Question 3 - Practice 3

Question three

practice three

reading and conversation

Now listen to a conversation related to the passage in step 1. As you listen, take notes on important information. Write down five keywords or key phrases that would be useful in explaining this information to someone else.

M: Too bad they won’t be providing paper copies of the course catalog anymore.

W: Why’s that a problem? It’ll be posted online. And the university will be saving money because they won’t have to pay for printing costs.

M: Yeah, but there are plenty of other ways the university could save money. For instance, they could send out emails instead of posting announcements like these.

W: True, but registering online is more convenient for students. I’ll be easy to just log onto the school network sign up for classes whenever you’ve got the time.

M: I disagree. I think it’s going to be highly inconvenient.

W: I don’t see how.

M: Not everyone’s great at using a computer. And many students are going to have to learn how to navigate through the computer catalog, which will be a challenge. Paper-based catalogs are much simpler to use.

W: Well, all right. I suppose you have a point. It is pretty easy to just flip through a paper catalogue.

M: Exactly. I bet the registrar’s going to be overwhelmed with students who are having problems with this new catalogue system.