Dai: So,
Naomi, so you're from Wales and you're eleven. So what does an eleven-year-old
girl do for fun in Wales?
Naomi: I do music. I play the piano and
and the violin.
Dai: How long have you played the piano
for?
Naomi: Since I was about eight.
Dai: Eight. And what about the violin?
Naomi: About the same?
Dai: OK, and what kind of level are you at
now, then, at the piano?
Naomi: I just passed my grade three.
Dai: Oh, congratulations. So that's grade
three of ... what is that?
Naomi: Of ... you have different levels.
Dai: OK. And it starts at grade ...?
Naomi: One. And it gets harder.
Dai: Up till ... what's the highest grade
you can get?
Naomi: Eight.
Dai: Oh, grade eight. So, you're a grade
three now. So I guess the next one you're gonna do is grade four?
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: OK, and so what do you have to do?
What kind of test is it?
Naomi: You learn three pieces.
Dai: Three pieces of music.
Naomi: Yeah. And you have to play them and
you have do some singing.
Dai: Oh, really?
Naomi: Yeah. And some ...
Dai: Is
that like sight reading?
You look at the script and you have to sing the notes or ... ?
Naomi: No,
somebody plays a tune for
you and you have to sing it, exactly the same tune that they played, and
there's sight reading where you have to look at the page and then play it on
the piano.
Dai: Oh, wow. Is that hard?
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: Yeah. I can imagine. So often ... how
much to you practice the piano then?
Naomi: It
probably should be once a day,
but I normally do it three times a week - about that.
Dai: OK. And you enjoy it then?
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: OK. Great. And, you play the violin
too?
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: Yeah, is that fun?
Naomi: Sort of. It's not as fun as the
piano.
Dai: OK. And do you do any other things in
your spare time?
Naomi: I do Guides and swimming.
Dai: Guides?
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: What's Guides?
Naomi: It's like a group of girls and they
do activities and everything and they meet each week to do activities.
Dai: Like what kind of activities do you
do?
Naomi: Well, you can go camping sometimes,
and you just do activities like sometimes you do sports and outside activities
and lots of things.
Dai: Oh, is it like, kind of like the Cub
Scouts for the boys?
Naomi: Yes.
Dai: OK,
so you have to wear a uniform?
Naomi: Yes.
Dai: OK, can you explain the uniform for
me?
Naomi: It's sort of this dark blue and you
can either wear jeans or joggers or these trousers.
Dai: Joggers? What are
joggers?
Naomi: Trousers that you wear for sports.
Dai: Oh, for like jogging. Oh, OK. well,
sounds like you have ... you do a lot of fun things in your spare time.
Naomi: Yeah.
Dai: OK, well, it was very nice to talk to
you and good luck with your piano and your violin.
Naomi: Thank you.
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