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Aboutfouryears.

Yes,howexactly?

Goingtoaneveningclass,usingtapes...?

vebeengoingtoaneveningclassandI'

vewatchedquitealotoftheBBCtelevisionprogrammes.

Oh,yes.They'

reverygood.DidyoubuytheBBCbook?

No,weuseadifferentbookintheclass.ButIwatchedtheprogrammes.

Yes,Isee...Mr.Humphries,Ialwaysthinkthatlearningalanguageisratherlikelearningtodrive.Now,youcouldn'

tlearntodriveacarbysittinginaclassroomorwatchingtelevision.Ithinkwhatyouneedisalotofpracticeinusingthelanguage.

That'

sallverywellifyouliveinthecountrywheretheyspeakthelanguagebutIdon'

t.

Yes,Iunderstandtheproblem.Thoughevenifyouliveinthecountrywherethelanguageisspoken,youhavetoreachacertainstandardbeforeyouareabletohaveconversationswiththenatives.Iwasthinkingperhapsyoumightarrangewithanotherstudentorstudentstohaveregularconversationpractice.

ButtheotherstudentsmakethesamemistakesasIdo.

Ithinkyou'

reconfusinglearningwithpracticing.RememberwhatIsaidaboutdrivingacar.Learningtospeakmeansbeingabletoputtogethertherightgroupsofwordsandtosaytheminareasonablyaccurateway.

AndwhataboutlearningtounderstandrealSpanish?

Well,again,youneedpracticeinhearingtheSpanishlanguagespokenbySpanishspeakers.ThereareSpanishspeakersinLondon.GetoneofthemtoreadsomeextractsfromaSpanishnewspaperontoacassette.Haveyougotacassetterecorder?

Yes.

Thenyouwanttolistenandlistenandlistentotherecordingsuntilyoualmostknowthembyheart,justasifyouwerelearningtodrive,you'

dpracticeparkingthecar,overandoveragain,tillyoucoulddoitperfectly.Learningtospeakalanguageisaveryhardbusiness.Youdon'

tneedahugevocabulary.Youneedasmallvocabularythatyoucanusereallyefficiently,andtobeabletodothatyouneedlotsandlotsofpractice.

Task2:

IntheLibrary

Woman:

Goodmorning.

Librarian:

Morning,canIhelpyou?

Yes,I'

dliketojointhelibrary.We'

renewtothedistrictyousee.

Certainly.Wellallweneedissomesortofidentificationwithyournameandaddressonit.

Ohdear.Wejustmoved,yousee,andeverythinghasmyoldaddress.

Adrivinglicence,perhaps?

No,Idon'

tdrive.

Yourhusband'

swoulddo.

Yes,buthislicencewillstillhavetheoldaddressonit.

Perhapsyouhavealetteraddressedtoyouatyournewhouse?

No,I'

mafraidnot.We'

veonlybeenthereafewdaysyouseeandnoone'

swrittentousyet.

Whataboutyourbankbook?

sjustthesame.Ohdear,andIdidwanttogetsomebooksoutthisweekend.We'

regoingonholidaytorelaxafterthemove,yousee,andIwantedtotakesomethingwithmetoread.

Well,I'

msorry,butwecan'

tpossiblyissueticketswithoutsomeformofidentification.Whataboutyourpassport?

What?

Ohyes,howsillyofme.I'

vejustgotanewoneanditdoeshaveournewaddress.I'

vejustbeentobookourticketssoIhaveitonme.Justaminute.Hereyouare.

Thankyou.Well,that'

sallright.Nowifyou'

dliketogoandchooseyourbooksyourticketswillbereadyforyouwhenyoucomebacktothedesktohavethemstampedout.

Oh,thankyou.Er,howmanybooksamIallowedtotakeout?

Youcantakefourbooksoutatatimeandyoualsogettwoticketstotakeoutmagazinesorperiodicals.Newspapers,I'

mafraidcan'

tbetakenout;

theyhavetobereadhere.

Ohthat'

sfine.Wehaveourowndailynewspaperdeliveredtothehouse.Oh,doyouhavearecordlibrary?

Somelibrariesdo,Iknow.

Yes,wedo.Youhavetopayadepositof￡5incaseyoudamagethem.Butthatentitlesyoutotakeouttworecordsatatime.Wealsohaveeverythingavailableoncassetteifyoupreferit.Cassettesseemtobemuchmorepopularthanrecordslately.

Ohyes,asamatteroffact,IwouldprefercassettesbutIwon'

ttakeanyouttoday.I'

llleaveituntilwecomebackfromourholidays.Couldyoushowmewhereyourhistoryandbiographysectionsare,please?

Yes,justovertheretoyourright.Ifthere'

sanyparticularbookyouwantyoucanlookitupinthecatalogue,whichyou'

llfindjustroundthecorner.

Thankyou.Oh,andhowlongamIallowedtokeepthebooksfor?

Forthreeweeks.Afterthatyoumusttelephonetorenewthebooksifyouwishtokeepthemlonger.Otherwisewecharge20padayfineforeachbook.

Ohdear.We'

regoingawayforsixweeks.CanIrenewthemnow?

mafraidnot.Youmustdothatattheendofthreeweeks.Someoneelsemightwantthemyousee.Andinthatcasewehavetoaskyoutoreturnthem.

Youmean,ifsomeonewantsthemaftermythreeweeksareupIhavetobringthemback?

Yes,butjusttelephoneandwe'

llseewhatwecando.

ButI'

mgoingtoTahiti.Itwouldcostafortune.

Well...

Oh,nevermind.I'

llleaveituntilwegetback.It'

snotworthallthebother.I'

llgetsomepaperbacksintheairport.Well,thankyou.I'

msorryI'

vebeensuchanuisance.Goodmorning.

Notatall.Goodmorning.

UnitedWorldColleges

Receptionist:

UnitedWorldColleges.CanIhelpyou?

Julian:

dlikesomeinformationaboutthecolleges,please.

Holdtheline.I'

llputyouthroughtotheInternationalSecretary.

Creighton:

Goodmorning.RobertCreightonspeaking.

Goodmorning.Myname'

sJulianHarrisandIhaveafriendinSpainwho'

sinterestedinapplyingforaplaceatoneofthecolleges.Thereareoneortwoquestionswhichshe'

dlikemetoaskyou.

Goahead.

Thanks.Thefirstoneis:

whatlanguageisusedfornormallessons?

Well,themainlanguageofinstructioninallthecollegesisEnglish.ButatPacificCollegeinCanadasomesubjectsaretaughtinFrench,andattheCollegeoftheAdriaticsomemaybetaughtinItalian.

Right.Hernextquestionisaboutfees.Isitexpensivetogotooneofthecolleges?

Students'

parentsdon'

thavetoberich,ifthat'

swhatyoumean.Therearescholarshipsforallcolleges,butwedoaskparentstohelpbypayingwhattheycanafford.

Good,she'

llbegladtohearthat.Nowshewantstoknowsomethingaboutgettingintoacollege.Doesshehavetogethighmarksinherexaminations?

Ah,yes,wellshewillhavetodowell,butacademicabilityisnottheonlythingthat'

simportant.Wealsolookatpersonalqualities.

Whatsortofthingsdoyoumean?

Maturity,theabilitytogetonwellwithpeoplefromdifferentcountries,thatsortofthing.

Ofcourse.Iunderstandwhatyoumean.Herlastquestionisaboutherotherinterests.Canshedopaintingandmoderndancing,forexample?

Yes,probably.Itdependsonthestaffatthecollegesheenters.Eachcollegehasitsownspecialactivities,suchastheatrestudiesorenvironmentalwork,inwhichstudentscantakepart.

Good.Ithinkthat'

sall.Thankyouverymuchforyourhelp.

You'

rewelcome.Ihopeyourfriendsendsinanapplication.

msureshewill.Thanksagain.Goodbye.

Goodbye.

IRemember...

Grace:

It'

ssogreatseeingyouguysagain.

Curtis:

Yeah.

Martin:

Iagree.

Ican'

tbelieveit'

sbeentwentyyearssincewewereallincollegetogether.

Youknowsomething,Irememberitasifitwereyesterday.

Ido...（Yeah.）Iwasjustgoingtosay,asifitwereyesterday.

Incredible.

Martin,whatdoyouremembermostaboutourcollegedays?

Oh,Iremembermost?

Uh-huh.

Curtis'

shair...downtohiswaist.

Now,IrememberhowGracelooked.（Wha...）Shealwayshadaflowerpaintedonherface,rememberthat?

Oh,yes.Irememberthat.

Nowwait,wait.Let'

snotforgetaboutMartinandhisair-conditionedbluejeans.IneversawanybodywithmoreholesintheirjeansthanMartin.

They'

reaclassic.Youknow,Istillhavethosebluejeans.（Oh.）

Stillhavethem?

Idon'

tbelieveit.

Oh.Incredible.Idon'

teither.

AndIstillwearthem,too.

Youknow,Iwasjustthinkingtheotherday—it'

sfunny-aboutthatworst...worstthingthathappenedincollege.

Theworstthing?

Whatwasthat?

Yeah.Thetimeweweredrivinghomefromcollegeforaspringbreak,remember?

（Oooh.）（Ooh.Yeah.Oooh.）Itwasaholiday,andeverygasstationwasclosed.Andt