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Fumiko Well. I wondered about do1ng someth1ng about Speaker 1 Umm. 'make new fnends'. um. maybe new
relat1onsh1ps 1n the w1ld first - you know. maybe start1ng fnends I th1nk so. but 1t 1sn't easy I th1nk other people
w1th an1mals have to decide that I
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V That's qu1te a good 1dea .. but I th1nk the very f1rst th1ng Speaker 2 Mmm. I'm not sure, I've never thought about that.
you need to do 1s g1ve a definition of what you mean by but I. er. think I probably do I've met plenty of new people
your key terms. 1n Pans and I'm qu1te good fnends w1th some of them
F Oh. so I need to say what terms like 'relat1onsh1p' mean?
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V Yeah. Um. you could JUSt do a diagram - you know. like
Examiner I'd like to talk about your fam1ly now. Do you
you do when you bra1nstorm something. come from a large or small family?
F Oh yes - OK. I'll do that first. Dominic Oh, um. my family's pretty b1g - I've got three

V R1ght. After that. you could do a b1t of background on the brothers . one's older than me. and the other two are
an1mal world yes. a qu1ck look at relat1onsh1ps among younger- they're ten and 13 And then I've got two sisters
ape groups would work. as well. They're both older than me Karen's. um. 25 th1s
year, and Cornne's 28 She's JUSt qualified to become a
F Yeah - 1nterest1ng - JUSt to show that relationships are
doctor.
part of life So that's the definition and background -
what next? E When d1d you last v1s1t relatives?
V Well. then you have to move on to people Are you gomg D Relat1ves Er. let me see 1t's hard to remember Um.
to target a particular age group? Or someth1ng else? most of my relat1ves live near us 1n the. um what's the
word, um. they live 1n a busy area around the c1ty - you
F Well. I thought that first I would look at different well.
know. not 1n the centre where we are And so we meet
there are so many places. aren't there. where we form
up 1n the c1ty 1f there's a birthday or something. I guess I
relat1onsh1ps? In the office .
v1s1ted my aunt about a year ago when she 1nv1ted us to
V Yeah w1th1n the family Even toddlers aged 18 months see her new apartment.
or under have relat1onsh1ps.
E What don't you like about v1S1t1ng relatives?
F Yeah . so I'll present those
D Well. that's an 1nterest1ng quest1on Um, 1f I were really
V You mean the 'contexts' for relat1onsh1ps honest. I'd say that when I was younger. I hated gomg to
see them - yeah, I thought 1t was so bonng But, well. my
F Yes. that's the word.
gran l1ves w1th us now. and we often chat and. you know.
V You do have to find a way to limit the scope of the study we care about each other If I don't go out th1s even1ng. for
F Yeah I could exam1ne the 21-to-30 age group example, I'll eat d1nner and chat w1th her
E Who 1n your fam1ly has been most successful?
V Or the next th1ng m1ght be to select one type of
relat1onsh1p and go w1th that. D Um, I th1nk 1t depends on what you mean by 'successful'
If you mean mak1ng money. then 1t's my dad for sure.
F Good 1dea 1 Um. I'll p1ck fnendsh1p and look at what makes
that type of relat1onsh1p work and because he has th1s. um - I've forgotten. um, well. he has
many of the same type of shop you know. he started
V Well. why don't you go through the stages 1n a fnendsh1p? h1s bus1ness and now he's got ten stores But I think my
But I would keep 1t s1mple -JUSt select s1x
Sister's been successful, too - as I sa1d. she's JUSt become
F S1x. OK I guess I could fit my pract1cal work 1n here a doctor.
V Yes. 1t's the sort of area that you can canvas people's E Do you th1nk you're s1milar to your s1ster?
op1n1ons on. All . 1t m1ght be good to get some op1n1ons D I'm sorry. could you repeat the question?
from people over the age of 60.
E Do you think you're like your SISter?
F And - as a contrast - why don't I end by look1ng 1nto the
future? Maybe the future changes 1n D Er. yes and no Er. we look alike. but my SISter IS very hard-
working She knows what she wants. whereas I'm still
V Yeah. or better st1ll, the Influences - you know. w1th all the
trymg to make some dec1s1ons about that. I th1nk I'd do
soc1al network1ng that goes on now
well1f I worked harder. so
F OK. Influences oh, that's been such a help. V1ctor
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V No problem I'd better go and get some work done 1 The one I like best 1s. um. well, 1t's qu1te b1g and 1t has
myself different speeds so that you can go faster or slower.
you know. and 1t's great. 'cause there's also a TV screen
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on each mach1ne so you can watch and listen to some
Examiner Do you f1nd 1t easy to make new fnends? programme at the same t1me. It makes 1t much eas1er!

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