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<participant interlocutor=1 speaker=3> </participant>
<speaker sp1=male sp2=female sp3=male> </speaker>
<interlocutor interlocutor=?> </interlocutor>
<interlocutor> Good morning, everybody! </interlocutor>
<spall> Good morning. </spall>
<interlocutor> Please tell me your name and the number of your admission ticket. Yes, you please. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Hello! My name is *** and my number is 2788. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, and you? </interlocutor>
<sp2> My name is *** ,my number is 2828. </sp2>
<sp3> My name is *** and my number is 2925. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Thank you! Now would you please briefly introduce yourself to each other? Remember, you should not mention the name of your university. </interlocutor>
<sp1> I'm first. My name is ***. I'm a junior andmy major is Applied Chemistry. Em now, I'm nervous very much. Em I'm very happy to here, to take part [Par-r] in this exam. Nice to meet you two. </sp1>
<sp2> Nice to meet you. </sp2>
<sp3> Nice to meet you. </sp3>
<sp2> My name is ***. My major is electronic engineering. I'm a junior, too. I'm from Henan Province. </sp2>
<sp3> Em My name is ***. I'm a senior student. I major in foreign language but not in English, so it's really  eh  a great opportunity for me to show myself and I really feel it is very glad to meet th  them two. So, that's all. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok. Now that we know each other, we can do some group-work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you a question. ***, now most families in China have only one child. Do you think this will cause any problems? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yes, I think s  yes, I think so. Em, if one family only have [Wv-u] one child, the parents will very cherish their children, and then the parents parents will will make their children not to  will their children not do the things the children should do. For example  em  when you  get up and to  want to wash your face, perhaps  your parents y our parents would help you do so, and then this will  and this perhaps will relieve his  relieve  relieve him but also put him  eh  pressure. And let him to  let  let  let him have most of the time to study. Em  if the  if children can't get a high mark and parents would scold him. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok. ***, what is the usual size of the traditional Chinese family? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Em, the usual size of traditional Chinese family is parents and two or three child, I think. </sp2>
<interlocutor> What do you think of it? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Em, I think,em  China's population is too big now and we'd better have only one child in one family and give him better rebetter education and then  em  I think the situation will be better and we can cut down our population. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok. ***, what do you think of those people who prefer not to have children? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Em, I don't  I don't clearly see. This people we name them like DINK and it's really a new popular popular fashion nowadays, especially among the most educated people. They don't want to  prefer have children. So I think they can do some contribution for our country because the population is so great in this city  eh  in this country. We cannot  eh  how to say  encourage people to have children or to have kids because we don't have so much resources to use and we have  we have the responsibility to bring the bring children to the world. And we also have the responsibility to educate them. I think it's good. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Yeah, 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 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 an half minutes to give your presentation. Don't worry. If I interrupt you, the time is up. Now here are your cards. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thanks! </spall>
<interlocutor> Now, ***, would you please begin? *** and ***, please put your cards aside and listen to what *** has to say. </interlocutor>
<sp3> Yes, in this picture, we can see two different kinds [Wi-a:] about the living stand, the living conditions of two different families. One is big family and the other one is small family. And em  the first is the big family. In the big family, we can see the people are living in very poor or shabby room. The room is so small and the furnitures are very simple in the room. And there are three children, that is to say the family is made up of at least five person. And the small baby is on is just just begin to learn walk learn how to work. And the beds we see is very very simple without any sofa or television. And comparsed by with the first picture and we can see in the second picture, a real three-person family. In this picture, on this picture, we can see they live in a very big and clear room, and they have very very good facilities, just like sofa, telephone, and they have some vegetable in the, no, they have plants in the room. And we also see the picture on the wall. That is the, how to say, the advantage of a small family. The parents could give or offer their children more good, and something good, and good opportunities and facilities eh, both for living and for educations and for eh  The disadvantages of the at least 2 or 3 children family maybe, they cannot, they the parents do not have enough money toeh to support their children for study or for living. So living condition will be a little shabby and will not so good at that of the great, small family. Yes. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Now *** it's your turn. </interlocutor>
<sp2> Em, the picture the big family has all together six child, and the mother is busy looking after them. There are three elder ones, and three younger ones, and one baby. I think, the advantages [Pdg-i] is that they can play together, and they can they can learn to they can learn how to get along with each other, but they have, no one will have them to do their homework or did other things, I think [Wth-s]. The small family, there is only one child in this family. And the mother is help the child to do her to do his homework. Em, I think advantage is that he can receive better education but perhaps he will he don't know how to get along with others and he can't  em  he can't do something by himself. I think it is the disadvantages [Pdg-i]. And in China, I think, it is better to have to have a small family to have less child in a family. If the child is too many, they can't receive better educations I th[s]ink. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, now ***, it is your turn. </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yes, in the first picture, we can see a mother and four children. The mother has ??? ??, that is to say, the mother was too busy and he didn't have don't have no time to look for, to look after his children. We can see, eh, very little child was forced was forced in eh was forced into eh playing [Wai-i]. And in the in the picture two, we can see, a fo, a mother was reading is reading a newspaper and in the picture in the picture on the wall, we can see three members of the family. Oh, it is a very quiet [Me] family. The fami, the mother don't have don't don't have more time to look after the children because he only have one children. The disadvantage of the  have eh  having one children is that children can't be looked after very well because because their daughter, their brother or sister are too many, but if one family only have one have one have only one child, the child can be care, can be taken care of very well and he can, he can be bringed bringed up and grow very [Wv-w] well. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Oh, right, now we all have some ideas 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 agree on the ideal size of the family. During the discussion you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify [Wa-ir] your point. You will have about four and a half minutes for your 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. Ya, please start. </interlocutor>
<sp1> I am first, I think, one fam  one family should have one child especially in China, because in china there are too too too toomany people. If we don't control the population [Wu-i]  eh  em  our our resource will used up very very early, do you think so? </sp1>
<sp2> Yes, one child is better, then we can, em, because we don't have enough resource to raise too many too many people I think. </sp2>
<sp1> Yes. </sp1>
<sp2> And but, but two child is also be  is also better because if one one one family has two child then and then they can learn how to get along with each other and the family can afford their tuition. And I think this is better. What are, what's your opinion? </sp2>
<sp3> Em, maybe, even I quite agree with your opinion that maybe two kids are better because they can learn from each other how to communicate, or how to get along with others. But one question is, if eh  you just have mentioned in your  eh  in your speech something about the tuition. I I just want to say because there are nowadays so many people, they lose their job they don't have some, they don't make ?? they don't earn so much money, but if they have twins at home, how can you how do you want to say about the tuition, how can do they support the twins when they go to universities or go to colleges. </sp3>
<sp1> Yes, I think that's one family should have one child, for example, in my family, there are three chil  there are three children, em  in ? and now I am in the city, but my tuitions can, eh  many many depend on my parents but, three children too many, the tui the tuition can em  is em  is on is depend on my children my my parents. Em my parents is too busy and they can't [Mn] look look after me very well and I think if I was the I was only child perhaps I will have a I will live a very good life [Wi-e]. </sp1>
<sp2> But there is also a problem about one child, Em  if a family only has one child and I think the parents will give him too much love and he will be cherished. It's a lot bad. </sp2>
<sp1> Does perhaps that is  I don't think so em  perhaps em  for example in universities em  there are many students in the classes, they can cooperate or communicate [M2c] with each other, this this eh  this o  this also can em  can increase their cooperation or communications. </sp1>
<sp3> I do agree to the idea familiar family size because I have thought that small child he can go to a kindergarten and learn to how to communicate with other children and  or how to get along with other people. So if in the future you go to the society or you go to colleges and universities, you have classmates and you have a lot of collages and from them or with them you have also something to do, you have also something to communicate. And maybe you have tell, told em  you have said that the parents would give the kids too much love. </sp3>
<sp2> Yes. </sp2>
<sp3> Everything that he want, eh  but as, eh  one child, maybe only one child and the only child of my parents but I can still learn something from my parents. I just learn how to repect respect elder people and how to do with my eh  young brothers and sisters. Yeah. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Yeah, time is up, that's the end of discussion. Now I'd like to ask you just one last question on the topic of big or small families. Now ***, do you think young people should take care of their parents? </interlocutor>
<sp1> Yes, I think so. Em  I I think taking care of em  did, is is not the responsibility of parents and  the, and the son or daughter should also take care of their parents because their parents also also can't be can also be ill, and they and so they can't go to work. When they in bed or in hospital, they must they must need someone to look af to look after them em  I think  em  them  their their children, their son or daughter should take the take the respon, responsibility to look after them, and this also can em increase the children eh the son or daughter's abilities for em  For example if you can look look after others em and look after others when you when you in thirty later, you can em  you can expect others and so others also can expect you. That's all. </sp1>
<interlocutor> Ok, now ***, do you think young people would like to live with their parents after they graduate from college? </interlocutor>
<sp2> Em  Yes I think so. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Why? </interlocutor>
<sp2> em  young people, I think young people should em  I think young people learne much from their parents and their their behavior [Wa-e] was influenced by their parents and if you have em  if you have a  em  a good parents and perhaps you will you will build good person in college [Pg-i] or in or in communication with others I think [Wth-s] and  em  live with parents [Pp-j] can give us too much  eh  give us experience [Wp-p] about social social life I think. </sp2>
<interlocutor> Ok, and *** who in your family has had the greatest influence on you? </interlocutor>
<sp3> Maybe my father, Yeah, my father. </sp3>
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<interlocutor> Yeah, please give an example. </interlocutor>
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<sp3> Em  my father do not want to say a lot  em  but want to persuade me. But he always use some simple words but I never can understand what he means. I can give you an example just before the entrance examination for universities and colleges. I was not very good at that time. And my mother has talked a lot eh  in main about that. She has told me if you don't didn't study hard maybe you will you will lose the chance to be a po undergraduate. I think I honestly at that time I felt that I was tied of it. I think that's enough maybe not how will maybe after even if I have been a graduate, under-graduate, college student, but how would it be with my future. I think it has nothing to do  with my future. But my father has used some  sim  simple words and to try to explain me how important the college life for me em  will be. So I think this is a real example for me that my, to show that my father has influence on me. </sp3>
<interlocutor> Ok, that is the end of the test. Thank you everybody. </interlocutor>
<spall> Thank you, thanks. </spall>
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