[00:00.00]NARRATOR: Listen to a conversation between a student and the language lab manager.
[00:06.64]MALE STUDENT: Hi. I'm not sure but... um, is this the Carter Language Lab?
[00:11.81]FEMALE MANAGER: Yes, it is. [00:12.80]How can I help you?
[00:14.00]MALE STUDENT: I'm taking first-year Spanish this semester. [00:16.51]Our professor says we need to come here to view a series of videos. [00:19.58]I think it's called Spanish: Working on Your Accent.
[00:23.30]FEMALE MANAGER: Yes, we have that... [00:24.24]Um, they're on the wall behind you.
[00:26.12]MALE STUDENT: OK, so… I can just take …can I just take the whole series home? [00:30.51]I think there are three of them …
[00:32.18]FEMALE MANAGER: I guess you haven’t been here before…
[00:34.64]MALE STUDENT: No, no I haven't.
[00:36.31]FEMALE MANAGER: OK, well, you have to watch the videos here. [00:40.07]You need to sign in to reserve an open room, and sign out the video you need. [00:44.88]Just start with the first one in the series--[00:47.31]each video's half an hour long.
[00:48.95]MALE STUDENT: So it's a video library, basically?
[00:51.95]FEMALE MANAGER: Yes, but unlike the library, you can't take any videos out of the lab.
[00:56.48]MALE STUDENT: OK... So, how long can I use a video room for?
[01:00.08]FEMALE MANAGER: You can sign up for two hours at a time.
[01:02.09]MALE STUDENT: Oh good. So I can watch more than one video when I come up here. [01:05.80]Is the lab pretty busy all the time?
[01:07.92]FEMALE MANAGER: Well, rooms are usually full right after dinnertime. [01:11.34]Uh, but you can sign up the day before to reserve a room if you want...
[01:15.00]MALE STUDENT: Hmmm, the day before . . . But I can just stop in too . . . to see if there're any rooms open, right?
[01:21.88]FEMALE MANAGER: Sure. Stop in anytime.
[01:23.88]MALE STUDENT: Um, what about copies of the videos? [01:26.02]Is there just one copy of each in the series? [01:28.43]I don't want to miss out if everyone comes in at once.
[01:30.85]FEMALE MANAGER: Oh, no. Uh, we have several copies of each tape in the Spanish accent series. [01:35.45]We usually have multiple copies of everything for each video collection.
[01:39.05]MALE STUDENT: Super. So how many rooms are there in total in the lab?
[01:42.82]FEMALE MANAGER: Twenty. [01:43.50]They're pretty small, so we normally get one person or no more than a small group of people in there watching a video together. [01:50.52]Actually, someone else from your class just came in and took the first Spanish video in to watch. [01:56.27]You could probably run in there and watch it with him. [01:58.94]Of course, you're welcome to have your own room, but sometimes students like to watch with a classmate so they can review the material with each other afterwards... [02:07.66]for example, if there was some content they didn't really understand.
[02:11.81]MALE STUDENT: I guess I'd prefer my own room. [02:14.27]I concentrate better by myself... [02:16.20]and I don’t want to miss anything... hm and he's probably already started watching it...
[02:20.80]FEMALE MANAGER: No problem--we've got a lot of rooms open right now. [02:24.33]When you come in, you sign your name on the list and are assigned a room number. [02:29.50]Or if you call in advance, the attendant will tell you your room number. [02:33.26]If you forget, just come in and take a look at the list. [02:36.29]The videos are over there.
[02:37.65]MALE STUDENT: Great! Thanks.
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