6.4
TROUBLE AT LAKESIDE
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KEY LANGUAGE
DISCUSSING OPTIONS
3
a
6.4
Listen to a meeting between two student
representatives and Marie Laforêt. Complete Marie’s
notes about the problem of noisy parties in the halls of
residence. Use one or two words in each gap.
TASK
PROBLEM-SOLVING
4
a
Work in small groups. You are members of the
Management Committee. Read the problems below
and choose four to discuss.
4
b
As a group, discuss each problem you have chosen
and try to come up with a solution.
4
c
Present your solutions to the rest of the class.
5
As a class, decide on the best solution for each problem.
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Problem 2:
1
music late at night
noise, really
2
people
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Solutions?
(Marie)
–
ban music in rooms or only
3
music after exams
(Pablo)
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let each floor of the hall play
music
4
(May Cheng)
–
students can book a
room in the
5
–
6
’s solution is best. Discuss at
next
7
meeting.
3
b
Listen again. Number the expressions in the order
you hear them.
a
… the good thing is that it’s fair to everyone, but the
bad thing is, it wouldn’t be very popular.
b
Yes, good idea. That’s the best solution.
c
There are several ways to deal with this.
d
The best way is to discuss the matters at our
Management Committee meeting.
e
Why don’t you send me notes on all the problems …?
f
Let’s look at our options.
g
Supposing we let each floor of the hall play music
one night per month?
h
How about letting the students book a room in the
main building …?
Problems
1 Library (see Exercise 2)
2 Loud music (see Exercise 3a)
3 Boring lecturers Lecturers read their
lectures. They do not use visual aids or
provide good reading lists. Tutorials are
not useful. Lecturers talk most of the time
and do not encourage students to
participate and ask questions.
4 Attendance at classes and lectures is poor.
Students miss early morning lectures.
Many students fail their degree because of
poor attendance.
5 Facilities The swimming pool, tennis
courts and gym are not well maintained.
The swimming pool is often unsupervised.
New, more modern gym equipment is
needed urgently.
6 Computer laboratories A new student,
Camilla, has complained that the computer
laboratories are out of date. She says the
equipment is slow and uses software that
is very old. She is unhappy because she
says that she relies on the laboratories
for practice. In the past, other students
have complained about the quality of the
software.
7 Cheating and plagiarism This has increased
in recent years. Students pass information to
each other in examinations and buy essays
on the internet. Lecturers say that some
students copy material directly from the
internet without giving references.
