Answer to Dictation 1
Tens of thousands of antique books are in danger.
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Answer to Dictation 2
The centuries old books are being taken off the shelves of a library.
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Answer to Dictation 3
One of the books in danger is a complete Bible from the 13th century.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Hundreds of manuscripts from before the invention of the printing press.
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Answer to Dictation 5
After six weeks without oxygen all of the beetles should be dead.
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Answer to Dictation 6
The insect eating the priceless books is the drugstore beetle.
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Answer to Dictation 7
It usually feeds on dried foodstuff like wheat flour and spices.
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Answer to Dictation 8
Library workers realized something was wrong when they found lots of dust.
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Answer to Dictation 9
These were caused by the beetles chewing through the paper.
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Answer to Dictation 10
She said if a book is ruined a piece of culture has been lost.
See the library book beetle lesson for the whole text.
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