Question

What’s the best library you have ever been to?

Warm-up

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vacant

to struggle

to lack

self-service

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a system where customers serve themselves

to make a very great effort to do something

empty, not filled or occupied

to not have or not have enough of something

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Article

Read the following text.

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Warsaw has opened an underground library at one of its metro stations, offering commuters over 16,000 books to borrow. The main goal is to make reading more accessible to people who are always on the move. The library is not a traditional one with reading rooms and librarians. Instead, it is a modern, self-service book-sharing point.

The 150 square metre space has separate sections for adult and children’s books, as well as board games, and also features a special quiet zone in which people can study or work in peace. To borrow a book, you just need to have a valid city library card. The process is simple and quick, designed for the convenience of busy travelers. You can grab a book on your way to work and return it on your way back.

Metroteka is the result of a collaboration between the Targówek district, which lacked space for a new library, and the Warsaw Metro, which is struggling with a large number of vacant commercial spaces.

Source: Notes from Poland

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In the United States, the train that runs under the city is called the subway, in France and in Poland it’s called the metro, and in the U.K. it’s called the underground, or “the tube”.

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Prepositions

Choose the correct preposition.

  1. The library is located in / over the Świętokrzyska metro station.
  2. This project is a collaboration around / between the city’s cultural department and the metro authorities.
  3. The main goal is to make reading more accessible in / for people who are always on the move.
  4. Commuters can find a wide range of books, from contemporary fiction to / until classic literature.