Improving Dormitory Kitchen Use I've noticed that most students don't use the dormitory kitchens, which is unfortunate since students would probably enjoy preparing their own food. I think that the university should make improvements to the dormitory kitchens so that they will be more widely used. There are a few things that the university could do to encourage students to start using the kitchens regularly. First: I think the kitchens should be modernized with new cookware for students to use. Also, I think free cooking classes should be given to stimulate students' interest in cooking and make them want to use the kitchens. Sincerely,
Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
Male Student: Did you see the letter in the paper about the kitchens?
Female Student: Yeah, I did. What did you think?
Male Student: Oh, I really like her ideas. She’s right that no one really cooks in there now. I know I sure don’t after my own experience.
Female Student: What was that?
Male Student: Well, I came back to the dorm one night all wet from getting caught in a rainstorm and I just wanted to warm up with a cup of tea. So I went into the kitchen but all I could find was this battered old teapot that was bent out of shape, and there were no cups around at all.
Female Student: That doesn’t sound like fun.
Male Student: It wasn’t. And frankly, it was so inconvenient that I never used the kitchen again. But having some nice new stuff could make a real difference.
Female Student: And what about her other suggestion? Do you think you’d want to go to them?
Male Student: Oh, definitely. And I think other students would too because a lot of us come here without basic skills. But there are students here who actually know quite a lot about cooking and I’ll bet they would be willing to teach the rest of us what they know.
Female Student: Great idea. It would probably make more students want to go to them.
Male Student: Right. And learning new recipes together would be fun. There are so many cool things to cook.
The students are discussing a proposal suggested in a letter written to the university newspaper. Briefly summarize the proposal and explain why the man agrees or disagrees with it.
A student says that to encourage students to use the dormitory kitchen more regularly, the administrators can modernize the kitchen with new cookware and provide students with free cooking classes to stimulate some interest. A male student is totally into the idea and he claims that the kitchen is in desperate need of some nice new cookware. It’s super inconvenient to cook in the kitchen right now and he learned this the hard way. One stormy night, he was soaking wet and went to the kitchen to make some tea to warm up, only to find some battered old tea pot and no tea cups at all. Plus, about the free cooking classes, students like the man will just love the idea since most of students don’t even have basic cooking skills. And even better, some students already know quite a lot about cooking, are more than willing to help and can walk people through some recipes, which means that students may have cool things to cook.
