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Speaking Exercise 6 
 
Number 1, Page 256
[ mp3 105] 
Listen to two students as they discuss the notice. 
(Man)
Beth, did you see this notice about bicycle parking? 

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(Woman) 
Yes, and I think it’s ridiculous. 
(Man) 
Me, too. Now we can’t park our bicycles near some of the classrooms. 
(Woman) 
I know, the nearest bicycle parking to my chemistry class is a ten-minute 
walk. 
(Man) 
Well, they’re right about there being too many bicycles parked on the 
walkways. 
(Woman) 
Yeah, OK, but that’s because there aren’t any bicycle racks near the 
classrooms. There’s space for racks, but since there aren’t any, people 
just park their bikes all over the place. 
(Man) 
No kidding and some people really push it. Like I’ve seen bicycles locked 
to the railings on the ramps for the disabled students. 
(Woman) 
Well, people wouldn’t be so aggressive about it if they had racks. And 
look… here. Accidents and collisions? Have you ever seen anyone 
crash into somebody else? 
(Man) 
No, I haven’t actually. It’s not like people are racing around crashing into 
each other. 
(Woman) 
That’s what I mean. Instead of making it less convenient, they should 
make it easier to park them. I don’t like how their solution to the problem 
is to make some nonsense rule instead of actually trying to find a way to 
solve it that would work better for everyone. 
Number 2, Page 256 [ mp3 106] 
 
Listen to two students as they discuss the announcement. 
(Man) 
Hey, did you see that the bookstore isn’t buying back old editions of 
textbooks? 
(Woman) 
Yeah. I can’t sell back my psychology book this semester because the 
professor told us that she’s going to use a new edition next semester. 
(Man) 
I think it’s a good idea. I bought an old edition of a math book last year 
because it was cheaper to buy a used one. It turned out to be a disaster. 
(Woman) 
That sounds a little dramatic. A disaster? 
(Man) 
Seriously. The professor didn’t know they were selling the old edition and 
assigned problem sets from the new edition. The people who had the old 
edition, like me, ended up doing the wrong problems. 
(Woman) 
So when you went to class with your problem set done, it wasn’t the right 
one? 
(Man) 
That’s right and it was total confusion. Students had to go to a lot of 
trouble to get the right problems…the teacher had to change the 
schedule of assignments. It really was a disaster.
(Woman) 
Wow! That class might be one of the reasons they’re doing this. But you 
save a lot of money getting your books used, don’t you? 
(Man) 
Yeah, if I get a lot of them used. But only one book I need next semester 
isn’t that much more expensive new. And personally, the money I save 
buying an old edition isn’t worth the confusion.