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<interlocutor interlocutor=male> </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Could you tell, er could you please tell me your name and your number of your admission ticket? The name, please. </interlocutor>
<sp1> My name is ***. And my number is 3144. </sp1>
<sp2> My name is ***. My number is 3159. </sp2>
<sp3> er my name is ***. My number [Wer-er:] is 3199. </sp3>
<interlocutor> hm. Thank you. Now would you please briefly introduce yourselves to each other? Remember you should not mention the name of your... universities. Ah ok, now that we know each other, we can do some group work. Yeah, I am sorry. Now would you please briefly introduce yourselves to each other. Remember you should not mention the name of the university. </interlocutor>
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<sp1> men, should not mention the name , yes? </sp1>
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<interlocutor> mm </interlocutor>
<sp1> Hello, everyone. My name is ***. As just you know, and I am from Law School. I am a junior, I am I am a junior. And I have some hobbies. Because I am an optimistic girl, so the hobbies are er drawing, em listening to English songs, reading, and erm studying and helping others. That's all. Thank you. </sp1>
<sp2> Ok, em as we as you just know, my name is ***. My major is electric engineering. And and and I love er I love my major and were hard it. And I also have many hobbies, er such as listen pop music, er play basketball, and I'll try my best, er to do er to have pleasant time in our university. Yes, that's all. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok </interlocutor>
<sp3> er my name is ***. em I am a college student [Pu-r]. And my major is Learner Resource Administration. That's all. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Thank you. Ok now that we know each other, we can do some group work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you to say something about the festivals. Ok, Miss ***, er... the people in your hometown celebrate any other festivals apart from the Spring Festival? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yes. Er because you know that in China there are many festivals [Wv-w] in our customs, erm er apart from er apart from from er spring festival, there are some other er festivals such as erm mm Mid-autumn Day and National Day, mm and maybe mm some some er some festivals from western countries, such as Christmas Day. And first for example, in Mid-Autumn Day, mm when there is a big moon, a round moon in in the night, er in the sky, we we erm often er sit around the table, and eat some moon cakes, and look at the sky to see the beautiful moonlight. And also mm another another example mm... mm... ano another example, er Christmas Day. Mm we all know that this is a festival in western countries. But many Chinese today, er we celebrate this. And in in the Christmas eve, mm we we'll not go to bed, and we'll have a er big very big party. And we sing, we dance and er eat big cakes and er have many many er </sp1>
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<interlocutor> Ok, so I, I'm sorry, I have to interrupt you. For ***, it's your turn. And how do you usually celebrate National Day? </interlocutor>
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<sp2> National Day? Er... You know National Day we have a long holiday. Mm means six days. Ok. Erm and our our er ??? in the in our school and er we have taken many activities er held in in our school. For example, er we can, we er we watch the na er the films the films that er with purpose of er show our love [Wo-a:] to our country, hm the the history the history, er especially the war er between er chi between Japan and and China. The World War Two. And I I think it's it's er have a good effect effect on er on the education of love of our country. And other, other activities, and you know it is a festival, and we can have a lot of fun. Erm... I usually go to park and do some shoppings and er... have er and gather with my relatives [S3] or close friends. Because we don't have time in other in other in other time because we we are busy with our own things. </sp2>
<interlocutor> ok, thank you very much. Ok, for Miss ***, er which is your favorite festival? </interlocutor>
<sp3> er, my favorite? </sp3>
<interlocutor> Yes. </interlocutor>
<sp3> er yes. Er in my spare time I like reading. </sp3>
<interloctor> Which is your favorite festival? </interlocutor>
<sp3> first of all? </sp3>
<interlocutor> festival </interlocutor>
<sp3> I am sorry. You mean? </sp3>
<interlocutor> ok, which is your favorite festival? </interlocutor>
<sp3> er my favorite? er in my spare time, I like reading best. Er re, er... because reading </sp3>
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<interlocutor> It seems that some young Chinese enjoy celebrating western festivals, what do you think about it? </interlocutor>
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<sp3> I am sorry. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, so. Ok now let's move on to something more specific. The topic for our discussion today is about eastern and western festivals. Each of you will be given a picture showing two festivals. I'd like you to talk about these two festivals and say something about how they are celebrated. 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 pictures. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Thank you. </sp1>
<sp2> Thank you. </sp2>
<sp3> Thank you. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Now miss ***, would you please begin before Mr. Lu and Miss ***. Please put your pictures aside and listen to what Miss *** has to say. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. Er after I see this picture, I find that there are many differences in between Spring Festival in China and Christmas in western [Ww-v] countries. And biggest one I feel is that, er in Spring Festival in China, people like to get together and in Christmas Day I think as there will be more romantic and modern atmosphere. And first we see that Spring Festival, in this picture, there is, there there is a room and many people sits besides a big table to have delicious Chinese food. We all know that Chinese food are very delicious. And outside outside this room, outside this house, there's a boy, who is playing firework. And on the door of the, er on the door of the house, there are er some pictures, er which er which are red and this means that this will give best wishes to the people inside the home the house. Er and let's look at the second picture, mm this is the Christmas Day, maybe Christmas Eve in Western countries. We can see a Christmas Father, who is sitting behind a deer. Er the er children in western countries often dream that in the Christmas Eve, the Christmas Father will give them give each of them a present. To give them best wishes. We know that this just ??? So the fathers of these children will give them, give them the present. They er every children before they went to bad bed, they will put stock stocking mm behind their bed. And mm the night in the night their their parents will put the present into the stocking. So they think that this is the Christmas Father give them. And I think er though there are some differences between Spring Festival and Christmas, this just this is just er er</sp1>
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<interlocutor> Ok. </interlocutor>
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<sp1> Ok, thank you. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Now, it's your turn. Mr ***. </interlocutor>
<sp2> Ok. Erm from this picture, er the first the first picture is the Middle Autumn Festival. And it is traditional [Wa-o] festival in China. And er er on this day, on this day er, the relatives [S3] from er from other all of the place of the world will gather, will gather er in in his home, in their home. And er especially er at, in night, in night, er er the fes er the fe all the families will sit around the table er... and er enjoy the plea pleasant moon moonlight. Mm and er... and talk about, talk about er the things they have interest in. mm and this er in in Chinese history, in Chinese history, are tell that er Chang'e is at, er is at the moon, is in the moon, and is a very, is a very pleasant, you you know? And mm now we come to the er second, the second picture. And and it is on New Year's Day. And er in New York er in New York Time's Square. And we all know many... </sp2>
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<interlocutor> Ok, so now it's your turn, Miss ***. </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Ok. Er there are two pictures one is about Dragon Boat Festival. And the other, another one is about April First Day. Hm the Dragon Boat Festival is er, is our, is a traditional day. And now I'd like to say something about April First Day. April First Day erm is April one. In in this day, everyone can trick with each other. For example, er ask somebody to a place or trick somebody won ma much money in lottery. Nobody will angry, I think. Er in this day, er, everyone will happy to trick erm other person. It it's really an interesting thing. That's all. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Thank you. Right. Now we all have some idea of different festivals. I'd like you to discuss this topic further and say if you can agree on which festivals are most popular with young people in China and why. During the discussion you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify your point. You'll have about four and a half minutes for the discussion. Your performance will be judged [Pu-r] according to your contribution to the discussion. Remember during the discussion, you should try to come to an agreement on which festivals are most popular with young people in China. Please give your reasons [Wea-ei]. </interlocutor>
<sp1> hm first, I want to give [Wi-ei] my opinion. I think that just we just take spring festival and Christmas Day for example. I think that nowadays mm western mm western festivals are more popular than mm Chinese festivals in China. Hm because mm I think er in Spring Festival maybe some some some people will not go home, they will erm, they will just do the work, do the works just as they do er in the in the normal days. Mm the the one thing they do is just eat some dumplings. But I think before Christmas Day, mm in Christmas Eve, they will, er every day every young people want to have a great party to join the party. </sp1>
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<interlocutor> Yes. </interlocutor>
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<sp1> and to dance, to sing, to have happy time. So I think, mm just from this example, I think mm western festivals are more popular. And this is my opinion. </sp1>
<sp2> Ok. Er I think mm although the western festivals more popular in China nowadays, but I but I still think the mm er Spring Festival is the most popular festival in, among the young people in China. Mm I think mm first it is a traditional er festival in China, you know. And er many people, er especially young people, er they they, er in the old years they went to various places and er study [Wu-a:] or work. They they they have no chance to meet with each other, you know. Er so in in er Spring Festival they can together, they can er meet together, and er meet a lot of celebrations and have parties and talk about talk about with each other. You also have a partner to er to spend time with with your parents. And and it's very good. As for me, I like, I er I love the er Spring Festival. Ok. </sp2>
<sp3> In my opinion, I think April First Day is the most popular in China [Pch-w]. Er because I think in this day, everybody is crazy and everybody mm cheat other people er without any concerns. We we can do everything we want to do, er for example, cheat somebody [S2] that he won er much money in the lottery or em ask somebody [S2] to a place that nobody [S2] with her and so on. So I think er it's the most popular. </sp3>
<sp1> er I don't agree with you. You mean that em in Spring Festival many persons go back to their home to gather with their parents, with their relatives. </sp1>
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<sp2> Yeah. </sp2>
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<sp1> But I want to ask you, mm in, on Christmas Day, also every person can go back to home to gather with their parents. How do you, hm, ??? </sp1>
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<sp2> But but but you know, our parents, in some sense, they are traditional. </sp2>
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<sp1> They are traditional? </sp1>
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<sp2> Traditional. They they may probably don't accept the er the the western festival. And you means er Christmas, Christmas. </sp2>
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<sp1> Christmas Day. </sp1>
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<sp2> er Christmas Day. But er there's there's some er, it will be a little difficult to er communicate [S1] with with themselves, with with them. But but in in er Spring Festival, and er in in some sense, it is certain that you you you you can er you come back home and and er you know er on Spring Festival, we we all have a good hope for, a er good hope for new year. And er all those things are seems it is er it's er most popular, it's most most popular festival among er the young people in China. </sp2>
<sp1> Mm but I think, er with China, er with China's entrance to WTO, that the society will er face very, er a very rapid development. And I think er, the ideal system of the normal peop- normal person, we will have a great development. We also have great development. And very er western ideas will enter our minds. And I think many old people, old persons, just like our parents, will accept mm accept the ideas just like the festival er the festivals such as erm Christmas Day. They will think, this will, they will have a very modern, very just now I said romantic atmosphere [S4]. I think they will also like like this. They will, mm how to say, they will like mm environments. </sp1>
<interlocutor> All right. That's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to just ask you one more question on the topic, last question on the topic of eastern and western festivals. Er Miss ***, er would you feel offended or amused if your friend plays a trick on you on April First Day? </interlocutor>
<sp1> I think that mm on April First Day, it is a tradition to play fans on every people. Er er I think mm if if my friend play a trick on me, I will be very happy. I just I just think that they consider me, they consider me as a good friend of his or hers. And and I think that this feelings are very good. If if a friend er knows that it is April First Day, but er he or she ignores me, I will have I will have a custom that er I am real his or her friend? Hm so I think mm on every fes- er if this is April First Day, play a trick on the person, it's a tradition, I will accept it. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok. So for Mr ***. </interlocutor>
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<sp1> Ok. </sp1>
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<interlocutor> Can you say something about the most unforgettable festival you have ever celebrated? </interlocutor>
<sp2> uncomfortable [S3]? </sp2>
<interlocutor>the most unforgettable. </interlocutor>
<sp2> for?un- unforgettable? </sp2>
<interlocutor> Yeah. </interlocutor>
<sp2> festival? I I also mention er something happened, er the Spring Festival. Mm... er and er you know I er one one of the unforgettable [S2] things things is that er I, it is on a er on a very cold day, very cold day. In the evening, er er I I I do shopping outside and hasn't and hasn't come come back very late. Er I didn't come back very very late. My my mm my parents are very worried, very worried. And they they they come they ??? out and er... how to say, means [Ws-s] they are worried and althougth althougth it is, it is very common but I think this this's a sign of [Wf-f] er the love [Wo-a:] er the love [Wo-a:] of our parents to me. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok. So for miss ***, which festival do you think children like most? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Er... the Children's Day, I think. Er because [Wau-a:] </sp3>
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<interlocutor> hm </interlocutor>
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<sp3> in the day, all the children can want everything they want to, they want. Er... they can have many activities, for example, have parties, er go shopping with with their parent to get the gift. And they can go town with their parent. And in the school they have many many interesting activities [Pc-e] [Wa-e]. mm... I am sorry. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, so that's the end of the test. Thank you everybody. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thank you. </spall>
<sp1> Bye. </sp1>
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