Stacey: Stacey.
Interviewee: Stacey?
Nice to meet you.
Stacey: We
are students ahÉ at language school.
Interviewee: Language
school just here?
All: Yes.
Interviewee: And
where are you all from?
All: Korea,
Colombia, Japanese, Korea. Yeah.
Saya: Nice
to meet you. Could I have a somethingÉ a question?
Interviewee: MmmHmm, MmmHmm.
Saya: How
'bout thinkÉ How 'bout thinkÉ AhÉ Do you know your neighbour?
Interviewee: My
neighbour?
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: Not
very well.
Saya: Not
very well. OK.
Interviewee: Not
very well. It's not very well.
All: (Laugh)
Saya: How
'bout think ahÉ what ahÉ what make a good neighbour?
Interviewee: A
good neighbour?
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: UmÉ
Oh, someone you can talk to.
Saya: MmmHmm
Interviewee: Someone
you can visit.
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: Someone
whose dog does not jump into your backyard.
All: (laugh)
Saya: Yeah.
Next question is: How 'bout think what make bad neighbour?
Interviewee: AhÉBad
neighbour?
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: Let's
sayÉ lots of yelling. Maybe the husband and wife are notÉ
All: (laugh)
Interviewee: a
bad time together. Maybe lots of yelling or lots of children fighting. AhÉ
children fighting like children. Children (I DON'T UNDERSTAND)
Saya: Yeah.
And ahÉ how 'bout think whoÉ who is the best neighbour you've ever had?
Interviewee: My
best neighbour?
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: OhÉ
When I was a small child,
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: I
lived on a farm.
Saya: MmmHmmm.
Interviewee: And
next door, ahÉthe nÉ the next farm, best neighbours ever. They used to run a
big company that does farm fertiliser, called Pivot Fertiliser.
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: UmÉ
middle of nowhere. But I rÉ I was very very small
Saya: Yeah
Interviewee: and
my friend Éwas my best friend alsoÉ was the neighbour.
Saya: OK.
Interviewee: So
that was very good. Best neighbour ever.
Saya: OK
Stacey: You
missed them.
Interviewee: I
do a little bit. But we all grow up and explore the world and times change.
Saya: And
(I DON'T UNDERSTAND) about who is the worst neighbour?
Interviewee: The..
Saya: worstÉ
worstÉ worst neighbour.
Interviewee: My
worst neighbour. In my current house,
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: on
theÉ If you're looking at the house from the street.
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: The
neighbours on the leftÉ fight all the time.
Saya: Oh.
Interviewee: And
the dad yells at the mum and the dad yells at the kids.
Saya: Yeah.
Interviewee: But
then the kids now yell at the pets and they yell at each other. And so they
learn. And they learn from their environment. I think maybeÉ not the best
neighbour.
Saya: Oh.
Interviewee: ButÉ
not my job to raise their children.
All: (laugh)
Saya: Oh,
thank you very much!
Interviewee: No
problem. Good luck everyone. And I hope the rest of your day goes well.
All: Thankyou!
Interviewee: No
problem.
Saya: Yeah,
very kind. Thank you very much