember during the discussion you should try to come to an agreement on the ideal size of a family. Who would like to begin? </interlocutor>
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<sp1> ***, what do you think of the specific advantages of a family with more children? </sp1>
<sp3> I think er they they can get along with each other, and er maybe share things with each other. I think that's the advantage of a family. </sp3>
<sp2> But [Pt-er] too many children will have conflicts between each other and the mother's loves is shared to many too many children, and each children ... get little. </sp2>
<sp3> Yeah, I think I think that's good for us. You know er... we can get experience in early time. I think it's good for us. Because you know, our society [Wy-i:] is competitive. It is a modern it is er age of information explosion [Ml], and every every place is full of competition. So er we must er cultivate ability to com-compete with each other, to respect each other, to share things with others. </sp3>
<sp1> But I think if you if you live in a house with many children, you have sisters you have  brothers. I don't think you have you can get much privacy, you have not self-room for yourself. So I don't think you can ... you can get some promotion also. Because in this I always think in this environment, you are rather distracted [Wa-a] ... by other people. </sp1>
<sp3> No. we are brothers we are sisters, why we distract with each other? </sp3>
<sp2> Oh, the children is too little, so they don't know every... every... so they don't know everything. </sp2>
<sp1> And also if the the the littelest sister gain much love from his mother and from his father and also from his elder brother and sister, I think his character will be ... will be ... I don't think it's a good character impro-improvement. </sp1>
<sp2> I think the elder ones... will only sees the instrument [Mins] is good. He want to play with it himself. And I don't think she will she will very ... I I don't think she will be willing to share it with others. </sp2>
<sp3> I think this is the ability we should cultivate that we should be independent and not depended on on our parents on our brothers and sisters forever. And how to deal with the things the two parents born one child and the child mn will be a little bit selfish and always self-centered. </sp3>
<sp2> But he can get all the love of the parents. The parents' all attention will [Ww-v] be put on him [Wi-ei]. And she will er and he or she will be take care of take good care of. </sp2>
<sp1> And also she will get promotion at school, because she should learn how to get along with peoples [We-ju:] other students in college, in se-secondary [Wd-dg] school or primary school. So I think maybe the education system will also should should be improved in the future. So that's all. </sp1>
<sp3> I agree with you that the boy can get the enough love from his parents. But how can how can he do with the things when they er mn when they meet the difficulties the problems? He can not be independent to resolve the problems to overcome the difficulties by himself but just depend on his parents. </sp3>
<sp2> I think the parents will teach them to deal with everything. And er the parents [Wts-ch] know how to do. </sp2>
<sp3> I think that's easy saying than done. </sp3>
<sp1> But I think, in the subject in one point, I couldn't agree more. That is the family with more children, each one can gain a-ability to to to how to deal work in the teamwork. So I think this point is good for the future production for future development. </sp1>
<sp2> ***, do you allow for the economic [P2c-er] ... factors in the family? If there ... if there are two many children in the family, the economic is very poor, I think. </sp2>
<sp3> Yes, of course we can not avoid the problem that the family maybe have financial burden [Wur-o:]. But I think it can promote us to dependent on ourselves to support the family. </sp3>
<sp2> But the children is very young, how can he [We-ei] support the family? </sp2>
<sp1> And to face the reality, now more nowadays each children's development, I think, costs for a lot of money. </sp1>
<sp3> But that's the existence that's the reality [Wy-i:]. It's not it's not cause [Ws-s] by me, I think. We just we just here to discuss to resolve the problem. Not [Wo-au]Yeah, I think I think you should understand me. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, that's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to ask you just one last question on the topic of big or small families. First, ***, do you think young people would like to live with their parents after they graduate from college? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Graduate from college, mn, I don't think ... I don't think so. As far as I'm concerned, I prefer another kind of living style. I prefer my own privacy, I always think so. So mn I think er from your birth to your graduate from your college, you have mn many people depend on their parents financially. I I am the most difficult example. So it's a good chance to get my own promotion in the society to face the reality all all by myself. So I think if I get a opportunity to gain myself to ... to produce to promotion to promote myself, I won't miss it. So I would choose this kind of living style after my graduation. </sp1>
<interlocutor> ***, do you think young people would like to live with their parents after they get married? </interlocutor>
<sp2> I think mn young people will will [Ww-v] not like to live with their parents after they are marries [Ps-?]. mn according to our ... China mn according to our Chinese [Ps-?] situation I think the living room is small and the parents house is not so big to live with their children. And er in another in other aspect [S2], when the children ge-get married, they want to be lonely and they want to be independent in fi? in finance [S1] and they will have their own children and they will pay more attention to their own children. Of course they will go back to see their parents [Wa-ai], but it's not the ... mn the reality to live with their parents [Wa-ai]. And the parents [Wa-ai] mn and the parents [Wa-ai] mn will get more and more older when the time is passing. And there will [Ww-v] be a ... there will [Ww-v] be a type between children and parents [Wa-ai]. So I don't think good to to live with their parents [Wa-ai]. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Do you think young people should take care of their parents? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Of course, I think. As for me I will take my parents forever when they need my help [We-i]. And it's the young people's res-responsibility to support to take good care of their parents [Ps-?].  Mn and yeah, I think in our society many people didn't have mn ... didn't think this responsibility. My parents my parents feed us from childhood to adulthood, and it's it's our re-responsibility. And when the parents didn't have ability to feed themselves [Ws-s], mn we should not put them to the nursing room. It's not good for their growth [Wow-u:] when when they are old. And if if all young people to do this, our society [Wy-i:] will become ... not [Wo-au] enthusiastic about senior people about older people. I think it's my responsibility [Wy-i:]. Yeah. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, well that's the end of the test. Thank you all. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thank you. </spall>
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