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<speaker sp1=female sp2=male sp3=female> </speaker> 
<interlocutor>  Good afternoon, everybody! </interlocutor> 
<spall>  Good afternoon, teacher! </spall> 
<interlocutor> Would you please tell me your names and the numbers of your admission tickets? Would you please? </interlocutor> 
<sp1> My name is ***, my number is 3253[n+]. </sp1>  
<interlocutor> oh.mm</interlocutor>  
<sp2> My name is ***, my number is 3309. </sp2>  
<interlocutor> Ohmm </interlocutor>  
<sp3> My name is ***, my number is 3360.</sp3>  
<interlocutor> ohmm, thank you! Now, would you please briefly introduce yourselves in an to each other? Remember you should not mention the name of your universities. Would you please? </interlocutor>  
<sp1> My name is ***, my English name is Crystal because I want myself to be the person with character of of innocent and lofty. And my major is clinical medicine mm which become while we'll never, then it will result in a good master of English. And now I'm a student of Grade Three, just like a soph a sophomore[P2o-er]. Yeh, that's all. </sp1>  
<sp2> My name is ***, and my major is industry design, Er I I want to be a great great designer in the future. And mm I want to be agood [Woo-uo] designer.</sp2> 
<sp3> My name is ***. I was born in October, 1981. Er I live in xi'an. So I like the city very [Wv-w] much. My major is electronic information. I have many hobbies mm such as go play er go fishing, go boating. And In in my spare time, I often playing pingpang balls with my classmates. And in addition to it, I like making friends very [Wv-w] much. So I think after the examination, mm all of us can can be friends. That's all. Thank you! </sp3> 
<interlocutor> Ok! Right. Now that we know each other, we can do some group work. First of all, I'd like to ask each of you er to say something about festivals. Now Miss ***, do people in your hometown celebrate any other festivals apart from the Spring Festival?</interlocutor> 
<sp1> Er yes. We we celebrate many festivals just like the [Pe-r] Double Nine Festival and the ? festivals and in and inmmespe er espe the Spring [Wp-p] Festival we have many other things to do. Just we we will have a we will have a fa family [Wl-r] reunion [Wu-a] in the Middle [Ml] Autumm in the Middle Autumm day and we will and we will look them big big full moons on the sky and there are many other things for us to do.AndI think it's very meaningful for us to have opportunity to stay together to have the [Pe-r] a reu[a]nion in our large family [Wl-r]. It's just a opportunity. Thank you. </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Well, Mr. ***, is Christmas [Pa-r] an important festival in China [Pa-r]? </interlocutor> 
<sp2> China [Pa-r]? Sorry, can you speak aout? </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Is Christmas [Pa-r] an important festival in China [Pa-r]? </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Mm I think it is importantbecause Christmas mm everybody celebrate [Wc-v] [Mlebrate] a Christmas er... Mm  mmsorry. </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Ok! Well, Miss ***, which is your favorite festival? </interlocutor> 
<sp3> I think Spring Festival is my best like. </sp3>  
<interlocutor> Oh, why? </interlocutor> 
<sp3> Because mm during the Spring Festival, we can eat many good good foods such as dumplings and so many good foods mm we don't [Wo-u] have eat in the  in the spare time and during the Spring Festival my father, my mother and some of the people will have holidays so we can go to some places to rest ourselves and have a rest. That's all. Thank you. </sp3> 
<interlocutor> Now, let's move on to something more specific, the topic for our discussion today is about eastern and western festivals. Each of you each of you will be given a picture showing two festivals. And I'd like you to talk about these two festivals and say something about how they are celebrated. You will have a minute to prepare and oh each of you will have one and a half minutes to give your presentation. Don't worry if time is up. Now I interrupt you. </interlocutor> 
<interlocutor2> Now here are your pictures. </interlocutor2> 
<sp1> Thank you! </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Now, Miss ***, would you please begin? And Mr. *** and Miss ***, please put your cards aside and listen to what she wants to say. </interlocutor> 
<sp1> This picture is said about the Spring Festival and Christmas. The Spring Festival is a traditional is a traditional festival of the [Pe-r] of of our country. When when this day when this festival come, all the all family members are reunioned [Wu-a] together and to and to share the traditional foods such as dumplings and other things. And children is children is this festival is the children's favourite. They can they can play together very happily and they can pray play the correct. As for western countries, the western Chinese fest spring festival is Christmas, when Christmas when Christmas comes, children will prepare for a sock to mm to receive the [Pe-r] Christmas presents. And there will there will Christmas fathers to spen to sent to sent presents for the . So they so they wait wait eagerly for the presents and they will decorate Christmas trees very beautiful and they will prepare the Christmas presents for each other. I think the two festivals is very important not only for the just the Chinese and the foreign students and or for foreign peoples. They're all. </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Ok! Now, stop here. Mr. ***, it's your turn. </interlocutor> 
<sp2> From this picture, we can see something about the festivals in the eastern and western. There is some difference in the eastern and western. In the in the eastern, the people always to always they may be eat something such as pears [Wear-ir], apples and so on. But in the western, people often go to the street [Ms2] or the scrats. They will have a party and and drink something... </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Ok! It's your turn. </interlocutor> 
<sp3> In this picture, I see Dragon [Wa-ei] Boat Festival and April [Wa-ae] Fool's Day. Dragon [Wa-ei] Boat Festival is mm our best, I think. All the people in China know this festival. Er in this day, people often er they are boating in the rivers. And this mm I think, in the mm southeast [Wou-o], south [Wou-o] south [Wou-o] part. I think this is their best like. In a boat, there may seversal peioplseal. In this picture, I can five peoples, and in the TV, I can see ten or more. They boat together and to er to get a total get a method that they will win. I think mm all of the students know that it is a best title for us to celebrate a person it er he called Qu Yuan. And in this day, we often eat something delicious. In China it called Zongzi. Er I think it is very delicious and all of us eat it in the day. And the April Fool's Day, it is a western festival. In this day, people often cheat together in order to er make jokes [Mkes] and to celebrate themselves. I think it is very popular in the youngers. Mm  </sp3> 
<interlocutor> Right. Now we all have some idea of different festivals. I'd like you to discuss this topic further and see if you can agree on which festivals are most popular in the young people in China and explain why. During the discussion, you may argue with each other or ask each other questions to clarify a point. Your performance will be judged according to your contribution to the discussion. And you will have four and a half minutes for the discussion. </interlocutor> 
<sp1> Now, it's my honor to speak first. I think the most important festival to the young people of China[r] is Spring Festival. Though the after the er poli open policy, the western festivals is more take more and more part in the young people's life, I think the spring festival is the most important because people can get together can do more almost things. The most important is that it is our traditional festival, I think. </sp1> 
<sp2> I think spring festival is also the the most festival because many people are no time [Mm] when when they are work [Mk] on work and such as in the Middle Autumn festival [Pa-r], many people they must be on work and they are no time [Mm] they can go home with their parents with their son and so on. And in Spring Festival, people is is er free  they have time with their parents or with their son. They can go home. </sp2> 
<sp3> Oh, I I agree with you. But I think that when the Spring Festival comes, students are often at home. They can can't go together to play and I think recently, er when Christmas comes, students are often in school, so the they can go outside such as East Street and buy somethings. If they don't buy somethings, they often go to the bar or the or to go have a drink or have a mm so many so many things they can do and they are very happy. So I think festival festivals like Spring Festival or Christmas Festival are also popular in these students. </sp3> 
<sp1> Oh, I think now more and more young people are ceribrate  the the  the Lover's Day, or we say the Valentine's [M1n] [P1e-r]s Day. It is celebrate of fourteenth of February. I'm fortunately to born [Mn] on that day. Mm I think after the open open policy of the China, the western [W1e-o] festivals the western [W1e-o] festivals is more and more cerebrate by young people in China [Pa-r]. And this festival, I think, is more celebrate by young people. </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Ok! All right. Yes, that's the end of the discussion. Now I'd like to ask you one last question on the topic of festivals eastern and western. Well, Miss. Mr. ***, </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Yes. </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Why do you think short camers? ? ? like festivals? </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Festi? Sorry, because I </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Why do you think short camers? ? ? like festivals? </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Why wha?  </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Now, why do you think? </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Oh!  /sp2> 
<interlocutor> ? ? ? like festivals?  </interlocutor> 
<sp2> Mm because festival it is a tradition [Wti-s]al it is a traditinal [Wti-s]. mm they can many people very will they can very will will very very hard [Wd-t] in their work or in their study, in festival they will be free and they can do every [Wv-w] thing what they want to do, they can go home with their parents, they can see many many old friends and they can they canmm  maybe they can have a meal [Pea-r] with their parents. </sp2> 
<interlocutor> Now, Miss ***. </interlocutor> 
<sp1> Oh. </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Will you feel offended over than ?? if your friend play a joke on you on April Fool's Day </interlocutor> 
<sp1> Oh, , I think mm yes just a joke just say it's just a joke. On April Fool's Day, I think it's a it's a tradition to pray joke[Mk] on me. I will never I will never anger that they pray pray joke on me. I think just good prien just good friends will pray joke on me. I think they will they will never say they is good for me. And I think it's just for me, I also pray on on on the and I think it's never it's never  Just so so I will never angry with them. </sp1> 
<interlocutor> Now! Miss ***, can you say something the most unforgetable festival you have ever celebrated? </interlocutor> 
<sp3> I beg your pardon? </sp3> 
<interlocutor> Now! can you say something about the most unforgettable festival you have ever celebrated? </interlocutor> 
<sp3> Oh, I think the April Fool's Day I will never forget because last year mm I cheat the classmate of mine [Wi-ae] mm of my class. Mm When the April Fool's Day comes, I tell them that they from the computer I tell them tomorrow we will have the examination. They asked me why. I told me er the teacher think that mm the English of us are so poor. So she will give us a examination er because the boys are often don't care about the April Fool's Day so they believe me. But the next morning, they are very angry but not really angry with me. That's all. Thank you. </sp3> 
<interlocutor> Ok! That's the end of the test. Thank you, everyboby. </interlocutor> 
 <spall> Thank you, teacher. </spall> 
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