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<speaker sp1=female sp2=male sp3=female> </speaker>
<interlocutor interlocutor=?> </interlocutor>
<interlocutor>  The number of your admission ticket? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. My name is ***. My number is 1993. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Your name? </interlocutor>
<sp2> My name is ***. And my number is 2045. </sp2>
<sp3> My name is ***. And my number is 2046. </sp3>
<interlocutor> All right. Now, eh, would you please briefly introduce yourself to each other? Remember, you should not mention the name of your university. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. I am an En-English major. Eh, I took this  mm  this this oral examination because I I want to be examined and I want to try my best to improve my oral English. En, and I  now I am  eh  a junior. That's all. </sp1>
<sp2> Eh, I am junior and my major is tech-communications. I come from Mengzhou, Henan Province. And I love sports, mm  especially playing table [Wl-r] tennis. That's all. </sp2>
<sp3> Yes. My name is *** and my major is computer science and technology. I have many hobbies such as reading the magazines and newspapers, listening to pop music and chatting. But my favorite hobby's chatting with my roommates, because I am not a per  not a per  I am I am not a talkative person but when I am chatting with them, I become much more active and excited. I love this feeling, so I love to chat with them [Wth-d] freely. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, now that you have known each other, we can do some group-work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you a question. The first question for ***: what kind of family do you come from, big one or small one? </interlocutor>
<sp1> I am from a small one, a small family. </sp1>
<interlocutor> And what do you think of this? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Eh, I think mm  my family is filled with love, eh, because eh  my family is eh  is full of  mm  energy or something, I should say, because my mother and my father  mm  they are very talkative people. And sometimes they are very humorous. And they can bring me  mm  much love and  eh  enjoyment. Eh  so I  I feel very relaxed in my family. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok. Question No.2, ***: do you think women should stay at home to take care of the children? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Eh  no. I think women is equal [Wau-e] with men. They can do everything [Wth-s] that men [We-ei] can do. </sp2>
<interlocutor> It's all? Yes, No.3, question No.3, ***: Some young people choose to remain single rather than get married. What's your opinion? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Eh, my opinion is to get married because I want someone to love me, to care care about me everyday. And the one must have the responsibility to share with my housework. I think, if I have some difficulties in my work or in my life, I can tell him about all this, and I think he can give me warmness and safe. That's all. </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 two pictures. Let me to describe: you talk about the advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or many children. You'll have one minute to prepare, and each of you will have one and an half minutes to prepare your presentation. Don't worry. If I interrupt you, the time is up. Ok, please. Here are your cards. </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Ok, ***, would you please begin? *** and ***, please put your cards aside and listen to what *** has to say. </interlocutor>
<sp3> Ok, in my picture [Wp-b], there are two kinds of families. The first one is with several  eh, three children, and second one is with only one child. And we can see from the picture that the living conditions are very different. And the first one is not as good as the second one because you see  if  have  if a family have more than one children  several childrens, the parents  their paren  their parents should work harder to support the family  or  and children must take the responsibilities to take care of the younger brother or sister. And  it's  it's  it's a big burden for them to undertake because they are still young, I think. And you see, and in the second one, you see, the father, mother and little boy sitting in the sofa and watching TV. I think it's very comfortable for them, and  and the  their their house is much more better than the first family with several childrens since the living conditions will much be better in a family has only one child. I think. That's all. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. No.1 ***. It's your turn to speak. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Ok. I quite agree with *** because I think  eh  we  in a big family, there are  eh  so many childrens. They are very naughty, so the mother should  eh  should  eh take care of them. Em, and  eh  sometimes, eh, the childrens would quarrel with each others. So, I think it's it's it's really a big burden for the mother  em  to train them, to educate them. Em, and also, in the small family, em, they have a very quiet place to live, em, so the mother has has more leisure time, for example, in my picture, the mother is reading news  newspaper. So  eh  I think the mother will  live  a easier life. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok. Question No. 2, ***, it's your turn to speak. </interlocutor>
<sp2> Eh, there is two scenes in this picture: one is about a big family [Wl-n], and one is a small family [Wl-n]. The big family [Wl-n], there  there is sixty children. Eh, some are quarrel with a  the only toy and some are beats. Eh, I think, in this family, they can't [Pt-er]  the children can't [Pt-er] get on well [Wll-r] with each other and the mum have no  have no enough time to do other things [Wth-s]. They have [Pv-u]  she had to [Wt-ch] spend all his time [Wt-ch] to [Wt-ch] take care of them [We-e]. But in small family [Wl-n], we can see the mother is help [Wl-r] with  help [Wl-r] his childs with the homework. Eh, I  </sp2>
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<interlocutor> All right. Now, we all have some idea about the advantages and disadvantages of families with one child or many children. I'd like you to discuss this topic further and see if you can brief on the ideal size of a family. During the discussion, you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify your point. You have about four and an half minutes for the discussion. You performance will be judged according to your contributions to the discussion. Remember, during the discussion, you should try to come to a briefing on the ideal size of the family. Ok. </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Yes. I think the ideal size of a family is only  have only one child: father, mother and baby. It's three people in family. Just ok. And I think thetheythe the child parents will  don't need to  will not need to work very hard to support the family. They can be  much better. </sp3>
<sp1> And I  I quite agree with you because  eh  in  in such a large country in  in China, and there are many poor families and if if they have several childrens in one family, em  maybe the father and the mother should work very hard to support the family. So it is very hard for them to live. And and also  eh  I think  if if, I will be a mother in the future, I think I'll prefer  eh  one child only. </sp1>
<sp2> I have a different idea [Pea-r]. I think if the  a family have only only child-children, eh  he may  can't learn  how to [Wt-ch]  how to get on well [Wll-r] with others. Eh  if the family [Wl-r] has two children, eh  they can learn  how to [Wt-ch] get on well [Wl-r] with each other. </sp2>
<sp1> But I think even  even if  they are not in a in a big family, they can also learn how to communicate with each other in a big society. </sp1>
<sp3> Yes. I think there is a thing that we must consider  ri  carefully that is the population in China. We all know that there are so many people in China and we must control the population because the population of [Wf-v] ten results in results eh  some  pollution and other social problems. So we must control the population. So  eh  to have one baby in one family is the best way. </sp3>
<sp1> Yes. And [Pd-er] it  it's also a policy of China, that is that is one family only have one child. </sp1>
<sp2> Even if we have control the popu-population of our  our countries, but ch  I mean the family [Wl-r] won't have too many children. But if there are ou  only child,  eh  they may  if he is only child, he cannot [Wt-ch]   he cannot  learn how to communicate with others  em  </sp2>
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<sp1> But as I have as I have said just now, even if  you don't have any brothers or sisters in  in family, but you can learn how to communicate with each other in the big society such as  as in your  with your classmate or schoolmate or your friends. </sp1>
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<sp3> Yes. I quite agree with you. </sp3>
<interlocutor> All right. That's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to ask you just one other question on this topic: big or small families? And first question, ***, eh  do you think young people should take care of their parents? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Eh, yes. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Because only if he take care of his parents [Wa-e], we have the opportunity to [Wt-ch] take [Wt-ch] care of the parents.   They bring  </sp2>
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<interlocutor> Let's change  change another topic for you: who in your family has had the greatest influence on you? </interlocutor>
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<sp2> I think my mother. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Please give an example? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Eh he tell [Wl-r] me how to communicate with other and  eh  though he didn't have [Wv-f] very high [Wi-e] communi  high education, but [Pt-er] he has very [We-ai] good personalities. Em  he is  </sp2>
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<interlocutor> All right. The next question for ***: do you think young people would like to live with their parents after they graduate from college? </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Young people would like to? </sp3>
<interlocutor> Yes. Do you think  do you think young people would like to live with their parents after they graduate from college? </interlocutor>
<sp3> No. I don't think so. I think young people should live alone after their graduation. And there are  have be a generation gap between the parents and the child. And I think they often [Wf-v] have different opinions about different things. And if  if they live together, and I think they will sometimes they'll come? Quarrel. But  but as young people, we have the responsibility to take care of parents and we can sometimes, for example, and we [Ww-v] can to  go to the parents' house and visit them [Wth-d] and buy them [Wth-d] something and undertake the burden, I think. But, I think  em  it is better not to live with them. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. And last question to ***: do you think young people eh like to have children as soon as they get married? </interlocutor>
<sp1> I think it depends for me. I think I won't I won't  give birth to a baby  the  as soon as I marry because  eh  I think  especially in in nowadays society, women have more right to to, I think  to to work. Em nowadays,  em  women pre  prefer to  to  how to say  to take job as her  em   Nowadays much much more women are like to take to jobs  em  because they think they can they can realize their value in in the modern society  em  rather than give a child to a baby and then look to take care of them. I think it's really boring. So I think  Yes we should give birth to a baby because if we want the generation to pass over. So  but I think within  in a suitable time  I think when your  when your job isis steady, em  I think you can  you can give a birth to a baby. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Eh, thank you, that's the end to test. Thank you, everybody! </interlocutor>
<sp1> Thank you. </sp1>
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