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Finding the library
Instructions
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
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.
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where I live there is a bookstore but I hardly go because I don't like to read
Yes, there are some local libraries in my district. I don't usually go to library because I am a lazy person, I am lazy to read book or anything else before. But now I recognize that reading book is very good, maybe I will go to library on the someday
I don't have library in our place.
Nice to learn
I have listen this audio and I have take test my self 100 percent correct. I improve gradually.
Yes, there is a library in my work as I am an assistant professor at a university. I go there for reading the new research published in scientific journals.
actually we have, i go as along as the laboratory is open .
No, I don't have a local library in my city, but since I was a student in a univrsity here, I went to the library to borrow some books to read them and do some exercices to prepare for the exam.
how can ı download listening part
Hi BEŞİR ÖZDEMİR,
If you are using a computer, you can right-click on the audio and then select 'Save audio as ...'. I hope that helps!
Jonathan
The LearnEnglish Team