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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian employee.

旁白：请听一段一位学生和一位图书管理员之间的对话.

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Excuse me. Can you help me with something?

学生：劳驾,能帮我一个忙吗？

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->I'll do my best. What do you need?

雇员：当然可以, 你需要什么？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Well, I've received a letter in my mailbox saying that I'm supposed to return a book that I checked out back in January.

学生：嗯, 我已经邮箱里面收到一封信,上面说我应该一月份就要把书拿回去还。

2 .Um, It's called "Modern Social Problems".

这本书叫做《现代社会问题》。

3 .But because I'm writing my senior thesis, I'm supposed to be able to keep the book all semester.

但由于我一直在写毕业论文，我本该整个学期都用到这本书的。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->So you signed up for extended borrowing privileges?

雇员：所以你想办理延期还书对吗？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah.

学生：是的

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->But we are still asking you to bring the book back?

雇员：但是我们还是让你把书还了是吧？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Uh-huh.

学生：嗯哈恩

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Well, let me take a look and see what the computer says.

雇员：让我先看看电脑系统上怎么记录的。

2 .The title was "Modern Social Problems"?

书名叫做《现代社会问题》对吗？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah.

学生：好的。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->OK. Um...Oh, I see, it's been recalled.

雇员：哦，我知道了，这本书已经收回了。

2 .You can keep it all semester as long as no one else requests it. But, someone else has.

所以只要没人需要借到这本书，你整个学期都可以借着。但是已经有人登记要借了。

3 .It looks like one of the professors in the sociology department requested it.

好像是社会学系的一位教授登记了。

4 .So you have to bring it back, even though you've got extended borrowing privileges.

所以你要把书拿回来还，尽管你办理了延期还书。

5 .You can check out the book again when it's returned in a couple of weeks.

你可以在几个星期后，等他还了后再来借书。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->But I really need this book right now.

学生：但是我现在真的很需要这本书。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Do you need all of it or is there a certain section or chapter you're working with?

雇员：你是整本书都需要还是只需要看里面的某个部分或章节呢？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->I guess there is one particular chapter I've been using lately for a section of my thesis. Why?

学生：我想我最近的论文写作需要参考到里面的某一个章节。为什么这么问呢？

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Well, you can photocopy up to one chapter of the book.

雇员：是这样的，你可以拿那一章节去影印。

2 .Why don't you do that for the chapter you're working on right now?

为什么不现在就拿这本书去影印下你需要的章节呢？

3 .And by the time you need the rest of the book, maybe it will have been returned.

等到你需要参考其他章节的时候也许这本书就已经归还了。

4 .We can even do the photocopy for you because of the circumstances.

根据情况我们可以甚至可以帮你完成影印的工作。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Oh, well, that would be great.

学生：哦，那太棒了。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->I see you've got some books there.

雇员：我看你这里有几本书。

2 .Is that the one you were asked to return?

这本书是你要归还的吗？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->No, I left it in my dorm room.

学生：呃不，我把书放在宿舍了。

2 .These are books I need to check out today.

这些是我今天要借出的书。

3 .Um, is it OK if I bring that one by in a couple of days?

几天后再把那本书拿来行吗？

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Actually, you need to return it today.

雇员：事实上，你今天需要把那本书还了

2 .That is if you want to check out those books today. That's our policy.

才能借出这些书。这是图书馆的规定。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Oh, I didn't know that.

学生：噢，我都不知道。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Yeah, not a lot of people realize that.

雇员：是的，不是很多人知道这个规定。

2 .In fact, every semester we get a few students who have their borrowing privileges suspended completely because they haven't returned books.

事实上，每个学期我们都会遇到一些学生的延期还书期限用尽了的，就是因为他们没有把书给还了。

3 .They're allowed to use books only in the library.

他们只能在图书馆看书了。

4 .They're not allowed to check anything out because of unreturned books.

因为他们没有把书还了，所以不能借出任何书本。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->That's not good. I guess I should head back onto the dorm right now then.

学生：这可不好。我想我现在必须马上回一趟宿舍。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->But, before you go, what you should do is fill out a form requesting the book back in two weeks.

雇员：但是，在你走之前，你需要填一张表，说明你两周后要再把书借出。

2 .You don't want to waste any time getting it back.

你也不想把时间浪费在重新借书上吧。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Thanks a lot, now I don't feel quite so bad about having to return the book.

学生：非常感谢。现在我也没那么在意不得不把书还了的事了。