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8. Listen to Track 3, read the transcript below and identify its parts.
• Use green for the introduction, blue for the body and orange TRACK 3

for the closure.

Clerk: You’ll need two photos, an ID and a proof of address.
Teenager: All right. What are the office hours to get the library card? session 3
Clerk: Monday to Friday, from 8:30 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon and from 3:00 in the
afternoon to 8:00 at night. Saturdays, from 10:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon.
Teenager: Will it take long?
Clerk: Only the time it takes to type your data in the computer and the printing time. At the
most, 10 minutes. Do you have any other questions?

Clerk: Welcome to the library! May I help you?
• Setting (place) Teenager: Good afternoon. I want to borrow some books.
Clerk: All right, you will need a library card to be able to do so.
• Content (theme) Teenager: And how can I get one? Parts of the dialogue

• Relationship between the interlocutors Teenager: No, thanks. I'll come back with the papers later.
Clerk: All right. If you plan to come back today, it’s almost 7, so you'd better hurry.
• Purpose
Teenager: Right. Thanks!

9. Read the transcript below and compare it with the one in activity 8.
• Underline the new expressions and identify what they add
bill (n.):
to the conversation. Look at the example. recibo
Clerk: Welcome to the library! May I help you?
Clerk: Well, most people pay between $2.50 and
Teenager: Good afternoon. I want to borrow
$4 a year.
some books.
Teenager: All right. What are the office hours to
Clerk: All right, you will need a library card to be
get the library card?
able to do so.
Clerk: From Monday to Friday, from 8:30 in
Teenager: And how can I get one?
the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon and
Clerk: You'll need two photos, one color and one
from 3:00 in the afternoon to 8:00 at night.
black and white. Also, an ID. Your school ID
Saturdays, from 10:00 in the morning to 4:00
would be fine. A proof of address, and...
in the afternoon.
Teenager: Oh, what kind of document can be
Teenager: Will it take long?
used as proof of address?
Clerk: Only the time it takes to type your data
Clerk: It can be an electricity or a phone bill.
in the computer and the printing time. At most,
And you can pay a voluntary fee
10 minutes. Do you have any other questions?
Teenager: Sorry, I didn't hear the last part.
Teenager: No, thanks. I'll come back with the
Clerk: No problem. I was saying you could pay a
papers later.
voluntary fee.
Clerk: All right. If you plan to come today, it's
Teenager: Ok, and how much do library users
almost 7 pm, so you'd better hurry.
normally pay?
Teenager: Right. Thanks!

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