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Student: Hi. Excuse me.
Student B: Yes?
Student: Where's the library?
Student B: The library? It's next to the registration office.
Student: Ah ... sorry, I'm new. Where's the registration office?
Student B: No problem. See the big building over there?
Student: Yes.
Student B: OK, so that's the lecture theatre. Next to that, on the right, is the registration office. And next to that is the library.
Student: I see. Thanks!
Student: Hello?
Librarian: Hello.
Student: Is this the library?
Librarian: Yes, it is. Quiet, please.
Student: Oh, sorry. Thank you.
Librarian: Can I help you?
Student: Er, yes, please. I want to borrow some books. What do I need?
Librarian: You need a library card. Here's the application form. You can take up to six books maximum today.
Student: OK. Six books.
Librarian: Yes. You have two weeks to read the books. Then you bring them back.
Student: And if I'm late?
Librarian: Every day you are late there is a fee of fifty pence.
Student: OK, 50p a day. Er, anything else?
Librarian: Mobile phones must be switched off in the library. You can bring your laptop, but please use headphones to watch videos or listen to music.
Student: OK, great.
Librarian: And you can't bring food or drink.
Student: No food, no drink. And ...?
Librarian: And please speak quietly! People are working here.
Student: Oh! Oh, OK. Thank you.
Librarian: You're welcome.
I have library in my school and I sometimes go there because I´m having fun when I find out new things.
I love reading horror stories and I imagine a lot of things.
I never have a library in my house but in the school there a only one somethimes in the break I go to read a comics or a fantastics books I like go because I have fun.
My town doesn´t have a library because in Peru the education is bad. I never go in to a library and a does´t like read becuase for is worried.
yes I have but is in the school, and I don´t go there because for me is so boring to read
Yes, in my school we are have a library, sometimes I go to read books but now I never go there because I don't have time to go but I want to.
Whe I went I usually read books about adventures and diferents things I enjoyed a lot.
Anthony..
In my school there is a library, sometimes I go when I have time. I like to read the Harry Potter sagas. We also have books in English and I like to see how much I can understand or at what level I am in reading comprehension.
There is one big library near my home but i don't go there because my little home is so quite. I enjoy that work and study in my home.
It is even possible that there isn't any voice except for my own voice for few days!
I have a local library far from my home but near my work. I go there after work about every 5 months especially when I have some freelancing work to do in a quiet place.
There is one library nearby my home; the last few years I spent quite a lot of time studying my degree due to there is a quiet study room. Nowadays I just go to borrow some books that, previously, I have checked if they are available using the internet search engine through the library web site
Do you have a local library? How often do you go there? What do you do there?
No, there isn't a local library, the nearest library is about 30 minutes by car. I go two or three times a month. I like to go to the library to read books and old newspapers.