BNC Text F7S

[Mark Hall School: science lesson for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds]. Sample containing about 444 words speech recorded in educational context

4 speakers recorded by respondent number C32

PS1MN Ag2 f (No name, age 30+, teacher) unspecified
F7SPS000 X u (No name, age unknown) unspecified
F7SPSUNK (respondent W0000) X u (Unknown speaker, age unknown) other
F7SPSUGP (respondent W000M) X u (Group of unknown speakers, age unknown) other

1 recordings

  1. Tape 078501 recorded on 1992-09-30. LocationEssex: Essex ( school classroom ) Activity: science lesson to fourteen and fifteen year olds school lesson

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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [1] Want me to record already done?
(PS1MN) [2] No I'll talk about that in a minute, hello
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [3] Do you want a razor blade Jo?
(PS1MN) [4] You need a razor blade and a white tail.
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [5] Miss this is dead, look at him.
(PS1MN) [6] No you'll still be able to do what
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [7] This is dead
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(PS1MN) [8] So this is for
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(PS1MN) [9] What do you want Peg?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [10] A magnifying glass please
(PS1MN) [11] Microscope
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(PS1MN) [12] If you use a slight sawing action you
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(PS1MN) [13] You see erm, a hole in the middle and there's like a
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(PS1MN) [14] the smallest lens, and start with it as close as you can to the stage
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [15] Miss can you help me set up a microscope please?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [16] Where is, where am I?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [17] In there
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [18] In where? ...
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(PS1MN) [19] Start with that as
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(PS1MN) [20] those lens, make sure it's in the right place
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(PS1MN) [21] then look down
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(PS1MN) [22] and then put your thing on there and it should be just the case of turning it off
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [23] Okay
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(PS1MN) [24] Look you just move that round there
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(PS1MN) [25] Gavin remind me to use the lamp, it's in my
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [26] Miss
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [27] Miss are you checking homework?
(PS1MN) [28] I will
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [29] Testing, testing one two, one two.
(PS1MN) [30] I need er to
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [31] Is that it?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [32] Is that all you've got to do now
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(F7SPS000) [33] I might just do that
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [34] Oh it's horrible
(PS1MN) [35] You can see the darker red blobs can't you where the, where the water's gone
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(PS1MN) [36] try and get
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(PS1MN) [37] before you do your drawings ...
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [38] It's still the wrong lens, right lens
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [39] Is that alright at the sides?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [40] I didn't cut this one
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(PS1MN) [41] When you, when you use the microscope
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [42] Miss what shall we call it?
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(PS1MN) [43] I don't know, but it's not going in
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [44] Laura
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [45] No
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [46] just do your focus for me
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(PS1MN) [47] If you look down at
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(PS1MN) [48] it's all round the outside of
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [49] Oh Miss I need to talk to you
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [50] It's a different boy now its not Eddy, Eddy's well under the thumb
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [51] Miss what's the title?
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [52] Miss violence
(PS1MN) [53] Er, if you're gonna perform you will go out, there is no need
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [54] Come on Gary, come on
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(PS1MN) [55] and what we're doing is collecting like the
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(PS1MN) [56] of all sorts of different places schools, meetings, business meetings
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(PS1MN) [57] to have a record in the English language is
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(PS1MN) [58] right, and to put it all back together to have some sort of record
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [59] Dave have you done your er homework for er English?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [60] Yes, I done it last night
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [61] Tony what's this stuff we're using in that one?
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [62] Miss what's the
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [63] we were using?
(PS1MN) [64] It's the cow parsley
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [65] Parsley
(PS1MN) [66] I say I usually use celery but I say that grows wild in the school, so we use that
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [67] Oh it's raining
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [68] Is it?
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [69] We've got netball after school
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Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [70] Practice, what?
Unknown speaker (F7SPSUNK) [71] I ain't doing it
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