Borrowing a Drill at the Lakemba Tool Library
Tool library coordinator (speaking English) and Resident (speaking German) talk through “Borrowing a Drill at the Lakemba Tool Library”. You interpret both ways — English into German, and German into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Deutsch
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Before we reserve a cordless drill, could you tell me what job you have planned and whether you have used this type of tool before?
Model answer and marking points
Bevor wir einen Akkubohrer reservieren, könnten Sie mir sagen, was Sie damit vorhaben und ob Sie schon einmal mit so einem Werkzeug gearbeitet haben?
What an examiner checks here:
- Before reserving a cordless drill
- question: What job is planned?
- question: Previous experience with this type of tool?
Easy to miss: Keep both questions and the condition that they come before reserving the drill.
Ich möchte ein Regal anbringen und dafür einen Akkubohrer für zwei Tage ausleihen. Mit so einem Gerät habe ich bisher kaum gearbeitet.
Model answer and marking points
I'd like to put up a shelf and borrow a cordless drill for two days to do it. I've hardly used this kind of tool before.
What an examiner checks here:
- Wants to put up a shelf
- Wants to borrow a cordless drill
- Loan period of two days
- Very little previous experience with this type of tool
Easy to miss: Hardly any experience does not mean no experience at all.
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Interpret it aloud now →We can check availability for those two days. Here at our Lakemba tool library, we offer an orientation so you can practise before borrowing.
Model answer and marking points
Wir können nachsehen, ob das Gerät an diesen beiden Tagen verfügbar ist. Hier in unserer Werkzeugbibliothek in Lakemba bieten wir eine Einweisung an, damit Sie vor dem Ausleihen üben können.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can check availability for those two days
- Tool library is in Lakemba
- Orientation is offered
- Can practise before borrowing
Easy to miss: Checking availability does not mean the drill is already reserved.
Das wäre gut. Könnte ich die Einweisung am achtzehnten November vormittags machen? Muss ich dafür etwas mitbringen?
Model answer and marking points
That would be good. Could I do the orientation on the morning of 18 November? Do I need to bring anything along?
What an examiner checks here:
- Welcomes the orientation
- question: Orientation on 18 November?
- Requested time is in the morning
- question: Anything required to bring?
Easy to miss: The requested date is 18 November in the morning.
I can book your orientation for 18 November in the morning. Please bring identification, and we can discuss which drill bits suit your wall.
Model answer and marking points
Ich kann Ihre Einweisung für den Vormittag des 18. November buchen. Bitte bringen Sie einen Ausweis mit, dann können wir besprechen, welche Bohraufsätze für Ihre Wand geeignet sind.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can book the orientation
- 18 November in the morning
- Must bring identification
- Can discuss drill bits suitable for the wall
Easy to miss: Drill bits are the interchangeable drilling attachments, not separate drills.
Gut, meinen Ausweis bringe ich mit. Ich kann auch ein Foto von der Wand zeigen. Wie läuft denn die Rückgabe ab?
Model answer and marking points
Good, I'll bring my ID. I can also show you a photo of the wall. How does returning the equipment work?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will bring identification
- Can also show a photo of the wall
- question: How does the return process work?
Easy to miss: The wall photo is something the borrower can show, not a stated requirement.
When you return it, we will check the drill, battery, charger and borrowed bits together. Please allow time rather than leaving everything at the entrance.
Model answer and marking points
Bei der Rückgabe prüfen wir gemeinsam den Akkubohrer, den Akku, das Ladegerät und die ausgeliehenen Bohraufsätze. Bitte planen Sie dafür Zeit ein, statt einfach alles am Eingang abzustellen.
What an examiner checks here:
- Equipment checked together at return
- Check the drill and battery
- Check the charger and borrowed drill bits
- Allow time for the return check
- Do not simply leave everything at the entrance
Easy to miss: Keep all four equipment items and the instruction against leaving them at the entrance.
Dann plane ich dafür etwas Zeit ein. Und wenn der Bohrer zwischendurch nicht mehr läuft, soll ich ihn gleich zurückbringen oder erst bei Ihnen anrufen?
Model answer and marking points
Then I'll allow some time for that. And if the drill stops working while I've got it, should I bring it straight back or call you first?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will allow time for the return process
- question: What to do if the drill stops working during the loan?
- question: Bring it straight back or call first?
Easy to miss: Preserve the choice between returning it immediately and calling first.
If the drill stops working, switch it off and contact us before trying repairs. At return, tell us about any faults, even if they disappear.
Model answer and marking points
Wenn der Akkubohrer nicht mehr funktioniert, schalten Sie ihn aus und setzen Sie sich mit uns in Verbindung, bevor Sie versuchen, ihn zu reparieren. Melden Sie uns bei der Rückgabe alle Störungen, auch wenn sie inzwischen wieder verschwunden sind.
What an examiner checks here:
- If the drill stops working, switch it off
- Contact the library before attempting repairs
- Report any faults at return
- Report faults even if they disappear
Easy to miss: Faults must be reported even if the drill starts working again.
Verstanden, selbst reparieren werde ich da nichts. Sind die zwei Ausleihtage denn schon fest für mich reserviert, oder klären wir das erst nach der Einweisung?
Model answer and marking points
Understood, I won't try to repair anything myself. Are the two borrowing days already firmly reserved for me, or will we sort that out after the orientation?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will not attempt repairs personally
- question: Are the two borrowing days already firmly reserved?
- question: Or will this be settled only after the orientation?
Easy to miss: The borrower asks whether the reservation is confirmed; they do not state that it is.
Your orientation is booked, but the drill reservation still depends on availability. After the session, we can confirm the borrowing dates and agree on a return time.
Model answer and marking points
Ihre Einweisung ist gebucht, aber die Reservierung des Akkubohrers hängt noch von der Verfügbarkeit ab. Nach der Einweisung können wir die Ausleihtermine bestätigen und eine Rückgabezeit vereinbaren.
What an examiner checks here:
- Orientation is booked
- Drill reservation still depends on availability
- Borrowing dates can be confirmed after the orientation
- Return time can be agreed after the orientation
Easy to miss: Only the orientation is booked; the drill reservation remains subject to availability.
Alles klar. Dann komme ich am achtzehnten November zur Einweisung und warte mit meinem Regal, bis die Ausleihe bestätigt ist. Die Rückgabezeit sprechen wir dann ab.
Model answer and marking points
All right. Then I'll come for the orientation on 18 November and wait to put up my shelf until the loan is confirmed. We'll agree on the return time then.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will attend the orientation on 18 November
- Will wait to put up the shelf
- Waiting until the loan is confirmed
- Return time will be agreed then
Easy to miss: Putting up the shelf is postponed until the loan is confirmed.
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