介绍:
TPO 16
Conversation1
Narrator:
Listen to a conversation between a Student and a facilities Manager at the university.
Student:
Hi. I’m Melanie, the one who’s been calling.
Manager:
From the singing group, right?
Student:
From the choir.
Manager:
Right, the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having problems with...
Student:
Noise. Like I explained on the phone we’ve always had our rehearsals in the Lincoln Auditorium every day at 3 o’clock and it’s always worked just great. But the past few weeks with the noise, it’s been a total nightmare since construction started next door on the science hall.
Manager:
Oh, that’s right. They’re building that addition for new laboratories.
Student:
Exactly. Anyway, ever since they started working on it, it’s been so noisy we can barely hear ourselves think.
Manager:
Let alone sing.
Student:
Forget about singing. I mean, we keep the windows down and everything, but once those bulldozers get going, I mean those machines are loud. We’ve already had to cut short two rehearsals and we’ve got a concert in 6 weeks.
Manager:
Well, that’s not good. I’m assuming you’ve tried to reschedule your rehearsals. They don’t do construction work at night.
Student:
I ran that by the group, but there were just too many... I mean evenings are really hard. It seems like everyone in the choir already has plans and some even have classes at night.
Manager:
And what about the music building?
Student:
You know, originally we were booked in one of the rehearsal rooms in the music building, but then we switched with the jazz ensemble. They’re a much smaller group and they said the acoustics, the sound in that room, was better for them. So having us move to a bigger space like the Lincoln Auditorium seemed like a reasonable idea.
Manager:
But now...
Student:
All that noise. I don’t know. I just wonder if the jazz ensemble knew what was going to happen.
Manager:
Well, that wouldn’t be very nice.
Student:
No. But it really was quite a coincidence. Anyway, now the music building’s fully booked, mornings, afternoons, everything, we just need a quiet space. And it has to have a piano.
Manager:
A piano. Of course some of the other auditoriums have pianos, but that’s not going to be
easy.
Student:
You think they’re pretty booked up?
Manager:
Probably. But it can’t hurt to check. What about Bradford Hall? I remember a piano in
the old Student center there.
Student:
At this point, we’d be grateful for any quiet place.
Manager:
Can you... How flexible can you be on times? You said no evenings, but what if can’t find something open at 3 o’clock? Can you move earlier or later?
Student:
I wish I could say another time would be okay, but you know how it is, everybody’s already got commitments for the whole semester. 2:30 or 3:30 would probably be okay, but I don’t think we could go much outside that
Manager:
Well, check with me tomorrow morning. I should’ve found something by then. It might
not be ideal...
Student:
As long as it’s got a piano and nobody’s putting up a building next door, we’ll be happy.
