A Broken Car

<-NARRATOR:-> Listen to a conversation between two students.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So...Mike...you said you wanted to move off campus. Did you ever find an apartment?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. I did.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So how is it?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> It's great...
except that it's pretty far from campus. It's on the other side of town.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, so you have a pretty long commute to campus then?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah...and now-can you believe it-
[[slow]] my car broke down!
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, wow. That's too bad.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, the car's pretty old, so I'm not surprised it broke down.
But it's gonna cost a lot of money to get it fixed...
a lot more than I can afford right now.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So what are you gonna do?
You need a car to get to campus, right?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. One option would be to borrow the money to fix the car.
I talked to my brother-he's out of school and working now-
and he said he'd loan me the money to get it fixed.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> That's really nice of him.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Definitely. But if I borrow the money from him, I still have to pay it back pretty soon...
that'll be tough since I only have a part-time job.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. That could take a while.
Do you have any other options?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, I'm also thinking about not fixing the car right now. Maybe try to save the money and just take the bus or something.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So you can get the bus near your house?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, there's a bus stop a couple of blocks from my apartment.
Trouble is, I have to change buses a couple of times so it takes a really long time to get to campus...and a long time to get back home.
I'd really have to adjust my schedule.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I see. That doesn't sound very convenient.