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Student A  Look, a new poster! Volunteers are wanted.
Student B  Let me have a look at it. Plant pathology...Sept. 22nd to 30th...biology and botany... I’d very much like to be a volunteer, but...I’m afraid that may waste a lot of my time...
Student A  Oh, I don’t think so. Though it may take some of your time, it is worthwhile, especially for you, a student of biology. My tutor always tells me to participate in as many academic lectures or conferences as possible, ’cause you can learn a lot of things that are rarely heard in class or hardly seen in textbooks. It’s really a good chance for you to broaden your academic horizons. If I were you...
Student B  Yeah, you’re right. But maybe you don’t know the work a volunteer does in a conference. I heard that it is endless typing, photocopying and hurrying here and there, all kinds of boring chores. That’s really a waste of time.
Student A  I know. But you can also meet a lot of famous scholars in your discipline, and learn about their latest academic achievements. This is the point really valuable to you. Compared with the chores, so...you can decide yourself now!
Student B  Well, maybe you’re right! I’ll call them later.