B2 Core Campus Announcement
Instructions: skim the question stems, then press play and listen once, taking notes. Answer all 3 questions, check your score and error analysis — and only then open the study pack (transcript, vocabulary, paraphrases, model notes).
Announcer: Attention, please. This is a message from the University Library. Good news for night owls: starting Sunday, December eighth — the week before finals — the library will stay open until two a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Note the exception: Friday and Saturday nights keep their regular ten p.m. closing. Then, during finals week itself, the main reading room will be open twenty-four hours a day, from December fifteenth through December nineteenth. Please remember that after midnight, a photo ID is required to enter the building. Good luck with your exams.
| night owls | students who like to stay awake and work late at night |
| finals | the period at the end of a course when final examinations take place |
| exception | a case where a general rule does not apply |
| reading room | the central, quiet study area of a library with long tables |
| photo ID | a document with your photograph proving who you are, such as a student card or driver's license |
| You heard | It means |
|---|---|
| the library will stay open until two a.m. | the library will close at 2:00 in the morning instead of its usual time |
| those nights keep their regular ten p.m. closing | on Friday and Saturday the closing time does not change |
| a photo ID is required to enter | you must show identification before you are allowed in |
Compare with your own notes: did you catch the main claim, the arrows (cause/effect), the contrasts and the compressed examples?