The map shows the public library 20 years ago and now. Compare and summarise the information in about 150 words.

The map shows the public library 20 years ago and now. Compare and summarise the information in about 150 words.
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The map compares the layout of Central Library today and 20 years ago.
Overall
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, the library's layout changed almost everything except the entrance and the
room
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in the upright
corner
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. These changes include sizes, shapes, door locations, and area allocations.
Firstly
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, in the top left
corner
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, there is a CDs, videos, and computer games section that changed into a place to hold storytelling events and store children's fiction
books
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;
thus
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, the area had a bigger size to fit sofas. In front of the
room
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, there used to be a section of adult fiction
books
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but now had been replaced by all reference
books
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.
Then
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, the
room
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in the bottom left
corner
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used to be a reading
room
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where people could read newspapers and magazines, 20 years later it changed into a computer
room
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with different door placement. In the middle of the library, tables and chairs were removed. The enquiry desk that used to be in the bottom right
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had been replaced by a cafe that had walls around it.
Consequently
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, now the information desk was moved to the right middle with an addition of self-service machines and a collection of adult fiction
books
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. The building in the top right
corner
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had not changed its construction but rather its purpose, from a children's
books
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collection to a lecture
room
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words room, corner, books with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 5 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • evolve
  • renovation
  • infrastructure
  • amenities
  • state-of-the-art
  • landscape
  • pedestrian
  • augment
  • spatial
  • demolish
  • construct
  • accessibility
  • innovations
  • extensions
  • facade
  • environmental-friendly
  • urban development
  • public facility
  • modernize
  • technology integration
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