TPO17-TASK3

New Library Workspaces Say good-bye to the big, multi-person study tables in Turner library. This summer, the tables will be exchanged for new personal study cubicles—small, one-person desks enclosed by walls. These new units will allow students to have privacy and work in isolation and will therefore eliminate noises in the library so students can concentrate. Additionally, the cubicles will enable the library to accommodate the recent increase in the number of students attending our university. Although the current tables seat six students each, they make poor/full use of available floor space. The cubicles, on the other hand, are design ed for maximum space efficiency, and the library can therefore add 50 new seats. Listening Part: Now listen to two students discussing the announcement. (man) They’re making a mistake. (woman) What do you mean? (man) Look, They’re trying to do away with distractions so that we can study better. But with this change, we won’t have anywhere in the library to get together to work on group projects. (woman) True. Group project work is common these days. (man) So, instead of buying these new units. They should use the money to build meeting rooms, and that would reduce any noise in the main library areas. (woman) Yeah, that’s what we could really use. There’s just not as much need to work in isolation. (man) Exactly. And the other thing is, what’s this about overcrowding? Well, sure we have more students enrolled in the university this year, but do we really have a problem with overcrowding? (woman) I don’t think so. I always get a whole table to myself. (man) Right. I see empty tables there all the time. It’ll just be a waste of money to replace what we have. Since what we have now is sufficient for the amount of students that use the library.