UNIT 6

Unit 6: Exercise 3

Announcer: You will hear a guide giving students some information about a university campus.

Guide: OK, so we’re going to have a look at the plan of the City University Campus. Can everyone see a copy? Great.
Right, let’s start by finding the Browning Lecture Hall. For a lot of you science students, that’s where all your lectures
are going to be. So, at the bottom of the plan, you can see the administration block, and at the very top of the plan, you
can see a river, and going across the river is a small bridge. Just below that bridge – but slightly to the right, not directly
underneath, is the Browning Lecture Hall. Got it? It’s actually a great building for lectures – really modern and bright.

OK, the Dining Hall. A very important place for hard-working, tired and hungry students! So, see where the
administration block is? To the right of that, you’ve got two quite big buildings – and you can also see that there’s a
fence. The Dining Hall is the building that has a fence on two sides – so the building that’s a bit closer to the top of your
plan.

Unit 6: Exercise 5

Announcer: You will hear a guide giving students some information about a university campus.

Guide: OK, so I’m sure you’ll want to know where the Halls of Residence are. As you probably know, these rooms are
for all first-year students and also some students in their third year at university. OK, so across the top of the plan, you’ve
got three fairly large buildings, all just below the river. You’ve got that rectangular building in the middle, and then on the
left of that there's a square-looking building. That second building’s the Halls of Residence. Your name and room number
will be on the list outside the building, by the entrance.

OK, how about the Seminar Rooms? You won’t be going to your first seminar until the second week of term, but it’s
useful – obviously – to know where they are. OK, in the right-hand corner – the corner at the top of the map, I mean – you
can see that building that looks like an upside-down 'L', next to a little group of trees. Part of that is used as the rooms for
students studying French, Spanish, Arabic – Modern Languages, you know. But the other part is where you go for your
seminars. You’ll have a nice view of the lake from there.

Um, I guess that some of you are here for the Arts course. I would really recommend that you join the Arts Society if you
are. It used to be in that semi-circular building, but not any more, sadly. It’s moved to that square building in the centre of
the plan – the one that’s been divided into two parts. The Art Society is in the room nearer the bottom of your plan. OK,
does anyone have any questions about …?

Unit 6: Exercise 6

Announcer: You hear a conversation between two students on a university campus.

Ann: Excuse me. Can you help me? I’m a bit lost.

John: Sure.

Ann: That’s great, thanks.

John: So where do you need to be?

Ann: Well, actually, I’m looking for a person – Professor Sarah Carter?

John: Oh, yes, I know her. Are you one of her students?
Ann: Oh, no, I’m not. Or not yet! I’m here to meet her. She’s expecting me. That’s actually the main reason why I've come
here today. I’m supposed to be meeting her at 1.30. I’d like to be a student on her course next year and she wants to know
more about me. You know, ask me questions about the subjects I’m doing at school, about my interests, about why I want to
do the course – that kind of thing.

John: I see, OK. In that case, you should go to her office. It’s quite near the administration block. Right next to the library.

Ann: The library? I think I walked past it already. Is it that huge, glass building near the car park?

John: Yes, that’s the one. So if you’re going to meet Professor Sarah Carter, does that mean you want to study History of
Art?

Ann: Yes, that's right! In fact, I was planning to get here a bit earlier so that I could go to Professor Carter’s lecture this
morning. She was going to talk about painting at the end of the 19th century. That’s my favourite period of time in art
history because so many things changed.

John: Oh, yes? In what way?

Ann: Oh, well, photography had become more popular by that time and that made a really big difference. In fact, by the
1860s, photography was already quicker and cheaper than painting. In fact, there were quite a few amateur photographers at
that time. Anyway, it was because of photography that a lot of painters decided to change the way they made their pictures –
they didn't need to look like photos any more. So art became much more exciting and imaginative in those years. But – oh!
– the traffic on the way here was absolutely terrible, so I was late and I missed the lecture!

John: Oh, dear! What a shame!

Ann: I know! So what about …

Unit 6: Exercise 9

Announcer: You hear a conversation between two students on a university campus.

Ann: But – oh! – the traffic on the way here was absolutely terrible, so I was late and I missed the lecture!

John: Oh, dear! What a shame!

Ann: I know! So what about you? Have you been a student here for long? Or are you new here?

John: I’m in my third year – but it’s not my final year. Most courses at the university are three years, but my course is one
year longer. It’s because I’m studying Chinese and Japanese. All language students do four years because we spend one year
living abroad. So last year, I spent six months in Beijing and six months in Tokyo.

Ann: How exciting! I’ll be starting my course here next January. I’m a bit nervous, to be honest.

John: Don’t worry! Most people feel the same way. It’s a new experience for everyone when they start university.

Ann: How did you feel – about your first week?

John: Let me think. I remember they gave us a lot of different things to read – even before we moved onto campus and
started classes. But actually, it made me feel more confident about starting. And in your first week, you’re not really
expected to write or produce very much at all. It’s really just a time when you get to find your way around the campus,
move into the Halls of Residence, you know. The work doesn’t come until later on. I think what I found really amazing was
just how kind everyone was. I mean, the other students in my seminar group and the lecturers. I thought they were very easy
to talk to. So I guess that was my main feeling about the first week here.