Dead Branches Beside the Playground
Tree management officer (speaking English) and Resident (speaking Swahili) talk through “Dead Branches Beside the Playground”. You interpret both ways — English into Swahili, and Swahili into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Kiswahili
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Full transcript with model answers
Under each segment: a model interpretation, the information points an examiner checks, and the easiest thing to miss. Try the segment yourself first, then open it. The model is one good way to say it; other wordings that keep every point score just as well.
Before we check your request, Mrs Mwakalinga, are the affected trees inside the reserve beside the playground, or are any on your property?
Model answer and marking points
Kabla hatujaangalia ombi lako, Bi Mwakalinga, miti inayohusika iko ndani ya eneo la hifadhi pembeni ya uwanja wa michezo wa watoto, au kuna mingine iliyo kwenye mali yako?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: are the affected trees inside the reserve beside the playground
- question: or are any on your property
- before checking the request
- addressed as Mrs Mwakalinga
Easy to miss: Turning the two-part question into a statement, or dropping the 'any on your property' alternative.
Miti yote mitatu iko ndani ya eneo la mapumziko, pembeni ya uwanja wa michezo wa watoto. Ni mikaratusi yenye matawi makavu, karibu na benchi ninalopumzikia.
Model answer and marking points
All three trees are inside the recreation area, beside the children's playground. They're eucalyptus trees with dead branches, close to the bench where I rest.
What an examiner checks here:
- all three trees
- inside the recreation area/reserve
- beside the children's playground
- eucalyptus trees with dead branches
- near the bench where she rests
Easy to miss: Missing 'all three' or turning 'children's playground' into just 'playground'.
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Interpret it aloud now →Your request, lodged on 2 December, is awaiting inspection. You reported three eucalyptus trees with dead branches. Has anything fallen since you lodged it?
Model answer and marking points
Ombi lako, ulilowasilisha tarehe 2 Desemba, linasubiri ukaguzi. Uliripoti miti mitatu ya mikaratusi yenye matawi makavu. Je, kuna kitu chochote kilichoanguka tangu ulipowasilisha ombi hilo?
What an examiner checks here:
- request lodged on 2 December
- awaiting inspection
- three eucalyptus trees reported
- dead branches
- question: has anything fallen since lodging it
Easy to miss: Turning the final question into a statement or getting the date wrong.
Ndiyo, jana tawi moja lilianguka karibu na benchi. Sikuumia, lakini nilishtuka sana. Natembea polepole kwa fimbo, kwa hiyo nina wasiwasi kwamba sitaweza kuondoka haraka tawi likianguka.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, yesterday one branch fell near the bench. I wasn't hurt, but I got a big fright. I walk slowly with a walking stick, so I'm worried I won't be able to get away quickly if a branch falls.
What an examiner checks here:
- yes, something fell
- yesterday
- one branch fell near the bench
- not hurt but very shocked
- walks slowly with a walking stick
- worried she can't get away quickly if a branch falls
Easy to miss: Dropping 'I wasn't hurt' or making the worry sound like something that already happened.
Thank you for explaining. I will add that fallen branch to the report for Blacktown City Council's tree team and flag your safety concerns.
Model answer and marking points
Asante kwa kueleza. Nitaongeza tawi hilo lililoanguka kwenye ripoti kwa ajili ya timu ya miti ya Halmashauri ya Jiji la Blacktown, na nitaweka alama kuhusu wasiwasi wako wa usalama.
What an examiner checks here:
- thanks for explaining
- will add the fallen branch to the report
- report is for Blacktown City Council's tree team
- will flag her safety concerns
Easy to miss: Omitting that the safety concerns will be flagged, separately from adding the branch.
Asante. Nisingependa miti yote ikatwe, maana kivuli cha miti hiyo hunisaidia ninapopumzika. Mtaangalia kwanza kama bado ina uhai na kama matawi makavu yanaweza kuondolewa?
Model answer and marking points
Thank you. I wouldn't want all the trees to be cut down, because their shade helps me when I rest. Will you first check whether they're still alive and whether the dead branches can be removed?
What an examiner checks here:
- thanks
- doesn't want all the trees cut down
- shade helps her when she rests
- question: will you first check if they are still alive
- question: whether dead branches can be removed
Easy to miss: Turning the final question into a statement or making it 'none of the trees' instead of 'not all'.
The inspection will assess the trees' condition and any risk to people nearby. Dead branches do not necessarily mean the whole tree needs to be removed.
Model answer and marking points
Ukaguzi utatathmini hali ya miti na hatari yoyote kwa watu walio karibu. Matawi makavu haimaanishi lazima mti mzima uondolewe.
What an examiner checks here:
- inspection will assess condition of the trees
- and any risk to people nearby
- dead branches do not necessarily mean removal
- whole tree
Easy to miss: Losing 'necessarily' and saying dead branches never mean removal.
Hilo limenituliza. Nitajuaje kama ukaguzi umefanyika? Ninasikia kwa shida kwenye simu. Mnaweza kunitumia ujumbe mfupi wenye matokeo na hatua mtakazochukua?
Model answer and marking points
That's put my mind at ease. How will I know whether the inspection has happened? I have trouble hearing on the phone. Could you send me a text message with the results and the steps you'll take?
What an examiner checks here:
- relieved by the explanation
- question: how will I know the inspection has happened
- has difficulty hearing on the phone
- asks for a text message
- with results and the actions to be taken
Easy to miss: Missing that the text should include both the results and the steps to be taken.
I can record your preference for a text message and ask the team to explain its findings. Please confirm the mobile number on your request.
Model answer and marking points
Naweza kurekodi upendeleo wako wa kupata ujumbe mfupi na kuiomba timu ieleze matokeo yake. Tafadhali thibitisha namba ya simu ya mkononi iliyo kwenye ombi lako.
What an examiner checks here:
- can record preference for a text message
- ask the team to explain its findings
- please confirm the mobile number
- number is the one on her request
Easy to miss: Turning the request to confirm the number into a statement, or dropping that the team will explain the findings.
Namba yangu ni sifuri nne tisa moja tano saba sifuri moja tano sita, kama nilivyoandika kwenye ombi la tarehe mbili Desemba. Je, njia inayopita karibu na miti hiyo itafungwa? Hiyo ndiyo njia yangu ya kwenda madukani.
Model answer and marking points
My number is 0 4 9 1 5 7 0 1 5 6, as I wrote it on the request of 2 December. Will the path that goes past those trees be closed? That's my way to the shops.
What an examiner checks here:
- number: zero four nine one five seven zero one five six
- written on request dated 2 December
- question: will the path near the trees be closed
- it is her route to the shops
Easy to miss: Getting a digit wrong or out of order in the phone number.
A path closure has not been decided; that depends on the inspection. Until then, please avoid those branches. I will pass on your concerns about access.
Model answer and marking points
Bado haijaamuliwa kama njia itafungwa; hilo litategemea ukaguzi. Hadi wakati huo, tafadhali epuka matawi hayo. Nitawasilisha wasiwasi wako kuhusu kufika huko.
What an examiner checks here:
- path closure not yet decided
- depends on the inspection
- until then avoid those branches
- will pass on her concerns about access
Easy to miss: Saying the path will not be closed, when it is only undecided.
Sawa, kwa sasa nitapitia upande mwingine, hata kama ni mbali kidogo. Tafadhali waambie kwamba ninatumia fimbo, ili wakinijibu wanieleze kama kuna njia salama ninayoweza kutumia.
Model answer and marking points
Alright, for now I'll go by the other side, even if it's a bit further. Please tell them that I use a walking stick, so that when they reply they tell me whether there's a safe route I can use.
What an examiner checks here:
- will go the other side for now
- even if a bit further
- please tell them she uses a walking stick
- so their reply explains a safe route she can use
Easy to miss: Missing that she wants the reply to say whether a safe route exists, not just that she uses a stick.
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