Now listen to two students discussing the letter:
Man: So, Jane, what do you think of Eric’s proposal?
Woman: I’m all for it.
Man: So you think it’s true? What he says about the problems about the way it’s being done?
Woman: Yeah, I do. Take his first reason. Like, I know you don’t drive, but I do drive here everyday, so I need a place to park my car. And remember last year when they decided to repair some of the parking lots?
Man: Oh yeah, I remember that, there was a lot of work going on, wasn’t there? Starting in December.
Woman: Right, at least four lots were closed, and that meant there weren’t enough parking spots for students and professor’s cars. I usually had to circle around looking for parking on one of the streets. And then walk from the street all the way to my classes.
Man: That’s annoying.
Woman: Yeah, and it happened to a lot of other people in my classes too! People were always arriving late because of the trouble they had parking. Sometimes even my professors were late.
Man: Yeah.
Woman: And also, his second point? That makes sense too. I mean, for instance, part of the reason those parking lot repairs last year took so long was because of the big snowstorms. They had to keep stopping, sometimes for a week or two at a time, because of snow and ice on the ground.
Man: Yeah, I remember that, we had a bunch of snowstorms in a row last year.
Woman: Yeah, so with all that starting and stopping cause of the weather, the problem took them a lot longer to finish.