JANE: I got here a few days ago, on Saturday. No – wait a minute, what’s today? – Sorry Q₂₁ Friday, not Saturday.

TIM: But we didn’t have to be here till today.

JANE: Yes, I know, but I wanted to get my things moved into my room, and just take a look around. So, did you decide to do English in the end?

TIM: No, I changed my mind and opted for history instead. And you’re doing Q₂₂ biology if I remember correctly.

JANE: Yes, although to start with I couldn’t decide between that and geography.

TIM: How much reading have you got? I was given an amazingly long list of books to read. See!

JANE: Wow, it does look pretty long.

TIM: Well, I counted Q₂₃ 57. I could hardly believe it! What’s your list like?

JANE: Well, it’s not as long as yours, but it’s still pretty big. There are Q₂₄ 43. I don’t know how I’m going to get through them all.

TIM: Well you don’t have to read them all this week! You just have to stay ahead of the lectures and seminars. Have you got your class schedule yet?

JANE: Yep. It came with the reading list. When’s your first lecture?

TIM: Q₂₅ Tuesday. How about you?

JANE: The day after. It’s my busiest day; I’ve got two lectures in the morning and one in the afternoon.

JANE: It’s going to be different from school, isn’t it?

TIM: Yeah, particularly the lectures. Have you got any special strategy for listening to lectures?

JANE: Well I’m going to Q₂₆ use a cassette recorder and record them all.

TIM: What! Are you allowed to?

JANE: Sure. Lots of people do it nowadays. It means you can listen to the lectures all over

again later, and make really good notes.

TIM: I couldn’t do that. I like to take notes as I’m listening. I usually find I get all the important points. Reading is different of course. My approach is to Q₂₇ skim the book first to see what’s important and what isn’t. It saves hours of time.

JANE: But what if you miss something?

TIM: You don’t mean you’re going to read every word, do you?

JANE: Well, that’s what I usually do.

TIM: Well, that’s up to you, but I think you’re crazy!

JANE: What’s your first lecture on, anyway?

TIM: Oh, it’s a lecture on Q₂₈ the French Revolution.

JANE: The French Revolution! How boring!

TIM: It’s not boring at all! It was an amazing period of history. It changed everything in

Europe. So what’s your first lecture about?

JANE: It’s about animal behaviour. It sounds really interesting.

TIM: Look, I was on my way to the library. I’m going to get some of these books out and start reading for the first essay I’ve got to write.

JANE: And what have you got to write about?

TIM: Well, you’ll never believe it, I think our professor must have a sense of humour. He’s given us the title “Q₂₉ Why study history?“

JANE: That’s a good one. When you find the answer, let me know!

TIM: I’m going to enjoy writing it. Have you been given any writing assignments yet?

JANE: Yes, I’ve got to write about Q₃₀ animal language.

TIM: Hmm! That sounds a challenge. I suppose you’ll be off to the zoo to do field research.

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