【正确答案】Interlocutor:
· Now this part of the test you are going to discuss together.
[Interlocutor points to the card showing the task while giving the instructions below.]
Interlocutor:
· You have 30 seconds to read the task carefully, and then 3 minutes to discuss and decide about it together. You should give reasons for your decisions and opinions. You don't need to write anything. Is that clear?
[Interlocutor places the card in front of the candidates.]
Interlocutor:
· I'm just going to listen and then ask you to stop after 3 minutes. Please speak so that we can hear you.
[Candidates have about 3 minutes to complete the task.]
A: You know, the board is considering introducing a No-Smoking policy.
B: Yes. It's bad news for smokers, especially those heavy smokers. Unfortunately, I'm just one of them.
A: So you are against it.
B: Well, personally, I do not want to see the No-Smoking policy. You non-smokers can not imagine what a cigarette means to a smoker when he is tired. It can make us refreshing and energetic again.
A: That's its advantages for you smokers. If we consider the company as a whole, we may get to know the real advantages of introducing a No-smoking policy. It means every member staff can breath clean air without pollution. You see, when you are smoking, you give harm to yourself as well as to other staff.
B: I also know it's good for all of us in the long term. But it's expected that there will be objections from staff who are smokers.
A: We can leave some rooms for smokers. They can smoke here if they want.
B: That's good.
[Materials are collected.]
[The interlocutor asks one or more questions as appropriate, to extend the discussion.]
If you leave some place for smokers, does it signify you do not really put a No-smoking policy into practice?
B: Maybe you are right to some extent. But I'm afraid we have to do so in order to have it introduced successfully.