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Sample Response, Example Question 3B, Page 263 
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(Man)
The students are discussing a notice that says that students will only 
have three years of guaranteed housing instead of four. The woman is in 
favor of the notice, and she gives a few reasons. She says that the 
university needs more students so it can pay for things like new labs. 
She thinks that it’s better to have more students than to pay higher 
tuition. Another reason is that she believes it will be easy to find housing 
during the last year of their studies. The notice says that there is a lottery 
system for housing, and she tells the man that there will probably be 

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spaces for people who want to live on campus their senior year. She also 
tells the man that students can use the off-campus housing board to find 
cheap places that they can share. 
Speaking Question 3 Review Exercise (Skills 5 through 8) 
Page 266
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Now listen to two students as they discuss the proposal. 
(Woman) 
Hey, Brian, you use the Franklin Street gym, right? 
(Man) 
Yeah. Did you see the proposal to close it? 
(Woman) 
I just saw it today, and I thought of you. 
(Man) 
I’m going to have to respond to that. It doesn’t make any sense. 
(Woman) 
Is it true that not many people use it? I’ve never been in. 
(Man) 
It’s true that not a lot of people use it, but there’s always someone else 
working out when I’m there. Plenty of people would have to go 
somewhere else. The annoying thing, though, is they say the equipment 
is old, but it doesn’t matter to me. And, so there aren’t fancy machines, 
but it’s still fine for lifting weights—it doesn’t need to be new, just 
functional. 
(Woman) 
Like I said, I haven’t been there, but it is hard to get a machine at the 
Washington Center. I’ve waited 20 minutes before. 
(Man) 
But what time do you usually go? 
(Woman) 
Umm…around four, after my classes. 
(Man) 
Exactly. Everyone goes there then, but if you go an hour earlier or later 
you could have two machines to yourself. They don’t need more 
machines there. They just need everyone to stop going at the same time. 
(Woman) 
That’s a good point. Or people could start exercising outdoors.