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E-examiner S-student
E: Thank you. Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk it for 1 to 2 minutes. Before you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes if you wish.
S: OK.
E: So, I’d like you to talk about a time when you first talked in a foreign language.
S: OK.
E: Alright, remember you have 1 to 2 minutes for this. So don’t worry if I stop you. I will tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now please?
S: Whe… of course. Talking about this question, I like to say something about the first
time I talk in English. There is a toast… master club in our city. It’s a non-profit
organization open to the public, which aims to improve their communication s… skills
in English.
Even though I nows visited… visit it weekly, I still remember the first
time I spoke English there. By then, I was invited to give a talk. The topic of my talk was about my childhood. I intended to share the stories between my friends and me
back at the time when I was a child. I spend two days searching for pictures and
making a PowerPoint. Then, I spent five more days reciting, repeating, and
researching. But when I was on the stage, I was
still very nervous. I delivered my talk with my hands sweating and my voice trembling. I stumbled a lot and made tons of
mistakes. To be honest, it was awful compared with other participants’ performance.
But I was still content with…with my performance. Never had I had a chance to speak
it before I went to college. I dare not to open my mouth {thank} becau…{thank you}.
E: Thank you. Thank you. Do you often think about this time?
S: Sorry?
E: Do you often think about this time?
S: Think about…
Pronunciation guide:
- /ɤr/: ‘er’ 兒 in Mandarin
- /ɫ/: also known as the dark ‘l’, which is ‘l’ pronounced in syllable-final position
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