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.
Yes I have one big library in my country,but it's very far from me . One day I will go there and see it.
There is a local library in my city but l don’t go but last week we learn about the library in the school I will go in the Samer .
Do you have a local library? How often do you go there? What do you do there?
Yes, I live near a library.
It is about 30 minutes from my home.
I live in El Salvador, and the library's name is BINAES.
I go there twice a month, but I wish I could go every day.
When I go, I read science books, and after reading I play video games (yes, there are video games in the library, but you must read for at least 30 - 45 minutes you can play)
There's a local library in my town. The library is comfortable and has mini theater, too. I usually go there twice a week. I do my homework or just read a book there.
Yes, I'm so lucky to have a big local library in my neighborhood. I go there once a week with my kids. We read, do homework, and borrow some books, especially bedtime stories. Since I moved to London, I don’t buy books anymore.
I hardly ever go to the library, but when I do, I sometimes stop by to listen to and read music to relax.
Hello, I am Juan Where I live there´s not a local library but in the university there´s one and I usually go there to study
Unfortunately, No, I don't, but when I was in the middle school, I went to the school's library one or twice, but it wasn't a very good experience, because the books there were very old and a boring.
t's interesting to remember those times! Now that I think about it, there isn't any public library close to my house. To go to one, I would have to take a bus and walk several blocks to another area of the city.
But this brings back memories of my study habits from when the internet didn't exist, and we didn't have access to all the information that is now just a click away. In those days, when I needed to research a topic, my ritual was as follows:
I would arrive at the library, head to the card catalog area, and patiently search for the code of the book that dealt with the topic I was interested in. Once I had the code, I would go to the shelves, find the book, and if I located it, I would sit down in silence to use it. I carefully copied important data and references into my notebook. When I finished, I would place the book in a special cart for the library staff to correctly reshelve it.
Everything I did inside the library was in complete silence and with great calm. When leaving, I rarely said an extra word; a simple "thank you" and "goodbye" were enough. It's a very different experience from how we get information nowadays.