Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Library


*Vocabulary
--Catalogue: List of all the books in the library
--Borrow: To take a book home for a short period of time and return it later
--Item: Books/video tapes/cassettes/CDs
--Renew: To extend the borrowing time
--Chute: Box where you can leave the books after hours (when the library is closed)
--Overdue: It had to be returned, but you haven't done it yet
--fine: Money you have to pay if returning a book late
--CD-ROM: Disk with sound, images and text

*Questions
1. Who can borrow from the TAFE library?
-Every student who enrolled study in TAFE hold a TAFE CARD.
2. What do you need to bring to join in?
-The TAFE card
3.How many items (things: books, videos, etc) can you borrow?
-10 items, including 6 print items(books, magines, etc.), 4 item vedio items.
4.What is included in print items?
-Books, Magazines, etc.
5. How long can you borrow books for?
-2 weeks
6.How long can you borrow videos for?
-1 weeks
7.What happens if you want them for a longer time?
-renew your borrowed items.
8.How can you renew books or other library items?
-Ring the phone
9.How many times can you renew items?
- Twice
11.Can you search the library catalogue from home?
- Yes,I can.
12. Can you return books after-hours?
- Yes, I can put the books into the chute.
13.When is the library open?
- 8am-9pm
14.How can you make photocopies or print from one of the library computers?
- Put some money into my TAFE card firstly.
15.How much does it cost?
- Normally it costs 20 cents for each A4 paper.
16.Is it the same price for Student Association members?
- No, it is not the same price for SA members. It's just half price-10 cents for each A4 paper copy for SA members.
17. What other services are provided?
- Help student's assignments, help finding information, etc.
18. What ESL resources do they have?
- There are lots of ESL resources in ST. GEORGE TAFE LIBRARY, such as books, exercise books, audio tapes, dictionaries, story books, etc.
19. Can you borrow books from other TAFE libraries?
-Yes, I can.
20. What is a good idea for ESL students?
- If a student who wants to buy a good ENGLISH TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY, it's a good idea for him or her to borrow one to read it first.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Safety at the Beach

---Do you know all the signs? If not,
Which ones are new to you?
Before today, I didn't pay more attention to these signs when I was at the Beach. That's good and important to understand them for our safety at the beach since now.

---Do we have all these signs in Sydney?
yes, I think that we have all these signs in Sydney.

---Do they have all these signs in your country of origin?
No, I don't think all these signs in my country. Some of smiliar signs are in my country, but some of them are not.
(The phote is from Rosa's blog)

About flower


Hi, Marion!
That's a very beautiful picture! I have never seen this kind of flower in my life before today. I supposed that this photo is about a flower of banana. And maybe it was took in your home's garden?