2. 8 people are sitting around a round table for a meeting, including 1 team leader, 1 deputy leader, and 1 recorder. If the recorder is sitting between the team leader and the deputy leader, then there are () different seating arrangements (seating arrangements that can be rotated to match are considered the same).
A. 120
B. 240
C. 360
D. 480
2. B The recorder sits between the chief and the deputy, so they can be bundled together as one element, forming a circular arrangement of 6 elements with the other 5 people, which is $(6-1)!=5!$ ways. The chief and deputy can switch places, so there are 2 ways.
Therefore, there are $5! \times 2 = 240$ different seating arrangements.