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<participant interlocutor=1 speaker=3> </participant>
<speaker sp1=female sp2=male sp3= female> </speaker>
<interlocutor interlocutor=female> </interlocutor>
<sp2> 32413073. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Your name, please. </interlocutor>
<sp3> My name [Wn-l] is ***. And my number [Wn-l] is 010232413090. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Now, would you please would you please briefly introduce yourselves to each other? Remember you should not mention the name of your university. *** you, please. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. Since I'm the number one so please let me introduce myself first. My name is *** and I'm senior major in international trade. I come from Jing Men Hubei. As for interest, computer and English is my favorite because I think they are very useful and important in our daily life and in future work. So and I take active part in all kinds of social activities. For example, I am an announcer in our university's broadcasting station and I am also a part-time part-time English teacher in a kindergarten. Yeah, it is interesting and usually enjoyings. I am also fond of popular music because it can bring it can bring me great enjoyment and relaxation pleasure. Ok, that's all about myself. </sp1>
<sp2> Ok. Everyone has known my name now. So I will introduce my mm major. I am I'm major in finace administration of matric? department. I like play football although I am very thin but I think I am strong enough to play this this game. Mm I am a member of our our administration sorry I am a member of our department team, although I have only been in on the underground playground for only ten minutes. But I'm proud of this. </sp2>
<sp3> Ok. I am the last one. Uh I am a junior [Wn-l] student and my major is international trade like you. And I think our major is very good because [Pu-r] when I enter enter WTO and we have a good pro future. Uh uh in the at in the sometimes I like uh playing uh basket no playing table tennis [Wnn-l]. And I like reading books. And mm I am a uh member of student's union [W1n-l] in our college. Er er my my favorite my favorite is listening to music. Ok, that's it. </sp3>
<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. Now ***, do you think it is important to have a college education? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yeah. I think it is very important to have a college education. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Mm. why? There are several reason. First I think in college what we learn mm what is most important for us to learn mm is not the knowledge on our major, but the ability to learn how to learn. I think it is the most important. And we think in college we can learn some specific knowledge about our major. becau For example I am an international trade major and I think with the knowledge I learn in college I can play  full of myself in our in my future work to with the knowledge I learnt. That's all. </sp1>
<interlocutor> ***, do you think it is possible for every middle school graduate to have a college education? </interlocutor>
<sp2> No, I don't think so. </sp2>
<interlocutor> If no, why not? </interlocutor>
<sp2> I think not everyone has the ability to accept the the education of college because everyone has the different feature. Uh for example some people he some people like likes doing playing football. he I think he has, it is not useful for him to have to get the mm the college education. so I think if he has a- has ability to live [Wi-ai] he has he has his own style of live. So If he get the the college education, mm maybe it is not useful to him. It's er I think it's maybe it's difficult for him. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok. ***, why do you think universities and colleges are increasing their enrollment of students now? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Mm because [Pu-r] er I think there are several reasons. And the first reason is uh there is very uh urgent demand in the market for college students. And and for our for our students part uh we are also uh want to go to college for the er advanced [Wv-w] education. We are er we are uh also want to get to uh the beautiful future. So mm Also there is a third reason our our parents want me to be uh to be useful people. I think that's the reason. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Now let's move on to something more specific. The topic for our discussion today is enrollment of graduate students gradate means post-graduates. Each of you will be given a chart with information about the enrollment of graduate students in a certain province. I'd like to ask I'd like to I'd like you to talk about the information given in your chart. You'll 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 the cards. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. </sp1>
<sp2> Thank you. </sp2>
<sp3> Thank you. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. ***, would you please now say something about your cards? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Er er the uh graduate students er have a sharp have a sharp rise between the year 1995 [Wn-l] to 1999 [Wn-l]. I think er there are several reasons. First er there is very mm mm I think uh </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Yes, you two please put your cards aside and listen to </interlocutor>
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<sp1> Ok. </sp1>
<sp3> mm this chart shows er some information abut the female graduate students. I think mm we are the new society not in the not in the In the past they are very mm look down upon female female students. But now we are in the equal positions, so we mm will will work hard mm to mm get advanced [Wv-w] education mm so mm there is very mm very sharp rise in the mm graduate stu in the graduate students. Mm mm the the first [Pt-er] reason maybe is uh uh all of us want to find find a good job. So the second reason mm may be the pressure of living. Er er er the third reason is the standard of graduate students have have lowed lowed a little. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Now ***, it's your turn. </interlocutor>
<sp1> ok In the chart we can see that the number of students enrolled has increased a little. But the number of applicants have sharp [War-a] increased in these in these two decades. I think there are some possible reasons for this. First one I think the with the development of science and technology the talented market need more and more advanced talented people. And only undergraduate students cannot meet this mand. Second reason I think is, in order to find a more favorable job mm, for example high salary comfortable condition and something like thats po post postgraduate students have more advantages in this in this aspect. And mm ok maybe these two reasons are the main reasons. And I think there are I think there should be more and more students enrolled in postgraduate education. Ok that's the answer [P-n]. </sp1>
<interlocutor> It's your turn. </interlocutor>
</sp2> Ok. My picture shows the percentage of applicants [Wa-ei] applicants in these two year or with working experience. I think there is lot of reasons in it. First I think it is very important the most important thing is the what people think is change now change a lot. Er mm er let me show you the picture. We can see that between 1980 and 1995 there is only two sorry four percent increase, mm but between 1990 and twenty 2000 years there is about 12 percent increase. So I think Mm, in in the old time we have a a very famous word, that is, I think is a good horse will not eat the grass at back of it. So I think mm people mm every people in the in the society uh, of course, in the very in the leading company they have changed their mind. Two I think two uh second I think mm people think uh the education is not the most important things. They mm in those time they want a young people with a young people well educated and good qualified. He didn't want ere er old man with very a lot of experienced, but now they want man with do experienced. So for example they have good relationships with with his old customers so he can increase his range of the world. That's all. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok right. Now we all have some idea of the enrollment of graduate students. Now I'd like you to discuss this topic further and see if you can agree on whether graduate education is essential for successful career. During the discussion you may you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify a point. You'll have about four and half minutes uh 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 the agreement on whether graduate education is essential for a successful career. Now you may begin. </interlocutor>
<sp1>Mm. I think graduates education is essential for for our students. Because I think mm, how to say it, today the competition is more and more fierce, right, so in order to get a good position in the society we should have more higher diploma [Ma]. It's helpful for us to find a good job and it's more helpful to us for our further development. </sp1>
<sp2> Yes I think the graduation from the college is important but I think the further education is not so important. I think we gra we study in the college, we can learn some basic ability to learn. But in the society we must have a lot of a lot of college oh sorry a lot of knowledge to to mm.
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