Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation
Transcript
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.
We have the biggest library in Jeddah, KSA. The king Fahed Bin Abd Ulaziz library. You can read, borrow, and paste the book as hard or PDF.
[Do you have a local library? How often do you go there? What do you do there?]
Yes i do. My local home town has a nice municipal library. My son sometimes go to the library for borrowing some books for free, up to 1 week, maximum 1 book.
No, but we have a private library in our city, I don't go there.
Yes, I have. I´m go two or tree time a week. I was study all about padagogy.
Hello
I used to go to my university library when I was a student. I spent long hours studying alone or with friends and you can borrow books too. I wish it was more quiet
In my city , we have a university library , it's just for student and employee . Student can take some book and study for their exam. Also , we have a joke about this library , if you study on it , you fail hhhhhh.
When I was a student, I always was going to libraries of schools and universities to read books or borrow them.
But, Nowadays and with the spead of the internet, people have preferred reading online books or listening to Audiobooks from mobile phones or laptops instead of going to libraries.
Do you have a local library? How often do you go there? What do you do there?
I sometimes go to library at my school. Sometimes When I want to have a place quiet to work or study.
Yep we have a library in the inside of our university, i like to go every time that i got free time to improve my education.
I used to go to the library when I was a teenager, but today with Internet... I can access books from my pc. Nowadays, we live in a different time and we have to use new technologies to our self-development.