The TOEFL iBT Official Prep Book (Volume I)

B. Now, look at the transcript of the students’ conversation below. Find 10 places where words would naturally be linked together. Underline them. Student A: They’re making a mistake. Student B: What do you mean? Student A: Look, they’re trying to do away with distractions, so we can study better. But with this change, we won’t have anywhere in the library to get together to work on group projects.

Student B: Student A:

True . Group project work is common these days .

So instead of buying these new units, they should use the money to build meeting rooms … and that would reduce any noise in the main library areas . Yeah . That’s what we could really use . There’s just not as much need to work in isolation . Exactly. And the other thing is, what’s this about overcrowding? Sure, we have more students enrolled at the university this year, but do we really have a problem with overcrowding?

Student B:

Student A:

Student B: Student A:

I don’t think so. I always get a whole table to myself.

Right, I see empty tables there all the time . It’ll just be a waste of money to replace what we have, since what we have now is sufficient for the amount of students that use the library. C. Now listen to the audio for the conversation. Find five more places where words are linked together and underline them . You can check the answer key at the end of the lesson .

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