Finding the library
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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.
great this is helpfull
I'm no longer a student. So i don't go to the university library but i really like read and i go often to the library of my city.
MPascale
Do you have a local library? How often do you visit? What do you do there?
I have access to a university library, and I used to go there frequently, about five days a week. I visit the library to study because it helps me save on electricity and water bills at my rental house.
In my city there are several libraries, where you can read books, newspapers, magazines, borrow books or videos and do bibliographic research.
I don't have a library near my home, so I usually go to my university library to borrow some interesting books or to study.
I don't have a library nearby, but maybe we gonna make a library in my church, if is gonna work it will be nice.
yes, there is a library in my city, but i didnt go there since i finished my studies at the university.
There is a local library far from my house, but I never went there before.
Nice
There are very few libraries in my city these days. When I was a child, I used to go to the library often and borrow books to do our homework.