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M = male student

F = female lecturer

M: Hello can I come in?

F: Oh yes, come in. How can I help you?

M:

I was looking for the Economics office.

been all over the Arts Faculty

Example

building looking for it but I could only find the School of Accounting and

Economic History. Is this the right place?

F: Yes this is the School of Economics.

M: Oh good. Um, I.m a new student and I was wondering if someone could give

me some information.

F: Well I might be able to help. I lecture on that program. What do you need to

Know?

M: Quite a few things, actually. Firstly, how many lectures a week do I have to

Attend?

F: Ah, well, the Economics I course is a double unit so there are two lectures a

week and one tutorial. The lectures are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday.

M: What time?

F: Let me see . You know this information is all in the

handout which you Q22

should have received yesterday at the orientation meeting

.

M: Oh, was there a meeting yesterday? I didn.t know about that . no one mentioned .

F: Yes, there was, but never mind. Now lectures are at four m the afternoon.

M: Four.s a bit late. got a part time job that starts at four thirty.

F: Well, you can.t be in two places at once, can you, and

attendance at lectures Q23

is necessary.

We expect at least 90% attendance at this university you know.

M: 90%! That.s high. Do they enforce that rule?

F: Yes, we do. pretty strict about it actually.

M: And what times have been set down for the tutorials . do you have that

Information?

F: That.s a very well attended course so there.s a number of tutorial times.

Monday,

Wednesday and Friday, all at 9

. Yours will be allocated at Q24

the first lecture.

M: Can.t I choose the time?

F: Maybe, maybe not.. have to talk to the lecturer on the course. Q25

Dr. Roberts is his name.

M: Oh, OK.

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F: Anything else I can help you with while here?

M: Well, yes, actually. Do you know what the course requirements are? I mean,

how much work is expected for this course?

F: Well, you have to complete a tutorial paper.

M: What does that involve?

F: Well, it.s a piece of work on a given topic based on some set reading texts.

have to

give a small talk

to your tutorial group ... Q26

M: How long does that have to be?

F: Oh, about 25 minutes usually.

M: I have to talk for 25 minutes?

F: Yes, that.s right. And then you have to

write up your piece of work

and give Q27

it to the lecturer to be marked.

M: Right. And is that all?

F: No. You also have to complete a 3,000 word essay on a topic.

M: Can I choose the topic?

F:

Yes, usually you can.

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M: Right. That shouldn.t be too bad.

F: And in addition to that there is an exam.

M: An exam! What sort of exam?

F: Well, it.s an

open book exam.

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M: Does that mean I can have the text book with me during the exam?

F: Yes, that.s right.

M: And can you give me any idea about the content of the first year of

Economics so that I can get into some reading?

F: Well, be getting the reading list next week when lectures start. All the

books are in the library.

M: Yes, but won.t everyone else take them out as soon as they get the reading

list too?

F: Well, yes, they might. But most of the important ones are held in

Closed Q30

Reserve

... that.s a part of the library where you can go to read books but

you can.t take them out of the building.

M: What did you call that section of the library?

F: Closed Reserve. However, we do recommend that you buy the core books.

find them useful and need them for the exam.

M: Yes, I suppose I will. But what is the focus of the course?

F: Well, the course at this university has a

vocational focus

, that is a focus on Q31

preparing its graduates for work, so orientated very much towards

employment.

M: So my chances of getting a job are good?

F: Well, provided you get good results.

M: Well look thanks for your time. been really helpful.

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F: That.s fine. See you next week then.

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Lecturer:

Good morning and welcome to the University of Westlands. My name is Marcia

Mayhew and I.m the co-ordmator of the Bachelor of Social Science degree. This

morning I.d like to tell you about the structure of the university and about some

of the requirements of the degree that about to enter. The Bachelor of

Social Science is in one faculty within the university,

that is the faculty where I Q32

work, known as Arts and Social Sciences.

Here on this campus we also have the

faculties of Architecture, Law and Science and Technology among others.

It.s important to know something about the structure of the faculty because, as

you go through your course, you may need to call on members of the staff to help

you.

At the top of the faculty we have a dean and

below the dean we have three Q33

divisions;

each division has a divisional head and your degree is located in the

Division of Social Sciences. Within each of the divisions, there are the departments

and each of these offers the different degrees. For instance two of the departments

which offer the major subjects for your award are Sociology and Psychology. Each

has a departmental head but for practical purposes the people you are going to

see the most of are myself as co-ordinator of the social sciences degree and the

actual lecturers who are teaching the subjects that you are taking. For instance in

the first semester be doing four subjects psychology sociology

history and Q34

economics.

If you have any problems or difficulties, not that I.m anticipating you will, but

you never know, then you should go and see your lecturers. For instance, you

may find that you

can.t meet a deadline for an essay

or perhaps you re

having Q35

problems with attendance

. These seem to be the two most common problems that Q36

students face.

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If your lecturers are unavailable, you can always come and see me in my office.

I.m available on Wednesday and Thursday mornings and on Friday afternoons

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Outside these hours, perhaps you could ring the secretary and make an appointment.

Now note that all of the subjects which you undertake in the first year

are composed of lectures and tutorials. A lecture is about an hour long and a

tutorial usually runs for about two hours. A lecture is rather like what I am doing

now where one person will talk to all of you together on a subject. We do ask you

to try to attend the lectures.

A tutorial is perhaps where most of the learning occurs at a university. You will

be divided into groups of between 12 and 15 students and each week one of you

will have to present a piece of work to the group as a whole and then the group

will discuss what said.

It.s this discussion, this exchange of ideas,

which Q38

really constitutes the basis of university learning, in my view. Listening to lectures

in many ways is just giving you information that you could access for yourself in

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the library but the discussion at the tutorial is very important. This doesn.t mean

that you shouldn.t go to the lectures though!

Other factors to be particularly concerned about are the structure of essays and

delivery of written material and in particular I would like to mention the question

of plagiarism. Plagiarism is taking other people.s work without acknowledging it,

that is, without saying where it comes from. Of course all essays are based on

research done by other people

but you must remember to attribute the work to the

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original writer

. And while it.s a good idea to work with other people don.t hand

in work which is exactly the same as your friend.s work because we will notice! If

you don.t acknowledge the source of your information

then you run the risk of Q40

failing the subject or in very serious cases you might be denied entry to the university.

Last but not least, stay in touch with us. If things are getting you down, don.t Q41

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go and hide. Come and talk to us about it. That.s what we are here for. Right, global

thank you very much for coming along today.

F = Fiona

M = Martin

F: Hi there, Martin. How are you going with your Australian studies tutorial

paper?

M: Oh good. finished it actually.

F: Lucky you. What did you do it on? I.m still trying to find an interesting topic.

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M: Well . after some consideration I decided to look at the history of banana

growing in Australia.

F: (surprised) Banana growing!

M: Yes, banana growing.

F:

(sarcastically) Fascinating, I.m sure!

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M: Well . it.s not as boring as you.d think. And I wanted to tie it in to the

work been doing on primary industries and the economy. Anyway I bet

there are a few things you didn.t know about bananas!

F: Such as?

M: Such as the fact that bananas were among the first plants ever to be

domesticated.

F: Oh, really?

M: Yes,

an extremely nourishing food

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F: I suppose going to tell me the whole history of banana growing now

aren.t you?

M: Well,

it.d be a good practice run for my tutorial next week

. do the same Q23

for you some time.

F: OK. Fire away. So where were these bananas first domesticated?

M: According to my research, the Cavendish banana, which is a type of banana

and the first type to be cultivated here, actually originated in China but they

had a fairly roundabout route before they got to Australia.

F: You mean they didn.t go straight from China to Australia?

M: No, they didn.t. It seems that in 1826, bananas were taken from South China

to England.

F: I suppose they would have made a welcome addition to the English diet.

M: Yes, I.m sure. Well apparently there was an English Duke who was

particularly fond of bananas and he used to cultivate them in his hothouse,

which is where you have to grow them in England, of course, because of the

cool climate and they became quite popular in the UK.

So he was the one Q24

responsible for cultivating the Cavendish banana which was then introduced

into Australia.

F: I see. And been growing them ever since?

M: Yes.

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F: Are they hard to grow?

M: Well, yes and no. To grow them in your garden, no, not really. But to grow

them commercially you need to know what doing. You see

you only

get one bunch of bananas per tree

and it can take up to three years for a tree Q25

to bear fruit if you don.t do anything special to it. But this period is greatly

reduced with modern growing methods, particularly in plantations where you

have perfect tropical conditions.

F: Right! So what are you looking at? One year? Two years?

M: No, no, a

round 15 months in good conditions

for a tree to produce a bunch of Q26

bananas. And once got your bunch you cut the bunch and the plant down.

F: So how do the trees reproduce then?

M: Well, bananas are normally grown from suckers which spring up around the

parent plant, usually just above the plant. They tend to

like to grow uphill

. Q27

or at least that.s the common wisdom.

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F: So that.s why banana plantations are

usually on hillsides

, is it?

M: Yes. They grow best like that.

F: That.s interesting!

M: If you plant them in rich soil and give them

plenty of water

at the beginning Q28

of summer, then they should be well advanced by the beginning of winter

when growth virtually stops. But in a country like England, hard to

grow, although you can grow them in a hothouse.

F: But in Australia, it.s not difficult?

M: No, though even here,

the growers put plastic bags around the bunches to

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protect them and keep them warm. If you go up to the banana growing

districts, see all these banana trees with plastic bags on them.

F: But how do they stop the bananas going bad before they reach the shops?

M: Well, the banana bunches are picked well before the fruit is ripe. Once you

cut the bunch, the bananas stop growing but they do continue to ripen. The

interesting thing is that once one banana ripens,

it gives off a gas which then

helps all the others to ripen

so they pretty much all ripen within a few hours Q30

of each other.

F: Amazing! So do we export lots of bananas overseas, to Europe and Asia for

instance?

M: Well, oddly enough, no. I believe

New Zealand

takes a small proportion of Q31 or

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the crop but otherwise

mostly grown for the domestic market

, which Q32 or

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is surprising when you think about it because we grow an enormous number

of bananas each year.

F: Yes, well thank you for all that information. I.m sure the tutorial paper will

go really well you certainly seem to have done your research on the subject.

M: Let.s hope so.

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J = John

D = Diane Greenbaum

J: Good morning, good morning, everyone, and welcome to our regular lecture

on health issues. This series of lectures is organised by the Students. Union

and is part of the union.s attempt to help you, the students of this university,

to stay healthy

while coping with study and social life at the same time. So Q33

it.s a great pleasure for me to welcome back Ms Diane Greenbaum who is

a

professional dietician

and who has been kind enough to give up her time, in Q34

what I know is a very hectic schedule, to come along and talk to us today.

D: Thank you. Thank you very much, John. May I say it.s a pleasure to be

back. Now, stresses at university, being away from home and having to look

after yourselves, learning your way around the campus all contribute to

making it quite hard sometimes to ensure that your diet is adequate. So

today I.m going to talk about

ways of making sure that you eat well while at

the same time staying within your budget.

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If you have a well balanced diet, then you should be getting all the vitamins

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