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第一段
1 .OK, Stewart.
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2 .We need to start planning our paper on public libraries.
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3 .Have you thought of an angle yet?
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1 .Well, there's so much we could look into.
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2 .How libraries have changed over the centuries,
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3 .for instance,or how different countries organise them.
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4 .What do you think, Trudie?
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1 .Maybe we should concentrate on this country, and try and relate the chances in libraries to external developments, like the fact that far more people can read than a century ago,
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2 .and that the local population may speak lots of different languages.
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1 .We could include something about changes in the source of funding, too.
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1 .Yes, but remember we're only supposed to write a short paper, so it's probably best if we don¡¯t go into funding in any detail.
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第六段
1 .Right. Well, shall we just brainstorm a few ideas, to get started?
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第七段
1 .OK. We obviously need to look at the impact of new technology, particularly the internet.
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2 .Now that lots of books have been digitalised, people can access them from their own computers at home.
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1 .And if everyone did that, libraries would be obsolete.
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第九段
1 .Yes.
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1 .But the digitalised books that are available online for free are mostly out of copyright.aren't they?
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2 .And copyright in this country lasts for 70 years after the author dies.
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3 .So you won't find the latest best-seller or up-to-date information.
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1 .That's an important point.
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2 .Anyway, I find it hard to concentrate when I'm reading a long text on a screen.
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1 .I'd much rather read a physical book.
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2 .And it takes longer to read on a screen.
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1 .Oh, I prefer it.
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2 .I suppose it's Just a personal preference.
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1 .Mm. I expect that libraries will go on evolving in the next few years.
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2 .Some have already become centres where community activities take place, like local clubs meeting there.
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3 .I think that' ll become even more common.
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1 .I'd like to think so, and that they'll still be serving their traditional function, but I'm not so sure.
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2 .There are financial implications, after all.
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3 .What I'm afraid will happen is that books and magazines will all disappear and there II just be rows and rows of computers.
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4 .They won't look anything like the libraries we're used to.
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1 .I've just had an idea.
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2 .Why don't we make an in-depth study of our local public library as background to our paper?
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1 .Yes, that'd be interesting, and raise all sorts of issues.
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2 .Let's make a list of possible things we could ask about, then work out some sort of structure.
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3 .For instance. um. we could interview some of the staff,
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4 .and find out whether the library has its own budget, or if that's controlled by the local council.
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1 .And what their policies are.
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2 .I know they don't allow food,
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3 .but I'd love to find out what types of noise they ban-there always seems to be a lot of talking, but never music.
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4 .I don't know if that's a policy or it just happens.
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1 .Ah, I've often wondered.
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2 .Then there are things like how the library is affected by employment laws.
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3 .I suppose there are rules about working hours. facilities for staff.and so on.
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1 .Right.Then there are other issues relating to the design of the building and how customers use it.
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2 .Like what measures does the library take to ensure their safety?
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3 .They'd need floor coverings that aren't slippery, and emergency exits, for instance.
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4 .Oh, and another thing-there's the question of the kind of insurance the library needs to have, in case anyone gets injured.
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1 .Yes, that's something else to find out.
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2 .You know something I've often wondered?
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1 .What's that?
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第八段
1 .Well, you know they've got an archive of local newspapers going back years?
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2 .Well, next to it they've got the diary of a well-known politician from the late 19th century.
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3 .I wonder why it's there.
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4 .Do you know what his connection was with this area?
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1 .No idea. Let's add it to our list of things to find out.
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2 .Oh, I've Just thought - you know people might ask in the library about local or organisations like sports clubs?
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3 .Well. I wonder if they keep a database. or whether they just look online.
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1 .Right. I quite fancy finding out what the differences are between a library that's open to the public and one that's part of a museum,
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2 .for example-they must be very different.
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1 .Mmm. Then something else I'd like to know is…
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