TOEFL Speaking Task 2 Practice 030

Now listen to two students discussing the letter. Did you read this letter? Yes. He makes some good points. You think so? I don't agree with him. Why not? Well, to begin with, he's not thinking about how students actually use the books. What do you mean? Well, if you're using it to write a paper, even if it's possible to read the book quickly, you still need to hold on to it for reference. Like, say you're working on a research paper. Over the course of a month, you may need to go back and refer to things in the book to figure out what you're going to use in the paper. I guess that's true. It can take time if you're using it for research. Yeah, there's a whole process involved. And I don't like his other reason either. But sometimes students really need a book for an assignment, and they can't wait. That's true. But if students can't wait for a book, there's another way they can get it. They can order it from another library in the State University library system. It's called an interlibrary loan. How do you do that? Well, for an interlibrary loan, students can just go to the librarian at our library and fill out a form. They put down the title and author of the book they want, and then our librarian finds it at another school's library. Then that library sends it to ours. It only takes a few days.