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Civil Lawsuit: Unpaid Debt Claim
Court Registry Officer (speaking English) and Defendant (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Civil Lawsuit: Unpaid Debt Claim”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript
Good morning. You have been served with a Statement of Claim from the Local Court of New South Wales regarding an unpaid debt of four thousand five hundred dollars.
什么？我完全不知道这件事。这笔钱是什么时候的？起诉我的人到底是谁？
This claim states you borrowed money from the plaintiff last year and have not repaid it. Do you agree with this amount?
不是这样的，我已经还了一部分钱，大概两千块，剩下的我们当时说好晚点再还，不是不还。
If you disagree, you must file a Defence within twenty-eight days, otherwise the court may issue a default judgment against you.
如果我没有及时回应，是不是就会自动输掉？有没有办法先协商一下，不用直接上法庭？
Yes, mediation is available before the hearing. It's optional, but many disputes are resolved this way without going to trial.
好，那我愿意先尝试调解，看看能不能私下解决这件事。
You can request mediation through the Local Court registry. If both parties agree, a session can be arranged within a few weeks.
明白了，那我现在需要填写什么表格？大概什么时候能安排调解？
You can download the Defence form and mediation request form from the NSW Local Court's Online Registry website, or I can print copies for you here today.
太好了，谢谢你，我现在清楚多了，我会尽快把表格填好交回来。
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- local court译为“地方法院”，是被广泛接受的标准译法。
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Practice dialogue written to the CCL specification (two speakers, segments of 35 words or fewer, about 300 words). It is a practice text, not a NAATI test paper, and the AI score is this site's estimate, not a NAATI result. All Mandarin dialogues · All languages