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SECTION1

K:ConferenceCentreReservations.Goodmorning.

N:Hi.I'minterestedinthecomputingconferencenextmonth.

K:FutureDirections<Example>inComputing?

N:Yes,that'sright.CouldIaskyouafewquestionsaboutit?

K:Ofcourse.

N:OK.IknowtheconferenceisforthreedaysbutactuallyIwanttoattendontheFridayand

Saturdayonly.Willthatworkouttobeanycheaper?

K:Letmehavealook.Well,youcouldregisterforthetwodaysseparately,butthatwouldn't

actuallysaveyouverymuchasitstillcosts￡35foreachday.Infact,ifyoucouldregisterfor

thethreedays,youalsogetaninvitationtoafreedinnerontheSaturdaynight,sothat's

probablythebetteroption.

N:Right,I'lldothat.Howmuchwillthefeesbeinthatease?

K:It's￡75<Q1>.

N:Allright.I'dliketoregisterforthefullthreedays.Now,canIpaythatbycreditcard?

K:I'mafraidnot.You'llhavetosendacheque<Q2>tous,oryoucanpayattheconferenceoffice.

N:Fine.Soit'sprobablyeasiestifIpaybycheque.Nowthen,whatelsedoIneedtoarrange?

Right.Howaboutaccommodation?Iguessthat'snotincludedintheprice?

K:No,I'msorry,it'snot,butwedohaveafewroomsavailablefordelegatesattheconference

centreifyou'dlike.Thoseareverycheapbutifyou'reinterestedyou'llneedtobooksoon,

becausethere'salwaysaheavydemandforthem.Theyareonly￡15<Q3>pernight,butthey

areverybasicandyou'dhavetogetyourownbreakfast,becausetheydon'tprovideyouwith

that.Butit'sveryconvenient,becauseit'sinthesamebuildingastheconferencerooms.

N:Uhuh.

K:Orthere'saveryreasonableguesthousewhichis￡25<Q4>pernight.AndIthinkthatincludes

yourbreakfast.

N:Isitclosetotheconferencecentre?

K:Itwouldbeaboutaten-minutewalkawayfromhere<Q5>.

N:Isee.Thatsoundsquitereasonable.

K:Thedetailsareallinourconferencepack<Q6>.whichI'llsendyou.

N:Great,thanksThat'llheveryuseful.Oh,andcanyoualsosendmeanapplicationform?

K:Ofcourse.I'llgetthatintheposttoyoustraightaway.Isthereanythingelse?

N:Yes,actually.Canyoutellmewhereexactlytheconferencecentreis?

K:Well,it'sonSouth<Q7>ParkRoadandit'srightattheendoftheroadnexttothelibrary<Q8>.It's

aten-minutetaxiridefromthestationandwillcostyou￡5<Q9>.Otherwise,youcantakethe

buswhichrunseveryhalfanhourfromthestation-that'sthe21A<Q10>-anditbringsyou

straighttotheconferencecentre.

N:Right,gotthat.

SECTION2

Goodmorningandwelcome,everybody.I'mJennyStewartandI'mtheStaffManagerhere

attheexhibitioncentre.We'reexpectingthisyear'sInternationalTravelExhibitiontoattract

over10,000visitorsaday,ladiesandgentlemen,andyouareamongthetwohundredextra

staffrecruitedtohelplookafterthem.Now,tohelpthingsrunsmoothly,wehavedivided

youintofourteams-theblueteam,thegreenteam,theredteam,andtheyellowteam.So

firstI'llexplainhowtheteamsaredividedup,andthenwe'llbegivingyoucolour-coded

T-shirtssowecanidentifyyoumoreeasily.Firstofall,thosewhowillbelookingafterthe

phonesandhandlingallcallsregardingtheexhibition,youwillbeontheredteam.Now,

we'vealsoouttheentrancestaffontheredteamandyou'llbestampingtheentrancetickets<Q11>

andgivingoutpublicityleaflets,OK?

Thoseofyouinvolvedindistributingentranceticketswillbeontheyellowteamandwe've

alsoputthoseofyouwho'llbestaffingtheinformationboothsaroundtheconference

centreontheyellowteam,soyou'llbegettingayellowT-shirt.Now,mostofthehospitality

staffhavebeenputintheblueteam,sothechefsamongyouandthekitchenhandswill

allneedablueT-shirt<Q12>.but,becauseofthesheernumbers,allwaitingstaffwillbeonthe

yellowteam,andthisincludesthebarstaffamongyou.Thosewhowillbemonitoringand

directingthetrafficinthecarparksareonthegreenteam.<Q13>soyou'llneedtogetagreen

T-shirt.Thisyearwe'vealsoemployedaconsiderablenumberofattendantstodirectthe

humantrafficaroundtheconferencecentre.Now,you'llbeworkingintheexhibitionhall

atalltimes,givingdirectionsandgenerallyhelpingpeoplewheneveryoucan.andyouwill

beintheredteam,sopleasecollectaredT-shirt.

Right,nowthateveryoneknowswhatteamthey'rein,we'llgetonwiththeorientationand

trainingprogrammeandfirstI'llrunthroughtherestoftoday'sprogramme,whichyou

shouldhaveinfrontofyou,sothatyoucangetageneralideaofwhatelseisinstoretoday.

Thisintroductionfinishesat9.30andthenyou'llbehearingfromAnneSmith.Anneworks

intheaccountsdepartmentonleveltwoandshelooksafteralltemporarystaff,andso

sheisthepersontoseeifyouhaveanyproblemsregardingpay.Annewillbeexplaining

whenandhowyougetthis.Shewillalsobehandingoutyourtax<Q14>forms.AndIwilljust

stressthatalltaxformsmustbecompletedandreturnedtoAnnebeforeyourpaycanbe

processed.FollowingAnne'stalkyou'llhearfromPeterChen,ourConferenceManager,

andhewillbegoingoveraplanoftheconferencecentrewithyou,whichwillhelpyouto

orientyourselves.Hewillalsogothroughthesecurity<Q15>arrangementswithyouandshow

youthefireexits.Thenat10.30,therewillbeacoffeebreakinthestaffcanteen,whichis

locateddownonthegroundfloor<Q16>.Now,afterthebreakwe'llbemovingtoadifferent

locationforavideopresentation,soinsteadofcomingbackhere,we'dlikeyoualltogo

toLectureRoomthree-one-one<Q17>.You'llfinditonthissamelevel,justdownthehalland

thereyouwillbeshownavideoaboutimportantsafetyissuesintheworkplace,called

SafetyatWork<Q18>.We'llfinishoffthemorningwithlunch,whichshouldgiveeveryonea

chancetomeetandgettoknoweachother,andwe'llbeservingyouabuffetlunchin

theMainHall<Q19>.whichisonthefirstfloor,from12.00o'clock.Afterlunchyou'llbe

dividedupintoyourteamstomeetyourteamleaders<Q20>andwe'rehopingtobeall

finishedby3.00soIwon'tdelayyouanylonger,andI'llhandoverto...

SECTION3

N:Goodafternoon.Can1helpyou?

T:Goodafternoon.Yes,I'vejusttransferredtotheSchoolofEducation,andI'dlikeinformation

aboutjoiningthelibrary.

N:Well,theSchoolofEducationhaslibrariesontwosites,asI'msureyouknow.Thisonehereis

theFordhamSite,andtheotherisonCastleRoad.

T:Andisthereanydifferencebetweenthetwolibraries?

N:NotintermsoftheirfacilitiesAccesstoonlinedatabasesandtheInternetisavailableatboth

sitesandeachsitehasarangeofreference<Q21>materialsoneducation.

T:Ohyes.Isee.

N:ButtheCastleRoadsitehasbooksonthesociologyofeducationandacollectionof

textbooks<Q22>andteachingresourcescoveringmostofthesubjectstaughtinsecondary<Q23>

schools.

T:Ah,right,butI'mtrainingtobeaprimaryteachersoIneedtolookatmaterialsforthefiveto

elevenagegroup.

N:Thenyou'vecometotherightplace.AtFordhamweholdmaterialrelatingtoprimary<Q24>

education,aswellasspecialneeds,butofcourseyou'llneedtofamiliariseyourselfwithboth

sitestomakethemostofourresources

T:Youhaven'tmentionedperiodicals.Aretheyheldatbothsites?

N:Currentissues,yesbutifyouwanttolookatback<Q25>issuesyou'llneedtousetheCD-ROM

databaseswhichareheldhereatFordham.

T:Isee.Now,aboutborrowingbooks.I'mlivingoutoftown,soI'mhopingIcanborrowquitea

fewitems,andcutdownonthenumberoftripsIhavetomake.

N:Right,well,memberscanborrowtwobooksatatimefromeachsite.

T:Onlytwobooks?

N:Onlytwofromeachsite,hutthat'sfouraltogether.

T:OhIsee,andhowlongcanIhangontothemfor?

N:Theborrowingperiodisonemonth,butofcoursebookscanberenewed.Youcanrenewany

itemamaximumofthreetimes.

T:DoIhavetocometothelibrarytodothat?

N:No,youcandoitbytelephoneoremail,butyoucan'trenewoverdue<Q26>booksthisway,only

beforeorontheduedatestampedinthehook.We'llneedyourfullname,yourborrower

numberandthenameofthesitelibraryyouborrowedtheitemsfrom.

T:SotheoreticallyIcanborrowbooksforuptothreemonths-isthatwhatyou'resaying?

N:yes,providedthey'renotrecalled.

T:So,whathappensthen?

N:Well,sometimesanitemisrequestedbyanotherborrower,inwhichcasewe'dsendyoualetter,

andyou'dhavetoreturnthebookwithinsevenworkingdays<Q27>.Don'tforgetwe'reclosedon

Sundays.

T:OK.

T:Iexpectit'lltakemeawhiletofindwhatIneed.There'ssuchalothere.

N:Yesthereis,butifyouneedhelpgettingstarted,thistermwe'rerunningthreestudyskills

workshops.

T:Oh?Whataretheyon?

N:Er,letmesee.Thefirstone'sonresources-yes,hereitis.Howtousethelibrary'sresources.

Thatincludeseverything,notjusttheprintandtechnicalresources.<Q28/29/30>

T:Thatsoundsuseful,IsthereanythingonusingtheInternet?

N:Er,let'ssee.TheoneontheInternetforbeginnerswaslastterm.Thistermit'sfindingresearch

materialsonline<Q28/29/30>.

T:Thatsoundsinterestingtoo,hm,what'sthelastone?

N:It'saworksbopondissertations<Q28/29/30>.

T:Whatdoyoumean-howtowriteone?

N:Er,noit'smoretodowithacademicwritingconventions,youknow-writingabibliography

andhowtorefertosourcesinyourtext.Thatsortofthing.Anyway,here'saleafletwith

informationaboutallthree.

T:Thanksalot.That'llbeveryuseful.

N:You'rewelcome.

SECTION4

Well,mostpeoplethinkthatlionsonlycomefromAfrica.Andyouwouldbeforgivenfor

thinkingthis,becauseinfactmostlionsdocomefromAfrica.Butthishasn'talwaysbeen

thecase.Ifwegobacktenthousandyearswewouldfindthattherewerelionsroaming

vastsectionsoftheglobe.Butnow,unfortunately,onlyverysmallsectionsofthelions'

formerhabitatremain.

MyparticularinterestisAsiaticlions,whichareasub-speciesofAfricanlions.It'salmost

ahundredthousandyearssincetheAsiaticlionssplitoffanddevelopedasasub-species.<Q31>

AtonetimetheAsiaticlionwaslivingasfarwestasGreeceandtheywerefoundfromthere,

inabandthatspreadeastthroughvariouscountriesoftheMiddleEast,allthewayto

India.Inmuseums,youcannowseeGreekcoinsthathaveclearimagesoftheAsiatic

liononthem<Q32>.Mostofthemaredatedataround500B.C.However,Europesawitslast

Asiaticlionroamingfreetwothousandyearsago<Q33>.Overthenextnineteenhundredyears

thenumbersofAsiaticlionsintheotherareasdeclinedsteadily,butitwasonlyin

thenineteenthcenturythattheydisappearedfromeverywherebutIndia.

So,howcanyoutellanAsiaticlionfromanAfricanlion,withwhichyou'reprobablymore

familiar?Well,ingeneral,AsiaticlionsarenotasbigasAfricanlionsThecolourismore

orlessthesame,buttheappearanceofthemaneisdifferent-that'sthehairaroundthe

lion'sfaceandneck.TheAsiaticlion'smaneisnoticeablyshorterthantheAfricanlion's

Asiaticlionsalsohavealongfoldofskinontheirundersides,whereasnotmany

Africanlionshavethis<Q34>.

Well,I'dliketotalktoyounowabouttheGirSanctuaryinIndia.That'swhereI'vejust

comebackfrom.ThesanctuarywasestablishedspecificallytoprotecttheAsiaticlion.

It's1,450<Q35>squarekilometresinareaandmostofitisforest.Therearenowaround

threehundredAsiaticlionsinIndiaandalmostallofthemareinthis

sanctuary.

Butdespitelivinginasanctuary,whichmakesthemsafefromhunters,theystillfacea

numberofproblemsthatthreatentheirsurvival.Oneoftheseistheever-presentdanger

ofdisease<Q36>.ThisiswhatkilledmorethanathirdofAfrica'sSerengetilionsin1994,