『新东方在线托福听力』为托福考生准备了ETS托福TPO/Official 9 Con 2听力练习：What are the speakers mainly discussing?原文题目答案解析，TPO/Official 9 Con 2听力原文范文音频翻译。

托福TPO/Official 9 Con 2听力原文What are the speakers mainly discussing?-新东方托福官方网校手机版

旁白：请听一段一位学生和一位图书管理员之间的对话。

Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian employee.

Stu: Excuse me. Can you help me with something?

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。

Stu: Well, I received a letter in my mailbox saying that I'm supposed to return a book that I checked out back in January.

这本书叫做《现代社会问题》。

Um, it's called “Modern Social Problems”.

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。

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

管理员：所以你想办理延期还书对吗？

librarian employee: So, you signed up for extended borrowing privileges?

管理员：但是我们还是让你把书还了是吧？

librarian employee: But we are still asking you to bring the book back?

管理员：恩，让我先看看电脑系统上怎么记录的。

librarian employee: Well, let me take a look and see what the computer says.

书名叫做《现代社会问题》对吗？

The title was “Modern Social Problems”?

所以只要没人需要借到这本书，你整个学期都可以借着。

You can keep it all semester as long as no one else requests it.

好像是社会学系的一位教授登记了。

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

所以你要把书拿回来还，尽管你办理了延期还书。

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

你可以在几个星期后，等他还了后再来借书。

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

学生：但是我现在真的很需要这本书。

Stu: But I really need this book right now.

管理员：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？

librarian employee: Do you need all of it or is there a certain section or chapter you're working with?

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？

Stu: I guess there is one particular chapter I've been using lately for a section of my thesis. Why?

管理员：是这样的，你可以拿那一章节去影印。

librarian employee: Well, you can photocopy up to one chapter of the book.

为什么不现在就拿这本书去影印下你需要的章节呢？

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

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。

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

根据情况我们可以甚至可以帮你完成影印的工作。

We can even do the photocopying for you because of the circumstances.

管理员：我看你这里有几本书。

librarian employee: I see you've got some books there.

Is that the one you were asked to return?

学生：呃不，我把书放在宿舍了。

These are books I need to check out today.

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

管理员：事实上，你今天需要把那本书还了。

librarian employee: Actually, you need to return it today.

That is if you want to check out those books today.

管理员：是的，不是很多人知道这个规定。

librarian employee: Yeah, not a lot of people realize that.

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。

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

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

因为他们没有把书还了，所以不能借出任何书本。

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

我想我现在必须马上回一趟宿舍。

I guess I should head back down to the dorm right now then.

管理员：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。

librarian employee: But, before you go, what you should do is fill out a form requesting the book back in two weeks.

你也不想把时间浪费在重新借书上吧。

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

现在我也没那么在意不得不把书还了的事了。

Now I don't feel quite so bad about having to return the book.

What does the woman offer to do for the man?

What is the woman trying to explain when she mentions students who have lost their borrowing privileges?

How does the man probably feel at the end of the conversation?

Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question. Why does the woman say this:

Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian employee. 
M: Excuse me. Can you help me with something? 
W: I’ll do my best. What do you need? 
M: Well, I received a letter in my mailbox saying that I’m supposed to return a book that I checked out back in January. Um.. it’s called Modern Social Problems. But, because I’m writing my senior thesis, I’m supposed to be able to keep the book all semester. 
W: So, you signed up for extended borrowing privileges? 
M: Yeah. 
W: But, we’re still asking you to bring the book back? 
M: Uh huh. 
W: Well, let me take a look and see what the computer says. The title was Modern Social Problems? 
M: Yeah. 
W: Okay. Um.. OH! I see. It’s been recalled. You can keep it all semester as long as no one else requests it. But, someone else has. It looks like one of the professors in the Sociology department has requested it. So you have to bring it back even though you’ve got extended borrowing privileges. You can check out the book again when it’s returned in a couple of weeks. 
M: But, I really need this book right now. 
W: Do you need all of it? Or is there a certain section or chapter you’re working with? 
M: I guess there’s one particular chapter I’ve been using lately for a section of my thesis. Why? 
W: Well, you can photocopy after one chapter of the book. Why don’t you do that for the chapter that you’re working on right now and by the time you need the rest of the book, maybe it’ll have been returned. We can even do the photocopying for you because of the circumstances. 
M: OH, well, that would be great. 
W: I see you’ve got some books there. Is that the one you were asked to return? 
M: Uh..No. I left it in my dorm room. These are the books I need to check out today. Um.. is it ok if I bring that one by a couple of days? 
W: Um.. Actually, you need to return it today. That is if you want to check out those books today. That’s our policy. 
M: Oh, I didn’t know that. 
W: Yeah, not a lot of people realized that. In fact, every semester we get a few students who have their borrowing privileges suspended completely because they haven’t returned books. They are allowed to use books only in the library. They are not allowed to check anything out because of unreturned books. 
M: That’s not good. I guess I should head back onto the dorm right now then. 
W: But, before you go, what you should do is fill out a form requesting the book back in two weeks. You don’t want to waste any time getting it back. 
M: Thanks a lot. Now I don’t feel quite so bad about having to return the book. 
M: Well, I received a letter in my mailbox saying that I’m supposed to return a book that I checked out back in January. Um.. it’s called Modern Social Problems. But, because I’m writing my senior thesis, I’m supposed to be able to keep the book all semester. 
W: So, you signed up for extended borrowing privileges? 
M: Yeah. 
W: But, we’re still asking you to bring the book back?