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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.
We don't have a local library where I live. We instead have Alexandria bibliothece , the most famous and huge in our country. I used to study there during my university. It was really amazing and enjoyable.
Yes, we have a library at my university. I often go there during break time after finishing my first class. I usually spend my time studying English or searching for documents.
Currently in my we don´t have a local library, if i want to read a book, I dowload in pdf or buy this one.
Hi,
actually, I live in a country with a lot of public libraries and I have one near my apartment and go once a month to borrow a book.
We have a local library. But I preferreo to read a books in my house .
Hi,
I live at about 25 km to Maputo City (Mozambique), and near my house there´s no a library. I use to buy books for my tiny home library or explore e-books.
Yes, I have a local library in my town. I usually go there once a week, mostly on Saturday. I study
with my laptop and read the fiction books.
Do you have a local library? How often do you go there? What do you do there?
Yes, I do. In my country don´t use the library frecuently, people work and live the life running all the time.
When i have the oportunity I go to the library, that´s near to home. It has classic books and english books too.
No, I don't have a local library. If I had, I would go for deep reading.
Yes there is a library at the school where I work. Almost every day I visit the library to read books.