TRANSCRIPT     		Speaking and Listening

Student Sample: Stage B1 Progressing Towards Video 1  

Right, off you go.

This is a police officer.  He have a black tie and blue, blue shirt and cap, and black and shh pants and black shoes.  And he catch the criminals.

Yep, sure does.

Mmm. He have a, starts…

Yes.

He has a guns.

Mm, maybe.  Yeah, he might have to carry that just in case he needs it, doesn’t he.  Okay he helps to catch the criminals; what else does he do?  You should know Feda because it happened to you yesterday in Dandenong, didn’t it?

Yeah.

Mm.

I know.  

Maybe something that he does in the street, Alireza?  What does he do maybe on the roads or…?

Fighting?

Oh, you mean if people are fighting?  What does he do?  What does the policeman do?

Catch the…

The good people or the bad people?

Bad people.

The bad people, okay.  What does he drive in?

Oh…

I asked the question, sorry it should have been you.  Feda?

Where he work? 

In the office, police office.

Does he?  Okay, that’s interesting.  Does he work anywhere else, Alireza?

The…

Think about where you’ve seen the police.  Van, you’ve got a question?

In the station.

Ah, you’re talking about the police station.  Okay, alright.  Has anybody else got a question to ask Alireza?  It has to be a question.  Ali?

Oh, why he stop the good people or bad?

Ah, you mean who does he stop, the good people or the bad?  Yeah, who does he stop?

Bad people.

Absolutely, yeah.  A question Van?

Mm…

No, think, think.

If you need health you got, you go to the hopital or somewhere.

Ah…

What will you do if you need help?

I ah, I…

Tell me.

I’m … Ahh…

Yeah?  What are you going to do?

Ring the police and…

That’s right, so what’s the next questions Van?

Zero, zero, zero.

Oh, you’ve told the answer:  you had to ask the question, you had to say, “What would you, what number would you ring?”  What number Ali?

Three zero.

That’s right, okay. Okay, one more question.  Yeah? 

And who, if you hear the emergency what do you say?

Mm.

I need help? Mm.

Come quickly?  

Yeah.

Because you don’t want them to be slow, do you, if it really is an emergency?  You want them to come quickly.  Okay, alright.

But they’re here.

Oh yeah…

They’re here.

…yeah, good question.  What is that?  I think you did say before Ali, but you need to listen.  I think you did.

What, what is it?

Cap

Okay, yeah.  Do you know the name of what this is Alireza?  

Ah…

It’s, and what is it for?  Why does he wear this on his cap?  

Ah, because people see the police…

Yes.

…yeah.  

And?

[background whispering]

And, and they know, what do they know?  As soon as they see this and they see this that he’s wearing, what do they know?  

He police, he has [overtalking]…

And he will…

Police.

And he will.

Ah…

You said the word.

Emergen-…

Help them in an emergency, okay.  Alright, one more question.  

Well all…

Yes?

Why he have a gun?

Oh, yeah why does he have a gun?  That’s a good question.

Because ah, criminals…

Don’t make a [0:06:00.9] bangles please [0:06:02.1].

Ah…

It’s a hard one, mm.  Yeah?  What do you think Tom?

It, because there’s some bad children it’s no reason the police, police lock, come, is up then let people listen.

No, not for children I wouldn’t think, but maybe if there were very bad adults.  But they really only have them for really, really bad emergencies, Okay?  In Australia police don’t use their guns:  they just have them if they need them.  Yeah?

Why he have his stick in here?   In, this stick, yeah…

[overtalking]…

Oh, you think he’s carrying a stick, do you?

Yeah.

Down the side?

Yeah.

Oh, okay.  What do you think?  

I want to, can I answer?

Mm, alright.  Well see if Alireza can answer.  Ali, do you know why he might carry a stick?  Ali Rahimi thinks he’s got a stick there.

Yeah, because is no lost.

Because what?

Mm, lost.

Not sure? 

Yeah.

Okay, anybody help?  Feda, what did you think?  

Miss, he have a hand, handscuff.  

Handcuffs?

Yeah.

Ah, where, can you see them somewhere there?  Maybe not, but he does use those, doesn’t he?  

Yeah, he ah…

Yeah, okay.

Maybe it’s a..

Backside

Backside, yeah, yeah.

Maybe, maybe, maybe in his back pocket, do you think?

Yeah.

Okay, alright any other questions?  

No question.

No, no, no.  Question?    No?  Okay well thank you Alireza.

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