Examiner：X；Candidate A；Candidate B；… 代表停頓

Part I

X: Good morning.

B: Good morning.

X: My name is X, and this is my colleague, D. He is just going to listen to us. And your names are…?

A: I'm A. Nice to meet you.

X: Nice to meet you. And you?

B: I'm B. Nice to meet you.

X: Please.

B: Thank you.

X: First of all, we'd like to know something about you. So I'm going to ask each of you to introduce yourself for one minute. I will stop you when your time is up. Now A, would you please introduce yourself first?

A: OK. Uh, hi, I'm A. Uh, I'm 24 years old. Um…I just graduated from UVC last year. I did a double-major program from a bachelor's degree…I specialized in family studies and psychology. Um my family…well there are five people in my family…my parents, me, I have a younger brother and a younger sister. Uh we moved to Vancouver, Canada about ten years ago, and last winter I came back to work in Taipei. Um…my job is related to English teaching…and my hobbies include…watching movies, listening to music, bowling, traveling, and just hanging out with my friends.

X: Um-hm. OK, thank you, A. Now B, could you please introduce yourself?

B: OK. Uh my name is B, and I've been living in Tainan for 18 years and after that I come here to study in the department of English in National Taiwan Normal University, and I'm currently studying in the Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation. Uh there are five people in my family including me…and also my mother, my father, my younger brother, and my great-grandmo…great grandmother…yeah. Uh my brother is now studying also in Shi Da, and specializing in…informa…information technology education. Um uh…my hobbies are…uh watching TV, reading novels, and um…playing table tennis. Uh I hope uh after I graduate from the uh…Graduate Institute, I can be a professional translator or interpreter in the future.

X: OK, thank you, B.

B: Thank you.

X: Now, I'm going to ask each of you a few questions about yourselves. B….

B: Um-hm.

X: When you were a child, what kinds of books did you like to read?

B: Um…I liked to read books on fairy tales, or on some…I also liked to read some sci-fis…uh science…science fiction. And um…but mostly I…I would like to read some…um…interesting novels like um…um…yeah, including what I just mentioned uh science fictions and uh fairy tales or uh…things about ghost stories.

X: OK, thank you. How about you, A? When you were a child, what kinds of books did you like to read?

A: Well uh…I liked to read…Chinese folk tales or Japanese folk tales…fairy tales…and to be honest…some comic books. Um…that's…but I…I never have any interest in reading ghost stories, that kind of thing.

X: Indistinct. And A, have you ever read a book more than once?

A: Oh, yes.

X: Why?

A: Um…well…I think…because…I really enjoy the story…um that's the main reason for reading a book more than once…or maybe sometimes I just have a bad memory, so reading the book a second time is kind of…like reading it for the first time for me…sometimes.

X: OK, thank you. How about you, B? Have you ever read a book more than once?

B: Yeah, sure.

X: Why?

B: Because uh…most of them are…comic books, and I read them more than once because uh…I think that doesn't take a lot of mental functioning. I mean you don't have to uh…think…a lot on its contents, so…you just relax and reading it.

X: OK, that's fine. And B, are you planning to read any particular author's books in the near future?

B: I think I will, 'cause uh, it's a need of my…uh…of what I learn now, 'cause I'm….

X: And whose books are they?

B: Uh, I think I would um…read some…poetic works…yeah…by some particular poets.

X: OK, thank you. How about you, A? Are you planning to read any particular author's books in the near future?

A: Actually, I'm just planning to read uh…Helen Fielding's? Actually, I don't quite remember her last name, but it's the author who wrote Bridget Jones' Diary. I've heard that it's a very interesting novel, and I have just recently watched the movie, so…. And maybe um…J.K. Rowling's future Harry Potter…um books.